- Title: ISRAEL: JERUSALEM: ISRAELI CABINET MEETS TO DISCUSS SWISS AIR TRAGEDY
- Date: 22nd February 1970
- Summary: PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE BUILDING; GOLDA MEIR ARRIVING; OTHER MINISTERS ARRIVING. Initials KM/VS/PW/PC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
- Embargoed: 9th March 1970 13:00
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- Location: JERUSALEM
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- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA3VADW08KDPR24EM8IVWNIEOC6
- Story Text: THE ISRAELI CABINET SPENT THREE HOURS ON SUNDAY DISCUSSING WHAT ACTION TO TAKE FOLLOWING THE CRASH OF TEL AVIV BOUND SWISS JETLINER ON SATURDAY (21 FEBRUARY). FORTY-SEVEN PEOPLE DIED IN THE CRASH.
THE CABINET DISCUSSION FOLLOWED CLAIMS BY AN ARAB GUERRILLA ORGANISATION IN AMMAN - LATER DENIED - THAT IT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXPLOSION WHICH DESTROYED THE AIRCRAFT.
AFTER THE MEETING A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT PRIME MINISTER GOLDA MEIR WILL CALL IN THE AMBASSADORS OF THE TEN COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE AIR LINKS WITH ISRAEL - AUSTRIA, BRITAIN, BELGIUM, CYPRUS, GREECE, ITALY, THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, TURKEY AND THE UNITED STATES. HE ADDED THAT OTHER DIPLOMATIC ACTION WOULD ALSO FOLLOW.
MRS MEIR APPEALED TO GOVERNMENTS, INTERNATIONAL BODIES AND AIRLINES TO TAKE WHAT SHE CALLED "THE MOST SEVERE STEPS TO HALT ARAB TERRORISM FROM RAGING ACROSS THE WORLD".
MRS MEIR IS REPORTED TO HAVE TOLD THE CABINET THAT ARAB TERRORISTS "HAVE PUT THEMSELVES OUTSIDE THE LAWS AND MORALITY OF HUMAN SOCIETY".
AFTER MEETING THE FOREIGN DIPLOMATS ON MONDAY (23 FEBRUARY) MRS MEIR WILL ADDRESS THE KNESSET (PARLIAMENT) AND A DEBATE IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.
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