Ben-Gurion Gets Confidence
Vote on Transjordan Peace
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TEL AVIV.—The Israeli
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ernment came under fire from
both the left and the right for
its armistice with Transjordan,
but won a vote of confidence in
Ktiesseth. Prime Minister David
Ben--Gurion's opponents • charged
that the armistice was tanta-
mount to incorporation of the
Jenin-Tulkarm-Nablus bulge in
the "Hashimite Jordan Kingdom"
of Abdullah.
The government was upheld
by a vote of 64 to 15, former Ir-
gunists and Stern leaders Fried-
man and Yellin voting against
while the Mapam and Commun-
ists abstained.
A. Motion by Mapam nbt to
ratify the armistice agreement
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was defeated 68 to 17. Mapam
and Communist members voted
for non-ratification while Ir-
gunists abstained. The vote.fol-
lowed a stormy five-hour de-
bate. Opponents charged Ben-
Gurion with opening Israel to
Anglo-American influence. In
his reply, Ben-Gurion said that
possibly Transjordan was a
puppet government of Britain
but there also were puppet par-
ties in Israel serving outside.
interests.
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In the north, the front line com-
mences. in the Beisan area, runs
westward -giving . the Gilboa hills
to Israel. Then it turns . south,
running east.-of the railway line
to Tulkarm, giving the -Gedera-
Afuleh road to Israel. From Tul-
karm -the line follows the eastern
edge- of the railway line to Oal-
qiliya,, which remains Arab,. and-
turns eastward to BUclrusr—nine
mileS north of Latrun—thereafter
following the November .30 :ar--
mistide line to a point south of
Jerusalem.
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South of Jerusalem the line
continues east frorn Beit Jibrin
and. south from Hebron to the
Dead Sea at En Geddi. The line
then joins the international fron-
tier in the center of the - Dead
Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba.
The reduction of forces is un-
derstOod to include British troops
at Aqaba where a total strength
of three battalions - is alloted to
each side. Jerusalem will be al-
lowed two battalions for either
side with another three battalions
in the surrounding districts. The
"triangle" will contain a total of
five battalions, with a similar
number of Israelis facing it.
The pact also states that the
military forces of both side _ s shall
be limited to defensive forces
only in the areas extending ten
kilometers on either side of the
front line. The only exception to
this point is in the southernmost
tip of Palestine and the coastal
strip where adherence to this
principle is physically impossible.
The pact provides for the es-
tablishment of two commissions.
One is a general armistice com-
mission composed of seven mem-
bers headed by a United Nations
official. The second will be a
special commission to deal with
problems relating to the Jerusa-
lem area. The specific problems'
left to the jurisdiction of the
special commission are:
Members of the UN concilia-
tion commission arrived in Tel
Aviv Thursday to confer with.
Ben-Gurion. Dr. Ralph Bunche
was in Beirut Wednesday for the
conciliation session, prior to re-
turning to the United States. He
reportedly considers his Pales-
tine mission ended.
Syrian-Israeli Talks
The Syrian-Israeli armistice
♦ negotiations began Tuesday in
Tenet, a border village. located
between Rosh Pinah and Mish-
mar Hayrden, in northeastern
Palestine. The Israeli delegation
to the talks is composed of the
same personnel who two weeks
ago completed a similar pact
1. Provision for free movement of
with Lebanon.
traffic on vital roads. including the
The customs house at Ras El Bethlehem-Jerusalem and the Latrun-
roads.
Nakura on the Israeli-Lebanese Jerusalem
2. Resumption of the normal func-
border, where the armistice tioning- of the cultural and humani-
tarian institutions on Mt. Scopus and
agreement between the countries free
access thereto.
3. Provision for - free access to the
was signed only a fortnight ago,
Holy Places and cultural Institutions
passed'into Israeli hands, follow- and use of the cemetery on the Mount
ing ,a meeting of the joint Israeli- of Olives: and,
4. Resumption of operations of the
Lebanese armistice commission at Latrun
pumping station, provision of
that spot. It is understood here electricity in the Old City of Jerusalem
and resumption of operation of the
that the Lebanese villages, held' Jaffa-Jerusalem railroad.
by Israeli troops have already
passed into Lebanese hands in New RegulationS for Food
accord with the armistice which
Gift Packages to Israel
set yesterday as the deadline.
Armistice Pact Signed on Rhodes
RHODES. (JTA)—The Trans-
jordan-Israeli armistice pact was
signed at 7:30 p.m. April 3 after
one month- of extended negotia-
tions. It accepts the military
status quo in Palestine, except
for several variations in the Ne-
gev and 'triangle" areas. -
The pact, which is not subject-
to ratification and comes into ef-
fect immediately, recognizes
Transjordan's right to take over
control of the "triangle" area-
- Jenin-Tulkarm-Nablus. In this
area, the implementation of the
provisions of the pact dealing
with the replacement of -Ipaqi
troops by Transjordanians, the
withdrawal to the agreed-upon
lines and the reduction of forces
may take as long his 15 weeks.
In general; however, the pact
calls for an adjustment of forces
within ten days.
gain control of the
The
Haifa-Tel Aviv rail lines, except
for one point in Tulkarm _ . In re-
turn, they agree to pay the cost
of ,paving 20 kilometers of first
class road in Transjordan-held
areas. The -Jews will also pick up
a 'number of Arab villages in the-
Dead Sea and Negev areas and
will again - have, control of the
potasch works in the southern tip
of the Dead Sea. The Arab Le-
gion remains in control of Latrun.
Arab residents of any villages
taken over by the Israelis - may
remain there or may choose to
leave. If they leave, the Arab
villagers will be permitted to
take with them their movable
property and livestock and will
be compensated immediately for
the land which they abandon.
Front Line from Beisan Valley
The present positions in Jeru-
salem remain unaltered, with' the
Latrun road still in Arab hands.
NEW YORK—New regulations
strictly controlling companies
engaged in the business of send-
ing out food gift packages to
recipients in Israel are now in
effect, according to advice re-
ceived from Israel by Service for
Palestine; Inc., 60 E. 66th St.,
organized by the American Keren
Hayesod (Palestine Foundation
Fund, Inc.) as the official Jew-
ish food gift service.
Only three •standard types of
gift packages will be permitted
henceforth. The first type which
consists of approximately 22 lbs.
net contains meat, sugar, butter,
cheese, condensed milk and
cream. Approximately 8 1/4 lbs.
of meat and 2-1/5 lbs. of butter
are included in this package. The
second type consisting of the
same ingredients includes 6 lbs.
meat totalling 18 lbs. net . The
third type is a meatless package
and includes 41/2 lbs. butter and
2-1/5 lbs. rice.
New regulations also require
that customs, freight and han-
dling charges must be prepaid in
the United States.
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Friday, April 8, 1949
Israel Women Honor Their Dead
Weizmann Dinner
Set for April 23
A number of Detroiters are
planning to attend the "Salute to
the President of Israel" dinner to
be held April 23 at the Waldorf
Astoria, New York.
President Chaim Weizmann is
coming to this country to address
this dinher. The NBC Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Leonard
Bernstein, with Jascha Heifetz as
soloist, will be featured at this
dinner.
Reservations for this dinner
are being taken at $250 a plate.
It is expected that Louis Berry
will head the Detroit delegation
at the dinner.
—International Photo
In memory of her husband,
who was killed in the late
stages of Israel's war of inde-
pendence, this woman plants
an evergreen tree on Israel's
soil. The Mother of a year-old
child, she is observing the cus-
tom of honoring Israel's dead by
planting trees in their memory
on land 'of the Jewish National
Fund.
BIAS Gives $500,000
To Finance DP Airlift
NEW YORK (JTA)—A check
for $500,000 for the financing of
a DP airlift to Israel was handed
to Israeli Consul General Arthur
Lourie by the HIAS as an ad-
vance transportation payment for
individuals to be transported
from IMP and other areas to
Israel by air. The $500,000 will
be used by the Israeli Govern-
ment to purchase two aircraft
with which to carry out the HIAS
project. The presentation of the
check was made by HIAS presi-
dent Samuel A. Telsey. •
Vatican Wants Only Holy
Sites Internationalized
JERUSALEM (MNB) -- The
Vatican wants only religious
sites and holy places interna-
tionalized leaving Jerusalem, old
and new, in either Jewish or
Arab hands, an authoritative
spokesman of the Holy See told
the World Mizrachi headquarters
here.
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Israeli Government Is
A Fact, Bevin Admits
Seven Nation
WASHINGTON, April I. (JTA)
— British Foreign Secretary.
Ernest Bevin, addressing mem-
bers of the National Press Club,
said that the Arab point of view
in Palestine should not be over-
looked.
Under questioning, he denied
that . he ever said there was no
real, place for a Jewish state in
the Middle East and that Arabs
would push the Jews out of Israel
into the Mediterranean. He asked
that the world await the out-
come of the .Middle East problem
before he is judged on his stand.
Bevin also stated: "I think the Is-
raeli government is established."
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The
UN Economic and Social Council
set up a seven-nation body to de-
termine an international system
of disposing of the property of
missing persons. The problem in-
volves the properties of millions
of Jews who died in Hitler's
death factories as well as that of
other victims of the war in all
parts of the world. The seven na-
tions who will appoint experts to
this body are Brazil, Denmark,
France, Lebanon, Poland, United
States and Soviet Union.
Body to Handle
Missing Persons' Property
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N
ISTANBUL (JA)—There are
now some 70,000 Jews living in
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families are described as having
a "satisfactory economic position," .
while 10,000 are listed as _having '
"average" means.
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70,000 Jews in Turkey
Ttirkey, it was revealed in a
survey released by the Jewish
_gommtinity. The survey was
conducted prior to the recent
wave of migration to Israel.
At that time there were 78,730
iws in Turkey,, over 7,000 of
whom have since emigrated.
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