Arab recognition of Israel’s permanence was urged today by Rep. Chester Bowles of Connecticut, an adviser to Democratic Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy. Mr. Bowles is widely considered as Sen. Kennedy’s choice for Secretary of State or U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations if the Democrats win in November. Rep. Bowles commented on the Israel-Arab situation in a Washington interview published here this weekend by the Christian Science Monitor.
“The Arabs have never really understood the long commitment that we have all had to the development of Israel,” Rep. Bowles declared. “The Middle East conflict will be eased a great deal when the Arab nations begin to realize that, whatever they think of Israel, it is there to stay.”
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