Interior Minister Itzhak Gruenbaum today announced that the Israeli Constituent Assembly will meet in Jerusalem. Although it is still not certain whether only the first meeting of the Assembly or its entire session will be held here, it was learned that preparations are already under way for accommodating some 120 members of the Assembly and 30 representatives of foreign states and the world press.
Meanwhile, 15 district election committees met today with representatives of the various parties and with the Interior Minister to consider voting arrangements in next month’s nation-wide ballotting. Thus far, 12 election lists have been submitted to the authorities.
The final decision on whether to locate the parliament permanently in Jerusalem is expected within a few days, following crowning of Abdullah as “King of the Jordan State” and issuance of an Israeli statement on the “coronation.”
It is expected that the Israeli authorities will brand Abdullah’s action a violation of the U.N.’s partition decision, a hostile act against Palestine and interference in the internal affairs of Israel. It is believed that the Israeli statement will also call Abdullah an aggressor in Palestine.
The Arab press has reported the presence of a large number of Britons in the Arab stronghold of Hebron. According to the accounts “nothing is done without their knowledge and consent.” The local jail is overcrowded with Iraqi soldiers who mutinied. Business is hampered by the fact that the local Palestinian currency has been replaced by Iraqi dinars.
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