Following a two day meeting here of the European leaders of the World Confederation of General Zionists, the group headed by Dr. Emanuel Neumann, a decision was announced today to ask for the convocation of a joint conference of the World Confederation, the Liberal Party in Israel and “all General Zionists who are in favor of unification in the General Zionist movement” for the purpose of designating a world leadership solely authorized to speak on behalf of the General Zionist movement in Israel and in the countries outside of Israel.
The Liberal Party in Israel is a merger, effected a year ago, between the former General Zionist and Progressive Parties of Israel. “One year after the fusion of the two groups in Israel, the existence of two Confederations of General Zionists prejudices the General Zionist movement and Zionism in general,” the conference here emphasized.
The decision adopted by the conference said that unification of the two competing Confederations “means neither identification with any Israel party, nor interference in the internal affairs of Israel and of the Knesset. It is based solely on the problems in connection with the World Zionist Congress, on the Zionist activities, and on a common approach to Zionist problems.”
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