Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Minister, told the annual banquet of the United Nations Association here that the nations of the world should Know there will be no peace talks with the Arabs on the basis of truncation of Israel territory.
Reiterating Israel’s interest in achieving peace, Mrs. Meir said peace talks would have to be conducted with Israel “as it is.” She added a warning that if any nation attacked Israel or prepared for such an attack, Israel would make operative once more that article of the United Nations charter which grants to every nation the right of self-defense.
Mrs Meir also rejected all suggestions for a neutralist policy for Israel, asserting this depends not on us but on our neighbors and on the Great Powers as well. ” She praised the help given Israel through the UN Technical Aid program aid pledged that Israel would always strive to make the UN charter’s provisions for peace a reality.
Opposition to attempts at interference with Israel’s territorial integrity was also voiced here today in a resolution adopted at a meeting of the General Zionist labor youth movement. Another resolution called on the Eastern European countries to open their doors to Jewish emigration, particularly to facilitate the reunion of separated families
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