Sharett Warns Arabs Against Renewal of Hostilities with Israel

Moshe Sharett, Israel’s Foreign Minister, this week-end warned the neighboring Arab states against a rash renewal of the war with Israel. Commenting on the recent series of border “incidents,” particularly with Jordan, Mr. Sharett suggested to the Arabs that they “think seven times” before they re-open hostilities. He spoke at the celebration of the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the Israel port of Eilath, on the northern tip of the Gulf of Akaba.

Meanwhile, police throughout Israel were involved in widespread investigations of arms traffic believed to involve local Arabs, Israelis and Arabs from the neighboring countries. The inquiry was set off by the discovery of a considerable quantity of ammunition in the possession of an Arab identified as Azam Aligaan.

An Israeli Army spokesman last night announced here that an armistice commission team consisting of Israelis, Jordanians and United Nations personnel, who had visited the scene of the latest “incident” between Israeli and Jordanian irregular forces last week, had agreed with the Israeli contention that the entire two-hour battle occurred on Israel territory. One Israeli soldier shot by the Arabs died of wcunds and at least one Jordan death was reported.

After the Israelis lodged a protest with the Mixed Armistice Commission last week, the Jordanians publicly charged that the Israelis had killed an unarmed shepherd in the area. The charge was never even presented to the Commission. A second announcement yesterday revealed that Israeli border patrols had killed 12 Arab infiltrees during the past week and had apprehended 28 of them.