A bridge built by Israel across the Huleh swamps near the Syrian border, against which Syria has complained as “a”military provocation,” is not dangerous “from the military point of view, unless one assumes that the country intends to use it for such purposes, “the United Nations decided today.
The decision was handed down today by the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization’s headquarters in Jerusalem’s no-man’s land, and relayed to headquarters here. Syria had complained against Israel’s construction of the bridge and had demanded a United Nations investigation.
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