The New York Times · 15 December 1956

CP-1956-021

Text of Arab U.N. Protest

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“Although the whole story will never be told and the extent of the tragedy never be known, yet official Israeli information has revealed the shocking aspect of this criminal policy.”

Context added by this archive

The full text of a letter from eleven Arab states to the President of the General Assembly, printed as a document rather than summarized. Palestinians are described as having been terrorized into fleeing. The Times runs the charge in their own words and lets the reader weigh it.

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"Text of Arab U.N. Protest," The New York Times, 15 December 1956. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1956-021. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1956-021

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