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Bnai Zion Convention Adopts Resolution Endorsing Eisenhower Doctrine

June 11, 1957
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The 48th annual convention of the Bnai Zion, Zionist fraternal order, concluded here today with a resolution endorsing the Eisenhower Doctrine. The resolution expressed “deep satisfaction that at long last the United States has recognized the menace of Communist aggression in the Middle East. “The resolution expressed the view that “the Middle East area including the State of Israel, can be the beneficiary of enforcement and implementation of such doctrine if it is fairly and diligently applied.”

The convention called on the American Government to start immediate peace negotiations between the Arab states and Israel; to resist resumption of Egyptian civilian or military control over the Strait of Tiran or the Gaza Strip; and to oppose efforts to station UN troops on Israel’s soil. Nathaniel S. Rothenberg, New York lawyer, was unanimously re-elected national president of B’nai Zion.

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