The question of whether the United Nations Security Council should adopt a resolution censuring Israel for the recent retaliation raid on Kibya continued to be a matter of discussion today among the delegates of the United States, Britain and France while the members of the Council were awaiting clarification from Gen. Vagn Bennike, UN Palestine truce chief, on a number of questions concerning the Arab-Israel border situation.
While Britain is pressing for the adoption of such a resolution, it became known here today that the United States is of the opinion that pressure must be exerted on both Israel and the Arab countries if there is to be progress toward peace in the Middle East.
Pro-Israel sentiment waxed stronger in U.N. circles over the week-end following the presentation made at the Security Council by Ambassador Abba Eban, head of the Israel delegation. Mr. Eban dealt specifically with Syria’s charge that Israel is attempting to divert water from the Jordan River at the expense of Arabs.
The Israeli delegate stressed Israel’s dependence on the Jordan River, pledged that Israel would guarantee that the project would be “reconciled with the full satisfaction of all existing irrigation rights” and insisted that the project encroached on the rights of no Arab land owners.
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