, l$fr,$ ,r:her 17-24, 1953. rJordan."., A Foreign llinistry spokesman denied after the {Nff -ffirrrmeaa ao.Jordaaian,Village of - Heavy- E ifiimr Qibya. - Loss of meeturg that the attack on eibya had been nrade bv reEujar f,n*' su {|li tihndELro Life. - Mixed Armistice C:ommission's bondem- troops, and mumim attributed it to tiraeli virlagers *li;;.d"r.;;E;tl; ilmrd,rs r|d! af t\ttack. - Western Poryg1sl Request Security for been issued with arms for defensive' p;rp;;";, .who had .[,rmsiil ]Leeting. - British and U.S. Pr-otests to fsrael.'- been rllitr subjected. to many attaeks from ttri-Jbrar"ir"'.]a"'?? &'rdi[ixfi yfmn$east Pqimg Minister of -bV_ Israel. - Statements by the_ llorder, and s-ho had planned and canied uu*rc* trqp tLlum$i md- Embassies London. out the raid on c:rullur ruuil Joryianian in - Syriair their ol,n-initia iive._ tr iguies issued by thti;;.;ii-Governmeni tuw agailst_ lsraeli trIydro-Electric Proiect. - Egy;tian on uct. 17 shox'ed that 421 of Occupation of El-Auia Israeiis had been killed and m im [lNMr 4il.r*'*o by ldraeli F6iies. - w-oun_de{ by raiders from Jordan since 1950; thnt l2g hM- F.mdar Eisenhower appoints Peison-al li Representative of sabotage and of mining of roads and railrvavs had taken"ur"s 1ii S I[m Ilinsssions with Israel and Arab State6 on Mutual place ffilq,nmio during- the same period ; and that the Miied Armistice d Development. uommrssion lrad ,Jordan m qrb&ftllltih tbund guitty of I59 frontjer violations, \i '1ri:fe of about 5OO armed Israelis, alleged to have been and Israel of only 25, durilg tfre 12'months upio June fSSa.' ltttlttrliriur ir:ops, crossed the_ J,ordanian frontief during the night The Prime l{inister of Israel, ilr. David ,uL tdr. :.{-15 and attacked the village Ben_Gurion, made t of eibya, killing at least a radio broadcasb on Oct.,I9 in lhich he emphatically'denied i$li ,$r"r;i-rx--i. including men, women, and chil'dren (the number that the Qibl'a ailack had carried orrt 6y fsraeti reguiar SlioncL dltl rrli l! rt 6a.s subsequently stated to be 'worinding some _been 66), lorces, and in n'hich he said that tbe attack liad been jftFw lmilf, il[i, ,ni]le::. and destroyrng houses, a school, and the village ca-rried by fsraeli frontier settlers who had frequently t een { ffiiwlMll[ rilliiftlnlq iEf . The same force also bombarded the village of Shuqba, 9ut it e r$lMf' rst target of attacks from the Jordanian side of tire boider. {l!r0ilmll},1.!::.-: sone houses, rvhilst a supporting unit shelled the t Aftcr a mother and rurililri,,*u :i Badrus in retariatio' for a " her two children were kilied in their sleep in {l,tli..lluil# bounterrattack bv a smal the village of Yahud," saicl ., lrumu i:ion force. The raid was apparently Mr, Ben-Guion, tfr", Tel Aviv has been instructed to express to the ment knowll as a ' local commanders' agleement., fsracl has already ],vernment5: I Clrllllelu theLUE honortlUfIUf ofUt H.li.n.1ll. GovernmentUUVefIlItteIlU atAL thisLllS matle specilic suggestions, beyonrl its acceptance of tho local com- i:-r calculated attack. II.M. Government expects the manalels'agreement, for steps to rcduce bortler tension, and has ].: rernment to bring to justice those who are responsible continued to press for their consiileration. These proposals have been 1r :,:,Le rneasures to compensate the victims." trmetl tlo'wn by Jordan. Since then border violations havo continued unabated- and their character has changed for the worse. Israel hopes 'llllllur r- .S. State Department also issued a statement on Oct. 18 tha,t. . . appropriate steps wlll bo taken without de1a1r ieading to lllllliimr4 i:r the punishment of those involved in the attack on real pcace and a rerluction of tcnsion in the area. In such steps Ie;ael .r,,:1 for " effective measlres to prevent such incidents is ready at all times to co-operate to ihe fullest cxtent.', ." In a further declaration issued on Oct. 19, the State The Jordanian Embassy in London issued a statement on :qnt said that " the shocking reports which have Oct. 21 declaring that the attack on Qibl-a had been canied :he Department of the loss of lives and property out by fsraeli armed forces, and accusing the Government of : in this incident convinces us that those who are Israel of attempting to " dir-ert public opinion from their rii:ie should be brought to account." It added that the brutality " b-v seeking to show that the aitack was part of a *:'.':rnment had been " increasingly concerned " at the series of trorder incidents. The Embassv stated in this con- tension on the frontier between the nexion that Arab penetrations across israel's i Israel and o'nothing frontier were rrrxIry Arab States, and that for this reason, in concert but isolated incidents bv indiwiduals who crossed !.n-:.ain and France, it had called for a meeting of the the border to their homes or farms," and that the Jordanian {ouncil. Government had been constantly checking such infiltraiicns 'l.fllllrn l.raeli Cabinet, at a meeting on Oct, 18, decided io and had punislred the indiriduals conoerrred. illh :: the Security Council " a complaint of violations of \\-hen the Security Council met in New York on Oct. 19, mm.r:ice agreement by the Arab States, and particulaxly the Lebanese member (Dr. :Ialik) objected to the rvording linr::tr outrages and murders committed recently by used by the l\'estern Powers (" tension between fsrael and the October 13200 I{EESING'S CONTEMPORARY ARCHIVES October L7-24, L953, A. EUROP] wiolence B. RIIODESIA. The Rhodes Centenary Exhibltion. Arab States, with particular rcference to recent acts of - Folitical Com.I and to complianc6 and enforcemenb of-the-general armistice - Visit by the Queen Mother and Princess frf,argaret. ferences of F n;, urged thai; the question sh-ould be formally Africa Rhodes Centenary Exhibition, com- Ro agreements and 'Ihe Central -was Countries. - Iis-ted as " a6is of vi"olence comrnilted by the Israeli Arrny rrremorating the centenar5'' of the bhth of Cecil Rhodes, - French Addir asainst Jordan." After debate, in which Dr. Malik's proposal officiallv ofiened in Btrla'ti-avo (Soulhern Rhodesia) on 'truly 3 by The Foreign 1 rv"as reiected bv the British, French and U.S. delegates as bv Que'en Elizabcth the Qrieen llother, x"ho. accompanied Bidault for a oreiuditins the bouncil's examination, a colnpromise resolution P"rincess }largaret, had anived by air ts'o days earlier -M.Republic)' S{r brrhl. f