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...Most of Jerusalem's 60,000 Arabs shut down their shops and went home in protest against the parade. Some watched the parade on TV behind shuttered windows; others, excited by the blare of loudspeakers and the roar of jets, came out on their balconies to watch. Radio Amman charged Israel with buying 20,000 Arab kaffiyehs (headdresses) beforehand with the aim of having dark-complexioned Israelis wear them in the streets and thus making it look as if Jerusalem's Arabs were joining the celebration. The few Arabs who did mingle in the crowds, however, seemed genuine...
...uniformed Israelis wend their way through both the old and the new city. Jets will fly overhead, Centurion tanks will rumble past the ancient walls and 66 pieces of captured Arab armor will be displayed. Inaugurating its nationwide TV system, the Israelis will beam the spectacle to Cairo, Amman and other Arab capitals -just in case anyone is watching...
Born. To King Hussein of Jordan, 32, and Princess Muna al Hussein, 27, his English-born wife: twin girls, their third and fourth children; in Amman...
...trade in his city has been hit hard by the outcome of the June war. No construction work goes on, because nobody feels sure about the future. There is a general regression in trade; one of the problems is that the Arab businessman can no longer import freely from Amman. He is compelled to buy Israeli products at a much higher wholesale price. Therefore prices are up and sales are down...
...same time there is unemployment. Mayor Kan'an emphasizes this. He admits that there is always a job shortage in Nablus. But previously a man would travel to Amman, Kuwait or Saudi Arabia to find employment, often sending money to his family which remained on the West Bank. Now the frontiers are closed. Naturally the Arabs hold the Jews responsible for this economic hardship...