President Kennedy also reaffirmed our "sincere friendship for all the people of the Middle East." We have learned by bitter experience that poverty is the breeding ground for unrest. We can remove much of the Arab antagonism toward Israel if we help them build their own countries. The Presidents proposal for a Middle East Regional Resources Fund. under the auspices of the United Nations and the World Bank. would help also resettle the Arab refugees and remove that festering sore from the body of Middle East politics. Finally. the President urged a new guarantee by the United States to halt immediately any aggression in the Middie East. He stated that "the influence of the United States must be brought to bear on a just solution that removes all discrimination from the Suez Canal." It is not sufficient to act against the country which has been provoked into military action. as we did in 1956.
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