Today. I should like to address myself to yet another conflict which vitally affects the American people. as well as the inhabitants of the strifetorn Near East. I refer to the problem of the Arab refugees. This dilemma facing the Israelis is one on which peace in the Near East may well hinge. The essence of Israels Arab problem is not the Arabs in Israel. but the Palestinian refugees outside her borders. In 1947 the United Nations Assembly voted 33 to 13. with 10 abstensions. to end the British mandate in Palestine and to divide the country into a Jewish and an Arab state. linked in economic union. This United Nations decision was rejected by the Arabs.
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