Some 150 non-Communist Marxists, organized in the Palestine Israeli Committee, concluded yesterday a three-day conference by asking both sides in the Arab-Israeli conflict to recognize the existence and the rights of the other. The conference condemned Israel for its security policy and, at the same time, denounced the Arab terrorist organizations for “their refusal to see in Israel a nationality and a state” and recognizing it only as a religious entity. The conference, held in the suburb of Choisy-Le-Roi, had the backing of Jean-Paul Sartre. A message from the existentialist leader read to the conference, expressed his solidarity with its work and declared that he adhered to the committee because “it has adopted a neutral attitude and works for the development of socialist forces in both camps.” Most of the delegates to the conference were non-Communist Marxists who were sharply critical of Israel’s current policies but who did not deny the right of Israel to exist.
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