Political circles here have belittled the importance of the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the Organization for African Unity (OAU) at the closing session of its summit conference in Addis Ababa last week. The circles noted that the Arab states failed to push through a resolution calling on OAU member states to sever diplomatic relations with Israel. The resolution that finally was adopted does not call for any specific action against Israel, the circles said.
(Some Western diplomatic circles have called the Arab efforts in Addis Ababa a failure because they did not succeed in getting a commitment from any African state maintaining diplomatic relations with Israel to break those relations. Other circles however, acknowledged that the Arabs succeeded in obtaining a resolution condemning Israel and supporting the Arab cause. However, the success will be short-lived unless the Arabs can get the OAU member states to take concrete action against Israel such as political or economic sanctions. the circles said.)
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