Israel voted with the United States on questions before the 1957 General Assembly at least 75 percent of the time, it was revealed today by the Chronicle of United Nations Activities, an independent publication. The Chronicle made its compilation on the basis of official roll call votes at the last Assembly.
Next to the Soviet bloc, whose votes coincided with those of the U.S. less than one-fourth of the time, the group of countries that agreed least with American policies were those of the Arab League. Among the Arab states. Syria agreed with the U.S. on less than 20 percent of the votes, Egypt agreed 25 percent of the time and Iraq voted with the United States 46 percent of the time.
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