Dr. Charles Malik, Lebanese Foreign Minister and leading Arab spokesman at the current United Nations General Assembly addressed the world body today in terms considered unusually mild vis-a-vis Israel, calling for:
1 “A new and far more determined quest for a just solution of the question of Palestine 2. A bold vision whereby the economic and social issues of the Near East are adequately faced. 3. A bold vision on the part of the West whereby the legitimate national aspirations for freedom and independence if the Arabs everywhere are satisfied. “
While Dr. Malik pledged his country “instantly to come to the support of Syria if she is attacked. “he also assured the Assembly that Lebanon would range itself “on the side of the free world” in a struggle between East and West. He restated the routine Arab formula about Israel being at “the heart” of all troubles in the Middle East, but also made the admission that Arab nationalism had been an important Middle East phenomenon before Israel was created. He added that “Israel helped sharpen” that phenomenon considerably.
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