An appeal by the Jewish Agency to the U.N. Security Council to take “all appropriate action under the Charter” against the Arab states which have committed acts of aggression against the Jews of Palestine and are preparing for “offensive operations on a larger scale” following termination of the Palestine Mandate May 15, was today made public by the Agency.
The 17-point Agency statement, signed by Moshe Shertok and addressed to Alexandre Parodi, president of the Council, also pointed out the British Government’s responsibility for the aggressive actions of the Arab Legion in Palestine. The memorandum listed specific Arab Legion actions–such as the occupation of the town of Jericho and the Alemain military camp near Jerusalem and the attack on Gesher last month–and reminded the Council of specific British pledges to remove the Legion from Palestine. In the light of this failure to remove the Legion, Britain must be held responsible for attacks by Transjordan troops on Jews, the memorandum said.
Shertok also detailed a number of invasion attacks on Jewish settlements in northeastern Palestine by Syrians and Lebanese. Despite various denials of attacks on Dan, Dafni, Kfar Szold and other colonies, he said, the evidence of shell-damaged buildings and the existence of casualties testify to the existence of Arab attacks on May 1 and May 4, as previously reported by Jewish sources.
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