Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau said in Kuwait, where he is visiting as part of his worldwide trip to promote peace, that Israel should leave the territory it captured during the Six-Day War and allow the Palestinians there to elect their own leaders, even if it means the election of PLO chief Yasir Arafat.
“The Palestinian people should be given their rights and a homeland in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” Trudeau told reporters in Kuwait City. “Consequently, we ask that Israel withdraw and its settlement policy be stopped and reversed.” He added that the Palestinian people “should be at the center of any settlement to the Israel-Arab wars.”
Meanwhile, a staff member of the Canadian Television Network (CTV) covering Trudeau’s tour of the Persian Gulf countries, was recalled to Canada for biased reporting from Abu Dhabi.
Correspondent Brian Nelson accepted an invitation to co-anchor a newscast on Abu Dhabi television, but was given little time to go over his script which contained references to Israeli Premier Yitzhak Shamir as “that terrorist Shamir” and calling Israel “the Zionist entity.” The characterization of Shamir was evidently a reference to his activity as a member of the pre-State Stern group.
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