U.N. Unable To Do Much In Palestine

Chronicle (Levin), 7 January 1949, Page 5

U.N. Unable To Do Much In Palestine

9 Rocoived Tliarsdii v, 7 p.m. LONDON, .Tan. 0. I'olifical Ip.'idprs bclipvp t Iisit in desfnp. ino tlip Kgvptian Aniiy's abilitv to pffpciivp wai" in tln* Xeqvv, Tsrael i.;i> also dcstroved United Nations' f ? supervision inaciiinprv, says The Ii-ii's' Tpl Aviv correspondent. It is r.c icvpd that to attpmpt to reinforce n iipdragglprl authority wonld spell oc.iini for any future ell'orts to solve the n mai niug proldem, nanielv, tlie future ■ \ra!i liold areas in Palestine. I-raoI, in tlie short campaigns, has i.' -I.ed its frontiers heyond thosp the 'h iH-ral Asspiulily agreetl upon on No- '■ liiier 21), 1017 and also tlie houndaries • ' i ! 1 1 1 1 HprnadottP snggested. Israel i firmly liolds Ihe whole of (talilee m. 1 ali the Xegev — 1;; per eent of P.ilpstinp — pxcept for small Egyptian l;et s in the Falu.ja and Guza areas. Thi« land is rapidlv being settled upon m d rapidlv doveioped by Kibhutzniks ■irmpd fariners whose agrieultural • :1i-icin*y is luirked hy nioderu research m •! Ainprfpan dollars and whose fan- ' • i m has heen previously unsurpassThese are aeroinplishments which V'.'l be diflicult if not impossi hle, to ' ".i* Tiines diplomatic corresponclent a otlicial quarters in London neither 1 "liJirin uor deny the Israeli Governn ' i>i 's stateinent regarding British tro.ip tiioveniPiits to Transjordan and in l'.eypt. Tliis nieans, presumably, that tio- taleiiipnt is inac'urate only iu deOrl. It uould not be surprising if the Pnlish ( loveniiiiPiil were taking pre1 1 a . : .'iii i y lueasures to eiuible theui to l.i:i! t.M'fity obligations for the defence d ix.th the.-p countries if that should tii liCfc-sarv.