Defense Minister Moshe Dayan made it clear last night that Israel would not yield to political pressure to withdraw from the occupied territories and to accept an interim settlement that would permit Egyptian troops to cross the Suez Canal. Dayan, who spoke to a United Palestine Appeal leadership group from Britain, said the United States was exerting political pressure on Israel by withholding war planes.
But, he declared, Israel would be able to withstand the pressure even if it were to increase. He said Israel would never accept an interim settlement that would allow Egyptian troops to occupy the positions evacuated by Israeli soldiers. He said no interim agreement can be accepted if it forms part of the over-all Rogers’ Plan for Israeli withdrawal to its pre-June, 1967 boundaries. Referring to another matter. Dayan said he saw no need and no possibility of establishing a separate Arab state in Palestine in addition to Jordan.
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