The Government announced here today that any person wishing to remain in Israel-occupied Arab territories for longer than 48 hours must secure a permit from the Military Government administering the area. Observers here said the order was intended to forestall attempts by private groups or individuals to establish settlements in the occupied territories without official sanction. One such group, consisting of Orthodox Jews, has settled in the West Bank town of Hebron and declared that it intends to remain permanently to re-establish the defunct Jewish community there.
In a related development, members of the so-called Movement for a Greater Israel held their first national conference here yesterday and called on the Government to reject the Security Council’s resolution of Nov. 22, 1967. The movement advocates the establishment of Israel’s permanent boundaries on the present cease-fire demarcation lines. It numbers among its followers several Knesset (Parliament) members and public figures and a number of former ambassadors and reserve generals.
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