An Israeli mission spokesman here issued a statement today aiming to clarify the confusion regarding the Israeli position on the Gulf of Akaba. The spokesman, declaring that there have been “various interpretations advanced regarding the status of the Gulf area,” said that the facts in the case are as follows:
“The Gulf of Akaba is divided among four countries: Saudi Arabia, Trans, Jordan, Egypt and Israel. The town of Akaba itself is in Trans Jordan territory approximately three miles east of the Israeli border.
“The Israeli portion of the Gulf stretches from the Trans Jordan border at Wadi Araba for over five miles to the Egyptian frontier. This Israeli shoreline is called the coast of Eylat. The only site of any consequence on the Eylat coast is the In Rash police post. The coast or Eylat was included in the allotment of the Negev to the state of Israel under the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 29th, 1947.”
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