The Government of Jordan has formally protested to the Mixed Armistice Commission against a statement by Israel Premier David Ben Gurion that if the United Nations did not persuade Jordan to allow Israel access to the Hebrew University and Hadassah institutions on Mt. Scopus, Israel would take the matter into its own hands.
The crux of the Jordanian complaint was that Mr. Ben Gurion’s statement, at a ceremony formally opening the new campus of the Hebrew University, constituted a threat in violation of the terms of the armistice agreement between the two states.
An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman, commenting tonight on the Jordan complaint, asserted that Mr. Ben Gurion’s declaration about Mt. Scopus was a “solemn and urgent demand for unqualified implementation of the general armistice agreement. ” He noted that it was a call for full execution of an agreement which for years Jordan has defied, despite Israel demands for compliance.
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