Israel voted with the United States at a plenary session of the General Assembly today against a resolution which would have given China’s seat in the United Nations to the Peking regime and would have at the same time expelled the Taiwan regime from the U.N.
The resolution favoring admission of Red China had been presented by 12 members of the U.N. and received a ballot of 47 in favor, 47 against and 20 abstentions. However, prior to the voting, the Assembly supported another draft co-sponsored by the United States, calling that issue an “important question,” thus requiring a two-thirds majority for the pro-Red China draft.
The United States stand calling that matter an “important question” was adopted by a vote of 56 to 49 with 11 abstentions. Thus, when the pro-Red China draft was voted, it failed for lack of a two-thirds supporting vote.
Israel’s support for the United States on the entire issue was believed to have been motivated, among other reasons, by the fact that the Peking regime is the only government in the world that has officially recognized the “Palestine Liberation Organization” which is attempting to recruit an army, to be composed mainly of Arab refugees, for a possible attack on Israel.
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