Egypt’s belligerent attitude toward Israel will be made an important issue in the House of Representatives here this week, when the Administration’s foreign aid authorization bill comes before the House.
In its report on the $4,087,075 foreign aid authorization bill, filed this weekend prepatory for a “slugfest” on the issue expected this week, the House Foreign Affairs Committee has threatened to halt all aid to Egypt if the Nasser regime persists in its hostile attitude toward Israel and other Middle East countries. Other objections to Nasser’s policies voiced by the House Committee include the Egyptian dictator’s role in Yemen, as well as his general interference in the affairs of Middle East nations.
While, in the Senate, Senator Kenneth B. Keating, New York Republican, is on record as opposing aid to Nasser as long as he continues his hostility toward Israel, Rep. Seymour Halpern, New York Republican, is expected to fight the unqualified grant of aid to Nasser in the House. Mr. Keating and Mr. Halpern are adamant in pushing their amendment to the Foreign Aid bill, calling for the severance of aid to nations using their own resources for the acquisition of Soviet arms. The Keating-Halpern amendment has already been dropped by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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