United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold arrived in Israel today to begin conferences with Premier David Ben Gurion and Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, even as Israel seethed as a result of the renewal of land mining of border roads and the murder of settlers by Egyptians.
Mr. Hammarskjod conferred today only with Mr. Sharett. He is scheduled to see Mr. Ben Gurion tomorrow. After his two-three day stay in this country, the Secretary General will proceed to Rome and then the United Nations to report to the Security Council on the results of his pacification mission to the Middle East.
Meanwhile, the Israel Foreign Ministry charged that no reliance could be placed on Egyptian assurances to end hostilities in the border regions in view of the kidnaping, mutilation and murder of a settler from Nachal Oz and the mining of a military vehicle in the vicinity of Nir. Itzhak, in which one Israeli soldier was killed and two others were injured Referring to the mining of the road, the Foreign Ministry stated that “this particular form of aggression has long been a favorite Egyptian technique. It represents deliberate planning and execution” in violation of Egypt’s pledged word.
Israel demanded an emergency meeting yesterday of the Israel-Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission over the two incidents, but there is no likelihood of the meeting taking place. The Egyptians refuse to come to the MAC’s meeting place at “Kilometre 95” by the route outlined in the agreement under which the parties meet, insisting that they will come by whatever route they choose. Not even the MAC chairman has been able to get the Egyptians to honor the agreement.
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