An Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman warned this weekend against any construction of the reference by Sir Anthony Eden in the House of Commons last week to “settlement of frontiers” between Israel and its neighbors that would imply any readiness by Israel to cede any territory.
The spokesman expressed the hope that Sir Anthony’s reference, made during the Commons debate on British adherence to the Turkish-Iraqi pact, would not arouse Arab appetites for Israel territory.
Israel, the spokesman declared, has constantly signified its readiness for peace on the basis of its present boundaries. Israel does not claim territory from any of its neighbors and rejects any territorial claims on their part, he said. “Any allusion to the possibility of a change in the frontiers would place a perfectly gratuitous obstacle on the road to peace,” the spokesman declared.
Major General E. L. M. Burns, head of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, flew to the Gaza area Thursday and met the heads of the Israel and Egyptian delegations in the Mixed Armistice Commission. He commenced negotiations with them immediately on measures to preserve peace in the area in line with the resolution taken by the Security Council.
He proposed direct communications between the Israel and Egyptian local commanders, construction of barriers clearly marking the boundary lines and joint Israel-Egyptian-United Nations patrols along the “sensitive” sections of the demarcation line.
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