Premier Sabri Al-Asali and Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Azn### of Syria in a joint statement referred to Israel today as “the real and number one enemy of the Arab nation.” The statement was broadcast over Radio Damascus.
“We find it necessary to declare that the policy which we pursue for achieving complete Arab unity is the only earnest policy which will lead the Arab nation to its national objectives Any other policy will result in diverting their attention from Israel, the real and number one enemy of the Arab nation,” the statement said. It called for “adoption of practical measures against the Israel danger.”
(Anti-Israel propaganda charging atrocities by Israelis against the Arabs was distributed in Stockholm today by Egyptian ### aboard the Egyptian naval training ship Al Mahroussa which arrived on a “goodwill” tour of Sweden ports. Hundreds of Swedish visitors carnie aboard to inspect the ship and as they were leaving they were handed anti-Israel anti-Jewish pamphlets entitled “The Story of Zionist Espionage in Egypt.”)
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