The Arizona post., 1956-11-09
Israel Issues Official
Statement On Conflict

Statement On Conflict
The following is the official text of statement
issued by the Israel Foreign Ministry:
ISRAEL THIS EVENING (Oct. 29) took Sc
curty measures to eliminate the Egyptian Fedayeen
bases in the Sinai Peninsula. These units organized
some two years ago by the Egyptian Government
as part of the Egyptian army to spread terror in
Israel by acts of indiscrminate murder mining and
sabotage were quiescent for a few weeks on the
Egyptian border during the period of Egypts deep
involvement with the maritime nations of the world
on the Suez Canal issue.
With the conclusion of the Security Council
deliberation Colonel Nasser felt himself Immediately
free to authorize the Fedayeen units to renew their
ncursons into Israel territory Within the last week
"a Israel casualties dead and wounded were caused
by mines planted by the Fedayeen in the southern
Negev. Today following the earlier capture of two
other gangs in Erez and Sde Boxer respectively,
further group was apprehended in Israel territory
by the Israel security forces.
COLONEL NASSER has persistently declared
that despite the explicit provisions of the Israel Ar
mistice agreement his country remains in state
of war with Israel He has carried of limited
liability 1t is not Israel which has sent murder gangs
into Egypt; it is Egypt which week after week and
month after month sent gangs into Israel
1t is not Israel which has sought to strangle
Egypt's economy and life by illegal blockade of the
Suez Canal and Akabe; it is Egypt which in its pur
suit of onesided state of has done these things
1t is not Israel which has sought to encompass Egypt
with ring of steel with the announced and Haunted
purpose at the appropriate moment of annihilating
her. it is Egypt which has gloried in this effort,
crowned few days ago by Syrian-Jordan-Egyptia
military command under the Egyptian commander
in-chief.
ON TOP of all this Colonel Nasser has ignored
his international obligations under the charter of the
United Nations, has fouted his duty under the Con-
stantinople convention of 1888 and the Security
Council resolution of September 1, 1851, to permit
free passage through the Suez Canal for the vessels
of all nations at all times and most recently, after
the resolution of the Security Council adopted barely
two weeks ago once again re-affirming the duty to
afford such free passage to ALL The Egyptian Govern
nnent has again reiterated it's determination to block
the passage of Israel shipping through the Canal.
Israel has done all in its power to achieve peace
with Egypt It's leaders have declared their readiness
at any time and at any place to meet with Egyptian
representatives and to discuss settlement of the
mutual problems of the two countries.
THE PROFERRED hand of peace has always
been brutally and even derisivey rejected. Egypts
response has been to heghten the propaganda of
hate and the hostile activities directed against the
very existence of Israel.
All this has been central part of the compre-
hensive plan of subversion and mperallst expansion
pursued by the Egyptian dictatorship throughout the
countries of the Middle East and on the African con-
tnent Israel seeks relationship with the people of
Fvpt based upon mutual respect of rights free from