Suez Canal Issue Solution Hinges on Israel's Rights to Free Passage
Davies said that the United tage material and other equipment
observers want to travel from their Strip. The letter also described
h and w elf
observation posts on cease-fire healt
are services and States government "continues to was found at the site of the en-
duty, their Israeli liaison officer economic advantages introduced be concerned with Israel's defense counter between the Israeli patrol
requirements" and quoted the joint and the Jordanian unit."
goes with them. The sources ex- by Israel.
"I wish to draw your attention
Ambassador Tekoah noted that statement issued by President
plained that Israel could not take
responsibility for the safety and because of the activities of sabo- Johnson and Prime Minister Esh- to the fact that the penetration of
the Jordanian sabotage unit into
lives of the UN observers unless teurs sent into the area from kol on Jan. 8.
Israeli territory was executed with
they were accompanied on such Egypt, measures had to be taken Israel Formally Charges
the connivance and support of the
trips by someone who knew the "to prevent the threats to the
Jordan With Aiding
Jordanian armed forces," Tekoah
language for the area and the peace which they pose" and said
Terrorist
Intruders
wrote.
He requested that his letter
this would be inevitable as long as
passwords.
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA) be circulated as an official docu-
Meanwhile, the foreign ministry Egypt pressed active belligerency
charged that President Tito of and "persists in carrying out hos- —Israel for the first time has ment of the Security Council and
formally charged the Jordanian the General Assembly.
Yugoslavia was interfering with tile acts against Israel."
government with aiding and shel-
the efforts of United Nations agen-
(In a swing over to the offen-
tering armed bands which enter
The ancient Phoenicians and
cies to promote a permanent peace sive, the Israel document, which
Israel-held territory for purposes other eastern civilizations used
in the Middle East and warned' was circulated to all members of
of sabotage and terror in violation stones to crack whole wheat for a
that his "one-sided" initiatives the Security Council and General
may have just the opposite effect. Assembly declared that "there is of the cease-fire agreements. Am- cereal food they called "bughoL"
bassador Yosef Tekoah, permanent Today, bulgar wheat processed by
The foreign ministry statement, also much that Egypt has to con-
representative of Israel to the modern automated methods is one
in reply to questions here, referred ceal about the treatment meted
United Nations, made the charge of the nourishing staples CARE
to Marshal Tito's recent visits to out to the Jewis within her Iron-
in a letter to United Nations Sec- uses in its feeding programs for
India, Egypt and other countries tiers." It said the "physical tor-
where he is reportedly attempting ture, atrocities and bestial per- retary General U Thant, dated the world's- hungry people.
to promote support for a Middle versities" to which Jews were Feb. 2, 1968. The letter referred
specifically to an incident which
East peace formula that was re- I subjected in Egyptian concentra-
took place during the night of
jected by the United Nations last , tion camps "will remain forever
June. It calls for Israeli with- I a somber, shocking reminder of Jan. 29-30.
"The sequence of events was as
drawal to the pre-June 5, 1967,1 inhumanity toward the weak and
follows," Tekoah wrote. "On 29
frontiers in return for an Arab i nnocent. " )
COUTURE-BOUTIQUE
January 1968 at approximately
declaration of non-belligerency.
(The two chief items of "evi- 2:30 (9:30 p.m.). local time, an Is-
British Pressure on U.S.
dence" of Israel's alleged mal- raeli patrol was attacked on the
CUSTOM DESIGNS
to Unblock Suez Canal
treatment of Arabs in the Gaza
LINGERIE - LOUNGEWEAR
BOSTON (JTA) — Britain has Strip were reported by two Brit- west bank of the Jordan River
ACCESSORIES
asked the United States to make ish newspaper correspondents who near the settlement of Ashdot
"urgent representations" to Israel apparently based their dispatches Yaakov by a Jordanian sabotage
HARVARD
ROW MALL
unit.
Fire
was
returned.
At
ap-
to end its opposition to Egyptian to The Guardian and the London
11 MILE & LASHER
surveys aimed at unblocking the Sunday Observer on the same trip , proximately 2345 hours (11:45
Suez Canal, Christian Science to the Gaza area and interviews p.m.) local time, Jordanian army
353-7640
units on the east bank of the river
Monitor Correspondent John IC. with the same persons.)
opened fire at Israeli forces in the
Cooley reported from Cairo Tues-
U.S. State Dept. Repeats
west bank, in order to give cover
day.
to the retreating sabotage unit. Is- ipt
"Strong diplomatic moves are Its Belief Egypt Wants
11
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
raeli forces returned fire. Israeli
to The Jewish News)
under way to reactivate clearing Solution to Mid-East Dispute
NEW YORK (JTA)—The State fire was directed at the sources
ROME — Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, of the Suez Canal as a possible
Israel's ambassador-designate to first step toward a Mideast settle- Department has advised the presi- of Jordanian fire. The exchange
dent the Jewish Nazi Victims Or- continued until approximately 0100
says:
the United States, declared here ment," Cooley reports.
ganization of America that "in hours (1 a.m.) local time. Sabo-
Wednesday that everything is ne-1
"/ will sell yon a new 0
Egyptian Pound No Longer
spite
of
the
current
debate
in
the
gotiable in peace talks between Is-
m,CHRYSLER, PLYM-
Cairo press over the possibility of
rael and the Arab states, except Negotiable Currency
IMO U T H , VALIANT or I=
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli au- a political solution to the Arab-
Jerusalem.
"%IMPERIAL
forlesso
thorities announced Tuesday that Israel dispute, the stated policy of
Gen. Rabin. who recently retired
than any dealer im
the Egyptian pound will cease to the UAR government is to seek
as chief of staff of Israel's armed
be negotiable currency in the Gaza such a solution."
Earn 12% interest on short
Min or out of the city.=
forces, was interviewed by the
term secured loans. Loans can
Strip and Sinai after Feb. 16 and
RY ME TODAY!" 0
The department views, made
newspaper Corriere Della Sera. possession of it will be prohibited.
be paid off with interest or
W
Sales Manager
The general is visiting Italy on a The Israel pound will be the only known in a letter from Deputy
renewed at approximately 6-
Assistant Secretary of State Rod-
holiday before taking up his new
month
intervals.
legal tender.
II BILL SNETHKAMP, Inc. III
ger P. Davies to Moses I. Socha-
References upon request.
post in Washington later this
16430 Woodward,
Col. Dan Hiram, coordinator of
land Park
month. However, he attended a economic affairs in the occupied chevsky, expressed the hope that
Call
High S. of 6 Mi.
1 blk.
meeting of the Italo-Israel Associa- territories, said the measure was "all states involved in the June
TO 8-3300
tion Wednesday and was honored taken to end monetary abuses and war will be flexible and moderate
MR. STEIN
at a reception given by the Israel currency speculation which have in cooperating with the mission
"We lease all models" 0
of Ambassador Jarring and that
542-1418
O
military attache.
been going on at the expense of a workable peace settlement will
• • •
, the poorest classes. The Egyptian result."
MONO MORO I"
Jarring Renews Search
' pound has not been legal tender
for Formula for Release
in Gaza and the Sinai for months
of Suez Stranded Ships
but Israeli authorities have hitherto
JERUSALEM (JTA)
' ignored the fact that it was used
tic quarters here indicated that Is- , in local transactions. It was also
rael might be willing to permit used by Gaza merchants trading
Egypt to survey the northern end , with the West Bank.
of the Suez Canal if a survey of
The Egyptian pound is worth
the southern end found it to be four Israeli pounds on the inter-
unfeasible as an exit for 15 mer- national market. Israeli author-
chant ships stranded there since , ities said they would exchange one
last June. They indicated that UN pound Egyptian notes for Israeli
Ambassador Gunnar Jarring would pounds through Feb. 16 at a rate
try to persuade Egypt to accept of six to one in order to ensure
such a formula.
' the completeness of the exchange.
Egypt has indefinitely suspended The official rate of the Israeli
all survey work on the canal fol- pound to the U.S. dollar is 3.5
lowing an artillery clash with Is- to one.
raeli forces last Tuesday which
rejected categorically
broke out when two Egyptian sur-
Tuesday charges made by Egypt
vey craft attempted to enter the
in letters to United Nations Sec-
canal's northern sector. Israel had
retary General U Thant of per-
agreed to a survey of the south
secution of the Arab refugees of
portion but not the north. The
the Gaza Strip as "unsubsan-
semi-official Cairo newspaper Al
tiated" and "not supported by
Ahram said Egypt might call off
the various documents quoted
Ambassador Jarring's mission and
therein."
take the entire Israel-Arab dispute.
The Israeli reply, signed by Am-
including the Suez issue, back to bassador Yosef Tekoah, head of
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
the Security Council. There was the Israel mission, told the secre-
February 15 Thru 18th.
no confirmation of this from offi- tary-general that "if a little of the
cial Egyptian sources.
energy spent by spokesmen of the
Foreign ministry sources. cit-
Don't
miss
this
value filled Antique Show. It's the greatest !
UAR in disseminating defamatory
ing safety considerations, have
Everything from fine jewelry to beautiful furniture pieces
statements and in fanning hatred,
confirmed that Israel had reject-
will be here and for sale too. Plan to spend a few hours with
were devoted to promoting under-
ed a request by United Nations
standing and agreement, the pros-'
many of the best Antique dealers in the area.
cease-fire teams for freedom of
poets for the Middle East's future
unaccompanied movement in the
would be brighter."
Suez Canal region. UN observers
The Israeli letter refuted two
are stationed on both sides of
charges made by Egypt—that Is-
the canal.
rael had halted the export of citrus
The sources said that when UN from Gaza and had barred Arab
SHOPPING CENTER
. fishermen from their work. The
letter described measures taken by •
MILE
AT LAHSER RD., SOUTHFIELD
I
I
Israel that have increased the vol-
ume of Gaza citrus exports and de-
clared that the Arab fishing catch.
tx
under Israel rule, had increased 30
.yffritTIX;:t.. 0 ).1.5101M010.-
EASY TO GET TO:
.V.117t1r."-;
per cent over what it was during
Take any mile road to Lahser
the Egyptian occupation of the
Rd. Then to 11 Mlle Rd. Just
(Continued from Page One)
Roberts said: "The foreign
secretary is in touch with both the
I Israel and UAR governments and
very much hopes that arrangements
can still be made to secure release
of the ships blocked in the canal.
But observance of the cease-fire
is a matter for the United Na-
tions."
Yeshayahu Anug, minister at the
Israeli embassy here, said in a
speech before the British section
of the World Jewish Congress that
Israel regarded the current im-
passe over the canal as an issue
separate and apart from the rest
of the Middle East dispute. He said
the canal issue could be settled
only if Israel received free passage
through the canal like every other
nation.
Ambassador Gunnar Jarring, the
special United Nations envoy in ,
the Middle East, completed another
visit to Amman, the Jordanian capi-
tal, Monday, and was expected in
Jerusalem shortly. Speaking on
the Israel Radio Sunday night, For-
eign Minister Abba S. Eban dis-
missed reports that the Jarring
peace mission had failed. He said
the envoy's assignment was not "a
short or easy task" and that his
e'forts had not reached the stage
at which they could be said either
to have failed or succeeded.
• • •
01'
on
`Only Jerusalem
Non-Negotiable'
•
0111101110110 111
BARNEY TEAL .1
.11
0
12% INTEREST
O
O
Announcing ...
OUR THIRD OUTSTANDING
ANTIQUE
SHOW
HARVARD ROW
7ce,,,ops
G`fk666
18—Friday, February 9, 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
V• mile from N.W. Highway.
0
a