Lists .Reasons
.For Retaining South Area

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Will Not Tie Admission
Of Israel to Transjordan

Friday, October 1, 1948
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ward for information leading to
the arrest of the assassins of
PARIS (JTA) — The United rael a more compact and more
County Folke Bernadotte.
(JTA)
—
Rabbi
by
Israeli
authorities
as
an
"ex-
NEW YORK,
States delegation here did. not easily defended state than was
The
announcement
coincided
Abba. Hillel. Silver listed, four tremely grave truce breach symp-
discuss Secretary of State George envisaged in the original UN par-
major reasons why the state of tomatic of the Arab attitude since with a threatening letter received
C. Marshall's statement urging tition decision. He added that h e
Israel cannot surrender the the beginning of the first truce." by each member of the Israeli the admission of Israel and Trans- will fight all attempts to ampu-
The statement pointed out that
Negev to the ° Arabs as recom-
Cabinet, including Ben Gurion. jordan at its daily delegation tate all of the' Negev from Israel.
mended -by the late UN media- the Jews have repeatedly drawn
The letter, signed "Fatherland meeting. He sidestepped all ques- He also said that he believes that
the
.attention
of
the
UN
to
the
tor Count Folke Bernadotte. In
Israel ought to agree to establish-
need
for
establishing
its
author-
Front," read: "For what you did tions about American support for ing Haifa as a free port and
a statement to the press, the
Israel's
application
being
contin-
chairman of the American sec- ity over Latrun, but that nothing to us, for arrests and brutal ac- gent upon the Jewish state's ac- Lydda as a free airport.
tion of the Jewish Agency de- was done even after the bombing tion, you will be killed." Pre- ceptance of the Pilernadette pro-
clared that the enemies of Israel of the Latrun pumpipg station
Syria Says UN Can Discuss
viously, each member of the , cab- posals.
are attempting to use the assasin- by the Arabs. In response to
But Not Act on Palestine
He
indicated,
however,
that
firearms
with
inet
was
provided
queitioning,
an
Israeli
spokes-
ation of. Bernadotte to cripple
The UN General AsSembly
while Transjordan and Israel
man, said that some sort of UN and guards.
the Jewish state.
formally approved its General
were
linked
in
Secretary
Mar-
The first reason which Rabbi authority and protection was Arabs Attack in Latrun
(steering) committee's recom-
Arab troops in the Latrun area shall's statement the United
Silver advanced for the impos- needed.
mendation that the Palestine
States
would
maintain
its
long-
the
against
launched
an
attack
He
praised
the
courage
of
the
sibility of Israel's agreeing to
standing opposition to "package question be placed on the agenda.
the loss of the Negev was that UN observe'?" with the convoy, Jewish-held heights overlooking deals." To underscore this posi- At the same time, Syria's Faris)
the
strategic
Jerusalem
-
Haifa
by so doing the Jewish state French Col. J. .Dumoncel, who
el Khouri placed a stumbling
would be drastically reducing its saved the life of the Jewish liai- highway. Casualties were in- tion, the spokesman said; the U. block in the path of early Assem-
S.
delegation
is
considering
•
a
flicted
on
both
'
sides
after
the
by
speeding
car
son
officer
in
his
agricultural land reserve and
bly action on Bernadotte's . pro-
thereby reducing its capacity to him to the Latrun monastery and Jews recaptured positions lost in resolution to remind the Assem- posals.
bly
that
the
International
Court
an
earlier
withdrawal.
This
is
hiding
him
until
it
was
safe
to
absorb immigration. "In this
Scoring a legal. victory without
ap,
way," he pointed out, "the per- leave. He added that if the Is- the first major battle in the area of Justice has ruled against
a single delegate rising to chal-
plying
conditions
of
reciprocity
sistent objective of the enemies raeli government had a decora- since the beginning of the second
to the admission of new members lenge him, the Arab spokesman
of Israel, which has ever been tion . for bravery Col. Dumoncel truce. •
insisted that the AsseMbly could
to
the U. N.
The
enemy
raid
was
carried
would
have
been.
the
first
to
re-
to prevent or severely limit
only discuss Bernadotte's plan
out
by
Arab
Legion
infantry
units
ceive
the
award.
Jewish immigration into Pales-
Negev vs. Galilee
but could not recommend any ac- •
supported by armored vehicles.
Irgun Completes Surrender
tine, would be achieved."
In an interview with the Jew- tion on it because the Security.
The enlistment of Irgun per- Previously the strategic "Burma
In Surrendering the southern
ish
Telegraphic Agency, Guate- Council has "seized" the ques-
area, the Jews would be also sonnel into the Isra'elf army, un- Road" was subjected to intensive malan delegate Jose Garcia Gra- tion. El Khouri quoted a pro-
Arab
artillery
shelling
in
an
at-
der
the
terms
of
the
disbandment
min-
giving up all access to the
nados declared that regardless of vision of the UN Charter - which
eral deposits of the Dead Sea, of the Irgun, continued. The sur- tempt to disrupt Israeli communi- what decision emerged from the forbids the Assembly from inter-
cations. Jerusalem-bound traffic
he stated. These minerals, Rabbi render of arms is complete.
vening in . a. case on which the
The Fatherland Front posted along the vital link continued Assembly debate on Palestine, Council is acting, except at the
Silver added, constitute perhaps
Israel
will
have
to
maintain
a
the only reserve of valuable min- placards in Jerusalem explaining the barrage. Israeli batteries re- strong defense force for a long request of the Council:
erals available to Israel and the its reasons for the assassination taliated by shelling the Ramal- time. If they are "very substan-
Foreign Minister Zigmutit Mod-
"basis of a varied and highly of Count Bernadotte and calling lah-Latrun road, closing' it • to tially amended," Granados said, Zelewski of Poland, making the
skilled chemical industry." Loss for popular support of the Front. Arab traffic.
Twenty-six Sternists broke out the Bernadotte proposals could first declaration by any of the
of the area would also deprive It also threatened the Israeli au-
stern European nations, blamed.
thorities,
declaring
that
it
"will
of
an Israeli jail near Tel Aviv. provide a basis for a settlement. Ea.
Israel of the possible use of a
the Palestine war on the resist-
In
particular,
the
Guatemalan
A
large
force
of
military
police
cut
off
any
'hand
raised
against
port at Akaba on the Red Sea
ance of the oil interests to the
was put on their trail and all but delegate said, he feels that ex-
and the likely possibility of oil us."
effective implementation of the
David Ben Gurion, Israeli Pre- one of the extremists was recap- changing part of the Negev for
deposits. The latter is "per-
Western Galilee would make Is- original UN partition decson.
haps the real reason why it is mier, announced a $20,000 re- tured.
now proposed to take this ter-
ritory away from Israel and
hand it over to a puppet of
Britain," he asserted.
Turning to the proposed in-
s
ternationalization of Jerusalem,
Rabbi Silver said that the Jews
originally agreed to such a pro-
posal on the assumption that the
Arabs would respect UN con-
trol of the city and not molest
its 90,000 Jewish inhabitants-.
However, subsequent develop-
ments have proved that the
/1k... Arabs do not intend to permit
the UN to maintain Jerusalem
AS an international city, he.
stated.
"It is inconceivable that the
Jews of Jerusalem and Israel
will ever again consent to leave
Jerusalem in the midst of a
hostile Arab sea, unconnected
with Israel, and with no greater
security for their lives . and pro-
perty than would be involved in
the nominal 'control' of the
United Nations," he declared.
Urges Truman Reject Plan
Dr. Silver appealed to Presi-
dent Truman "to prevent the
imposition of such iniquitous
terms on Israel" as the Berna-
dotte plan recommended and to
stand by the pledged word of
the American Government which
accepted without reservation the
Nov. 29 UN decision and which
on May 14 gave de facto recogni-
tion to the state of Israel.
Dr. Silver's protest against
Secretary Marshall's endorse-
ment of the Bernadotte report
was made in behalf of all official
Zionist bodies in the United
States—the Zionist Organization
of America, Hadassah, Mizrachi
Organization of America, Labor-
Zionist Organization of America-
Poale Zion, United Zionists-Re-
visionists of America, Hashomer
Hatzair, Achdut Haavodah-Poale
Zion (U nit e d Labor Zionist
Party).
(Jewish circles are puzzled by
the Rosh Hashanah greeting to
• the Jews of America issued by
Secretary of State George C.
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