The victory of the General Zionists in the resent municipal elections in Israel “has made an excellent impression in Washington official circles,” Dr. Emanuel Neumann, American Zionist leader, told the delegates assembled at the Southeastern Regional Conference of the Zionist Organization of America, which opened here today.
The results of the elections, Dr. Neumann said, have convinced influential circles in Washington that there is “a powerful trend in Israel away from the extremes of right and left, and toward a liberal-democratic center.” This, Dr. Neumann added, will enhance the prospects of U.S. Government aid for Israel, as well as for the coming bond drive and the flow of private investment capital.
“The shadows of war must accelerate to feverish tempe our efforts to consolidate the state of Israel and speed the ingathering of the exiles while there is time,” he said. “The goal of $1,000,000,000 set for American Jewry, represents but a fraction of the resources we can make available through all possible methods and channels. It would be sheer folly to sacrifice the U.J.A. to the projected bond issue or to neglect the enormous potentialities of private enterprise and investment for Israel. The circumstances were never so favorable as they are today.”
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