Eban Sees Speedy Solution to Refugee Problems

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destroyed by Israel or
captured in the war is estimated
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to The Jewish News)

SHARNI EL SHEIKH — Israel's
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol said
here Tuesday he was prepared to
meet with "any and each" of the
Arab leaders to discuss a settle-
ment of the Arab-Israeli issues.
Israel, he said, would enter such

longer agree to any temporary
agreement such as a cease-fire
armistice. Israel, he affirmed.
"wants a permanent peace from
which all the nations of the area
would benefit.'

the naming of what would, in
effect be a new UN mediator as
his "in a i n recommendations,"

TEL AVIV — Israel is about to
offer to maritime nations in
Europe. Asia and East Africa an
"Overland Suez," it was learned
here Wednesday. Under the plan,
it was declared a route alternative

would go to the area with a proper
staff and full facilities.

Brown said that the "representa-
tive" to be named by Thant should

he a person whose "standing
be unchallenged" who
should

This representative, he declared,
"should advise the secretary-gen-
eral on the whole conduct of rela-
tions arising from the cease-fire
and the subsequent keeping of the
peace on the frontiers, report to

to the Suez Canal would be estab-
discussions "not from a position of lished by land transhipment of
strength but from the point of view cargoes between Israel's southern the secretary-general and play an
of reaching a settlement that would part of Eilat and the Mediter- active part in relations with all
benefit the entire area."
ranean Port of Ashdod. Both Eilat the parties in the area itself."
Advocating also the strengthen-
Eshkol came here on an Israeli and Ashdod have modern loading
ing of the UN Truce Supervision
air force plane and toured this and unloading installations.
southernmost point of Israel's
A government committee is now Organization. Brown proposed that
achievement in the war, conscious studying this plan, under which the first task of the new represen-
that Sharm el SheiklUrcontrols free transhipments of cargoes would be tative be the recommendation of
passage through the Strait of handled quickly. being sent by work by UNTSO, in consultation
Tiran. which had been blocked by trucks using highways between with UNTSO'S chief of staff, Lt.
Egypt and the closure of which Eilat and Ashdod. Israel possesses Gen. Odd Bull. He lauded Gen.
by Egyptian President Nasser had a large fleet of modern trucks and Bull for the work he has done
until now and proposed that Thant
been the immediate trigger for other vehicles for such tasks.
be authorized to recruit and "dis-
this month's war. After inspecting
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patch at once any extra personnel
Sharm el Sheikh, the premier
UNITED
NATIONS,
N.Y.
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Bri-
Gen. Bull may need." Under the
an
Israel
aboard
sailed briefly,
navy torpedo boat, through the tain proposed to the emergency direction of the representative, he
the
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special
session
of
said,
UNTSO's operation should
waters of the Strait. Later, he
visited also Mount Sinai, now in sembly Wednesday that Secretary- be expanded.
General
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Thant
name
a
represen-
In this context Britain's foreign
Israeli hands, and other areas in
the Sinai Peninsula previously held tative to supervise all UN opera- secretary called on Israel to allow
out of the Arab-Israeli war, and the UNTSO chief again to occupy
by Egypt.
lions in the Middle East arising "without delay the headquarters
Regarding a meeting with the that the UN develop "A new form
from which he was excluded dur-
Arab leaders. Eshkol stated he was of military presence" to help pre- ing the fighting around Jeru-
ready to meet particularly with serve peace in the area.
salem."
UNTSO headquarters were
Nasser and Jordan's King Hussein.
The proposal, among others, was in Jerusalem no-man's !snd in a
"or any other Arab leader, on land
made by George Brown, Britains complex called Government House
or sea. any time, anywhere."
The Israeli premier warned. foreign secretary for foreign af- which had been captured by Jor-
however. that Israel would no fairs. Terming his proposal for danian troops, then taken by Israeli

Hebrew University Directly Hit by Jordanian Shells

JERUSALEM—The Hebrew Uni
versity of Jerusalem suffered con-
siderable damage during the three-
day Jordanian shelling of Jerusalem
last week.
Several buildings on the campus.
which is now being cleared of
shrapnel littering the lawns and
paths. were directly hit: one mortar
bomb landed near the synagogue,
but did not go off (it was later
exploded behind walls of sand-
bags): another shell hit the roof of
the gymnasium: and a third came
clown on the Jewish National and
University Library. In the Dr. Saul
Kaplun Building for Applied Math-
ematics and Theoretical Physics,
many windows were shattered by
flying splinters. A number of water
pipes were hit, and electricity and
telephone connections to several
parts of the campus were cut off.
Also in the library, a large num-
ber of windows were blasted. The
exhibition honoring Nobel Prize
Laureate S. J. Agnon was removed
to a safe place from the ground
floor of the library building a few
minutes before the bombardment
began. Although surrounded by
heaps of broken glass, the Agnon
exhibition is completely intact.
At an early stage, the university
set up an emergency committee
which appointed Prof. Shemaryahu
Talmon, 47. head of the depart-
ment of Bible studies and a com-
pany commander in the Israel
Army Reserve. to be responsible
for all civilian problems arising at
the university during the emer-
gency. Nelson Berkoff, 50, senior
teacher in English language and
director of English basic studies
at the Hebrew University, was ap-
pointed to be Prof. Talmon's as-
sistant. Berkoff served for seven
years in the British Army. In Italy
during World War H he com-
manded an artillery battery of the
Jewish Brigade, and for the last
15 years has commanded an artil-
lery regiment in the Israel Army

Reserve.

Guarding the Buildings

included looking after the univer-
sity's downtown premises — at
Terra Sancta, on Mamilla Road,
in the Russian Compound and on
Jabotinsky Street. A detailed plan
was made to black out the whole
campus and cover the windows
with adhesive tape aginst splinters.
A fire brigade of 35 volunteers
headed Mr. Harry Zinder, head
of the Harry S. Truman Center for
the Advancement of Peace, was set
up with headquarters in the library.
The group, equipped with chemical
firefighting material, was on duty
around the clock -for a 72-hour
period, patrolling the area being

Economics and Social Sciences, a
large first aid station was set up,
headed by the University's veteran
leader in this field, Menahem
Ben Or.
Of the 906 overseas students
from 46 countries (more than half
from the United States), no less
than 900 chose to remain in Israel
during the emergency period and
the six-day war, withstanding a
tremendous barrage of cables and
phone calls from their relatives;

troops which now surround Govern-

ment House.
Brown said the first interest of
the current assembly should con-
cern itself with the interest and
welfare of the Arab refugees. Sec-
ondly, any settlement of the Arab-
Israeli conflict should recognize
the right of all states in the area
to exist" in true dignity and free
freedom." Third, "there must be
respect for the right of free and
innocent passage through interna-
tional waterways." On this point
he implied that he meant not only
freedom of passage through hte
Straits of Tiran but also through
the Suez Canal. The fourth point,
which he called "really critical," is
that the countries of the Middle
East must be "freed from the
pressures of the Arms Race." He
declared it was "imperative" that
an agreement on the limitation of
arms shipments to the middle east
be concluded as soon as possible.
Brown laid heavy stress on the
need for maintaining the terri-
torial integrity of all states in the
area, as prescribed in the UN
Charter. But, he stated, such recog-
nition of the principle "should
not lead to territorial aggrandize-
ment."
"I call upon the government of
Israel," he stated, "not to take any
steps in relation to Jerusalem
which would conflict with this
principle.
"I say very solemnly to that
government that, if they purport

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Moshe Gilboa, chairman of a special emergency committee for
Israel, said that the three planes carried a total of 856 volunteers
assisted by the Jewish Agency and that another 100 went on their
own and were absorbed in 32 collectives.

Letters received from Israel indicated that the volunteers were
giving a most important service. In the coming week, when the total
of volunteers tops 1,000, Gilboa said, consideration will be given to
changes in the periods of time to which the volunteers would commit
themselves. He said this was made necessary but the unexpected
influx of thousands of young Jews and non-Jews who volunteered
and the thousands who have already arrived in Israel. He indicated
special projects may have to be developed in Israel to absorb the
many hundreds of young Britons who have indicated they want to
volunteer their non-combatant services to Israel.

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JERUSALEM (JTA) — A total of 1,500 volunteers have arrived
in Israel from abroad since the start of the current crisis which cul-
minated in the six-day war between the Arab states and Israel, the
spokesman for the Jewish Agency announced. He said that another
3,500 volunteers are still abroad awaiting instructions and registra-
tion. More than 100 doctors are among the volunteers already in Israel.
(Thousands of Americans—Christians as well as Jews—hundreds
in Detroit—have volunteered for civilian service in Israel. The ban on
travel to Israel impcied by the State Department was lifted Wed-
nesday.

Guarding the buildings was one
of the foremost tasks of the emer-
gency staff. Some buildings were
' completely closed, while others
were guarded around the clock by
volunteers and/or the university's
regular guards. The guard duty 40 Friday, June 23, 1967

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LONDON—A chartered plane, carrying 166 Jewish and non-Jew-
ish British volunteers, left Monday night for Israel, the third plane
from Britain carrying such volunteers during the past week. The
volunteers will be integrated into the life of collectives, border settle-
ments and other farming enterprises.

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Eban has indicated that Israel's
current status in a sense already
resolved the refugee problem be-
cause a way is being provided to
protect them and to continue UN
action in their behalf. Through a
peace agreement, it was em-
phasized, the refugees can be
properly cared for by common
agreement and by eliminating the
strife created to use them as pawns
against Israel.

AHARON ROSEN

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shelled.
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bates, Abba Eban indicated
that the refugee problem can
and is being resolved amicably,
that the Red Cross is cooperat-
ing fully with Israel and has
rejected fabrications about Is-
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equal number of boys and girls,
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to annex the old city or legislate
for its annexation, they will be
taking a step which not only isolate
them from world opinion but will
also lose them the support that
they have."
Brown denied Soviet and Arab
accusations about Britain's alleged
involvement in the war on Israel's
behalf, and called upon USSR
Prime Minister Alexei N. Kosygin
to assist the UN in working out
viable solutions to the problems
now facing the assembly.
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