1965 Arab League summit

The 1965 Arab League Summit (Arabic: مؤتمر القمة العربي الثالث‎) was a secret summit held from September 13 to 17 in Casablanca, Morocco. It was the third meeting of the Council of Heads of Member States of the Arab League. The summit was boycotted by Tunisia over disagreements with Egypt.[1]

Arab League summit
Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser addressing the summit
Host countryMorocco
DateSeptember 13, 1965 (1965-09-13)
CitiesCasablanca

Participants

The Council of Heads of Member States of the Arab League included:[1]

Issues

The tensions between Pakistan and India in relation to the Kashmir issue was discussed.[2]

Intelligence leak

According to Shlomo Gazit of Israeli intelligence, King Hassan II of Morocco invited Mossad and Shin Bet agents to bug the Casablanca hotel where the Arab League Summit would be held to record the conversations of the Arab leaders.[3] This information was instrumental in Israel's major victory over Egypt, Jordan and Syria in the Six-Day War.[3] According to Ronen Bergman, Mossad then supplied information leading to Mehdi Ben Barka's capture and assassination in October.[4]

References
  1. "دعوة الحق - في مؤتمر القمة العربي الثالث بالدار البيضاء". www.habous.gov.ma. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
  2. Upadhyaya, Priyankar (1987). "4". Nonaligned States and India's International Conflicts (Thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the Jawaharlal Nehru University thesis). Centre For International Politics Organization And Disarmament School Of International Studies New Delhi. pp. 210–212.
  3. Surkes, Sue. "Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, 'helped Israel win Six Day War'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
  4. Yabiladi.com. "History : 1965, when the Mossad helped Morocco murder Ben Barka". en.yabiladi.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.


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