BAGHDAD : An Arab Gathering
Arab leaders have agreed to meet in the Iraqi capital next Monday to focus anger over the mass influx of Soviet Jews to Israel.
The Kremlin has eased restrictions on the departure of Jews. Reduced access to the United States, where many previously chose to settle, has directed much of the exodus to Israel. The influx has alarmed Arab leaders who fear that many Jews will settle in Arab lands Israel captured in 1967.
Syrian President Hafez Assad, a bitter enemy of Iraq’s President Saddam Hussein, has vowed not to attend if the meeting is held in Baghdad. And Lebanon may not attend unless the Lebanese governmental crisis is put on the agenda.
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