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Egyptian Premier Makes Wild Attack on Israel; Dims Hope for Peace

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Hopes for an early peace between the Arabs and Israel appeared slimmer on Israel Independence Day owing to a new bitter denunciation of Israel by Egyptian Premier Mohammed Naguib. Premier Naguib called the Jewish States a “cancer in the body of the Arab world,” and said that Palestine must belong to the Arabs.

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