Executive of World Zionist Organization Disassociates Itself from Dr. Goldmann’s Views

The Executive of the World Zionist Organization officially disassociated itself today from the views expressed by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress and a former president of the WZO. The resolution was adopted at the close of a meeting of the Executive at which Dr. Goldmann explained his views but was bitterly castigated by his former colleagues for expressing opinions which they considered inimical to Israel and the Zionist movement. The resolution said. “The Executive of the World Zionist Organization expressed its vigorous disassociation from Dr. Goldmann’s article in Foreign Affairs. The Executive expressed its opinion that the content of the article and also its timing have caused harm to the Zionist cause.” The article appeared in the April edition of the quarterly. In it Dr. Goldmann proposed a “neutralized Israel outside the sphere of power politics.” He also criticized the Israel government for lack of flexibility in its approach to peace with the Arabs. Dr. Goldmann told the Executive where he appeared to explain his views that his proposals did not compromise the security. He said he regretted the timing of the publication of his article, which he said had actually been written two years ago, and added that he was preparing another article for the magazine to clear up misunderstandings. (In New York, the office of Foreign Affairs editor Hamilton Fish Armstrong said that Dr. Goldmann had revised his first article a month before publication.