UNITED NATIONS
Department of Public Information
Press and Publications Bureau
Lake Success, New York
Press Release PAL/262
24 August 1948
CAUTION: ADVANCE RELEASE
HOLD FOR RELEASE UNTIL
2:00 A.M. (EDT) WEDNESDAY
25 AUGUST 1948
ISRAEL OCCUPATION OF JERUSALEM SCHOOLS
CALLED VIOLATION OF TRUCE
(The following has been received today at UN Headquarters from the
UN Press Officer in Haifa.)
The following cable has been sent to Moshe Shertok, Foreign Minister of the Provisional Government of Israel, by the political advisor to General Aage Lundstrom, Chief of Staff for the United Nations Mediator for Palestine:
"Chief of Staff has confirmed that the occupation of the Agricultural School and the Arab Government College in Jerusalem by Israeli forces on the night of 16-17 August is a flagrant violation of the truce. This fact has been communicated to the Mediator."
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Document symbol: PAL/262
Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations Mediator on Palestine
Subject: Armed conflict, Palestine question
Publication Date: 24/08/1948
Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI), United Nations Mediator on Palestine
Subject: Armed conflict, Palestine question
Publication Date: 24/08/1948