UN Hears Israel Complaint
on Massing of Jordan Troops

Israel Rejoices on 13th
Anniversary of Statehood

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Two' tion-less military parade, Jor-
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high-level Israeli representa- dan should observe the really
to The Jewish News)
tives were permitted by the substantial parts of the agree-
JERUSALEM—Cities and vil-
Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice ment.
lages throughout Israel were
Commission to join an urgent Army engineers pushed com- bathed in a festive atmosphere
meeting of the MAC before pletion of a huge grandstand as the country celebrated its
which, Israel was complaining near the Hebrew UniverSity. 13th anniversary of Israel's In-
ai that' Jordan has been massing The grandstand was to • provide dependence Wednesday night
;.T.• troops in the Old City section seating for thousands ` of guests and Thursday. Flags and pen-
of Jerusalem.
: and foreign visitors.
nants decorated streets and pub-
Jordan
objected
strenuously
•
Secretary General Dag • Ham- lic buildings here.
to
to the presence of Dr. Avraham marskjold revealed that Prime •Multicolored lights shone over
Biran, head of the Israel For- Minister David Ben-Gurion him- the main thoroughfares in which
eign Ministry's armistice divi- self had written to him disput- Israelis by the- thousands con-
. sion, and • Arthur Liveran, who ing the need for Hammarskjold gregated in large groups for
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heads the United Nations Desk to report on the Parade issue singing, dancing and rejoicing.
in ISrael's Foreign Ministry. to the Security Council.
Most of Wednesday, however,
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Against the opposition of Jor-
ti
In his letter, Ben-Gurion in- was devoted to ceremonies pay-
dan, which claimed that Israel dicated that he had received a ing solemn tribute to those who
could be represented at the request from the chief of staff lost their lives in the War of
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meeting only by routine offi- of the- United Nations Truce Liberation. In Jerusalem's Beit
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cials, the UN chairman ruled Supervision Organization calling Ha'am courtroom Nazi war
that Biran and Liveran had a for assurance that Israel would criminal Adolf Eichmann was
right to attend the session.
comply with last week's resolu- one of the thousands throughout
At the same time, Jordan tion and stating that Hammar- this city and elsewhere who
made a second complaint skjold would have to report_on stood for two minutes of silence
against Israel in connection the matter. In his letter to Ham- to pay homage to the. war dead
with the Israeli government's marskjold, Ben-Gurion stated: when the sirens sounded late
plan to conduct- a military pa-
"Frankly I am puzzled by Wednesday morning.
In the city's main square a
rade here as part of the cele: the present request to furnish
bration of Israeli's 13th anni- information for the sole pur- guard of honor stood at atten-
versary. Jordan claims that Is- pose of enabling you to- pre- tion and flags were lowered to
rael violated a resolution sent a report to the Security half mast while a memorial H ight
adopted by the UN Security Council. Nothing in the Conn- was kindled and the chief can-
Council last week, interpreting , cil resolutiOn of April 11 pro- tor recited- the prayer for the
that resolution as forbidding vides for the submission of dead. Memorial services were
also held in military ceremonies
the military parade. The com- any report by you."
throughout the country.
mission ruled it would hear
In his unusual letter to the
Thirteen torches were lighted
Jordan's grievance after it had Security Council, Hammarskjold
disposed of Israel's urgent Com- informed the body also that Is- on Har Herzl, and of special
interest was the appearance of
plaint. •
rael complained that Jordan
The Israeli move was a was massing troops in the old an illuminated menorah on the
belated reaction to Jordan's city of Jerusalem and com- old Hebrew University build-
complain a g a in s t Israel's plained on that point to the ings on Mount Scopus.
In
Independence Day parade in Jordan-Israel Mixed Armistice
r inter
ent P r i
Jerusalem which resulted in Commission.
vid Ben-Gurio described
the adoption last week by
Israel, according to Hammar- as the main challeng facing
the United Nations Se- skjold, claims that one clau
Israel the need to fain
curity Council of a resolu- of last week's resolution —
y t
cov
the pion i
tion against Israel's prepara- clause introduced by the Unit
ering th
tions for the parade, which States calling upon both Jord
d
towns a
took, place Thursday. Mean- and Israel to observe the arm
of
up the du •ial
while, various units of the tice agreement between the t
and
the co try, to es
Israel Arm y arrived in countries — vitiated the oth
endship
strengt en ties of
Jerusalem for the parade clauses which 'condemned Is- with all county'
including
and were establishing camp rael's Independence Day par-
Arab n
s, to increase
near the route which the ade plans if the parade were to
with the new
parade was to follow.
display heavy armaments.
African and- Asian states and
"An examination of the
Earlier Israel decided it had
to deepen and strengthen the
to: .change the route of its Inde- Council debate," stated Ham-
bonds between the Jews of .
pendence Day parade in a vray marskjold in his letter to the
Israel and Jews the world
to , assure that the entire length Council, "indicates that this
over.
of'' the new route Would be interpretation of the relation-
President Izhak Ben-Zvi, in
hidden from Jordan-held Old ship between the two para- his Independence Day message,
graphs is incorrect."
Jerusalem.
reviewed the country's achive-
The U.S. amendment, accord- ments during the past 13 yeatt
The - switch in the route was
viewed • as both a security and ing- to Hammarskjold, "in no and outlined the tasks for the
ture. Referring to the national
a ,:political move. The Arab sense intended to derogat•"
tion to be held in August,
press had been pUblishing from the meaning of a
president said every citizen
threats of efforts to prevent clause in the resolutio
have the right to vote for
the parade, with the Cairo press upheld a • previous
arty most congenial to his
paiticularly active in threat- the Jordan-Isr
tice Comm
of thinking.
ening violence.
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The U.N, Security Council
earlier had voted- a resolution
condemning the parade plans,
and Israel officials said they
• would go ahead on their re-
peated assurance that no weap-
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Surprise was expressed in
. Israel over the fact that all
has accomplished all this .
th0 Western Powers, including
France, voted for the Security
Council resolution. At the
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same time it was noted that
the American amendment to
the original Security Council
resolution called op both- parties
• Redeemed over 4 million dun
to ;I observe the agreement,
of land
plainly pointing to the fact
• Established over 600 settle
that Jordan has been a violator
frOin the start of the armistice
• Planted more than 50,000,0
agreement, particularly of those
aspects dealing with access to
the: Old City by Israel.
It was suggested that if Jor-
dan wants Israel to observe the
armistice agreement down to
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At the same time he called
on the Israelis "not to forget
that in the heat of electioneer-
ing with all the differences of
opinion there is one thing hold
e
ing together the entire
corn-
of Israel—and that is
moo aim of all of u the wel
being of the State."
Eichmann
Turning to t
"It has b
Trial, Ben-Zvi s
come our prer ative to p • e
on trial a m charged ith
being one of t leaders of th
Nazi criminals ho murderousl
destroyed mil i ns of martyre
people.
"It is our co which will p
cc or • "
nounce the verd
the laws of Israel • •
Israel before the eyes 6ogfesthoef
world," the President declared,
adding that "Such an occur-
rence has been impossible from
the time of the destruction of
the Temple until Israel arose
again in sovereignty."
In the Independence Day
parade, units of tanks, lorries
and mortars mnrched together
with other units over a three-.
mile route, passing the Treas-
ury Building, campus of the
Hebrew University and into
the main thoroughfares of the
city. The parade route had
been changed so that none of
the participants would be vis-
ible from any point in the
Jordan-held Old City.
Among the 250,000 persons

viewing the parade were some
15,000 tourists, including about
40 Detroiters.
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he last half h
arade which also fe ured the-.
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