QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE MIDDLE EAST 215 S/6285, S/6287. Letters of 12 and 19 April 1965 S/6728. Letter of 29 September 1965 from Turkey. from Turkey. S/6732, S/6734. Letters of 1 October 1965 from S/6288. Letter of 7 April 1965 from Greece. Greece. S/6289, S/6351. Letters of 20 April and 12 May S/6758. Letter of 7 October 1965 from Turkey. 1965 from Turkey. S/6783, S/6787. Letters of 13 and 12 October 1965 S/6362, S/6385, S/6403, S/6405, S/6410, S/6425, from Greece. S/6441, S/6470, S/6506. Letters of 15 and 27 S/6809. Letter of 18 October 1965 from Turkey. May, 1, 2, 8, 12 and 21 June, and 6 July 1965 from S/6820, S/6830. Letters of 18 and 25 October 1965 Greece. from Greece. S/6526, S/6527 and Corr.1. Letters of 14 July 1965 S/6831, S/6837. Letters of 25 and 27 October 1965 from Turkey. from Turkey. S/6538. Letter of 15 July 1965 from Greece. S/6853, S/6872. Letters of 30 October and 4 No- S/6550, S/6551. Letters of 22 July 1965 from vember 1965 from Greece. Turkey. S/6914, S/7065. Letters of 11 November 1965 and S/6618, S/6619, S/6623, S/6679, S/6684, S/6718, 3 January 1966 from Turkey. S/6721, S/6723, S/6729. Letters of 16 and 19 A/6002. Report of Security Council to General As- August, 11, 14, 24, 25, 27 and 29 September 1965 sembly, Chapter 4 C. from Greece. CHAPTER XIV QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE MIDDLE EAST THE PALESTINE QUESTION No aspects of the Palestine question were In connexion with the Israel complaint of brought before the Security Council for its con- 1 March, Jordan stated on 8 March that in- sideration during 1965. However, the parties to vestigations carried out by United Nations ob- the General Armistice Agreements informed the servers had produced no evidence that there Council from time to time of incidents which had been any infiltrators entering Israel from they considered to be important violations of Jordan territory. the Armistice Agreements. On 1 March, Jordan maintained that prepa- rations by Israel authorities to review a mili- COMMUNICATIONS FROM tary parade in the city of Jerusalem and to ISRAEL AND JORDAN show their military equipment and heavy arms On 26 January 1965, in a letter to the Sec- was in violation of the Armistice Agreement retary-General, Jordan said that Israel authori- and of the Security Council resolution of 11 ties had committed provocative military acts April 1961.1 in the Mount Scopus area in Jerusalem. In view In a further communication dated 15 March, of the dangerous and explosive situation aris- Jordan said that an Israel "Independence Day" ing from the Israel violations, Jordan requested military parade in Jerusalem would be con- that immediate inspection of Israel positions in trary to the verbal assurance which Jordan the area should be carried out through a special had received from Ralph J. Bunche, to the representative of the Secretary-General. effect that the parade would be held at Tel On 1 March, Israel alleged that a recent Aviv. However, it now seemed that the Israel series of acts of sabotage or attempted sabotage authorities were planning to hold a "symbolic in Israel territory had been perpetrated by per- military parade" in Jerusalem, as well as in sons crossing the Armistice Demarcation Line Tel Aviv. Should this take place, Jordan held, from Jordan. It was held that, under the then Israel would definitely be exposing the Armistice Agreement, the Government of Jor- situation in the Holy City to grave repercus- dan must accept full responsibility for those sions. acts. 1 See Y.U.N., 1961, p. 155. 216 POLITICAL AND SECURITY QUESTIONS On 15 March, referring to the mission of Agreement and condemning Jordan for it. On the Secretary-General's representative, Jordan 7 July, Jordan charged that the Israel letter stated that in spite of the good efforts of the had misrepresented the decision of the Mixed Secretary-General, Israel authorities had re- Armistice Commission, which had confirmed sumed their acts of aggression in the Latrun that the shooting had been started by Israel area in violation of the Jordan-Israel Armi- military forces. stice Agreement and had refused to comply On 4 June, Israel informed the Council of with the decisions of the Mixed Armistice Com- two incidents on 1 June, the first by saboteurs mission (MAC) in this respect. from across the Lebanese border and the other On 27 May, Israel drew attention to renewed by infiltrators from across the Jordan border. acts of violence and sabotage committed by In reply, Jordan denied the Israel allegation armed groups penetrating into Israel from and stated that it had complained to the Mixed Jordanian territory and asserted that, although Armistice Commission, which had found that its allegations of acts of sabotage on 2 and 4 Israel had fired shots on the walls of Jerusalem March had been confirmed by the Chairman and on Jordan army posts. (For Lebanon's of the Mixed Armistice Commission in a state- reply, see below.) ment of 16 March, such incidents had not On 1 November, Jordan complained that a ceased. fully-equipped detachment of the Israel regu- On 28 May, Jordan complained that on 27 lar army had escorted 24 tractors into no-man's May Israel army units had attacked houses, a land in the Latrun sector on 30 October. The factory and fuel stations in Jordan, leaving four United Nations authorities had requested an civilians killed and seven wounded. Although immediate withdrawal of the Israel forces from Israel had sought to blame Jordan for having the area, but instead reinforcements had been provoked that aggression, Jordan denied most called in. emphatically any knowledge of or responsibility In reply, Israel on 2 November said that the for the occurrence of alleged acts of sabotage Jordanian account of recent border incidents inside Israel-held territory. On 16 June, Jordan in the Latrun area did not reflect the true facts. informed the Security Council that the Mixed Ever since the Armistice Agreement of 1949, Armistice Commission had found, in connexion farmers from the neighbouring villages on both with this incident, that the Israel forces had sides had been cultivating fields situated within crossed the Armistice Demarcation Line into no-man's land in the Latrun area. Israel stated Jordan and that the raid had resulted in the further that these incidents were being dealt death of two men and three children and the with through the Armistice machinery. wounding of two adults and three children. In another communication, dated 28 May, COMMUNICATIONS FROM Jordan informed the Council that orders had ISRAEL AND LEBANON been issued to the Jordanian armed forces to re- On 15 June, Lebanon, in reply to the Israel pel with the "utmost severity and determination" letter of 4 June (see above), said that no evi- any new Israel act of aggression. dence had been found to substantiate .the alle- On 1 June, Israel said that on 31 May Jor- gations that saboteurs had crossed the Lebanese danian army posts had opened fire from the border into Israel and that this had been con- Old City of Jerusalem across the Armistice firmed by investigations carried out by the Demarcation Line into Israel territory, killing United Nations Truce Supervision Organiza- two civilians and wounding four. There had tion (UNTSO). been no firing from the Israel side. In the same On 11 November, Lebanon asserted that, connexion, Israel informed the Council on during the night of 28-29 October, Israel armed 1 July that on 28 June the Mixed Armistice forces in uniform had penetrated into Leba- Commission had justly upheld the Israel com- nese territory and carried out acts of sabotage plaint by deciding that the shooting had been in two different places; this had been confirmed a gross violation of the General Armistice by United Nations observers. These acts of ag- QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE MIDDLE EAST 217 gression, Lebanon stated, constituted a serious On 30 September, Syria transmitted to the and specific violation of the Armistice Agree- Secretary-General a memorandum from the ment and were creating a dangerous threat to Palestine Liberation Organization relating to a peace in the region. mob attack against the Arab population in In reply, Israel said on 19 November that its Ramleh, alleged to have taken place on 22 Au- action on the night of 28-29 October had been gust 1965. preceded by three acts of sabotage perpetrated In reply, Israel said on 13 October that in against Israel border villages on 2 June, 26-27 publicly condemning the outbreak the Prime August and 27 October. Israel's action had been Minister of Israel had affirmed that all citi- taken to impress upon all concerned the ex- zens were assured of equal rights and protec- treme gravity with which its Government tion under the laws of Israel, and that this viewed the continuation of these sabotage ac- would be rigidly enforced by the authorities. tivities, and the imperative need to put a stop to them. REPORT OF CONCILIATION COMMISSION FOR PALESTINE COMMUNICATIONS FROM In its twenty-third progress report covering ISRAEL AND SYRIA the period from 1 May 1964 to 23 December On 17 March, Israel drew the attention of 1965, the United Nations Conciliation Com- the Security Council to what it described as mission for Palestine stated that it could make the tense and dangerous situation which had no progress in finding a practical means, ac- developed during the previous two weeks on ceptable to the parties concerned, for assisting the Israel-Syrian border, in the vicinity of the in achieving a final settlement of the questions village of Almagor.