Mr. Speaker. I have long maintained that the Arab refugees living on the borders of Israel represent . threat to peace in the Middle East precisely because certain leaders in the Arab world want it that way. Israel would be glad to sit down with responsible Arab statesmen and resolve the refugee problem but certain Arab leadersI am tempted to say most Arab leadersfind It politically expedient to keep the problem stirred up. They prefer to keep 1.3 million of their fellow Arabs living in misery. so they can exploit them for their own political ends. Israel wants peace. These Arab chiefs want tension and. perhaps. war. I have long urged our Government to use a fraction of the energy it gives to supporting these refugees in squalor to putting an end. by just and humane means. to the refugee problem. There is absolutely no reason to serve the nefarious ends of Arab hatemongers by perpetuating this problem indefinitely. The New York Times. on April 4. published a remarkable interview with Ahmed Shukairy. chairman of the socalled Palestine Libeiation Organization. It was remarkable In that Shukalry. who has dedicated himself to nourishing strife in the Middle East. was so frank. Note that Shukairy said: The Arab States will not Integrate the Palestine refugees because in integration would be a slow process of liquidating the Palestine problem. I urge my colleagues to read the article. to acquire an understanding of why there s not peace in the Holy Land and guidance on what this countrys future policy should be on the -Arab refugee problem:
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Arab leaders are portrayed as intentionally keeping refugees in misery for political gain.