The president of the Zionist Organization of America, Benjamin G. Browdy, this week-end took issue with Rear Admiral Ellis N. Zacharias, who in an address before the American Council for Judaism, charged that the American Zionist movement is harmful to normal relations between this country and the state of Israel. Admiral Zachariss also stated that the American Zionists, by their actions in Washington, are attempting to speak for all Jews–Israeli as well as American.
In his address the Admiral stated that “Israel and its position in the Middle East plays an important part in the strategy of the United States.” In addition, Admiral Zacharias suggested an alliance among Israel, Lebanon and Transjordan because, he said, these states are “the progressives in the area and would form a strong bloc capable of insuring their own interests.”
In reply to the Admiral’s charges against the American Zionists, Mr. Browdy said that his speech was “another attempt to discredit and besmiroh the American Zionist movement” and that these charges, including one that American Zionists were attempting to oust Israel Premier David Ben Gurion by pressure, constitute a story “taken from the whole cloth.”
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