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Dangers Seen for Israel
ill Adopted UN Resolution

Eban Refutes Growyko's Attack oni. Israel
In Address Before UN General Assernbi

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. respect each other's rights to ritorial integrity of all the states
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League resolution adopted (JTA)—Israel chose with mis- live
at peace and without harass- in the Middle East; enforce the
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are secondary wants. First and unanimously by the emergency givin gs
Ci S to make the vote unani-
ment
by other states. principle of the settlement of
foremost, these people want to session of the UN General As- mous for the Arab-sponsored
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But other diplomats con- disputes by peaceful negotiation
go home to the Palestine which sembly, he indicated prior to resolution in the emergency ses-
they once knew and which no his departure on his mission. sion of the United Nations Gen- tended • t Ii a t the resolution and "not by pressure or force";
longer exists except in their "However," Mr. Hammar- eral Assembly which left to UN might make the Assembly an and r e q u i r e the "abstention
from economic warfare" in the
memories."
skjold emphasized, "Israel is, in Secretary General D a g Ham- echo, and perhaps a stooge, of region, which he said would
the Arab League.
Gar
JTA reports from Jerusalem no sense directly a part to the marskjold the task of arranging
The sharpest pro-Israel coun- rule, out "acts of belligerency,"
that Israeli officials indicated inter - Arab arrangements and for the withdrawal of Anglo-
ter-attack
against the Soviet including the Egyptian blockade
that there were the following inter-Arab agreements, reflect- American troops from Lebanon
tin
Union
heard
here in a long time, of the Suez Canal to Israel.
three reasons why the Israeli ed in the resolution—and the and Jordan.
and an attack against domestic
Eban reminded the Assem-
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delegation at the United Na- resolution as such does not call
The 80 to 0 vote came at the
z tions
voted for the Arab reso- for anything that, in the usual end of two days of intensive anti-Semitism practiced inside bly that while the Middle East
lution: 1. Ambassador Abba diplomatic interpretations of behind-the-scenes maneuvering the USSR, was made by Cuba's included 54 million Arabs, it
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Eban, head of the Israel dele- the word, could be called con- which resulted in the with- delegation c h i e f, Dr. Emilio included also 76 million non-
Nunez Portuondo, who followed Arabs. He said that "in the
gation, could stress the positive sultations in Jerusalem."
drawal of a seven-nation West-
light of this fact, official dec-
The Secretary General ex- ern-backed resolution which Eban.
interpretation given by most
Dr. Portuondo opened his de- larations about a continuous
delegations to the general ap- pressed the hope that the many delegates felt of f e r ed
"
plicability of non-interference radio
truce" envisaged for the some protection to Israel. That fense of Israel by accusing the area between the Atlantic
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embodied in the resolution; 2. Middle East might ultimately occurred when the ten Arab Soviet Union of trying "to con- Ocean and the Persian Gulf
The opportunity for Mr. Eban develop into a "radio armistice." states held a meeting from fuse international public opin- as the inheritance of one na-
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to point out the difference be- He brushed off questions de- which emerged a resolution ac- ion" and of "rewriting history" tion must be regarded as an
tween these principles and the signed to pin him down about ceptable to the Afro-Asian bloc. through insistence "t h a t the offense to international peace
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partition of Palestine was car- as well as a distortion of his-
p
actual behavior of some of the plans
for a new United Nations
E1 sponsoring Arab countries in peace force in the Middle East Russia decided to support it: be- ried out solely by the West." tory, geography a n d law.
cause the Arab states wanted it.
relations both with Israel and by declaring that the present The United States, Britain and Reminding the Assembly that While full respect is due to
with -some of the other Arab UN groups in the region—like France then came out for it. back in 1947, when the UN ap- the rights of Arab nations, it
countries; 3. Israel's desire not the United Nations Emergency The preamble to the resolution proved the partition plan for remains true that the Middle
to be isolated by casting the Force and the UN Observation was based on the Arab League Palestine, the entire Soviet bloc East has not been in the past,
voted for that plan, Dr.. Portu- is not now and cannot be in
only opposition vote. Group in Lebanon—were now charter.
ondo admitted candidly that his the future an exclusively Arab
"integrated" under Secretariat
In Ottawa, JTA reports, Syd- direction.
The sudden rush of events country had been, at that time, domain."
ney Smith, Canadian Minister
set
the stage for a vote some opposed to partition.
Declaring that "nationalism
Hammarskjold
c onf
err Is-
ed
for External Affairs, told Par during
the week-end
with
24 hours earlier than had gen-
"However," he continued, must come to terms" with the
liament that the adopted UN
erally
been
anticipated
and
"contrary to the practice of UN Charter, and asserting that
resolution failed to reach the rael's delegation chairman, focused the spotlight on Abba
the Soviet Union, Cuba ac- "no nation could justly seek
crux of the Middle East prob- Abba Eban, who was accompa- S. Eban, chief of the Israel
cepted the verdict of the great rights for itself which it denies
lem. His view was supported by nied by Gideon Raphael, Israel's delegation. In a brief speech
majority. We recognized the to another nation," Eban cau-
Lester Pearson, former Minister Ambassador to Belgium and before casting an affirmative
State of Israel, and we main- tioned that "the relations of
for External Affairs and Nobel Luxemburg and a member of the vote, Eban told the Assembly
tain cordial diplomatic rela- Arab states with each other and
Israel delegation to the special
Peace Prize winner.
that
Israel
had
reservations
tions with it, as well as with with their non-Arab neighbors
UN Assembly.
The government opposition.
about the resolution because
the Arab states."
are not likely to achieve full
The
Israeli
delegation
at
the
in its criticism of the vote that
of its reference to an interna-
stability in the early future."
Launching
into
the
USSR
ra-
UN
expressed
approval
of
Ham-
was cast by Ambassador Eban,
tional body which, in the past,
also frowned on the fact that marskjold's interpretation of the had shown a prejudicial na- cial practices, Dr. Portuondo
Hammarskjold 1 e f t for the
Mrs. Golda Meir, Foreign Min- adopted resolution as affirming ture which raised doubts accused the Soviet Union of Arab=sponsored peace mission
"persecuting"..
Jews
inside
its
ister was not at the UN to rules of conduct applicable by about the future intentions of
unanimously approved by the
head Israel's delegation to the and towards "all member states this group—a clear reference country "like wild beasts." Jews emergency session of the Gen-
inside the USSR, he said, "are eral Assembly on Monday.
General Assembly's emergency without distinction."
to the Arab League.
harassed; their cultural media
session.
The Arab-sponsored resolution
Eban add e d, however, that are destroyed; and they are pre-
JTA reports that upon her How Baruch Marked having heard the explanations vented from professing their left it almost entirely to the
return to Tel Aviv from a
of the representatives of all of faith, as stated recently in an Secretary General to carry out
three-week European tour, Mrs. His 88th Birthday
the Great Powers, as well as of important document by the the various elements of the pro-
---/Leir repor_ted that it was far
some of the smaller delegations, leading figures in Jewish life." posal, including facilitating the
easier on this trip to explain
Israel would bow to the univer-
One of the highlights of the withdrawal of American troops
Israel's position in relation to
sality of opinion in the Assem- Assembly debate preceding ap- from Lebanon and British troops
Middle East developments than
bly and w o u l d vote for the proval of the resolution was an from Jordan.
during previous contacts with
resolution.
effort by Andrei Gromyko, Rus-
Israel Skeptical About
Western leaders. Two major
The resolution pledged the sia's Foreign Minister, . to set a Value of Arab Resolution
factors made it easier to ex-
trap
for
Israel
on
rumors
that
Arab states against interference
plain Israel's stake, she said:
JERUSALEM (JTA) —In-
in each other's internal affairs Israel planned to invade Jordan
Israel's stability in a restless
if the tottering regime of young formed sources expressed skep-
and
called
on
all
member
states
area and her military and socio-
ticism about the value of the
to act "strictly in accordance King Hussein should fall.
economic strength. Problems
Gromyko had rumbled that Arab L e ague resolution ap-
with the principles of mutual
which even a year ago seemed
respect for each other's terri- there were "mysterious hints" proved by the United Nations
unexplainable to foreign states-
torial integrity, of non-aggres- that Britain was prevented from emergency General Assembly
men are now readily accepted.
sion,
of strict non-interference leaving Jordan because of s e s s i o n, commenting that it
From this experience, she said,
in each other's internal affairs. threats that Israel would attack. would be naive to assume that
she had deduced that Israel
The Soviet diplomat remarked the action would end the expan-
and of equal mutual benefit."
must increase both her econom-
that
the Israel delegates were sionism of President Nasser of
ic and military strength and the
The resolution also "invited" "mysteriously 'silent," neither the United Arab Republic or
stronger and more stable she
Hammarskjold to continue his
denying nor confirming. Israel, that it would solve the Lebanon-
becomes the more obvious this
studies on an "Arab develop- he said, "should make a state- Jordan problem or inter-Arab
will be to the world.
ment institution," and ask e d ment."
disputes.
Hammarskjold to report back to
Hammarskjold May
Eban
retorted
that
"specu-
Israel circles were highly
the General Assembly by Sept.
Drop In on Israel
lations or conjectures made by critical of the attempt to revive
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other parties or by organs of the moribund Arab League 4'
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.
Some delegates saw in Secre-
(JTA)—United Nations Secre- Elder statesman Bernard tary of State Dulles' support of the press," as well as "talk in which they said had in the past
tary General Dag Hammar- Baruch, marking his 88th the resolution signs of con- the lobbies about Israel's pol- repeatedly proved itself a nega-
skjold may "drop in" to Jerusa- birthday, presents a cup to tinued Eisenhower Administra- icy" could not commit Israel tive instrument incapable of
lem to consult with the Israel jockey Larry Adams at Sara- tion concern for the security of "in any way." He added that any constructive action to solve
government during his trip to toga Spring s, N.Y., after Israel. They cited the portion "the only way to understand the real problems of the Arab
the Middle East to carry out Adams rode the winner, Vis- of the resolution calling on "all the policy of the Israel Gov- countries.
the provisions of the Arab count, in the Baruch race. member states" of the UN to ernment is to read what the
Government of Israel says." Israelis Puzzled by U.S.
He reiterated that Israel's pol- Shipping of Arms to Iraq
icy was based on mutual re-
The I s r a el government de-
spect of all Middle East states clined comment on the arrival
for the independence and inte- in Iraq of the first shipment of
grity of each other, on the United States military aid since
NEW DELHI, (JTA)—Prime two years ago is fresh in our gers inherent in this situation need to guarantee that inde- the recent revolution in Bagh-
Minister Nehru, addressing the memory. Apart from this, there as between Arab countries and
pendence and integrity for dad except to reiterate
Parliament, touched on the is the big problem of the refu- Israel and forces behind them. every state, and on .the strict Israel opposes arms to any . that
coun-
Arab-Israel issue in connection gees. The Arab countries have I should like to make it clear observance of existing agree- try which refuses peaceful rela-
with the present developments looked upon Israel as an outpost that I do not suggest that any ments "on a basis of reci- tions with Israel.
in the Middle East and sug- from which their freedom might - attempt should or can be made procity."
gested no attempts should be at any time be threatened. Is-. to deal with this problem now.
Remarking that no one had to U.S. and Britain Sending
made for the present to deal rael, on the other hand, fears I am' certain this question "go into the anterooms, corri- Arms to Iraq as 'Test'
with this issue. In a speech the Arab countries which stir- should not be raised at this dors Or lobbies," to find out
NEW YORK (JTA)—The
which was frankly pro-Arab, he round it.
stage. It will have to wait for what Israel's policy was, Eban United States and Britain are
declared:
some
time.
"There can be no real peace
added that there was "no change shipping arms to Iraq as a test
"There is one other aspect of in this area till this difficult
"Only when the other prob- in our policy" of being always of the new government's atti-
the Arab-Israel problem which problem is settled in some satis- lems of West Asia have ad- ready to agree to mutual non- tude there toward the West, a
cannot be ignored. This is the factory way. Naturally, any real vanced towards a solution and aggression pacts with the Arab report from Washington to the
continuing element of danger settlement can only be with the present-day passions have states even "here and now" in New York Times stated.
in relations between the Arab goodwill of the countries of this cooled somewhat, can this dif- the Assembly session.
Other authoritative sources
countries and Israel. Ever since area and by removing fear. ficult problem be tackled. It is
Eban's reply to Gromyko was
Israel came into existence, it There can be no settlement by not for me to suggest when this added to his prepared text in said that only a few thousand
has been a source of constant war, which, if occurs, might position may arise and how it which he urged the UN and the dollars worth of spare parts,
chiefly for small arms, vehicles
irritation to the Arab countries. well become a major war.
should be tackled. This is for Great Powers to guarantee the and signal communications
The invasion of Egypt by Israel
"I have referred to the dan- the countries concerned."
political independence and ter- equipment were involved.

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Nehru Opposes Immediate Consideration of
Arab-Israel Problems in. Pro-Arab Address