Israel is still facing numerous difficulties, Premier David Ben Gurion emphasized today in a message to the fourteenth annual connation to endure with serenity our transient hardships."
Addressing the opening session of the conference last night, Yaacov Cohen, well-known Hebrew poet, said that the U.N. decision to internationalize Jerusalem was "a fraud not intended for the purpose of protecting the Holy Places since both sides did not need an internationalized regime to safeguard them."
Emphasizing that Israel is as able as Turkey or Britain to protest the Holy Places, Mr. Cohen asked: "Would anyone think of internationalizing Rome because its Holy Places offer interest to other nations?"
A group of 104 Arab woman and children entered Israel today after crossing the Lebanon border. They will rejoin their families in western Galilee. Israel customs authorities examined party before allowing the Arabs to proceed to their destinations.
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