For 20 years. since the creation of the State of Israel. the United States through the United Nations has sought to work in concert for stability. harmony. and peace in this. the homeland of our civilization. The war which preceded the creation of the State of Israel ended with an armistice. In the succeeding years. we have learned that this meant neither peace nor war. but an uneasy suspension of hostilities. The policing of that truce has from the very first been the job of the United Nations--in terms of supervising it. of preventing a resumption of the fighting. and of attempting to sustain and resettle hundreds of thousands of refugees. . The present crisis. I regret to say. followed a retreat from the careful arrangements prepared by the.
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