From The Canadian Jewish News, December 2, 1960
Beirut, Lebanon – The turbulent Arab world was shaken by a new controversy this week over – of all people – that “dangerous Zionist” Elizabeth Taylor.
The United Arab Republic, leader in the unrelenting Arab assault against the state of Israel, was painted as a culprit for allowing the actress to make a movie in Egypt.
The influential Lebanese daily Al Amal trumpeted:
“The proof is the UAR’s welcoming in advance movie star Elizabeth Taylor and authorizing her to play the part of Cleopatra on the banks of the Nile at a time when the Central Arab League Boycott Bureau denounces her as a dangerous Zionist and wife of that other dangerous Zionist singer Eddie Fisher, and orders all Arab states to boycott her films.” ♦
