The nature and quantities of weapons presently streaming from Britain to Egypt leave no doubt about Egypt’s offensive intentions, Brigadier Yigal Allon, former commander of the Israel armed forces in the Negev, southern part of Israel, declared today at a reception given for military corrospondents.
Brigadier Allon said that defense of the Negev can be organized only by establishing a close network of Jewish settlements in that part of the country, which borders on Egypt.
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