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...large chunk of eastern Palestine which his Arab Legion seized during the war with Israel. A few days after his cease-fire agreement with Israel in 1949, the King set up a civil administration for all of Palestine under his control, an area which includes the Old City of Jerusalem. Later he admitted Palestinian Arabs to his cabinet, then allowed the people of eastern Palestine to vote in Jordan's elections last April 11. Last week the King prodded his Parliament into formally unifying the conquered territory with the rest of Jordan...
Roger Garreau of France, President of the Trusteeship Council, decided on a broad interpretation of the resolution. He said it would be impossible to apply the resolution if strictly interpreted. He look the realistic stand, "If the two governments which have the power in Jerusalem did not accept the statute for an international city, we could do nothing. We would be completely impotent...
Iraq, a member of the Council, bitterly fought any compromise with the original resolution. The Council finally decided that the Garreau Plan (internationalization only of special areas around holy thrones) strayed too far from the Assembly's vote. Instead, it adopted a "Statute of Jerusalem," a set of administrative regulations, but it has been unable to decide how or when these regulations can go into effect...
Israel and Jordan have meanwhile refused to work with the Trusteeship Council in any way. Both countries have indicated they intend to keep their hold on Jerusalem. Israel has moved most of its government offices there, declaring the city the nation's historic capital. Jordan's annexation of Arab Palestine, including the Arab sector of Jerusalem, greatly strengthened Abdulla's hold on the city. The best the Trusteeship Council can now do is to report back to the General Assembly and let that body take another slab at the problem...
...resources are among the richest in the world, and many nations are eagerly awaiting the full development of these resources. Secondly, this area has been of great strategic importance ever since the days of Hammurabi. Thirdly, the people of three religions want free access to the shrines of Jerusalem. For these reasons, the rest of the world is looking forward to a solution of the Middle East muddle and the assurance of a permanent peace there...