President Nasser of the United Arab Republic today served formal notice that the UAR will never permit Israeli ships or goods to transit the Suez Canal.
Speaking before thousands of wildly cheering Syrians in Aleppo, Nasser declared that Israeli goods seized in any UAR port; including the Canal entrances, would be confiscated and sold for the welfare of Palestinian Arab refugees.
(In Jerusalem, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Israel will continue to send cargoes for transit through the Suez Canal, and will press the United Nations to push demands for Israel’s passage rights. The Inge Toft returned to Haifa today minus its Israel cargo after a nine-month detention by the United Arab Republic at the entrance to the Suez Canal.)
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