Egyptians Infiltrate 2.5 Miles
Within Israel; Several Murders
At Rehovoth and Nes Zionah
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He urged that his speech be considered a policy statement
rather than a peace proposal. He said he was awaiting Arab
and Israel reactions. •
Mr. Dulles was asked to elaborate and explain the state-
ment in his speech in which he reported that President
Eisenhower had authorized him to say "that given a solution
of other related problems he would recommend that the
United States join in a formal treaty engagement to prevent
or thwart any effort by either side to alter by force the
boundaries between Israel and its Arab neighbors."
He declined to elaborate, explaining that he did not
think it wise or proper to do so. He said he did not think it
appropriate to add anything of substance until reactions are
received. The wording of the speech, he indicated, was
carefully considered, and he only put into it what he deemed
proper.
Mr. Dulles was asked if Vice President Richard M.
Nixon, in his forthcoming trip to the Near East, would fol-
low up the Dulles policy statement of last Friday. He replied
that Nixon was not going for that purpose but as an indi-
vidual messenger of goodwill and was not charged with
diplomatic responsibility. He said the trip and policy state-
ment developed independently, and expressed the belief
that Nixon would not repeat nor pursue the matter.
Mr. Dulles made known that the United States Govern-
ment has information that the Soviet Union offered arms
and other military equipment to Egypt and other Arab
League states. He would not specify what countries were
involved.
The Secretary, -asked if the United States was aware
that the Soviet Union offered munitions to Egypt or other
Arab states, replied there were indications, in which he
places some reliability, that such offers may have been
made. He indicated, however, that his information was not
official.
Stating that he did not think the United States would
be happy over an offer of arms by Russia to the Arabs, Mr.
Dulles added, however, that the Arab states are free and
independent governments with authority to do whatever
they think best.
Mr. Dulles was -asked if the United States' economic aid,
under the mutual security arrangements, precluded Arab
military arrangements with the Soviet Union. He replied
that he- did not think the. terms of American aid to the
Arabs prevented them from receiving Russian arms. He be-
lieves at present that the Arabs are getting military aid
principally from non-Soviet sources. Asked if a Red arms
arrangement with the Arab League states was in keeping
with the professed Soviet desire ()
to relax international tension, Another soldier was wounded
Mr. Dulles said it certainly would when a patrol jeep was am-
not contribute toward the re- bushed near Rehovoth.
laxation of tension,
The ambush of workmen took
(Mr. Dulles' report was con-
firmed in London where British
officials said there had been "flir-
tations" between the Soviet and
Egypt. These sources said there
had been no such negotiations
with Russia and Iraq and Jordan.
(Similar confirmations of the
report on Russia's arms ship-
ments to Egypt also came from
France where the newspaper Les
Echos stated that the Soviet Am-
bassador in Cairo, Daniel Solod,
met with Egypt's Maj. Salah Sa-
lem and promised to help Egypt
with heavy armaments.)
It was reported in Washington
from Cairo that Minister of State
Anwar Sadat, a member of
Egypt's ruling revolutionary
council, on Tuesday condemned
Secretary of State Dulles' new
policy statement as "impractica-
ble" and designed to serve Is-
rael's • interest. In the first ex-
pression by an Egyptian official,
Sadat charged that Mr. Dulles
spoke only from Israel's view-
point and failed to note Israel's
`rejection" of United Nations' re-
solutions on Palestine.
LLT:
(Jack Anderson, of Drew
Pearson's staff, substituting for
Pearson, on Thursday, charged:
"This will be denied, but the
State Department has a *secret
policy against assigning Ameri-
can Jews to key posts in Is-
rael.")
Several Murders -
Near Rehovoth
TEL AVIV—Armed Egyptians
who infiltrated far beyond, the
Israel-Egyptian border Monday
night slew four Israel civilian
workmen in one ambush near
Ness Ziona and killed a father
and wounded a mother and three
children of a family ambushed
near Rehovoth.
In two other Incidents during
the night, four Israel soldiers
were injured, two seriously when
their jeep hit a mine near Tel
Rini at the Gaza strip frontier,
place 25 miles north of the Gaza
strip border. The attack on the
family occurred several miles
south of this point. The family
was returning to its home at Ku-
beiba, lighting its way by lan-
tern. When the father, mother,
three children and one grand-
child were within earshot of their
home, Arabs opened fire. An-
other member of the family in
the house heard the father call
to others to keep down. When
rescuers arrived, they found five
of the six lying in pools of blood
and a four-year-old child un-
harmed. The head of the family,
Numa Jacob Hai, died later in
the hospital. The others are still
in the hospital, all in serious
condition.
Israel Studies
Emergency Situation
JERUSALEM—Premier Moshe
Sharett called Defense Minister
David Ben-Gurion, Army Chief
of Staff- Gen. Mnshe Dayan and
several other Cabinet members
to urgent consultations Tuesday
in the wake of the latest Egyp-
tian attacks against Israel lives
and property.
This emergency meeting was
called after reports arrived of
Egyptian attacks continuing into
the sixth consecutive day, with
five more Israelis dying and
nine being wounded in forays
which extended 25 miles into Is-
rael territory and reached to
suburbs of Rehovoth.
The independent Hebrew paper
Haaretz called on the Egyptian
government to take immediate
measures to halt the fighting
along the Gaza frontier, noting
that whether regular or irregular
units had commenced the latest
series of attacks and murders, the
Egyptian goverrIment was re-
sponsible. The Haaretz editorial,
which stressed that Israel was
vitally interested in peace along
the border, said that the Jewish
state could not "remain indiffer-
ent" in face of such provocation
and could not be expected to give
up patrolling her own territory
along the frontier. - -
Seek More 111'z:6'1-nation on
Dulles' Middle East Plan
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Is-
rael Cabinet took up the propos-
als put forward by United States
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles with regard to border
guarantees, border revision, a
loan for compensation of Arab
refugees and United Nations re-
view of the status of Jerusalem.
An article by Premier-desig-
nate David Ben-Gurion in Davar,
organ of the Histadrut, Israel
Federation of Labor, on his ne-
gotiations for the formation of a
broad coalition cabinet, gave a
strong hint on probable Israel
action on the Dulles address—the
question of redrawing borders
in the Middle East.
Mr. Ben-Gurion's article said
that there were no divergencies
among the parties to the coalition
talks on one point, and that was
territorial integrity. "It is clear
beyond doubt," the Mapai leader
wrote, "that all parties who may
come up for consideration as
partners in any future coalition
want peace with their neighbors,
and none of them contemplate
any military conquests. But
they're ready for it (peace) under
one clear condition—there shall
be no change in the borders de-
trimental to Israel nor may her
sovereignty be affected in any
way. It is clear to me that no
government will come into exist- -
ence in Israel which is not ready
to guard Israel's borders and
her sovereignty at all costs."
In general, the tone of press
response in Israel tended to see
more unfavorable possibilities in
specific proposals by Mr. Dulles
than favorable ones, although it
was generally conceded that they
represented a beginning of earn-
est effort on the part of the West-
ern Powers to seek a solution to
a vexing problein..
Objections to Plan
The main objections to the
Dulles plan, as reflected in edi-
torial opinion, fell under the
heading of territorial integrity.
Most of the papers took the posi-
tion that any allusion to new
borders would inevitably mean
new borders at Israel's expense.
All were' at pains to note that
Israel did not view the Negev
as "wasteland" to be held for
"sentimental" purpose s, but
rather as a vital development
for Israel's future. It was also
pointed out that in the view of
the newspapers, the borders now
in existence are not mere "acci-
dents" of the war and that they
should be given more earnest
consideration than Mr. Dulles'
speech indicated.
Still another question raised in
the editorials was related to the
Arab compensation loan. Almost
all papers pointed out that the
Iraqi Jews who fled to Israel
were- also entitled to compensa-
tion although Mr. Dulles had not
mentioned it, and some ques-
tioned whether compensation to
the Arabs would really aid in
their resettlement in view of the
known attitudes of Arab leaders.
One newspaper stated flatly that
the proposals are "sabotage for
Israel," and referred to the pro-
posal as a "plot" by Mr. Dulles,
which is impossible of realiza-
tion.
Israel Warns Egypt
Israel will take all measures
necessary to defend its territory
and to protect the lives of its citi-
zens, a Foreign Ministry spokes-
man declared, following the ele-
venth Egyptian attack on Israel
civilians and military personnel
laSt week-end, including three at-
tacks which cost the lives of
two Israelis and four Egyptians.
Egyptian aggression has
reached dimensions which are
"without precedent since the con-
clusion of the armistice agree-
ment" between Egypt and Israel,
the spokesman said. Units of the
Egyptian .army have not only at-
tacked Israel security patrols
moving along the demarcation States in its offer of treaty guar-
lines, he continued, but they have
penetrated deeply into Israel ter-
ritory, mining roads, attacking
vehicles and destroying wells
with a rising toll of dead and
wounded. Israel "cannot be ex-
pected to let the situation get out
of hand and will take all meas-
ures for its self-defense and for
the protection of the lives of its
citizens," he concluded.
Kol Israel, the Israel govern-
ment radio station, in its Arabic
language broadcasts, has been
warning the Egyptian leaders
against "playing with fire" and
has been urging them to cease
fire along the Gaza line. The
radio pointed out that responsi-
bility for any catastrophe which
may result will fall on those
leaders responsible for the pres-
ent state of affairs. The inhabi-
tants of the Gaza strip will soon
feel the disastrous results of this
policy, the broadcast concluded.
In order to destroy the nest
of bandits that was operating
to organize infiltrations into
Irael, the Israel army on Wed-
nesday invaded Egyptian ter-
ritory 15 miles southwest of
Gaza, stormed, occupied and
blew up a headquarters' build-
ing at Khan Yunis. Two Egyp-
tion jet planes were shot down
Wednesday over Israel's terri-
tory.
Israel Cites Aggression
In Letter to Security Council
UNITED NATIONS N.Y. (JTA)
—The government of Israel in-
formed the United Nations Se-
curity Council that since Aug.
26 Egypt has provoked 21 dif-
ferent incidents along the 25-
mile Gaza strip demarcation line,
including seven different viola-
tions of Israel air space. The let-
ter, submitted by Mordecai R.
Kidron, Deputy Chief of the Is-
rael delegation at the UN, asked
no action from the council, but
reserved the right of the Israel
government to future action in
the international body.
Speculation on Dulles' Plan
Dominates International Scene
NEW YORK (JTA)—The ad-
ministration - backed proposals
put forward by Secretary of
State John Foster Dulles in a
major policy address before the
Council on -Foreign Relations con-
tinued to dominate the interna-
tional news picture here.
The address proposed that the
United States would "join in for-
mal treaty engagements" to guar-
antee the borders of Israel and
the Arab states, given a solution
to related problems. Mr. Dulles
noted that such a guarantee re-
quired that the borders be for-
mally fixed and that the current
frontiers were the product of the
armistice agreements in 1949, and
hence not necessarily designed as
permanent borders.
He also took up the question
of compensation to the Arab re-
fugees, and noting that Israel
was probably not in a position
to make such compensation. He
suggested that an international
loan might be made to the Jewish
State. In such a loan, he added,
President Eisenhower would rec-
ommend "substantial participa-
tion by the United States." While
he alluded to the repatriation of
the refugees "whenever feasible,"
antees to the states of the Mid-
dle East if they can make a per-
manent settlement of borders. A
Foreign Office statement hailed
Mr. Dulles' proposal with regard
to borders as an "important con-
tribution toward solution of the
most critical, outstanding prob-
lem of the Middle East."
Opinions of Jewish Groups
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Semi
for James E. Murray, Montan
Democrat, aligned himself wit:
Sen. Walter F. George, chairmai
of the Senate Foreign Relation
Committee, who expressed agree
ment with the objectives of th
Dulles proposals but feared tha
other nations would only offer
token assistance. Sen. Murray
warned that the United States
would be willing to "take on
some burdens in the interests o!
peace in the area" but assertec
that "we can't go it alone." -
Secretary of State Dulles wa
commended by several Jewisl
organizations for his move tc
bring about an Arab-Israel peacE
The American Jewish Committee
in a telegram, said it was "grafi
fied by your statement on Amer
ican policy in the Near East. It
is a heartening declaration by
which the United States is as-
suming the leadership in one oi
the most troubled areas of th€
world. It provides a basis fol
discussion by all interested par-
ties who are sincere in their de-
sire for a genuine and ing
peace."
The administrative committee
of Bnai Brith, meeting at Star-
light; Pa., adopted a resolution
expressing ' gratification to Mr.
Dulles over his statement on Mid- C,
dle East policy.
The American section of the
Agudas Israel World Organiza-
tion said the Dulles speech was
"in line with the friendship tra-
ditionally extended by America
towards Israel and towards al -
democratic nations. It is an out-
growth of the President's cease
less battle for securing peace alp 1
over the world."
The Times of London said flat-
ly that the Dulles statement is!
"likely to -satisfy nobody in. the.%
Middle East." It - asserted that the
terms of the proposals go no
further than those offered by
Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden last April and "meet none
of Israel's current requests."
The paper bluntly declared
that such proposals cannot be/
effective so long as "all the Arab,
governments from principle, in-
terest and prejudice refuse to
meet with Israel." It frankly ad-1
mitted that Britain cannot pu'
pressure on the Arab States tc
force them to make peace with
Israel. It further declared that tht
Arab States, not Israel, can offer
Britain what Britain needs in
the Middle- East.
The Manchester Guardian de
Glared editorially that the Dulles
offer is a victory for Israel dip-,
lomacy even if the offer is upon
conditions which the Israel gov-
ernment may dislike but which
it would be foolish to reject. r
The New York Times said that(
"Mr. Dulles' initiative has the
virtue that it brings a breath of
fresh. air and common sense to a
set of problems that badly need..
solution." It warned that if this
it was also clear that he envis- initiative is rejected, "the fu-
aged resettlement as the most ture is black indeed for both j
likely solution to that problem. sides of this dispute, and the po-
The Secretary of State also allud- tentials for explosion in the Mid..!
ed to the status of Jerusalem, dle East will be more frightening
saying that "it should also be than ever."
possible to reach agreement on
the status of Jerusalem"'
U.S. Students, Mistaken
In Washington, it was reported
For Jews, Freed in Syria
that intelligence warnings that
WASHINGTON (JTA)—State ;
a full-scale war threatened to
break out in the Middle East had Department sources said four
prompted the U. S. offer of a American theology students who
guarantee for Middle East bord- Vkrere detained by Syrian troops
were reported freed in Damascus.
ers.
At the United Nations the new The Arabs released the Amer-
American foreign policy ap- icans when it was discovered\
proach to the Middle East was they were American Christians
called by Secretary-General Dag of German descent and not Jews,
The four were identified as
Hammarskjold an approach that
"may well . , mark a beginning naturalized Americans born in
of a general stablization" in the Canada of German extraction. It
Middle East. The Secretary-Gen- is expected that a member of the
eral's. statement recalled that Mr. United Nations truce team will
Hammarskjold himself had iden- drive the car the Americans left {
tified the Arab refugee problem behind in Israel to Damascus so
as one of the central issues con- that the group can continue its
cerning Israel-Arab relations, tour.
and "warmly" welcomed Mr.
Dignity and pride - are of too l
Dulles' "generous and construc-
near relationship for intermar-
tive spirit."
riage.—Madame Deluzy.
Britain Backs Dulles Plan
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS1
LONDON (JTA)—Great Brit- 24
Friday, September 2, 1955
ain has lined up with the United
—