The first of a series of briefing conferences on the current situation in the Middle East, sponsored by the Public Affairs Department of the Zionist Organization of America, was held today at the Carnegie Endowment Building with several hundred Zionist representatives from the metropolitan area in attendance.
Devoted to the theme “Water and Peace,” the conference, which was addressed by a panel of experts on the Middle East, discussed such vital issues as the Arab plan to choke off the headwaters of the Jordan to deprive Israel of its rightful share of water essential for its survival, Nasser’s new threats of aggression against Israel, the Soviet arms influx to the Arab lands and the Arab boycott against American firms in this country.
The all-day conference which was presided over by Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, chairman of the ZOA Public Affairs Committee, was also addressed by Hon. Yaakov Morris of the Jewish Agency, formerly Israel Consul in New York; Eliahu Ben-Horin, noted writer and author and recognized authority on Middle Eastern problems; and Milton A. Chase, Engineering Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Interior in charge of water and power, and member of the Joint U. S.-Israel Water Desalination Team.
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