The Arab delegations to the current session of the U. N. General Assembly have lost no time in making the Assembly a forum for a continued political assault on Israel.
Dr. Mohammed Fadhil Al-Jamali, head of the Iraqi delegation, and first of the Arabs to speak in the general debate, opened the new onslaught with a broadside calling for cessation of Western aid to Israel.
The remarks by Dr. Jamali drew a plea for “moderation of language” from Dr. Eelco N. van Kleffens, president of the Assembly. A spokesman for the Israeli delegation denounced Dr. Jamali’s speech as “an act of reckless international irresponsibility,” adding that “its purpose and effect is to increase tension in the Middle East.”
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