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Squandered Opportunity. On the defensive, as he has been ever since the General Assembly convened, Israel's Foreign Minister Abba Eban replied that Jordan had "squandered an opportunity for peace" by shelling Israeli cities. When fighting broke out in the Sinai desert, Eban said, his government sent Hussein a cable promising that "Israel will not attack any state which refrains from attacking Israel." That cable, he recalled, was ignored...
...Abba Eban, the Israeli Foreign Minister, answered in ringing Churchillian cadences, coining the word "politicide" (death of a country) as the crime of which the Arabs were guilty (see THE WORLD). He was followed by a group of Arab and European spokesmen who either denounced Israel or admonished it against territorial aggrandizement. Of the rhetorical encirclement Eban is said to have quipped: "Never have so few owed so little to so many...
...harsh. What it asks in exchange for the land it has conquered is not a return to its dangerous existence before the war but a guarantee that it can live in peace. "Our watchword is not backward to belligerency, but forward to peace," explained its ever-eloquent Foreign Minister Abba Eban. Israel's prime demand, he said, is Arab acceptance of its right to exist. And Israel is pressing for direct peace talks with Egypt, Jordan and Syria, the Arab nations whose armies it defeated. It also demands the right of passage through the Suez Canal and the Gulf...
...nations whose leaders feel them selves bound to support Nasser in the cause of African unity. As speaker after speaker sounded off, the winner of the war in the Middle East found itself in the curious position of having to fight a defensive battle in the U.N. "Israel," said Abba Eban, "stands lonely amongst numerous and powerful adversaries...
...very different propositions. On the purely technical matter of aggression, Israel scarcely bothers to deny any longer that it started shooting first. On the day before the guns opened up, the Israeli Cabinet met secretly to discuss whether to launch a "preemptive" attack before the gathering Arab armies struck. Abba Eban argued for further diplomatic efforts. Defense Minister Moshe Dayan insisted that the safety of the nation would not permit delay. Dayan carried the day. The attack was authorized by a vote of 16-2, the only nays being cast by the left-wing socialists...