Security Council Orders Cease-Fire In Palestine

Northern Advocate, 16 July 1948, Page 3

Security Council Orders Cease-Fire In Palestine

NEW YORK, Thu. (1 p.m.).—The Security Council, by a vote of 9 to 1, has ordered a cease-fire in Palestine within three days. Syria voted against this motion and Argentina abstained. The Council also voted, by 8 to 1, that the situation in Palestine constituted a threat to peace under Article 39 of the Charter. Syria voted against and Argentina and China abstained.

The American resolution, hinting at possible sanctions in the event of the cease-fire being disobeyed, was approved by eight to one. Syria voted against and, China abstained.

party and favoured the Jewish cause because the Arabs were at a disadvantage under a truce. Egyptian aircraft raided Jerusalem’s Jewish residential districts today, killling one and injuring seven. This was the second raid in Jerusalem's history. The first, four days ago, killed three boys. Arab artillery pounded Jewish Jerusalem: iallL-last night and Jewish guns rcturnccfihe fire. Tha£J?ld City was battered again with mortar-fire directed against gunposts near the Damascus Road and Jaffa Gate, on the northern side of the Old City. Only minor fighting is reported from Palestine fronts as Arabs and Jews await the outcome of decisive talks at Lake Success.

Russia last night suddenly objected to several key sections of the American motion ordering a halt to the Palestine war. M. Gromyko’s proposals would have eliminated Count Bernadotte as supervisor of an unlimited truce while continuing his efforts at mediation. He accepted the sections calling for a halt to fighting within three days of the passage of the motion under pain of economic and military sanctions. Pie also agreed to an immediate cease-fire in Jerusalem. M. Gromyko said Count Bernadotte’s efforts at mediation had ignored the General Assembly’s partition plan, which was in full effect, and therefore there was no need for further attempts at mediation. Earlier in the debate Mr Aubrey Eban (Israel) said Israel accepted the United States plan and would comply with any orders to cease fire. Mahmoud Fawzi Bey (Egypt) contended that the American motion singled out the Arabs as the guilty