The Arabs and their allies are likely to use the United Nations Special Assembly on Disarmament, which opened here today, to attack Israel, diplomats with the Israeli UN Mission said.
According to the Israeli diplomats, the Arabs will probably accuse Israel of supplying arms to South Africa. They also are expected to raise allegations that Israel used American-made concussion bombs in the course of its invasion into south Lebanon.
Ambassador Chaim Herzog, who is representing Israel during the five-week Special Assembly, is scheduled to address the conference on June I. Israel, it was learned, will reiterate its previous call for a regional conference on disarmament to be attended by countries of the Mideast. Israel will also restate its willingness to sign a document declaring the Mideast a nuclear-free zone if the Arabs will agree to a regional conference to discuss the issue.
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