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...Reaffirmed, in the face of Saudi Arabian threats to bar foreign shipping from the Gulf of Aqaba, its support of the principle of "innocent passage." The U.S. view: the gulf, gateway to the Israeli port of Elath, has international status, i.e., no nation may blockade it unless the International Court of Justice rules otherwise...
...flag tanker, on Israel's charter and carrying a full cargo of Persian Gulf oil, sailed up the Gulf of Aqaba last week in a blinding sandstorm and anchored at the Israeli port of Elath. En route, in the Red Sea, a U.S. warship had spoken the tanker and asked it to identify itself. "When we said we were American and on our way to Elath," said the skipper, "the reply was, 'Good luck.' " As the tanker passed through the narrow and disputed Strait of Tiran, the captain ordered the flag dipped in salute to the UNEF...
...reply. The U.S. offered nothing new on Gaza. But Dulles' implied willingness to back Israel's Aqaba rights by sending a U.S. ship through the gulf to establish the international right of "innocent passage" raised the possibility at last of opening Israel's southern port of Elath, blockaded by Egypt since 1949, to the potentialities of Asian trade. The catch was that Israel had first to withdraw, before the U.S. would pledge its help...
...forts commanding the entrance to the Gulf of Aqaba. The Israelis said they would withdraw their troops if the U.N. would guarantee that Egypt would not use Gaza for a raiding base again and the forts as a strongpoint for blockading Israel's access to its port of Elath. The U.S. said that it was all a matter...
Bypassing Suez. The Israelis stood a chance to salvage one gain from their spoilsless victory. They have sent two frigates to patrol the Gulf of Aqaba and have placed four chartered merchant vessels in service between Elath and East African ports. Turning even the Suez blockage to advantage, the enterprising Israelis are already offering all comers overland transport by truck and rail to the Mediterranean. This week some 500 tons of Ethiopian hides and coffee are scheduled to be transshipped to Europe over this route, which, while costlier than the Suez passage, can compete with transport around the Cape...