Word: liveran
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...Arab states have never been sincerely interested in securing peace in Palestine and are, in fact, dedicated to the destruction of the Jewish state, Arthur Liveran, Israeli U.N. delegate, told a College audience Saturday...
...cold light of history," said Liveran, "shows that the Arabs first took up arms against the U.N. resolution and against Israel and then, failing by aggressive means, have tried to use the resolution itself to accomplish their purposes...
...Arabs, who have been claiming that the refugee problem is "the most important single problem arising out of Zionism in Palestine," are not at all interested in settling the refugee problem, said Liveran. They are only interested in keeping the conflict alive so that the hatred it engenders will keep the Arab political leaders in power, he asserted...
...Liveran's speech followed an attack by Syria's chief U.N. delegate, Rafik Asha, who claimed that Israel has refused to take care of its Arab refugees as called for in the U.N. plan for partition of Palestine...
...Liveran denied that the Arab leaders had any concern for the welfare of the refugees as human beings, and asserted that they were only using the issue as "a club with which to beat Israel over the head" after failing to subdue Israel by aggressive means...