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Mrs. Roosevelt Urges Support for Israel; Sees Jewish State As “Season of Light”

March 31, 1949
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Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, calling for material and spiritual support: for Israel last night at a meeting of the Bronze Region of the Zionist Organization of America, said that such aid will make the Jewish state "stand as a beacon of light in the world of the future." Mrs. Roosevelt added that "as we are given an opportunity to see peace-grow in Palestine, we ourselves will have greater security."

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