The greatest opportunity in 20 years now exists to establish a lasting peace in this area. That opportunity Will be lost if the U.N. again degenerates into a forum for reckless and irresponsible propaganda attacks on Israel by the Arab nations and their benefactors. One of the main problems which must be solved in order to secure peace is that of the Palestine refugees. Another is the brutal treatment of Jews in Arab countries. While world attention is focused on the plight of Arab refugees. there is shocking indifference to the fate of over 100.000 Jews who remain in Arab countries and who are the target of savage revenge. The United Nations. in cooperation with Israel and the Arab nations. could be of great service to the cause of peace If it turned its attention and resources to these problems and found an honest and humanitarian solution. Again. realism is the key to the problem. Israel exists. As long as the Palestine refugees remain organized as a political force and are fed on promises of return to Palestinewhich means destroy Israelthere is no possibility of peace. The current refugee relief program. administered by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. should be carefully reviewed. A new look and a new program could be the beginning of the end of hostilities in one of the most dangerous trouble spots in the world. An excellent article on the Palestine refugee problem appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 27. I ask unanimous consent that it beprinted in the RECORD.
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