The Israel Parliament today approved by a vote of 66 to 12 the stand taken by the Israel Government in the Jerusalem “small war” which raged for three days last week and in which the Israel Army was ordered to display restraint and cooperate with United Nations observers.
A proposal presented by the extremist right-wing Herut deputies suggesting that Israel capture the Jordan-held part of Jerusalem in order to prevent further Arab attacks on the Israel section of the city was voted down by 70 to 8. A resolution introduced by the Communist deputies demanding the UN observers be driven out of Israel and rejection of the Western Powers’ security plan for the Arab-Israel borders was defeated by a vote of 73 to 3.
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