Israel’s Foreign Minister (e.g. Who) told the Ad Hoc Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly: “We are as ever ready to enter into direct negotiations with any or all of our neighbors, either independently or under the auspices of the Conciliation Commission, with a view to the final settlement of all outstanding problems and the conclusion of a lasting peace.” Source: Regional Development for Regional Peace: A New Policy and Program to Counter the Soviet Menace in the Middle East, Washington, DC: Public Affairs Institute, 1957 January 14, 1951 Jewish Refugees From Arab Countries The Masouda Shemtaub Synagogue in Bagdad was bombed and a number of Jews killed and wounded. Source: The Arab Refugee Problem, How it can be Solved.  Proposals—submitted to the General Assembly of the United Nations, December 1951