Aggressive Arab war, “which might break out this summer, if Israel does not receive defensive arms immediately,” would inflict heavy damage upon Israel but would, ultimately, be repulsed, with an Israel victory at great expense. Gen. Moshe Dayan, Army Chief of Staff, declared at a rally last night at Beisan.
“Israel would win and repulse the attackers,” said Gen, Dayan “though, in the first stages of the war, Israel would suffer heavily from the aggressor’s barbaric bombardment of civic centers. Israel’s ultimate victory, however, is assuaged because its morale and spirit are high.”
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