Word: rifa
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Dates: during 1955-1955
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...Zionist movement into Israel was termed "on of the most inhuman acts of the 20th century" by Abdul Momen Rifa'i,' ambassador from Jordan to the United States, at the Law School Forum on "Harmony in the Middle East" last night...
Carefully distinguishing between the Jewish religion, which he called "a highly respected faith," and Zionism, Rifa'i declared that Zionism was "a radical political movement...
...Zionist movement was inhuman, said Rifa'i, because 900,000 Arabs had been made homeless when the Jews, under Zionist impetus, took control of part of Palestine...
...Rifa'i also said that he felt the American press was not reporting the situation in Israel objectively, but was favoring the Zionist position...
Abdul Monem Rifa'l, Jordan ambassador to this country, thus cannot debate tonight with Abba Eban, the Israeli ambassador, as originally planned. Rifa'l has agreed, however, to present the official Arab point of view tonight at 8:30 in New Lecture Hall, with Eban defending his government's policies tomorrow at Rindge Tech...