Evening star., 1948-10-15
Palestine Ripe
For Settlement,
bunche Asserts
Desire and Need for
Peace Exists on Both
Sides, U. N. Is Told
By the Associated Press

PARIS, Oct. 15.-The interim
Palestine mediator told the
United Nations today the ''time
is ripe for a settlement" in the
Holy Land and he believes both
sides would accept a reasonable
U. N. proposal for peace.
"On both sides there is a desire
and need for peace DR.. Ralph
Bunche told the 58-nation Political
Committee of the General Assembly
DR. Bunche declared the state OF
Israel was "a going concern from
the day of its birth and could not
be destroyed by any means other
than force of sufficient strength to
completely crush the Jews in Pales-
tine"
Israel Vibrant Reality"
He said Israel, from the day of
its birth on May Is, has been "a
vibrant reality"
He listed nine points as funda-
mental issues for the United Ma
tions Assembly:
A permanent peace in Palestine:
the Jewish state; the boundaries of
such a state: the future status of
Jerusalem: international guarantees
of boundaries: the Arab area of
Palestine; guarantees of the rights
of all Palestinians; repatriation and
resettlement of Arab refugees: the
of U. N. Intervention.
DR.. Bunche said his predecessor,
Count Folke Bernadotte who was
assassinated September II, had been
unable to get the warning Arabs
and Jews together.
The Arab representatives stead
fastly refused to meet the Jews be-
cause they considered that a tacit
admission of the existence of a
Jewish state" DR.. Bunche said.
Firm Stand Is Urged.
The interim mediator asked the
Assembly to take firm stand on
the political aspects of the Palestine
problem.
Settlement by force has been
tried and been checked" Dr.
Bunche said, settlement by force
of arms has not been a profitable
expedient."
Both Arabs and Jews. he said
lines "alerted for battle"
and the strain is great one which
cannot long be maintained. He
called the present truce in the Holy
Land precarious, but added it was
that the bitter conflict
should be allowed to flare again.
Arab Opposition Intense.
DR.. Bunche said Arab opposition
to the establishment of Israel was
so intense as to induce violent meas
ures," and open warfare blazed
through the Holy Land until halted
by the Security Council truce. The
intensity of Arab feeling. DR.. Bunche
told the committee, showed the
Arabs believed injustice had been
done them
The second truce. which began
August 18. was in reality "perma-
nent cease-fire order" DR.. Bunche
continued.
Neither can afford to run the
risk of open defiance of the Security
Council ORDER" he said.
DR.. Bunche said both sides real
ized the war was a costly INTERRUPT
ton of the normal development of
Arab-Jewlsh relations.
Jews Declared Prosecutors.
Faris ell Khouri of Syria said his
government regretted "the crime of
assassination OF the peaceful mes
senger to the East who had intend
ed in good faith to bring peace to
Palestine" He charged the Jews
had violated the Palestine truce,
and declared the Arabs were trying
to re-establish peace and order.
The Jews are not a prosecuted
people" the Syrian said. They are
the prosecutors. They are infiicting
such horror on the rightful Arab
owners of the land"
Both Trans-Jordan and Israel
were admitted to the debate. but
the Palestine Arab Higher Execu-
tive, continuing its boycott of any
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