Rep. Seymour Halpern, New York Republican, today charged in Congress that a United States resolution on Arab refugees at the United Nations was a “peevish and irresponsible attempt by the State Department to curry favor and sooth Arab feelings ruffled by the Congressional amendment limiting aid to the United Arab Republic.”
Rep. Halpern said “the Near Eastern situation is far too volatile for the State Department and the Arab nations to play with the emotions of the Arab refugees, by using this complex humane issue as a political football in a one-sided propaganda play against Israel.”
He said it was “unrealistic and cruel to falsely arouse the hopes of the Arab refugees for mass repatriation, when all concerned know that any solution of the Arab refugee problem hinges upon a general peace treaty.” He declared that “outside the context of peace, nothing can be achieved but further inflammation of regional emotions and tensions, if the State Department continues using the hapless refugees as pawns in pursuit of Arab favor.”
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