UN Watches Reaction to Censure as 'New Incidents Crop Up
Jordanian part of Jerusalem. The approach to help obtain Arab re-
(Continued from page 1)
situation was peaceful on the Jor- spect for the integrity of Israel's
Israel's declared stand in such
an event is based on the an- danian-Israeli frontier, but not so ► ,orders, it could not remain idle
on the Syrian-Israeli border where in the hope of such help from the
nouncement by then Premier
David Ben-Gurion in Parliament the Syrians fired from their posi- Security Council while infiltrators
six years ago that if a major tions on cars moving along the were killing Israeli citizens and de-
change in Jordan's government road in the Huleh a rea. No stroying Israel property.
took place, Israel would draw casulties were reported.
"The Security Council, having
the consequences and act to
(Charged of intrigue and sabo- heard the statements of the rep-
protect its interests. To act in
tage have been made by King resentatives of Jordan and Israel
such a Jordanian crisis would
concerning the grave Israeli mili-
Hussein against two countries in
place Israel in an awkward posi-
his region and against Soviet tary action which took place in
tion in the United Nations. But
the southern Hebron area on 13
Russia).
not to act, it was pointed out,
Several hundred followers of November 1966,
would convert Israel's longest Shukairy, who instigated the anti-
"Having noted the information
border and the one most difficult government and anti-Israel dem- provided by the Secretary-General
to defend, into a permanent front onstrations in Jordan from his converning this military action in
controlled by an enemy power.
residence in Egypt, were arrested his statement of 16 November and
King Hussein's decision to arm in Jordan following an order is- also documents S/7593,
settlers in Israeli border villages sued by the King of Jordan. They
"Observing that this incident
was received here with mixed feel- included a number of known ter- constituted a large-scale and care-
ings. On the one hand, there was rorists, some of whom have boast- fully planned military action on
hope that such arming might ed they have succeeded in infil- the territory of Jordan by the arm-
weaken the violence of the radio trating into Israel and in returning ed forces in Israel,
campaign from Cairo against King back to Jordan.
"Reaffirming the previous reso-
Hussein mounted by Ahmed Shu-
Under King Hussein's order, lutions of the Security Council con-
kairy, head of the "Palestine Lib- Jordanian security forces closed
demning past incidents of reprisal
eration Organization, "who has the quarters of the Palestine Lib- in breach of the General Armistice
called for Hussein's assassination eration Organization in the Old Agreement and of the United Na-
if the King continued to refuse City of Jerusalem, in Hebron,
tions Charter,
h elp from Egypt and Sy ria and in Nablus and in other centers. The
"Recalling the repeated resolu-
from the PLC. On the other hand, offices were sealed and all docu- tions of the Security Council for
there was fear that giving arms ments confiscated. Armed guards the cessation of violent incidents
to the most passionately anti-Israel were posted in front of the build-
across the demarcation line, and
element in Jordan's population ings. The roundup continued all not overlooking past incidents of
might cause new border incidents day today.
this nature.
and bloodshed.
Meanwhile, the Israel Foreign
"Reaffirming the necessity for
The observers noted that fire Ministry announced that Israel
strict adherence to the General
was opened in the Jerusalem vi-
had withdrawn its complaint Armistice Agreement,
cinity on a car in Israeli territory
lodged with the Israel-Jordan
1. Deplores the loss of life and
in which one passenger was in-
Mixed Armistice Commission heavy damage to property result-
jured. The observers said that the
over the mining incident in the ing from the action of the Israeli
shooting probably was done by Hebron area of Nov. 12 in which
Government of 13 November 1866;
relatives of casualties in the Nov. three Israeli soldiers were killed
"2. Censures Israel for this large-
13 action, in the traditional Arab
and six were wounded. The step
scale military action in violation
loyalty to the concept of reveng-
was taken in protest against the of the United Nations Charter and
ing relatives. Israel lodged a corn- "legalistic" attitude taken by the
of the General Armistice Agree-
plaint over the incident with UN MAC chairman when dealing
ment between Israel and Jordan;
military observers.
with such incidents.
"3. Emphasizes to Israel that
Border tensions also caused
In the case of an earlier incident actions of military reprisal cannot
Jordanian officials to close the involving the derailment of a train be tolerated and that if they are
Mandelbaum Gate dividing new on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the repeated, the Security Council will
and old Jerusalem, which was MAC chairman had failed to fix have to consider further and more
opened only a few hours Sunday. the blame on Jordan because of effective steps as envisaged in the
The gate was opened briefly after a technical point. The Foreign Charter to ensure against the repe-
the American consul in Jerusalem Ministry said that Israel had with- tition of such acts;
crossed into Jordan and persuaded drawn the complaint claiming
"4. Requests the Secretary-Gen-
the governor of Old Jerusalem to that any MAC inquiry under the eral to keep the situation under
allow a group of American tourists circumstances would be "point- review and report to the Security
to go through the checkpoint. less." The Ministry spokesman Council as appropriate."
Israeli officials meanwhile post- said that the Commission chairman
Prior to presenting the resolu-
poned Israel's regular twice-a-
had systematically refused to tion, the representatives of Mali,
month convoy to Mount Scopus blame Jordan for such terrorist Nigeria and Uganda addressed the
until next week because of con-
activities.
Security Council. The Uganda rep-
cern over possible reactions by UN Watches Reaction
resentative suggested that a "hot
Jordanians in Old Jerusalem In Israel to Resolution;
line" be set up between Israeli
which the convoy traverses en Keeps Eye on Jordan
and Jordanian military command-
route to the Israeli enclave. The
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) ers to prevent further incidents .
convoy brings relief police guards —United Nations circles were He also said that his country wel-
and supplies to the Israeli guards watching closely developments in comed steps planned by Israel to
on Mount Scopus.
Jordan and Israel's reaction to seal the border.
(In an interview with the Asso- the resolution adopted last Friday
The delegate from Uganda in-
ciated Press, King Hussein of Jor- by the UN Security Council cen- dicated that UN truce machinery
dan said Tuesday that the Jor- soring Israel and warning against had outlived its usefulness. He
danian army would strike back at reprisal raids in the future. called for practical measures, such
Israel "and strike back extremely Fourteen of the 15 members of the as meetings of military command-
hard," if Israel attacks again in Security Council voted for the ers on both side of the armistice
reprisal action across the armi- resolution, with New Zealand ab- lines to work out means of sur-
stice line. At the same time he staining.
veillance of the border. He also
accused the Soviet Union of whip-
Michael S. Comay, Israel's per said there should be full freedom
ping up tensions in the Middle East manent delegate to the United of movement in the demilitarized
in a drive to control the oil-rich Nations, speaking at a press con- zones for UN military observes so
strategic region. He said corn- ference, said that the resolution that UN personnel will not be stop-
munists exploited Jordan's current did not treat the basic causes of ped in tracking offenders. He also
crisis resulting from Israel's raid.) Israeli-Arab conflict at all. He called for UN observation posts in
Radio Amman reported that noted that Holland and Uganda sensitive sectors on the demarca-
members of the Jordanian par- and New Zealand had protested tion line.
liament paid a visit to King Hus- against the draft resolution for its State Department Watches
sein and assured him , of their failure to note the causes—the Demonstrations in Jordan
support. They denounced attempts constant Arab guerrilla raids into
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
by what they called seditious ele- Israel—as a basic element of the State Department was known
ments -to stir up disturbances. total situation.
to have reacted negatively
They also criticized what they
Comay said that it was un- to a radio broadcast in Cairo by
termed the psychological warfare
fortunate that in all the years Ahmed Shukairy, head of the
being waged against Jordon by of Security Council attention to "Palestine Liberation Organiza-
Syria and the United Arab Re-
elements of the Middle East con- tion" which was considered inflam-
public.
flict, there had never been a matory. Shukairy said the PLO
(In Washington, official sources
clear-cut condemnation of re- supports the Al Assifa terrorist
said the United States is expedit-
peated Arab violations of the organization and will increase
ing delivery of 36 jet Starfighters
UN Charter and the armistice commando raids into Israel as part
F-104 type to Jordan to bolster the
agreements, while the Council of a "liberation war." He disclosed
position of the Hussein regirnne never had difficulty in agreeing thtat his "Liberation Army" was
and improve Jordanian air defense
that Israel had been at fault.
now armed with tanks and anti-
against Israel. It was also reveal- He suggested that Big Powers' aircraft artillery as well as in-
ed that anti-aircraft, anti-tank, ccncern for the stability of the fantry weapons. The Department
and other weapons may be sup- Jordanian regime appeared to have felt such agitation was dangerous
plied. Last year Jordan received been a major factor in the ap- because it tended to undermine
50 M-48 Patton tanks.) proach to the problem discussed the Hussein regime in Jordan and
The anti-government demonstra- in the council in the debate on increase the danger of Arab-Israel
tions in Jordanian towns along the Jordan's complaint. He empha- war.
Israeli border were firmly check- sized that Israel had a basic duty
Despite continuing anti-Israel
ed today by the military authori- to protect the lives and property demonstrations in the western sec-
ties especially in Nablus and Heb- of its citizens and that while it tion of Jordan, it remains the
ron. The curfew was eased in the was willing to consider any sound appraisal of State Department of-
ficials here that King -Hussein re-
tains firm control over his country.
The demonstrations at this point
seem limited to the "west bank"
region of Jordan, where there is
'heavy concentration of former
Palestinians. To control the dem-
onstrations, the government has
invoked strict security measures,
including the movement of the
army, with its Bedouin elements
loyal to the King, into the western
region.
Israel Resumes MAC Talks
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Talks aimed at
improving the effectiveness of the
United Nations Mixed Armistice
Commission's machinery in the
hope of insuring effective handling
of complaints on border incidents
were opened here Wednesday with
Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, UN Truce Su-
pervision Chief of Staff, by Israeli
foreign ministry officials.
Israeli officials have informed
UNTSO officers that MAC deci-
sions are "legalistic" in the dic-
tionary meaning of the term and
that, as such, the decisions are a
factor encouraging elements un-
dermining peace and security in
Israel's border relations, rather
than consolidating peace efforts.
The Israeli officials also deplored
the UN refusal to face and admit
the existence of openly acknowl-
edged Arab terrorist groups across
the border from Israel.
man rejected Israeli criticism
Tuesday and argued that Israel
could not withdraw its complaint.
After a day-long session, the chair-
man finally agreed to the with-
drawal request.
Israeli observers said Wednes-
day that while Egypt has con,
siderably increased air patrols
along the Israeli border and over
Sinai, President Nasser's regime
apparently did not intend to
make an issue over the shoot-
ing down of two Soviet-made
MIG-19 jets Tuesday by an
Israeli jet pilot.
The observers said that if Egypt
wanted to build up tension, it
would have played up the incident
in a typical "victory" communi-
que. So far, however, Cairo Radio
has made no reference to the air
clash in its broadcasts, reporting
only that two of its planes had
been accidentally downed. This
treatment has considered evidence
that Egypt wants to close the in-
cident.
The key to the Middle East
situation, according to observers,
remained in Jordan, where demon-
situation, according to observers,
Bethlehem and Jordan as a re-
sponse to Israel's Nov. 13 raid
against three Jordanian villages.
Reports here said that the Jor-
danian army and police evacuated
Wednesday several thousand Pales-
tinian refugees from a camp near
the Israeli border.
An indication of the reasons for
Israel's dissatisfaction with the THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
work of the commission developed 16—Friday, December 2, 1966
Tuesday when Isreal decided to
withdraw its complaint on the Heb-
ron mining incident early this
month in which three Israeli
soldiers were killed and six wound-
ed. Israel decided to take the ac-
tion because the Israeli-Jordanian
MAC had taken a "legalistic" view
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