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The United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

J. C. Hurewitz
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The Arab-Israel armistice system has entered its fifth year, with no signs of a political settlement in the offing. Indeed, the portents in the early fall of 1953 appear more ominous than for many months past. Daily murders, thefts and arson on both sides of the 594 winding miles of armistice demarcation lines have kept tensions at fever pitch. The Arab states have not relaxed their economic boycott or blockade practices against Israel. The transfer of Israel's foreign office to Jerusalem as the final step in converting its part of the city into the nation's capital, the progressive execution of the Hulah reclamation and irrigation scheme which in part involves construction on Arab-owned land in the demilitarized zone along the Syrian border and the erection of a Jewish village in the demilitarized zone along the Egyptian frontier have evoked vigorous protests from the Arab states. Israel's moves were apparently designed as a warning that it would proceed with its program of development and consolidation throughout the area claimed by the Jewish state, if the Arab governments continued to reject the offer of direct negotiations for a settlement of political differences.

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International Organization , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1953 , pp. 482 - 497
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Copyright © The IO Foundation 1953

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References

1 See below, p. 491.

2 Resolution 186(S-2).

3 Security Council, Official Records (3d year), Supplement for May 1948, p. 103–104; ibid., Supplement for July 1948, p. 76–77.

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6 Ibid., p. 11.

7 Ibid., p. 3, 4 and 18.

8 Ibid., p. 43. The Mediator, under paragraph 1 (c) of General Assembly resolution 186 (S–2) had also instituted prompt measures of emergency aid to the Palestine Arabs uprooted by the war. The question never arose of vesting the Conciliation Commission with this function, for the General Assembly incorporated the proposal of Bernadotte and Bunche into resolution 212(111) of November 19, 1948, which provided for the appointment of a Director of Belief for Palestine Refugees to manage all relief operations.

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18 See below, p. 491. Under an arrangement with the Mediator, concluded on June 19, 1948, the Truce Commission confined its responsibility for truce supervision to the Jerusalem area.

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29 New York Times, December 29, 1948 and January 24, 1949.

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