0290.02.0524
"Peace between the Arab States and Israel", a Letter from Elyas Kusa to Richard Nixon, 1970

Printed in English, this document features a letter from Elyas Kusa to the American President Richard Nixon on 18 January 1970, regarding his speech which was delivered in March of the same year on peace between Israel and the Arab Staes, in addition to Nixon's biased position towards Israel and the opposing position towards Arabs.   Kusa, in his letter, encloses a set of observations; where he compares between his position and Alexei Kosygin's position, former Premier of the Soviet Union as he spoke about the necessity of forcing both sides to seek peace.  Kusa, in his letter, confirms that the American Support given to Israel was by empowering it by armament, he also points out to several issues such as establishing settlements in the 1967 Occupied Palestinian Territories, in addition to the issue of refugees and the Israeli control over areas part of Arab countries and violating the UN's resolution issued on 22 January 1947. 

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January 18 1970

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Mansour, Johnny. "The Elias Koussa Collection". Interview with PMDA Researcher Lama Ghosheh. October 2018. The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive.

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0290.02.0524
"Peace between the Arab States and Israel", a Letter from Elyas Kusa to Richard Nixon, 1970

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