Attempted Theater Bombing, Acts
of Sabotage Keep Israel on the Alert
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banks such as the British-controlled
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in Jerusalem, particularly at bus Barclay's Bank were continuing.
and railway stations, to prevent Israel would like to see these banks
saboteurs from placing additional functioning as a means of develop-
bombs. The public was advised not ing, the economic life of the occu-
to carry parcels when going to pied areas.
(Zeev Sharef, minister of com-
concerts or the theater.
The authorities acted on the as- merce and industry, who had just
sumption that the attempted ter- returned to Israel from the United
rorism was part of a wider plan States, reported that Israeli ex-
of terrorism to be carried out by porters of foods, textiles, toys, fur
trained saboteurs and terrorists in- niture and leather goods to the
filtrating from Syria. Army units United States could be expected to
immediately tightened border con- do well, and that American in-
trols to prevent infiltration of ter- vestors also showed an interest in
rorists, and security forces intensi- Israel's electronics industry).
Jordanian forces located on the
fied the general surveillance of
suspicious elements among the East Bank of the Jordan River
provided covering fire Monday
Arabs.
The incident sparked a strong night for a terrorist band attempt-
demand among Israelis for a ing to ambush Israeli motor traffic
tougher attitude in the occupied on the road north from Jericho
areas to replace the present liberal ¶arallel to and near the river.
The incident occurred about 5
attitude towards the Arab popula-
a.m. when the Arab band, con-
tion.
cealed on the East Side of the road,
Continued acts of sabotage by opened fire on a military vehicle
.armed Arab infiltrators marred
proceeding north from Jericho. Oc-
the New Year holidays in some
cupants of the vehicle returned the
parts of Israel and kept the na-
fire and gave the alarm by radio.
tion on the alert despite the
Military forces engaged in hot
festive mood.
pursuit of the Arab assailants
An army spokesman revealed found themselves under machine-
that two attempts at sabotage were gun fire from across the river as
failed near the religious kibutz
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of Tirat Zvi in the Jordan Valley
on the eve of Rosh Hashana. The
first occurred when an Army pa-
trol encountered and opened fire
on two armed men south of Tirat
Zvi. The would-be saboteurs fled
across the Jordan River which is
the international - boundary and
lies just three miles from the kib-
utz. Two land mines laid by the
saboteurs were found on a dirt
road in the vicinity and were
dismantled.
Israel may soon issue a formal
warning to Jordan that the East
Bank of the Jordan River will
no longer be respected as a
sanctuary for Arab marauders
fleeing Israeli security forces.
It was reported Wednesday that
Israel was considering giving its
forces a green light to pursue
terrorists across the river if inci-
dents do not end soon. Several
times last week Israeli forces just
missed catching Arab terrorists
who used the river as an escape
route. The Israelis. following or-
ders. halted on the West Bank.
The Israel Cabinet rejected
Jordanian proposals for the re-
opening and reactivization of
Jordanian-owned banks in Judea
and Samaria. the territories for-
merly held by Jordan on the
west bank of the Jordan River.
The Jordanian proposals had
been submitted to the Israel gov-
ernment through the Interna-
tional Monetary Fund and the
Israel reply was transmitted to
the Jordanians through the same
channels.
the Jordanians sought to provide
cover to permit the terrorists to
escape. The Israeli unit returned
the fire in a 20-minute exchange.
There were no casualties.
A ban on the celebration of
Egyptian national holidays in the
Gaza Strip and Sinai was issued
Monday by the military governor
of the area.
The order prohibits the observ-
ance of such holidays as July 23,
"Revolution Day," July 26, mark-
ing nationalization of the Suez
Canal, and March 19, the date of
the Israeli withdrawal from Sinai
in 1957, after the first Sinai Cam-
paign.
A Gaza military tribunal sen-
tenced a local resident Tuesday to
two months imprisonment for spit-
ting at an Israeli soldier.
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East Germany Honors
Its M.E. Policy Critic
BERLIN (JTA) — The East
German regime has presented the
"Fatherland's Order of Merit" to
Arnold Zweig, '79-year-old German-
Jewish writer who returned to
East Germany from Israel in 1950.
Zweig denied some weeks ago re-
ports that he had written a severe
denunciation of the East German
government's anti-Israel policy but
he said he did not approve of the
anti-Israel line the government
was following.
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