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Buffalo Jewish Review · Buffalo, New York · 7 October 1960

CP-1960-002

Iraq Protest8 to U.S. Against Sen. Kennedy'8 Speech .:,, - t;, to Zion18ts

Iraq Protest8 to U.S. Against Sen. Kennedy'8 Speech .:,, - t;, to Zion18ts — Buffalo Jewish Review, 7 October 1960
Buffalo Jewish Review · Buffalo, New York · 7 October 1960
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WASHINGTON (JTA)-Iraq ha8 handed a formal dlplomatlc note to the State Department. prote8t- Ing a recent addre88 by Senator .lohn P. Kennedy, Ma88achu8ett DemoeraL before the Zlon18t Or- ganlzatlon of Amerlca. The Iraql Emba88y ma'de 'known that It ha8 prote8ted to the De- artment here and that the Iraql Forelgn Mln18try handed a note to the American Emba88y In Bagh- dad.

Accordlng to an Iraql new8 agency report the prote8t wa8 the y:., Kennedy lodged becau8e": 8peech "contalned blatant pra18e of world Ztronl8m and Jewry." The note 8ald that "It 18 truly palnful that electloneerlng prop&- ganda ahould be explolted for the purp08e of harmlng the Arab8 and thelr legal rlghts and for 8upport- Ing the u8urplng group whlch crlme8 contlnue8 commlttlng agaln8t the rlghts of the peaceful Palestlnlan Arab8 a group re~ 8pon81ble for d18placlng one mllllon Arab refugees." Th8 Iraql Forelgn Mln18try not stated that the Kennedy 8peech aff ected Amerlcan-Arab relatlon8 and that Lh18 Stand wa8 not In the Intere8t ot relatlon8 between Iraq and the Unlted State8.

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"Iraq Protest8 to U.S. Against Sen. Kennedy'8 Speech .:,, - t;, to Zion18ts," Buffalo Jewish Review, 7 October 1960. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1960-002. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1960-002

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