Decision To Be Made On War Or Peace

Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1948, Page 5

Decision To Be Made On War Or Peace

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Reuter -

Comiriaht )

Received' Tues.day, 10.40 a.np ■ " " LONPOl^, July 1^. The Arab ;4ecisiQn on wav or osase iri Palestine is expected^at J tpe'pyuciai Arab League meeting in : Lebanpn • tomorrqw, says the Unit- ] ed Press' Amman eorrespondent. 1 King"Abduiiah of "Transjofdan, on ] British advice, is believ'e'd to- £e working for at least provisiohai | ' acceptance of Count Bernadotte's ; 1 proposal for a ten-day truce. King, Abdullah's representatives are | e^pected tq deman'd a showdown) with the Egyptian supporters of the 1 Mufti of Jerusalem, who do not : want thie ^ruce. 7 ji The 1 meeting will probably.i determine the future solidarity or - otherwise of the Arab States, says j che eorrespondent. k Meanwhile, sporadic fighting -is;j continuing in Palestine. The Associated Ptess correspon- : dent at Jenin repofts that the I};aqi Army has consolidated its pbsitions along a 12rmile . front, which at orie point is within one and a half miles of .the HaifaTiberias highway and railway. Arab artiiiery is bombarding Ziriin, thei last Jewish-held village between Jenin -and the pig J.ewish commuhicgtions centre of Affula, 35 miles Sputh-west of Haifa. i Artiiiery battles are developip^' in the Judean Hilis within sight-'of Rahleh and Lydda,' which fell to the' -Jews yesterday. j The chief of operations of the. Israel General Staff said that the victories at Ramleh would riot be regarde'd as the decisive battle in the Jewish effort to drive a wedge through Latrmi to , Jerusalem. Reuter's Jerusalem correspondept says that the Jews today | sheded Arab Legion artiiiery an'd. mortar positions in and around the Arab-held Jerusalem OM City. Tel Aviv city liad four air raids 4u ring yesterday. Four bombs were (}r(jpped in a fourth raid last night. Seyen persons were injured. A11 Israel conununique states that low flying Egyptian planes last night bombed the western suburbs of Jerusalem. The comnmnique added that Baudi Araliian troops, for the first time were reported to be jiarticipating in the fighting foi Jerusalem.