An effort to prevent Israel’s representative at the United Nations from voting in favor of the resolution on Korea which brands Red China as an aggressor was made today by the Mapam, Israel’s left-wing Socialist Party.
The Mapam introduced a motion in Parliament demanding an immediate debate on Israel’s position on the resolution. The praesidium of the Parliament postponed action on the motion until tomorrow. (At Lake Success it was indicated that a vote on the Korea resolution may be held tonight or tomorrow.)
The executive committee of the Herut Party of Israel today concluded a two-day conference on Israel’s foreign policy without reaching a conclusion as to what position the movement should take.
A majority of the members of the body favored an independent foreign policy, but two of its leaders-Hillel Kook-Bergson and Yaacov Meridor–demanded that Israel’s policy should be patterned on that of the Western Powers. The executive decided to postpone its decision until a national convention which will be held during the end of February and the early part of March.
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