The major problem facing Israel now “is to thieve peace with her neighbors,” Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Sharet declared day, immediately after landing at the Idlewild Airport here.
The Israeli Minister said that he had coma to this country primarily to head is country’s delegation to the U.N. General Assembly, Wadded that in response to a urgent call from Henry Morgenthau, general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, he would participate in the national emergency conference in Washington this week-end which will open the U.J.A. $250,000,000 drive.
Sharet expressed the hope that “the war is over although there are invasion armies still on Palestine soil. It is only with Egypt that we have a peace treaty taking for relative stability,” he said. He revealed that there has been no general remobilization of the Israeli army, only the release of certain categories of personnel.
The Israeli Minister said he thought that a world war was not imminent, but added that in the event of any East-west conflict “Israel will try to remain friendly with both” sides. Replying to a query as to whether Israel was considering joining the Atlantic Pact, he said: “This is not on our immediate agenda,” Asked if Israel will seek to improve her relations with Britain, Sharet replied: “It is for England to improve her relations with Israel,”
Lauding the U.J.A. for Its role in speeding DP immigration, Sharet said that 160,000 immigrants had already arrived–“the equivalent of 35,000,000 in the United States.” He added that Israel expects to double its population in four years and that it expects a great economic expansion in the immediate future.
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