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and to Iook out for points of agreement. That was the spirit in which
ISSS - was
the new society
it lay a convicfounded:behind
tion that the changesnowgoing on
in the Soviet Union and in the entireCommunistmovementcannot
possibly stop short at the point they
so far, butarethe
havereached
by DAN WAKEFIELD
lerzcsdem
August 4, 2956
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W e are prepared to
sit down ta a clean table. Anybody
cantalk about anything he likes.
Myewan said.
Golda Myersort
thatthere
was anyalternativeto
these reprisal raids.
We see this(the reprisal raid)
of self-defense, Mrs.
asmeans
a
Myersonsaid.Certainly
we do it
very reluctantly. But it is the policy
of the government thatthe life of
the people of Israel - the fate of
the people of Israel - cannot be in
the hands of Arab leaders or chiefs
of staff who have shown that they
dont vahethe life of our people.
We have been elected to this government to defend the life of our people.
Each reprisalraid
is clearlyan
instance of saying (no to big-power
authority. I mentioned Ben-Gurions
statement
that
Israel
had
to
strengthen itself to be able t o opposethe big powers, and asked Mrs.
Myersonhowshe
felt Israel could
say no to the great powers when
it still hadnt received the requested
defensive arms from them.
There are certain things so basic
to the existence of anation, Mrs.
Myersonsaid - honestyand selfrespect,and the necessity to defend
the life of the people-that the nation
must be able t o say no to suggestions which aredangerous
t o the
preservation of these things, no matterwhatthe
circumstances.
beOne of the mainarguments
hind the U. S. rejection of Israels request for arms is thatthe United
States would become too clearly identlfied with Israel and the Arab countrieswith
Russia, thereby danger-
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policy has
already shown an emphasisongetting back totheheart
of matters
which have been at a longstanding
stalemate. In the last week of June
Mrs. MyersonandDavid
Ben-&
rion requested UN Chief of Staff
M.
Burns
to
ask
General E. L.
Jordans comphance in observing
arttcle
eight
of the Israel-Jordan
arrnlsticeagreement,whichassures
Israel free access to Jerusalems Mt.
Scopus (wheretheHadassah
hospital and the Hebrew University Libraryarelocated).Free
use of the
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