The conditions under which Jordan is willing to conclude permanent peace with Israel were outlined today in a broadcast over the British-controlled Near East Arabic Radio in Cyprus.
The broadcast said that the Jordan delegation to the mixed armistice commission believes that peace would be possible if Israel returns Jaffa and a section of Lydda to the Arabs, reopens the Jerusalem-Bethlehem road in exchange for Jordan’s reopening the road from Jerusalem to Mt. Scopus, pays compensation to Arab refugees who fled from territory now belonging to Israel and restitutes the Ruttenberg power station to the Arabs.
A meeting of the Israel-Jordan armistice commission was scheduled for today in Jerusalem, but Jordanians at the last minute requested a postponement. No new date for a meeting was fixed.
An Israel military spokesman confirmed today that a clash took place between an Israel military patrol and a band of Arab smugglers northeast of Beersheba last Wednesday night. He said ten smugglers were killed, ten were captured and three older men were handed over to the Arab Legion.
The smuggling band was divided into four groups, the spokesman said. He added that the Arabs were proceeding from Egypt to Jordan when they were intercepted in Jewish territory by a border patrol. The Israelis confiscated the smugglers’ goods, which included large quantities of cotton, primus stoves, lamps and a large number of gold sovereigns.
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