Israeli authorities have refused admittance to a United Nations committee sent to study Jewish settlement and land expropriations on the West Bank and have barred Arab public figures from going to Jordan where they might meet with the UN delegation now in Amman.
Last week, documents pertaining to Israeli settlement activities were confiscated from an East Jerusalem teacher who was about to cross the Allenby Bridge into Jordan. The teacher said he obtained them from Anwar el-Hatib, the former Jerusalem district commander during the Jordanian regime 12 years ago. Security sources charged that the Jordanian government is attempting to supply the UN committee with evidence on Jewish settlements and land expropriation on the West Bank.
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