1965 Arab League summit

Arab League summit
Arab League summit
	Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser addressing the summit
Host country	Morocco
Date	September 13, 1965
Cities	Casablanca

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]

Participants[]

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

Jordan: King Hussein
Algeria: President Houari Boumédiène
Sudan: President Ismail al-Azhari
United Arab Republic: President Gamal Abdel Nasser
Iraq: President Abdul Rahman Arif
Saudi Arabia: King Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Syria: President Amin al-Hafiz
Yemen Arab Republic: (North Yemen) President Abdullah al-Sallal
Kuwait: Emir Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Lebanon: President Charles Helou
Libya: Crown Prince Hasan as-Senussi
Morocco: King Hassan II
Palestine: Chairman Ahmad Shukeiri (PLO)

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[]

^ ^a ^b "دعوة الحق - في مؤتمر القمة العربي الثالث بالدار البيضاء". www.habous.gov.ma. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Surkes, Sue. "Morocco tipped off Israeli intelligence, 'helped Israel win Six Day War'". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
^ Yabiladi.com. "History : 1965, when the Mossad helped Morocco murder Ben Barka". en.yabiladi.com. Retrieved 2019-07-07.

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[:0-1] "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.

[:3-3] 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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v t Arab League summits
Pre-1964	1946 1956
1964–1979	1964 Cairo / Alexandria 1965 Casablanca 1967 Khartoum 1969 1970 Cairo 1973 1974 Rabat 1976 Riyadh / Cairo 1978 Baghdad 1979
1980–1999	1980 1982 1985 1987 Amman 1988 Algiers 1989 1990 / 1996
2000–2019	2000 2001 2002 Beirut 2003 2004 2005 2006 Khartoum 2007 Riyadh 2008 Damascus 2009 Doha 2010 Sirte 2012 Baghdad 2013 Doha 2014 2015 2016 Nouakchott 2017 Amman 2018 Dhahran 2019
Italics indicate extraordinary meetings.