fStop oe War threatens engulf Mid-East ~ At press time came the news of a massive Israeli attack on Egypt. We have insufficient in- formation to report the extent and implications of this latest act of Israeli aggression. However, it is clear that Tel Aviv’s military provocations have acquired particularly dan- gerous dimensions. The situation in the Middle East has steadily been developing towards a ma- jor outbreak, threatening to plunge the world into another world war. The Israeli bourgeoi- sie are taking the big gamble, backed by the Washington im- perialists and West German re- vanchists. It is a continuation of the 6- day war of 1967, when one of the main aims of the Israeli gov- ernment was to break Arab uni- ty. Then, to justify its aggres- sion, Tel Aviv used the pretext that the U.A:R. threatend its ex- istence. More and more Israeli’s expansionist ambitions are re- vealed by its continued aggres- sion, and its refusal to disgorge even “one inch” of the territories It took by force. The rejection of a peaceful solution by Tel Aviv, threatens to extract a terrible price from the Israeli people. It is an un- realistic course based on the theory that Israel won the 6-day war. A cease-fire was agreed to by the Arab victims, and the failure to settle that problem has been building up to danger- ous proportions ever since. Tel Aviv has sought to entrench it- self on the occupied Arab terri- tories with the view of holding on to them. This latest military attack is Tel Aviv’s answer to President Nasser’s statement that the U.A.R. could recognize Israel and settle the question of free- dom of navigation of the Suez Canal if a just settlement was reached, that is, the disgorging of territories seized by Israel. This attack is also timed when the Arab states are moving to- wards cementing stronger unity around their sovereign interests. There is only one way out. The Security Council’s Novem- ber resolution is the firm basis for a just settlement of the crisis in the Middle East. Support for it comes: from Soviet foreign minister Gromyko, who recently said, ‘The only reliable way to settle the question would be by clearing the occupied territories of Israeli troops, with simulta- neous recognition of the right of all Middle East states, including Israel, to independent national existence, and the establish- ment of lasting peace in this im- portant area.” om Our North is ours As the tanker the Manhatten ploughs through northern ice to establish new routes for the U.S. oil monopolies, Canadian sover- eignty in its north is being ques- tioned. The challenge comes from powerful U.S. oil monopolies. The Communist Party of Cana- da has called upon the Trudeau administration to act in defense of the interests of the Canadian people. The Communist Party statement says: “There should be no question about Canada’s sovereignty over its waters. This applies to the waterways surrounding the Arc- tic islands as it applies to the Great Lakes and other Canadian waterways. “The way to strengthen that sovereignty is not by allowing U.S. oil or other companies to take control over the wealth of that region; it lies in public con- trol and a large scale program of economic development of that wealth in the interests of the Arctic and Canadian people. “It is unseemly, to say the least, for Mr. Ian Watson, Chair- man of the Commons Committee on Indian Affairs and Northern Development, to go, cap in hand, to the officials of Humble Oil and beg them to acknow- ledge Canadian sovereignty over Canadian waters. Canada should assert that sovereignty and if necessary, Parliament should be immediately convened to under- write it. “If the Government and oppo- sition parties do not have the intestinal fortitude to act in that decisive way, the Canadian peo- ple should dismiss them.” The democratic and peace-lov- ing peoples of the world will mourn the death of Ho Chi Minh who, for fifty years, played a leading role in fighting for his country’s independence, and in the international Communist movement. Dr. James G. Endicott, Chair- man of the Canadian Peace Con- gress said, ‘“‘We are saddened to hear the news that the grand old man of Vietnamese indepen- dence struggle, President Ho Chi Minh, has not lived to see the victorious outcome of his life-long struggle. Nevertheless, the cause for which he battled so long and so heroically will triumph. The answer to heavy hearts is more militant strug- gle. “In the name of the Canadian Peace Congress, the following telegram was sent to the Viet- namese Peace Committee: “Deeply mourn the passing of President Ho Chi Minh. He shall VUUUGHUGQUUAUEOEUDEDOGQUUHUDOORUQUQOEDEGECEIEEG | Ho Chi Minh, Communist, Patriot, Internationalist TOT be honored by a victorious, in- dependent Vietnam.” j Chester Ronning and Abraham Feinberg were on a special TV show. Both expressed profound respect for Ho Chi Minh, and his contribution to the struggles pendence. ° HO CHI MIN of colonial people for theif : The Central Committeé Communist Party of Caf?” a telegram to the Viel™ f Workers’ Party, Hanoi; i: if “We share with you mF 0 sorrow the passing Of ig Minh, outstanding revolu shit of our time who helpet iit living history and struck is J blows at imperialism. “ial” devoted to cause of Se and independence of his’ is! as a true Marxist-Leninisy é imperishable page in his inv the international con f movement. We pledge ° no tinued solidarity with ne of struggle of the Vietname ple, who will surely Me ¢ freedom, independencé aus ritorial integrity, iH U.S. imperialism fro homeland.” With shouts of “Long live the Republic!” “Long live the Revo- lution.” thousands of people in Tripoli welcomed their new gov- ernment last week, throwing flowers to the soldiers and em- bracing them. The statement of the new gov- ernment which ousted King Idris (installed originally as a puppet * of British imperialism) said the army had taken over to recover the “glory and dignity of the Libyan people which until now has been usurped by a clique of despots” who had obliterated the people’s struggle for freedom, pride and sovereignty. The revolution, it went on, had placed Libya for the first time in the Arab march towards pro- gress and was aimed at leading the country out of underdevelop- ment and disguised imperialism. The new government was promptly recognized by the So- viet Union, and the Arab states. . By the week-end the Western ‘powers led by the United States were also moving to recognition. It was evident that Washington felt no immediate practical al- ternative existed. The New York Times suggested that the State Department was trying to find some way of placing Arab opin- ion at the moment when. Israel was receiving a big shipment of new made-in-U.S.A. jet fight- ers. 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