PALESTINE: No Peace

Upon thy walls, 0 Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen, all the day and all the night: they shall never hold their peace.

At 2 p.m. each day (except Saturdays) Isaiah's words issued forth from a mobile Palestine "resistance" radio. Last week Jerusalem had no peace. Armored cars raced up its hills, troops armed to the teeth patrolled its narrow streets, days & nights were loud with the rumble of mili tary convoys.

The weeks of waiting on London and Washington had ended at last in a joint policy pronouncement. Its principal points: 1) the U.S. for the first time will join...

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