Some 14,000 persons attended a rally in support of Israel sponsored by the Federated Zionist Organization of Canada today, jamming the ballroom of the Mount Royal Hotel and spilling into the lobby and onto the street where traffic was blocked for hours. A resolution urged the Canadian Government to use its “best endeavors to prevent the UAR from interfering with freedom of shipping in the Gulf of Akaba which is an international waterway, such interference being in gross violation of international law.”
In an address last night at a Jewish National Fund dinner, Paul Martin, Canada’s External Affairs Minister, reiterated his support for Israel’s right to live in peace and security. “The rejection and repudiation of that basic right has been over the years and is now our source of danger,” he declared. Asserting that the United Nations “still has a role to play in restoring equilibrium” in the Middle East, Mr. Martin suggested that the U.N. Truce Supervision Organization replace the U.N. Emergency Force which Egyptian President Nasser ordered out of the Gaza Strip.
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