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of Palestine’s future. At the same time I invited
them to Rhodes for further conferences. I had
intentionally made my proposals very vague in the
hope that it might be easier in that way to induce
the parties to continue negotiations on the basis of
the draft. It was also clear to me in advance that
there was no prospect that either of them would
completely accept my point of view.
On the third and sixth of July I received
answersfrom the Jews and Arabs respectively. In essence,
they indicated that they did not want to consider
my proposals as a basis for continued discussions.
However, at the same time they pointed out that
this did not mean that they considered all further
discussions hopeless. They left the door open, and
expressed the wish that I should not tire ånd gìve
up my mediation.
My proposals to prolong the armistice and to
demilitarize Jerusalem were accepted by the Jews
but not by the Arabs. On the other hand, the Arabs,
but not the Jews, conditionally accepted another
proposal I made about the demilitarization of the
oil installations and the harbor of Haifa; my
thought was that the various countries in the world
need not suffer because the important oil export
from this town was cut off.
I noticed, however, that neither party was
inclined to start war anew. A secret meeting with
King Abdullah of Transjordan confirmed this as
far as the Arabs were concerned.
The United Nations Security Council had, if it
could make a quick decision, a great opportunity,
by firm conduct, to induce both parties to accept a
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