The World: Israel's Allon: 'We Protest'

Israel's Foreign Minister Yigal Allon spent two days in Washington last week coordinating strategy for the United Nations Security Council debate on the Middle East with Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Before returning to Jerusalem, Allon talked with TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter. Excerpts from the interview:

BOYCOTTING OF THE DEBATE. First, we wanted to protest the practice of using the Security Council for adopting unnecessary and damaging resolutions which could only serve to undermine an already weakened United Nations and which we felt were designed to undermine the momentum which began as a result of the interim agreement with Egypt. Second,...