The head of the Zionist Organization of America today told ZOA leaders that “notwithstanding official assurances that the U.S. is not exerting pressure on Israel to make further retreats in the Sinai in favor of Egypt and in the Golan Heights in favor of Syria, all reports emanating from the State Department by reliable American and Israeli correspondents point to a concentrated effort by the Administration to ‘persuade’ Israel to make further territorial retreats on the Golan Heights and to evacuate the Mitla and Gidi passes and the oil fields in the Sinai.”
Dr. Joseph P. Sternstein, ZOA president, said that “such retreat would seriously weaken Israel’s defensive positions and open the country to attacks by her Arab enemies, greatly endangering the existence of the Jewish state.”
Addressing an area-wide Public Affairs Conference of the ZOA, Dr. Sternstein said “the policy of the Administration pressuring Israel to retreat from indispensable defensive positions in the Sinai endangers not only the Jewish state but also American global interests. The Administration’s policy in the Middle East has reached a dangerous point which must not be treated with silence.” More than 100 ZOA leaders participated in the conference.
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