Foreign Minister Golda Meir told the Cabinet yesterday that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s visit to Egypt last month had contributed to increased tension in the Middle East.
Reporting to the Cabinet on the visit, it was understood that Mrs. Meir stressed that, despite Mr. Khrushchev’s relatively moderate anti-Israel pronouncements, the danger lay in their being misconstrued by the Arabs as a sign of Soviet support even of Arab aggression.
During the Cabinet meeting, Religious Affairs Minister Zorach Warhaftig said that members of the Bene Israel community from India-are considered Jews for all intents and purposes and that there were no difficulties about their marrying other Jews and that there was no discrimination whatsoever.
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