SEA OF GALILEE AREA
ISRAEL REJECTS U.N. SUGGESTION (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) (Rec. 8 p.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 3. Israel rejected today a United Nations suggestion that she keep her police boats well out into the Sea of Galilee to avoid alarming nearby Syrian batteries. An Israeli delegate, Mr Mordecai Kidron, stated his country’s position in a leiter to the United Nations Security Council. The council has been discussing the raid Israel carried out on December 11 on Syrian posts just north-east of the Israeli-controlled Sea of Galilee.
Major-General E* L. H. Burns, the United Nations Palestine truce chief, in a report to the council last month, said the raid which took 56 Syrian and six Israeli lives followed Syrian shelling of an Israeli police boat. He suggested that Israel keep such boats away from the shore line, which is only about 32 feet from the Syrian line.
Mr Kidron in his letter said this suggestion seemed to be based on the thesis that Israel’s rights existed on paper but not on the waters of the lake, where their protection was of importance to Israel and where they had been challenged by Syria. “Israel is determined to ensure that her rights shall remain inviolable and unrestricted.” he said.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19560105.2.122
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27858, 5 January 1956, Page 11
Word Count
207SEA OF GALILEE AREA Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27858, 5 January 1956, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.