Premier Shimon Peres of Israel vowed Sunday night that despite many obstacles, Israel will continue to seek ways to establish a dialogue with Jordan that would lead to a peaceful agreement between the two countries.
Addressing more than 1,200 Jewish leaders at an Israel Bonds dinner here, Peres said in a live satellite address from Jerusalem that Israel is trying “very much to establish a dialogue with Jordan” and stressed that despite the
Peres’ address was to leaders from the United States, Canada, Europe and Latin America who attended a gala dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of David Ben Gurion.
Outside the hotel, some 5,000 Hasidic Jews of the anti-Zionist Satmar sect demonstrated, charging Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek, who was in attendance at the dinner, with “brutal” treatment of members
TRYING TO REDUCETENSIONS WITH SYRIA
Peres also said that Israel hopes that once its differences with Egypt are ironed out
He noted that Israel has changed its settlement policy in the West Bank and that Israel has been working continuously to improve the standard of living of the Palestinians in that area. The
BEN GURION’S VISION STILL VALID
In paying tribute to Ben Gurion, Israel’s first Premier, Peres, who was a disciple of
Kollek, who played a leading role in the founding of Israel Bonds and toured the United States with Ben Gurion in 1951 when he (Ben Gurion) launched the Bond campaign in this country, told the Jewish leaders that Jerusalem “will never be divided
He said that Jerusalem must remain an “open, liberal, pluralistic city” shared by believers of all faiths. He said that “nobody should be excluded from Jerusalem,” warning that “if we exclude anybody from Jerusalem” then “difficulties will be created for Jews all
Seventeen distinguished world Jewish leaders were honored at the dinner for their “exemplary service to the Jewish people in the spirit of Ben Gurion,” as leaders of major American and world Jewish organizations. The Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Meir Rosenne,
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