The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, at a plenary session today, voted to place Israel within the European region for purposes of administration.
The decision was bitterly protested by Israeli delegate Hanan Cidor, who pointed out that from the agricultural point of view Israel had the same problems and needs as the other Middle East states and had very little in common with the European region.
Mr. Cidor charged that the FAO had yielded to Arab threats and refusal to deal with Israel. Representatives of the Arab states, backed by Iran and Pakistan, said that “at present” the Arabs found it impossible to cooperate with Israel in the Middle East region.
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