Jordan’s refusal to permit the passage of the regular fortnightly food convoys to Mt. Scopus where Jewish guards are stationed at the Hadassah Hospital and Hebrew University sites is a threat to the peace of Jerusalem, the Israel delegates to the mixed Jordan-Israel armistice commission today told the body.
The Israelis insisted that Jordan must honor its signature to the agreement on the convoy’s safe passage and must enable the United Nations personnel to carry out their obligations to escort the convoy through the lines. A unilateral breaking of the agreement is completely unjustified, they added. In a discussion of another point, the Israelis agreed to withdraw their complaint against a threat of use of force against the Israelis, when the Jordanian delegation said the threat had never been made officially.
The Israel delegation today told the commission that all steps were being taken to apprehend those responsible for the shooting between Israel troops and Arab infiltrees in the Latrun area, during which two Arab children caught in the crossfire were killed.
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