Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-04

ILLS SORT, q convenient memory
and a loose use of historical
fact go hand in hand. Per-
haps the restatement Of some
recent history might clear
the air and place in its proper
perspective her new red her
ring"
The Balfour Declaration of
1917 made the establishment of
a Jewish homeland in Palestine
a principle Of Western demo-
cratic foreign policy supported
and subscribed to by various
Western governments through
out the years. Miss Thomp-
sons sudden discovery" of
political activity by American
citizens in behalf Of Israel,
therefore, comes rather late in
life and leaves me to wonder
If her insight" isn't somewhat
tainted by her position as a
propaganda for certain Arab
groups.
Her statement "the recog-
milton Of Israel would be an
Arab concession" reveals that
the Arabs at no time have hon
estly embraced the theology Of
the United Nations. These are
the same ideals this nation held
in high enough esteem to fight
for In Korea. Now. eight years
after the establishment Of Is
rael by an act of the United
Nations, Miss Thompson would
have her Arab friends catch up
on history. What has been
the Arab Interpretation Of
Justice and international mo-
rality" during these years?
Bernard NJ. Levy.
In his column, Israel Gen.
sure is Questioned" David
Lawrence advanced the curl
Gus argument that the Secu-
rity Council had no moral right
to condemn Israel for recent
aggression in Palestine, be-
cause in Mr.. Lawrence's view
the United Nations had al
legedly refrained in the past
from condemning other powers
for acts they had committed
in another part Of the world.
1t is difficult to see the con-
nection between the two cases
and the analogy seems to be
entirely irrelevant and spuri-
GUS. II we were to follow Mr..
Lawrence's reasoning to its
logical conclusion. we would
come to a point where the
United Nations would be rem
dered completely impotent to
take any action. Mr.. Law
renee also contends that "Is-
rael probably suffered extreme
provocations which led to the
border raids" This contention
which was also advanced by
the representatives Of Israel is
completely invalid and was re-
jected by all members of the
Security Council. The Incl
dent which led to the Israeli
raid of December II could not
possibly be considered a prov
ocation since it involved moth
ing more than an exchange Of
fire between a Syrian outpost
and an Israeli police boat.
Such an insignificant incident
can hardly justify the scale
and force Of the retaliatory
action undertaken by the
armed forces Of Israel in which
Sc Syrian soldiers and civil
ians lost their lives.
DIR. Adnan M. Pachachi,
Press Officer. Embassy of Irat
4 Il \ y
Dorothy Thompson quotes
from a portion of Truman's
memoirs and says most Of
Truman's advisers on the Mid
die East were opposed to rec
ognition Of the Jewish state
in 1913. What she conveniently
fails to point out is that Tru-
man goes on to say that OPP
position arguments were based
on a desire to appease Arab
potentates for the oil they pos
sessed and because some of the
Presidents career advisers
were anti-Semitic, in his opin-
ion. Truman says he ignored
their arguments because he
felt that recognition of the
Jewish state was the Amer
lean thing to do from the
moral point Of view.
Bernard Zendle.