Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-11-01
Israel

Israel
ION Sunday last three feday-
cen (conmando) units from
Egypt created the latest breach
of the peace by invading the ter
Iritory of Israel from Egypt.
This followed the Amman
(Jordan) conference between the
chiefs of staff of the armed
forces of Egypt, Syria and Jor-
dan, at which decisions were
reached for the immediate and
drastic intenSification of agrees
sion against Israel.
ION the evening of October
20 Israel took security measures
to eliminate the Egyptian feday-
cen bases in the Sinai PENN
sula. The object of these opera
tions is to eliminate the Egyp-
| tian fedayeen bases, from which
armed Egyptian units, under the
special care and authority of Col
NasSer, invade Israel's territory
for purposes of murder, sabotage
and the creation of permanent
insecurity to peaceful life.
The system of waging war
against Israel by fedayeen units
is the product of Col. Nasser's
mind. 1t is one of his contribu-
tons to the international life
and morality of our times.
U. N. Action Cited
United Nations authorities
repeatedly condemned these
tfedayeen) activities; designated
them as aggression; held the
Egyptian government responsible
for them; called for their cessa-
ton.
During the six years during
which this belligerency has OPP
Grated in violation of the Ar
mistice Agreements, there have
occurred ABS cases of incursions
from Egyptian-controlled terri
tory, 1,843 cases of armed
robbery and theft, 1889 cases
or armed clashes with Egyptian
armed forces, 172 cases of Sabo-
tage perpetrated by Egyptian
military units and fedayeen in
Israel.
AS result of these actions
OF Egyptian hostility, within
Israel, 1854 Israelis were wounded
and 101 killed. In 1856 alone. as
a result of this aspect of Egyp-
tan aggression, % Israelis were
killed and 127 were wounded.
Destruction Weapon Seen
I'm recent months it has be-
come apparent to us that the
Arab governments, and espe-
cially Egypt. have come to re-
gard the fedayeen weapon as an
instrument not for mere harass-
ment but for Israel's destruction.
If the frontier between Egypt
and Israel is to protect Egyptian
territory against Israeli entry,
then it must protect Israel terri
tory against Egyptian entry.
"Israel's neighbors have con-
tinued (since the armistice) to
assault her with warlike acts of
their own choice, to attempt her
destruction by armed interview
ton, by blockade and boycott.
They send armed units into her
territory to murder and plunSer.
They proclaim that a state of
war with Israel already exists.
They announce, as they did
last week from Cairo, that it is
they who will choose the time
and place for the final assault.
and that it is for us to wait pas
Sively for that selection.
Canal Issue Raised
"They seize the gretest of the
worlds international waterways
and convert it into an instru-
ment for unilateral national
pressureS. while maintaining a
constant violation of interna-
tional maritime law.
I'VE reject with vehement in
dignation the charges of agrees
sion launched against us. There
lis aggression in the Middle East
but We are its victims and not
its authors.
I'VE made a decision to in
woke our sovereign rights of
self defense.
Israel is not out to conquer
any new territory, but is de-
termined to wipe out the bases
in the Sinai wilderness from
which murder, and death and de-
struction are launched against
it,"