June 30, 1965 (vol. 75, iss. 37) • Page Image 2
…Seventy-Third Year EDITED AND MANAGED BY STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNDER AUTHORITY OF BOARD IN CONTROL OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS "Where Opinionz Are Free STUDENT PUBLICATIONS BL.DG., ANN…
… WASSERSTEIN ONLY SOLUTION TO DISPUTE: Arabs, Israel Must Face Realities By SHREESH JUYAL EVER SINCE the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, the Palestine problem has continued to develop in new…
… most recent proposal for settling the long standing Arab- Israeli dispute came from an Arab chief of state, President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia. The proposal called for direct negotiations between the…
… Arabs and Israelis on the issue on the basis of the United Nations reso- lution of 1947 which provided the partition of Palestine. ACCORDING to the partition plan, Israel would cede one-third of its…
… territory to a Palestine Arab nation. The partition plan had earmarkedthe land to be released by Israel. But Israel conquered it in the war with Arabs before becoming a state in 1948. Bourguiba's proposal…
… also stip- ulated that Israel allow the re- turn of all Palestinians who were compelled to flee their country during the war. WHILE presenting his views, the Tunisian president was criti- cal of the Arab…
… policy toward Is- rael and termed it inefficient. He said he would be prepared to sub- mit this proposal before the Arab summit if it were acceptable to Israel. He added that he believed the Israeli…
… acceptance of his plan would go further in bringing about reconciliation in the Arab-Israeli relations. Significantly, Bourguiba's pro- posal was the first initiative for reconciliation by an Arab states- man…
… possibility of both Israeli and Arab communities living side by side in coexistence with peace and cooperation. UNFORTUNATELY, his plan was welcomed by disapproval of both Israel and Arab nations. Is- rael…
… but failed to assess the embarrassment her proposal would have caused to President Bourguiba at this stage. Bourgui- ba, reacting to the invitation, said, "Only (Arab) Palestine people themselves are…





