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Russia. He said that Israelis are
confident about the future because,
as time goes by, the Arabs will
come to consider Israel a perman-
ent element in the Middle East.
Peace is the final objective sought
by all, he said, and once that is
achieve d, cooperation will be
brought about by the common in-
terest of all nations in the region.
Times, Faisal told a recent visitor
that Russia would never permit an
Israeli withdrawal from occupied
Arab territory even if a with-
drawal were negotiated.
The London Daily Telegraph re-
ported that King Hussein tried to
persuade Faisal to drop his objec-
tions to an Arab summit confer-
ence during the "meeting of kings"
at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with King
and King Hassan, of Moroc-
Soviet Union to Seek Faisal
co. "Faisal has said that he is not
Middle East Solution prepared to attend a summit con-
until the Jarring mission
at General Assembly ference
is declared a failure," the Tele-
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) graph said. Hussein, meanwhile, is
—The Soviet Union served notice trying to get the Arab states to
that it expected a full discussion accept joint responsibility for- the
of the Arab-Israel dispute at the activities of Arab guerrillas against
United Nations General Assembly Israel.
which resumed sessions on Wed-
A national • political coalition
nesday. There are three items on dominated by left-wing groups
the assembly agenda — the non-
and headed by the anti-Royalist
proliferation treat y, Southwest former Prime Minister Sulieman
Africa and the Middle East dispute Nabulsi, has emerged in Jordan
—and the Russians had been ex- and is openly seeking power de-
pected to seek to have the session
spite the ban placed on political
concentrate on ratification of the parties by King Hussein in 1957,
non-proliferation t r e a. t y. Some
the Times reported from Am-
sources ascribed to the visit to
man.
Moscow of Egyptian Foreign
Although the five-party coalition
Minister ,I ■ lahmoud Riad the ap-
parent change in the Soviet plans. includes the extreme right-wing,
The Soviet delegation said that anti-Communist Moslem Brother-
Vassily V. Kuznetsov, first deputy hood, it has taken a stand against
foreign minister, had arrived to "American imperialism" and is
urging Jordan to support foreign
head the Soviet delegation.
The Soviet announcement fol- "liberation movements," an ob-
lowed visits earlier in the day by vious reference to the El Fatah
Mohammed el-Kong, head of the and other guerrilla bands operat-
Egyptian delegation and other clele- ing against Israel from Jordanian
gation heads, to the president of soil. It also calls on Jordan to "re-
the General Assembly, Corneliu sist Zionist occupation of (Arab)
Manescu, the Romanian foreign territory by all means . .. includ-
minister. Ambassador Yosef Te- ing military force and peoples' re-
koah saw Manescu no Wednes- sistance but not excluding political
day morning. action."
The emergence of the political
The United Nations disclosed
Monday night that Secretary-Gen- coalition, despite its technical ille-
eral U Thant will soon designate a gality, indicated that the groups
special representative in the Mid- believe the situation was ripe to
dle East to investigate the condi- put pressure on King Hussein to
tion of the civilian populations in lift the ban and hold elections, the
the areas affected by the Arab- Times said. The coalition lays
Israeli war. The envoy. whose ap- stress on national unity as long as
pointment will be in accordance Israel occupies part of Jordan,
with the humanitarian resolution Thus, if King Hussein acts against
adopted by the General Assembly it, he would be open to the charge
last year, will investigate the ei wanting to compromise with Is-
treatment of the Arab population rael, according to the Times. So
in the areas occupied by Israel in far he has not interfered and ap-
the Six Day War.
parently is trying to give the im-
This will be the second such pression that the coalition is not
mission set up by the - United Na- unwelcome and is, in fact, co-
tions. Last year. Thant named operating with him.
Neils Gussing, a Swedish diplomat,
Chairman Nabulsi is a former
to make such a study for the UN. member of the left-wing National
Egypt refused to let the envoy Socialist Party. He was dismissed
study the treatment of the Jews as prime minister by Hussein in
there. The Syrian authorities gave April. 1957 in the midst of violent
him heavily escorted tours through anti-Royalist riots. One of Na-
the Jewish quarter of Damascus buisi's closest associates in the
but no opportunity for first-hand coaolition is Kamel Nasser, a for-
investigation.
mer Baathist member of the Jor-
Diplomatic circles attached signi- dan House of Representatives,
ficance to the fact that the an- whom Israel deported from the
nouncement of the new mission West Bank' last December for
was made :virtually on the eve of subversive activities.
the opening of the United Nations Ignore Jordanian Demand
General Assembly although Thant to Cancel Jerusalem Parade
was in Teheran Monday f6r the
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel
international conference on human will not call off its Independence
rights.
Day military parade in Jerusalem
Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring, on May 2 despite a Jordanian pro-
the UN's special envoy in the test to the United Nations Security
Middle East, flew from his Nicosia Council. The parade, marking the
headquarters to Teheran Monday 20th anniversary of Israel's inde-
to see Thant and to report to him pendence, will begin in East Jeru-
on the current status of his peace- salem at 10 a.m.
seeking mission.
Informed quarters said that Is-
Saudi Ruler Chief Obstacle
rael would probably withhold its
to Hussein's Proposed New
official reply to the Jordanian
Arab Summit Meeting
complaint until it was known what
LONDON (JTA) — King Faisal, action the Security Council presi-
of Saudi Arabia, is shaping up as dent intends to take. The council
the main stumbling block to the is headed this month by Yacov
efforts of Jordan's King Hussein Malik, chief of the Soviet delega-
to get all Arab heads of state to tion, to whom the protest was ad-
agree on a coordinated policy to- dressed.
ward Israel and is holding out for
It is known here that most UN
the failure of the Jarring mission members disapprove of the parade
before he will make any commit- being held in Jerusalem, and es-
ments, London newspapers re- pecially its routing through the
ported.
Old City. Observers recalled that
The Times, in a dispatch from last year the General Assembly
Beirut, said that Faisal is obsessed called on Israel to take no steps
with the Communist th?eat but un- to change the pre-June war status
moved by the plight of Jordan. He of the Old City which Israel has
is anxious to see the mission of since united with the rest of Jeru-
UN peace envoy Gunnary Jarring salem. Because of official disap-
terminated "lest it legitimize the proval, foreign diplomats have not
surrender of Islam's holy places been invited to the Jerusalem par-
in Jerusalem." According to the ade. Military attaches of the van-
ous embassies are expected to at-
tend since their presence Will have
no political significance.
It was announced 5,000
primary and secondary school stu-
dents will take part in a giant par-
ade and snake dance through the
streets of Haifa on the occasion of
Israel's 20th anniversary celebra-
tion.
El Fatah Spy in Israel Camps
Gets Five-Year Prison Term
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV—An El Fatah spy
who had managed-to get a job in
an Israeli army camp on the West
Bank was sentenced to five years'
imprisonment by a military tri-
bunal in Nablus Monday.
The man admitted at his trial
that he had been recruited and
trained in Syria and that he had
infiltrated the West Bank from the
terrorist base at Karacneh, in Jor-
dan. He was employed in the army
camp as a cleaner but his assign-
ment was to provide El Fatah with
information on Israeli military in-
stallations. He claimed that he had
refused to participate in terrorist
activities in the Haifa area.
Allegations in Amman that Is-
raeli troops were trying daily to
infiltrate across the cease-fire
demarcation line into Jordan
were ridiculed in official Israeli
circles Tuesday. They called the
charges a "fantasy" and attri-
buted it to a severe case of
nerves on the part of the Jor-
danians.
The Israeli circles noted that
Jordanians . manning border posi-
tions have become extremely ner-
vous and trigger happy in recent
weeks. They fire their weapons
blindly in all directions at no par-
ticular target. At night, they light
up the border region by continu-
ously shooting flares. Obviously,
the Israelis say, they are in con-
stant fear of an attack and are
trying to bolster their confidence.
The blind shooting has been most
frequent in the border area facing
the Israeli Jordan valley settle-
ment of Gesher. That settlement
has also come under frequent Jor-
danian mortar and artillery fire.
Jordanian units fired at Israeli
settlements and patrols in the
Beisan Valley Monday, precipi-
tating a third successive day of
shooting duels across the cease-
fire line. A military spokesman
also announced that two local
Arab field workers were killed
and a third injured when their
truck hit a mine near Kfar
Tabor.
Jordanian units first fired Sun-
day morning at an Israel patrol in
the northern Beisan Valley, then
directed small arms fire at Shaar
Hagolan and then at Yardena. The
fire was returned and no casual-
ties were reported. Saturday, Jor-
danians fired at an Israeli patrol
near Neveh Urr, starting a gun
duel with Israeli units. Later
shooting occurred near Gesher.
An Israeli soldier and a woman
settler of Yardena were wounded
slightly Friday when Jordanians
fired mortar shells at Yardena and
Gesher. Earlier Friday, they fired
on a patrol in the Beisan Valley. Argentine Rightists Appeal
Some of the exchanges took place
as thousands of Israelis celebrated for Hussein's Victory
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A
the last day of Passover on Lake
Tiberias. Others journeyed to the rightist Catholic group, "Unitas
El Hamma Springs on the Israel- Argentina," placed wall posters
here which appealed for a victory
Jordan-Syria frontier.
by King Hussein of Jordan "over
The fencing of sections of the
our enemies" and for the streng-
Israel-Jordan cease-fire line in
addition to the installation of thening of his forces to "liberate
electronic alarm devices, has sig- the holy places from infidel
nificantly reduced the penetra- hands." The posters showed a
photograph of the king with Pope
tion of marauders into Israel and
Israel-held territory, it was Paul. The text on the posters read:
learned from informed quarters "Homage and gratitude to his ma-
jesty, King Hussein of Jordan and
here.
Terrorist incursions against Is- Palestine, protector of holy places
rael have been in three different in this day when the whole of
phases since last June's war ac- Christianity celebrates the cruci-
cording to these quarters. The first fixion of Jesus Christ, killed and
wave consisted of bands who took betrayed by a whole people."
refuge in caves and used them Aussies to Celebrate
as their base of operations, draw-
ing supplies from nearby villages. 'Israel's Anniversary
MELBOURNE (JTA) — Austra-
The second wave was made up of
small units which found shelter in lia's prime minister, J. G. Gerton,
the larger cities but were soon will attend the Sydney Jewish corn
ousted by the populace. The third, munity's celebration of the 20t1
and present wave consists of hit- anniversary of Israel's indepen-
and-run terrorists who lay mines dence at Town Hall here on April
and who fire on Israeli patrols and 28: He will be accompanied by
settlements from across the de- W. J. Aston, speaker of Parlia-
ment. The occasion will be the
marcation line.
Jordanians fired mortar shells first public function attended by
at Kfar Ruppin in the Beisan Val- Prime Minister Gorton since his
ley Sunday night and engaged in election. He said he was "looking
an hour-long exchange of fire with forward with a great deal of pleas-
Israeli units in the Damiyah Bridge ure and anticipation to meeting
area in the Jordan Valley, a mili- the Jewish community of New
tary spokesman reported today. South Wales."
The shelling of Kfar Ruppin halt-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ed as soon as Israeli forces re
turned the fire.
8 Friday, April 26, 1968
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