Israel Offers Peace Mrs. Golda Meir, Foreign Minister of Israel, before the U.N. General Assembly: “May I now add these few words to the states in the Middle East area, and, more specifically, to the neighbors of Israel: “We all come from an area which is a very ancient one. The hills and the valleys […]
After the withdrawal of the Israeli forces from the Sinai Prime Minister Ben-Gurion told the Knesset that the Sinai Campaign had been undertaken “to prevent an Egyptian war on Israel and its encirclement by its enemies.” “On the morning of 28 October, I submitted to the Government the plan for the Sinai operation. As I […]
Murder A shepherd from Kibbutz Beit Govrin was killed by terrorists (e.g. Egyptians) in a nearby field. Source: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. “Which Came First – Terrorism or ‘Occupation?’ Major Arab Terrorist Attacks Against Israelis Prior to the 1967 Six-Day War.” www.mfa.gove.il/mfa, March 31, 2002
Egypt Mrs. Golda Meir, Foreign Minister, told the Knesset: “The root of the evil, as we have continued to point out is in Egypt’s insistence on maintaining against us a state of war. It is that one-sided belligerence which endangers the peace of the region and which must be eliminated.” Source: 73
April 8, 1957 Arab Refugees Iraq ACCORDING TO THE EGYPTIAN WEEKLY ROSE EL-YUSSEF THE IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSED THE WILLINGNESS OF IRAQ TO ABSORB ALL PALESTINE REFUGEES: “The problem of the refugees is a political card used by Egypt. Iraq alone could absorb all the Arab refugees. In Iraq there are large stretches of fertile […]
Terrorists infiltrated from Jordan, and killed two guards at Kibbutz Mesilot. Source: 42
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a press conference in Washington that the U.S. would not oppose and effort by Israel to test her rights by sending a ship through the Suez Canal. Source: 73
Suez Canal Crisis An announcement concerning Israeli ships using the Suez Canal made by Abdel Kader Hatem, spokesman for President Nasser. Egypt’s alleged rights of self-defense both under the United Nations Charter and under Article Ten of the Constantinople Convention of 1888: “NO ISRAEL FLAGSHIP WILL BE ALLOWED TO PASS THROUGH THE SUEZ CANAL.” “Egypt […]
Murder A tractor driver was killed and two others wounded, when the vehicle struck a landmine, next to Kibbutz Kisufim. Source: 42
Henry R. Labouisse, director of UNRWA, in an interview in The Middle East Forum, warned: “It cannot be denied that the outside observer gains the impression that the Arab governments have no great desire to solve the refugee problem and thus terminate the flow of international subsidy brought into the area by UNRWA and other […]