Democratic Israel assumed a moral obligation for every American, but America has not yet begun to repay the moral debt that she owes to Israel, Senator Wayne Morse charged last night at a dinner held here under the auspices of the National Committee for Labor Israel.
“Israel is a nation surrounded by the economic system of feudalism of the Middle East. a nation that is practicing the personal dignity of man. a nation that recognizes that it is the individual who counts.” the Senator said. “Yet there are forces in American that seem to think that this freedom can be traded for Arab oil at a bargain price.”
“American have a stake in the freedom of Israel because it is a stake also in the freedom of every American, ” the Senator pointed out. “Yet whenever a proposed grant-in-aid to Israel comes up. the movement in the Senate cloakrooms is to cut it down. You must not give them cause to cut it down or they will eliminate it entirely. And you will give them cause if you fail to keep faith with the principle of supporting Israel to the best of your ability.”
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