Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-01-24
Both |srae|E
And Egyptians
Refuse 10 Yield
Another Middle East
Crisis Seen as Troop
PuIIbock Is Delayed

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y, Jan.
"a R.-Rival Israeli-E Egyptian
positions on a Middle East set
Element hardened today as the
midnight deadline neared for
Israels troop withdrawal from
Egypt and the GAIA Strip.
Israel again told the United
Nations it would not leave the
Mediterranean coastal strip and
the area controlling the Gulf of
Aqaba without concrete guaran-
tees of protection.
That continuing stand was seen
in Cairo as an urgent sign the
u. N. must act swiftly to avert
another violent explosion in the
Middle East. Egypt and the other
nations of the Asian African bloc
are expected to demand that the
U. N. impose economic penalties
on Israel to force withdrawal
from the two areas on the
Egyptian side of the 1949 armis-
tice line.
New Debate on Mideast
The donation General AS
sembly set the midnight dead
line for a report from Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold on
Israel's response to the latest
U. N. demand that it pull its
troops back. Mr.. Hammarskjold
was not expected to announce
his findings until tomorrow, but
ISraels reiteration of its stand
seemed to make obvious what
he could report.
The latest Israeli statement.
delivered to Mr.. Hammarskjold
in a seven-page memorandum,
apparently set the stage for an
other major Middle East debate
in the Assembly starting Mon
day. Diplomats said it would
deal not only with Israeli troop
movements but also would go
into the whole future of the
U. N. Emergency Force in Egypt.
The Asian-African gro p
threatened to present a new
resolution demanding economic
sanctions unless Israel completes
the withdrawal at once.
Israel was said to feel that any
call for economic penalties
would be slightly fantastic
since the U. N. did not take that
step against Egypt for its re-
fusal to permit Israeli shipping
to pass through the Suez Canal.
Boycott Faces Hurdles
Most delegates felt a resolu-
ltion amounting to d call for q
boycott Of Israel would have
trouble clearing the Assembly.
Reports from Cairo said Egypt
might halt the clearing of the
Suez Canal If the U. N. turned
down a demand for sanctions.
They declared the situation
would then become more critical
than the period that preceded
the October invasion of Egypt.
A showdown in canal clearance
work already was reported by
some Egyptian and U. N. sources
in Egypt.
The Cairo newspaper AL Mes
saa also warned Egypt may re-
sort to military action as well as
clearance delays to force the
Israelis out.
Points of Memorandum
Informed sources here said the
Israel memorandum to Mr.. Ham,
marskjold covered these main
points:
Gulf Of Aqaba: Israel seeks
simultaneous action on the
withdrawal of Israeli forces
from Sharm Ell Sheikh, the key
control area. and guarantees OF
permanent freedom of naviga-
ton in the gulf. This could in
volve an agreement by Israel
Joroan, Saudi Arabia and
Egypt, the four countries bord-
ering the gulf. for an interna-
tional waterway. Prior to
the October November invasion
Egyptian guns at strategic gull
points had kept Israeli shipping
out of that link with the Red
Sea since the state of Israel
came into existence. Israel now
declares that If Israeli ships
are fired on in the gulf. they
will shoot back.
GAIA: A proposal that Israel
continue to administer the civil
and social services in the STRIP
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