Sharett Sees Danger for Israel
In Assassination of Abdullah

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, July 27, 1951

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HAIFA, (JTA) — The assas-
sination of Jordan's King Ab-
dullah holds a warning of dan-
ger for Israel, Foreign Minister
Moshe Sharett declared at a
political rally here.
Pointing out that the neigh-
boring Arab country "contains
explosive materials likely to pro-
voke a flare-up at any moment,"
Mr. Sharett said that such a
development could involve the
Jewish state. For, that reason,
he insisted, Israel/must increase
its manpower and its defensive
strength. Drawing attention to
the fact that Abdullah was as-
sassinated only a quarter of a
mile from the Jewish quarters
of Jerusalem, the Foreign Min-
ister said that the killing was
"not a simple murder, but a
political assassination affecting
the central authority" of the
Jordan Government.
At another political rally in
this city, Herut leader Menahem
Beigin said that the assassina-
tion prevented a "disreputable
shame" from befalling the Jew-
ish people. "Abdullah's disap-
pearance from the political
scene has prevented the con-
clusion of a peace treaty con-
secrating Israel's forfeit of Jeru-
salem, Hebron and other places
sacred to the Jewish people,"
the former Irgun commander
declared. He asserted that al-
though Mr. Sharett would ex-
press his sorrow at the murder
of the King, he would not be
expressing the feelings of the
Israel people "who never ad-
mitted the historical amputa-
tion of our inheritance by Jor-
dan."
The Davar, Tel Aviv's Laborite
daily, saw in the development
in Jordan a reason for Israel
to "consolidate its military and
political preparedness." Noting
the recent assassination of
former Lebanese Premier Ryad
el Sohl and intensification of
Egyptian and Iranian national-
ism, the newspaper added: "The
renewed terrorist activity by the
Mufti's followers (Abdullah's as-
sassin was identified as a sup-
porter of the ex-Mufti of Jeru-
salem) forecasts a period of un-
rest and anxiety in the stormy
Middle East." Davar also felt
that these developments threat-
ened Western plans for the re-
gion.

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'Repercussions' for Israel
Seen in Assassination
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
assassination of King Abdullah
of Jordan could have "unfor-
tunate repercussions" for Israel,
and brings closer the danger
that Arab extremists - may be
spurred to another round of the
Palestine war. It will make the
task of turning the Palestine
truce into a genuine peace more
difficult.
This is the opinion expressed
in leading New York news-
papers. The New York Times
says his passing is unquestion-
ably a loss to Israel.

Details of Peace Talks
With Israel Revealed
: The New York Times revealed
that during the Arab-Israeli
truce negotiations under Dr.
Ralph J. Bunche, United Na-
tions Mediator, at Rhodes, dele-
gates from Tel Aviv conferred
secretly with Abdullah and his
aides at the King's summer
palace at El Shun. The Jordan-
ian ruler sought a permanent
settlement with Israel that
would grant him an outlet • to
the Mediterranean at Gaza, with
a strip of territory linking that
port to Jordan. However, since
Gaza was and is in Egyptian
hands, the project failed.
s Then, Abdullah tried to per-
Suade Tel Aviv to cede a strip
of Israeli territory north of
Gaza. Israel objected to this,
because Jordan demanded too
Wide a• corridor, which would be
settled by Arabs and would cut
Israel off from the Negev. Var-
ious formulas were examined,
including one project to Create
a, strip similar to the United
States Canal Zone in Panama.
These talks broke off, but con-
tact remained. Later on, a sec-
ond set of negotiations started
but bogged down on trade re-
lationships. Israel offered Ab-
dullah free port rights at Haifa,
but the Jordanian ruler feared

his country would be boycotted
by the other Arab states.
He then proposed a five-year
non-aggression pact between
Amman and Tel Aviv, including
freezing of the de facto front-
iers (Jordan obtained a large
piece of Arab -Palestine as a
result of the war and added this
to her realm). It was suggested
that joint guarantees would be
given for the Holy Places and
free access by citizens of both
lands to Mount Scopus and
Bethlehem. Abdullah's political
leaders objected to this formula.
ConVersations—which, incident-
ally, were always held in Arabic
—continued, but nothing con-
crete emerged. Politically, the
project was too explosive.
Internal Reinforcement
Israeli authorities were in-
formed unofficially by the com-
mander of the Arab' Legion in
the Jordan-held part of Jeru-
salem that the armed forces of
the Legion have been increased
in the Old City, but only "for
internal purposes—to maintain
law and order."
As a result of the mass.arrests
in Jordan of Palestine Arabs
suspected` of membership in
groups which planned the
assassination, many Palestine
Arabs attempted to leave Jordan
and return to Israel. A Cairo
broadcast reported that more
than 500 persons were arrested
in Jordan yesterday, - including
two relatives of the former
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.

Churchill Says "Jews
Lost a Friend" in Abdullah
LONDON, (JTA) — Tribute to
King Abdullah of Jordan was
paid in the House of Commons
by Premier dement Attlee and
Winston Churchill. The latter
said that the assassinated Arab
ruler "was not only a champion
of Arab rights, but always
sought reconciliation between
Arabs/ and Jews and Arabs and
Israelites." Emphasizing that
such reconciliation "is the
foundation of all future hopes
in Palestine," Mr. Churchill said
"the Arabs have lost a great
champion and the Jews have
lost a friend." ,
Ronald Storrs, one-time Gov-
ernor of Jerusalem under the
MandaborSt regime, in an article
in the Times, declares that the
most serious loss involved in
Abdullah's murder is the future
of Israeli-Arab relations. "While
never countenancing the meth-
ods or consequences of extreme
political Zionism, and indeed
alone successful in the field
against them, Abdullah realized
that Israel had come to stay
and he would have proved an
invaluable member at any final
peace conference," Storrs writes.
"There can be - no minimizing
the general intensification of the
Near Eastern atmosphere. Never-
theless, Britain and the Near
East have survived worse ten-
sions than this."

Israel Exports Show 100% Increase in 1950

NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel's
exports to the United States in-
creased by virtually 100 percent
last year and are continuing to
record a steadily increasing
growth, it was reported by Ben-
jamin Abrams, chairman of the
Greater New York Committee
for State of Israel Bonds. He
emphasized that the Jewish
State's gains in the export mar-
ket, combined with its increas-
ing capacity to supply domestic
needs, "were placing Israel on
the road to economic self-
sufficiency."

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The title of official hostess to
America's beauty contestants in
the forthcoming "Miss America"
pageant was won by an attrac-
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week, Janet Esther Barab, who
judges chose "Miss Atlantic
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contestants.

Trade Minister Geri 'in U.S.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Israel's
Trade Minister Yaacov Geri ar-
rived here in connection with
financial aid which the Israel
Government is seeking in this
country. He will also participate'
in the State of Israel bond cam-
paign in the United States.

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Israel's exports to the United
States increased from $4,500,000
in 1949 to $8,500,000 in 1950,. Mr.
Abrams said. In the first quar-
ter of 1951, he added, the Jewish
State's exports to this country
totalled $3,850,000, a substantial
increase over the corresponding
figures for 1950. Israel exports
to this country now include
wearing apparel, wool yarns, dia-
monds, wines and liquors, choc-
olates, handicrafts, religious ar-
ticles and books.

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