A Cabinet Minister said that Israel must be prepared for a renewal of fighting by Egypt after the current cease-fire extension expires on Feb. 5 but that it is too early to draw any conclusions as to Egyptian intentions. According to Israel Galili, who was interviewed by the armed forces radio Friday night, the Egyptians have not yet asked for a meeting of the Security Council non have they responded one way or the other to Israel’s proposals submitted to United Nations mediator Gunnar V. Jarring a week ago. Until there is a response, the Labor Alignment Minister-Without-Portfolio said, Israel must be prepared for renewed hostilities. He said the Egyptians were apparently trying to pressure Jarring, with Soviet help, to place the subject of Israel’s withdrawal from the occupied Arab territories on top of the agenda of the Jarring peace talks. He said Israel would never agree to this, although Israel has offered to talk about territorial subjects at an early stage of the talks. (At United Nations headquarters in New York, Dr. Jarring has scheduled a meeting tomorrow to receive Jordan’s view on the Mideast peace. The UN envoy received Egypt’s proposals last Friday and scheduled a meeting with the UAR envoy tomorrow. Mohammed el-Zayyat, Egyptian ambassador to the UN, declined to disclose the UAR’s proposals although it was believed they called for Israeli withdrawal and a meeting of the Security Council before Feb. 5. Jordanian Ambassador Muhammad el-Farra said that in his meeting tomorrow he will present the position of his government “on the implementation” of Resolution 242.)
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