The Foreign Ministry announced today that Israel has protested to Secretary General U Thant that United Nations cease-fire officials in Jerusalem have exceeded the scope of their mission by transmitting to the Secretary-General a petition signed by several hundred West Bank Arabs. A ministry spokesman said that the cease-fire observers have no standing except on the demarcation lines between the sides and “there is no need for them to act as postmen.” The petition to Mr. Thant purported to describe conditions on the West Bank and in Jerusalem and alleged oppression and threats by Israeli authorities.
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