A decision to release the Israeli ship “Bat Galim” on condition that she would not pass through the Suez Canal was adopted last night by the Egyptian court in Alexandria at which hearings were held for some time since the seizure of the vessel in September, it was reported here today from Cairo.
The report said that the ship is expected to sail with its 10-man crew today or tomorrow, if the condition is accepted by the Israel Government. The ship, which was acquired by Israel in Ethiopia, was detained by Egypt when she reached the Suez Canal on here way to Haifa.
The assertion that Egypt would refuse to conclude peace with Israel even if the Jewish State agreed to carry out certain United Nations resolutions on partition of Palestine and re-admission of Arab refugees into Israel-held territory was made today by Egypt’s Minister of National Guidance, Salah Salem, according to a dispatch received here from Cairo.
Discussing Middle East affairs with a group of Syrian journalists, Salem said, according to the Cairo report, that “Israel is a danger not only to Egypt but also to the rest of the Arab world.” Egyp’ts defense policy, as defined by Salem, requires the conversion of the Arab League security pact, primarily directed against Israel, into an exclusive instrument for defense of Egypt and the Arab world against aggression from outside the Middle East.
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