Israel Names: 5-Member
Cabinet for Jerusalem

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, August 6, 1948

Agency Opposes
New U.S. Unit

Progressive Arabs Reported
Planning Partition Rule

HAIFA, (JTA) A movement has started among pro-
Population Warned to be Prepared for Resumption of
Arab leaders to establish an Arab Government in
gressive
Hostilities; Demilitarization of Holy City Rejected;
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Palestine in line with the UN partition decision of last Novem-
American
section
of
the
Jewish
Serious Differences with Bernadotte
Agency expressed its opposition ber, it was learned here. The Arabs, with headquarters in
JERUSALEM — (JTA) — Col. undertook a rigid examination of to the establishment of Ameri- Nazareth, are prepared to recognize the legality of parti-
Moshe Dayan, recently appointed all goods and passenger traffic cans United for Israel. In a let- tion and • to collaborate with the Israeli Government in all
commander of the Jewish mili- arriving at the port. Persons of ter to Abraham Feinberg, corn- activities, including the joint
tary forces in Jerusalem, in a military age were scrutinized milttee member of the new group economic activity as visualized the member nations of the UN
city-wide broadcast warned. the with' particular care. This action and former president of the in the. UN partition decision.
will extend them recognition as
The members of the movement the official Palestine Arab Gov-
Jewish population to be on their came at the same time that Arab executive committee of Ameri-
guard against future Arab at- truce violations were reported in cans for Haganah, the Agency are said to be opposed equally to
tacks which might be launched Jerusalem, on the north-eastern executive called the formation of the ex-Mufti of Jerusalem and ernment. .
The Arab League, which by all
front and to an increasing degree Americans United for Israel "a King Abthillah of Transjordan.
"at any moment."
Pointing proudly to the fact in the southern desert. Egyptian flagrant defiance of the decision It is reported that the man most standards should be the • most
that "our military strength has attacks on Jewish convoys in the to dissolve Americans for Haga- likely to head such a provisional potent political force in the
increased lately," Col. Dayan de- Negev were reported south of the nah," many of whose functions Arab Government is now negoti- 'Middle East, is facing disunity
clared that the troops must be Maj dal Faluj j a line. Three the new organization intends to ating with Israeli leaders., The and disruption.
Arabs hope that a majority of
backed by the entire population. Egyptian planes operating in the absorb.
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"The war has not yet ended and Karatiya sector bombed Jewish
we cannot afford to relax our ef- positions.
John Sheringham, British "vice-
forts," he stated, • calling on the
civilians to continue building de- consul" in Arab-held Jerusalem,
fenses and carrying out guard asked Israeli Attorney-General
Jacob Schapira for permission to
duties.
visit the four Britons detained by
One of the reasons for the con- the government on charges of
tinued tension in this city, beside espionage. (The fifth was releas-
the almost daily sniper truce vio- ed in custody of his Jewish fa-
lations and the supply situation ther-in-law.) Sheringham was
is the fact that the final demar- permitted to .visit the Britons on
cation lines between the Israeli condition that he remain in the
and Egyptian forces in the south- sight—but not hearing—of an Is-
ern outskirts of the city are still raeli policeman.
not set.
The first trial pumpings of International Regime Plan
water from Ras El Ain, in the For Jerusalem Shelved
Lydda-Tel Aviv district, by way
LAKE SUCCESS—(JTA)—The
of Latrun to this bity haire begun. UN Trusteeship Council shelved
United Nations truce observers, consideration of an international
stationed in the no-man's-land statute for the city of Jerusalem
. around Latrun, permitted Jewish for an indefinite time. The mo-
engineers to test the pumping tion to postpone the problem was
machinery, which they found only carried eight to one, with three
slightly damaged although the abstentions.
area had been generously
The lone objector, Semyon
"booby-trapped" by the Arabs.
Tsarapkin of the Soviet Union,
The food situation has improv- pressed for Trusteeship Council
ed. Cigarettes are now obtainable action as ordered in the General
on the free market, but most all Assembly partition resolution of
other commodities remain strict- last November. Continuously de-
ly rationed. The prevailing hard- manding by what legal right the
ships would have little adverse Council could adjourn considera-
effect upon the Jews' morale had tion of the problem, Tsarapkin
they not to fear the imminent flatly accused the members of the
economic crisis threatened by filet trusteeship body of evading their
fact that most merchants and legal duties under the Assem-
tradesmen are without goods and bly resolution and the UN
displaces
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The Soviet delegation insisted
Jerusalem Cabinet Named
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member Cabinet committee was sponsible for the confusion and
appointed to deal with all ques- violence in Jerusalem. He also
tions concerning the future status charged the United States with
of Jerusalem. The committee attempting to reverse partition.
members are: Rabbi Judah L. The U.S. • and British- represen-
Fishman, Minister of Repara- tatives, who voted with the ma-
tions; Rabbi I. M. Lewin, Social jority for postponement, did not
Welfare, Itzhak Gruenbaum ; In- participate in the debate.
terior; David P. ernez, Communi-
In a note to the president of
cations, and Aaron Zisling, Agri-
the
Security Council, the Is-
culture.
, Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe raeli Government denied Brit-
Shertok, in his address to the ish allegations before the Coun-
State Council, indicated strongly cil that the arrest of the five
that the Jews, may demand the British engineers in Jerusalem
inclusion of Jerusalem into the on charges of espionage con-
boundaries of the state of Israel stituted a violation of the Truce
before the final peace discuss- Commission or the UN flag. Is-
raeli Representative A u b r e y
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Rejecting UN mediator Count Eban said the men were arrest-
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tok declared that the General
Dr. Neumann Sails for Israel
Assembly's • partition decision—
NEW YORK, (JTA)—"Count
which included a plan for grant-
ing Jerusalem international sta- Bernadotte does not seem to un-
. tus—was no longer "morally derstand that the Nov. 29...reso-
.binding" on Israel. He added that lution of the UN is law in the
Israel will demand reconsidera- question of the partition of Pal-
tion of its boundaries in view of estine," Dr. Emanuel Nelmann,
. the events that have transpired president of the Zionist Organi-
since the November 29 partition zation and member of the Jew-
ish Agency executive, said at a
decision was reached.
The Israeli Foreign Minister press conference prior to sailing
also told the State Council that for Israel to attend a meeting
the Arab states, in the final of the Zionist Actions Commit-
peace discussions, will be asked tee which will convene in Tel
to pay reparations for "the im- Aviv on Aug. 22. "If he does
mense damage caused to the not stick to the original resolu-
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.es and for losses suffered by tion, there is no reason, then,
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immigration to Israel of Jews of for minar areas."
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Accompanying Dr. Neumann to
military age dur:ing the truce
the
Tel
Aviv
convention
are:
Dr.
period.
Practically every political par- Israel Goldstein, chairman of
ty represented in the State Coun- the United Palestine - Appeal;
cil—with the noticeable exception Judge Morris Rothenberg, pres-
pf the Mapai, Israel's largest par- ident of the Jewish National
ty, of which Shertok is a member Fund; Rabbi Irving Miller, chair-
-urged that Jerusalem be in- man of the Administrative Coun-
cil of the ZOA; Daniel Frisch,
eluded in the Jewish state
UN truce control officers im- of New York, and Elihu Stone,
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posed a strict security watch of Boston, vice 'presidents of the
Saturday, 9:15 to 5
on the port of Tel Aviv. Two ZOA; Charles Ross, president
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AMerican and two French ob- of t h e Palestine Foundation
servers took up pbsitions along Fund; Dr. S. Margoshes and Ab-
tile port while other UN officials raham Redelheim.

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