Police in the Old City of Jerusalem and the territory held by Israel in the west bank of the Jordan River were alerted today to watch for possible anti-Israel demonstrations there as signs of civil unrest among the Arab population there were reported.
Leaflets calling upon Arab teachers in Jerusalem not to conduct schools were found today in the Old City, and one Arab was arrested while caught slashing tires of automobiles near the police headquarters in the Jewish-populated parts of Jerusalem. The schools for Arab children are scheduled to be opened within a fortnight in all parts of Israel and Israeli-held territories.
A number of leading political Arab figures in the Israel-held west bank territory sent to King Hussein of Jordan a “declaration of loyalty” containing charges against Israeli authorities. These charges were included in a note submitted this week by Jordan to the United Nations Security Council. Among the signatories of the “declaration” were the former Jordanian Ambassador to Britain, Anwar Nuseibeh. They admitted their authorship of the “declaration.”
Israeli authorities, who noted that some unrest among the Arabs had been expected, said nevertheless that they were concerned with the open declarations of loyalty to the Jordanian monarch. They felt that such a declaration was “going too far” and warned that, if resistance to the Israeli authorities becomes more pronounced, “some counter-measures will have to be taken.”
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