REVOLT IN EGYPT AND SYRIA DISCUSSED AT HADASSAH CONVENTION
Developments of the last week in Egypt and Syria reflect “the basic instability of the Arab States in the Middle East” and point up the fact that the State of Israel remains the Western world’s only reliable and dependable ally in that critical part of the world, Mrs. Samuel W. Halprin, Hadassah leader, told the organization’s annual Mid-Winter Conference today.
Mrs. Halprin decried “the myth promoted in some quarters that the United States must pin its hopes for the defense of the Middle East on the ‘strong men’ of that area.” She maintained that the fall of Brig. Gen. Adib Shishekly in Syria and the shaky status of Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib in Egypt constitute undeniable evidence” that the Arab States are at the mercy of feuding military rulers.
The Hadassah leader contended also that the current developments in Egypt and Syria underscore the “fallacy” of the reasoning behind the proposed grant of United States arms to Arab States.
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