UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC: ARAB DIPLOMATS' WIVES MEET IN SUPPORT OF ARAB WOMEN IN ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORY

Record ID: 337299

  • Title: UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC: ARAB DIPLOMATS' WIVES MEET IN SUPPORT OF ARAB WOMEN IN ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORY
  • Date: 6th February 1969
  • Summary: ASSEMBLY CLUB BUILDING; SUDANESE WOMEN ARRIVE; PALESTINIAN WOMEN ARRIVE; MEETING IN PROGRESS. Initials PK/VS/MR/GJB Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 21st February 1969 13:00
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  • Location: CAIRO, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC
  • Country: Egypt
  • Reuters ID: LVA2DVGIDWZC2IU4ANCL5SXNGXIY
  • Story Text: THOUSANDS OF ARAB WOMEN, INCLUDING WIVES OF CABINET MINISTERS AND DIPLOMATS, TODAY (THURSDAY) EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT FOR ARAB WOMEN IN ISRAELI-OCCUPIED TERRITORY WITH MEETINGS AND SIT-IN STRIKES IN A NUMBER OF MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES. IN CAIRO, UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC, ABOUT 200 WOMEN ATTENDED A MEETING AFTER A PLANNED SIT-IN STRIKE WAS CALLED OFF BECAUSE EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES WITH-HELD PERMISSION.

    THE SIT-IN STRIKES HAD BEEN CALLED BY THE PALESTINIAN WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION TO DRAW THE ATTENTION OF WORLD PUBLIC OPINION TO THE PLIGHT OF THE PALESTINIAN WOMEN.

    A SPOKESMAN FOR THE ARAB SOCIALIST UNION, EGYPT'S ONLY AUTHORISED POLITICAL BODY, SAID IN CAIRO THAT A STRIKE WAS A NEGATIVE ACT AND IT WAS FAR BETTER FOR THE WOMEN TO DISCUSS MEANS OF POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO THE PALESTINE CAUSE.

    INSTEAD OF A SIT-IN, ABOUT 200 WIVES OF ARAB DIPLOMATS MET AT A CAIRO SOCIAL CLUB BELONGING TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND DISCUSSED HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PALESTINIAN CAUSE.

    SIT-INS WERE HELD, HOWEVER, IN IRAQ, JORDAN AND LEBANON.
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