Premier Golda Meir warned in a BBC television interview today that Israel would take its own measures against Arab terrorists who sabotage airliners if the international community fails to take immediate and stern action. She refused to say what Israel would do, remarking, “Even if I knew I would not tell you.”
(The Israeli Defense Ministry reported today that it had “undisputable evidence” of an Arab terrorist campaign against air traffic to Israel. According to a ministry spokesman, a postcard depicting an attack on an El Al airliner and the inscription, “Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,” was received at the ministry several days ago. The card was mailed from Saragossa, Spain. The PLFP claimed credit for the fatal crash of an Israel-bound Swiss air jet last Saturday, a claim subsequently denied by spokesmen for the Arab guerrilla coalition in Amman. The postcard reportedly received in Jerusalem claimed that the organization would “tear out Zionism by the roots” and restore Palestine to the Arabs.)
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