Ramat Jochanan:
Tribute to Smuts
See Editorial, Page 4
: Industry Salutes
State of Israel.
in
"Ye shall dwell
booths seven days . . .
that your generations may
know that I made the
children of Israel to dwell
in booths when I brought
them out of the land of
Egypt."
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A Weekly Review
of Jewish Events
—Leviticus XXIII
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eports Aggravate Middle East Conditions:
Jordan Denies Withdrawal of
Charges Against . Israel to UN
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for a united stand. It is understood that Syria also informed Jordan that it is
resolved "to drive out the Jews by force."
JERUSALEM—The Jordan-controlled RamaIlah radio Mon-
day night vigorously denied reports that Jordan had withdrawn
from the Security Council its complaint against alleged Israel
aggression in the Yarmuk area.
According to the broadcast, the Jordan cabinet met yester-
day to consider "Israel's act of aggression from all points."
Col. Harkavi declared that Israel is deeply concerned over the
"intensification recently of incidents along the Egyptian border, culmin-
ating in the mining of a military vehicle in the Negev." Israel military
officials, who view the incident with grave anxiety, "will raise the most
energetic protest at the forth-coming meeting of the Israel-Egyptian
mixed armistice commission," he added.
King Abdullah returned to Amman Tuesday by plane.
- Jordan's statement was made in answer to a report by Lt. Col. A.
Harkavi, Israel's chief representative to the mixed UN armistice com-
missions, that Jordan had requested UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie
to suspend further action _over the disputed Naharayim area. Col.
Harakavi explained that the Jordanians have "now observed the signa-
ture of John Glubb Pasha, Arab Legion commander during the Arab- - .
Israel war, on a map showing that the disputed area was awarded to
Israel" on June 22, 1949.
(A press agency dispatch from Amman reported that the Jordan govern-
ment threatened to take military action this week unless Israel forces withdrew
from the Nayharayim sector. UN truce chief Gen. William Riley declared in
Tel Aviv that the disputed area was definitely in Israel territory, but added
that he had legal reservations arising out of the fact that the land had be-
longed to Jordan before the Palestine fighting.)
Meanwhile, Arab radio stations in the Middle East launched a violent anti-'
Israel propaganda campaign over the Israel-Jordan crisis. The Britiih-controlled
Near East Arabic Radio asserted that "Jordan considers the Israel action very
serious and it might involve the Arabs in another war." It was also reported that
the Syrian Cabinet discussed the alleged Israel "invasion of Arab territory" last
Week and then proceeded to contact all Arab capitals in order to line them up •
An Israel military jeep was wrecked when it struck a land mine in the central
Negev. Hand grenades were simultaneously thrown at the jeep from ambush, a
military spokesman said, but the occupants escaped without casualties.
Two Arab constables attached to the Israel police force and one Arab soldier
of the Israel Army were bound and forced across the Israel border by members
of the Jordan National Guard stationed in the Arab triangle area. The incident
started when a '70-year-old Arab shepherd was held up by three Jordan National
Guardsmen from Kfar Anin, located south of Affula, who made off with 17 head
of sheep. The two Arab constables and the Arab soldier were- sent to the scene
of the attack and as they approached the area, were fired on by the Arab Guards-
men. The Israelis returned the -fire, whereupon the Jordan National Guard
leader called on the three Israel Arabs to desist from further firing and come up
to the frontier to settle the dispute amicably. When the three Israelis approached
the border, they were overpowered by eight Jordanians who bound them carefully
and took them to Kfar Anin. An investigation has been launched.
Israel Army Ends Ten-Day Mopping Up of Infiltrees
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israel Army completed a 10-day "mopping-up opera-
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tion" in the Beit Jibrin area, just north of the Negev desert.
A number of Arab infiltrees who have been mining Israel roads and otherwise .
ambushing Jewish soldiers and settlers were killed and many more were driven
out of Israel territory. A number of Israel soldiers were killed in such a land
mine ambush'some weeks ago.
(Earlier Story on Page 16)
Turkey Ends Identification by
Religion; Regulations Planned
To Support UN's Genocide Pact
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ISTANBUL Citizen's identification cards will no longer
carry a description of the bearer's religion, according to a
decision of the Turkish government announced Tuesday.
Identification of bearers of the compulsory identification
cards by their religion had long been protested as discrimina-
tory and undemocratic, particularly by the sole Jewish mem-
ber of the Turkish parliament, Salomon Adatto, a member of
the Democratic party.
According to reports from Ankara, the government has
appointed a legal commission to review all Turkish legislation
and make recommendations to bring it into accord with the
spirit of the United Nations genocide convention.
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—Photos by Alfred Bernheim, Jerusalem
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irom the Bezalel Jewish National Museum.
Upper photo: Painted Wood Sukkah, Bavaria (Southern Ger-
many) , 1830
• Lower photo: Paintings — "Jerusalem and Scenes from the
Bible"—on the back wall of this Sukkah.