A resolution calling upon American Jews to contribute their “knowledge and skills” to Israel was adopted here today at the 12th biennial national convention of the Pioneer Women, women’s Labor Zionist organization in America. The 600 delegates from 400 chapters throughout the United States also said that the organization must continue its tasks of rebuilding in Israel, of helping absorb the newcomers to the Jewish state and of aiding in the maintenance of the general cultural level in that country.
The convention, which is scheduled to close Wednesday, endorsed the aims of the 23rd World Zionist Congress which set the immediate tasks of Zionism as the strengthening of the Jewish state, the ingathering of the exiles and the achievement of the unity of the Jewish people. The delegates also greeted the decision of the U.N. Security Council to instruct Egypt to lift the anti-Israel blockade at the Suez Canal.
Abraham Harmon, counsellor of the Israel consulate in New York, addressing the opening session last night of the convention, spoke of Israel’s readiness at all times to discuss peace with the Arab states. He pointed to the existence of the armistice agreements between Israel and the four Arab nations as evidence that a common accord could be reached by direct negotiation.
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