Two top ranking members of the Israel Government are to meet with top British Government officials today and tomorrow to discuss the problem of protecting civil aviation from Arab terrorist attacks and the Middle East situation in general. Foreign Minister Abba Eban is due here tomorrow after a nine-day visit on the Continent. He will see Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart. Deputy Premier Yigal Allon arrived here yesterday on what was described as a private visit. He will meet today and tomorrow with Prime Minister Harold Wilson and other Government officials.
The Deputy Premier addressed a fund-raising meeting of the Joint Palestine Appeal here last night. He said that despite continuing warfare in the Mideast, Israel was continuing with aliyah, social welfare and education projects, but urgently needed the support of diaspora Jewry. Referring to Israel’s insistence on direct peace negotiations with the Arabs, Mr. Allon said, “We cannot permit the Arabs to treat us like untouchables nor can we let the world treat the Arabs like the spoiled children of the human race.” He said Israelis still hope and believe that the June, 1967 Six-Day War was the last full scale war between Jews and Arabs. “But if they don’t want to negotiate, the present situation will have to continue,” he said.
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