The Syrian-Israeli armistice negotiations will begin Tuesday in Tenet, a border village located between Rosh Pinah and Mishmar Haysuen, in northeastern Palestine, it was officially announced here tonight. The Israeli delegation to the talks will be composed of the same personnel who two weeks age completed a similar pact with Lebanon.
The customs house at Ras El Nakura on the Israeli-Lebanese border, where the armistice agreement between the countries was signed only a fortnight ago, passed in-to Israeli hands this week-end, following a meeting of the joint Israeli-Lebanese armistice commission at that spot. It is understood here that the Lebanese villages hold by Israeli troops have already passed into Lebanese hands in accord with the armistice which set yesterday as the deadline.
It was learned today that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine is expected to arrive here Wednesday or Thursday for consultation with Israeli authorities. It is believed that the major subjects to be discussed will include the Arab refugee problem and the Conciliation Commission’s projected protest against the recent transfer of Israeli government offices to Jerusalem. The problem of Jews in Arab countries may also be considered, it was reported.
(Reuters reported from Beirut that the Arab countries are split in their attitude towards the Conciliation Commission’s invitation to meet Israeli representatives “on neutral ground” for “a further exchange of views.” The Commission, Reuters said, issued its invitation after the Arabs had turned down a proposal to hold a full-scale peace conference. It proposed instead that the Arab representatives should meet, probably at Geneva, and that Israeli delegates should be present to put forward their views.)
The Philippine Republic extended de jure recognition to Israel yesterday, according to a cablegram received by the Foreign Ministry from Manila.
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