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dated October 22, 1953: Dangerous Israel-Jordan Moves

Speaking in the House of Commons on the 20th, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden said he hoped Israel and Jordan would refrain from action which could aggravate the dangerous situation on their border. Mr. Eden said, "The recent Israeli attack on three Jordan villages appears an organised operation by heavily armed forces in response to a frontier incident already being investigated by Jordan and Israel police working in co-operation."

Sir Robert Boothby (Conservative) said the Israeli-Jordan situation was the culmination of a long series of thefts, raids and murders up and down this frontier, not by any means confined to one side. Would the Foreign Secretary bring all his influence to bear to see negotiations are initiated for a treaty of peace between Israel and Jordan? Mr. Eden: The casualties in this late affair are infinitely heavier than anything in earlier raids, which makes it all the more desirable to try to obtain a settlement. I would like to see some strengthening, of the United Nations Commission on the spot. Major E. Legge Bourke (Conservative) said many past incidents were a result of the unsatisfactory demarcation line which in some cases ran between a house and the garden belonging to it. He hoped the U.N. would help settle that line.

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