JERUSALEM, March 21, 1957 (UP) -- Israel will refuse to budge from its demand for guarantees against Egyptian attack before withdrawing its troops from Egypt, informed sources said today. Premier David Ben-Gurion and his cabinet met in emergency session to consider the threat of United Nations action against Israel. The Israeli were aware, after President Eisenhower's address last night, that any UN move would have the support of the U.S.
The emergency, secret session of the cabinet forced Ben-Gurion to delay his scheduled speech to the Parliament, which was to take place after the cabinet meeting.
The Ben-Gurion government and the Israeli people seemed to take it for granted that some kind of sanctions will be voted against them.
The White House disclosed in Washington that Eisenhower sent Ben-Gurion a "personal" message yesterday before making his radio-TV address.
Press Secretary James C. Hagerty declined to disclose the contents. But informed sources said the message was designed to inform Ben-Gurion of the contents of the speech in advance of the delivery. They denied it was an "ultimatum" to Israel.
Egyptian papers today hailed Eisenhower's speech.
Israel today charged that Egypt had established a new a suicide commando base at El Arish in the Sinai Peninsula. The charge came after Israel announced two jeeps had been blown up by newly laid land mines along the Egyptian border.
The Israeli Knesset voted on Jan. 23 to keep the Gaza Strip and not to withdraw from areas along the Gulf of Aqaba until Israel receives firm guarantees that Egypt will not resume its blockade of Israeli shipping.
A Jerusalem dispatch said that decision was still binding.
Israeli circles attacked the President's speech on these points. They said:
--The real issue that faces the United Nations is not simply Israel's withdrawal. If the United Nations has no choice but to exert pressure on Israel as the President said, it equally has no choice but to insist that Egypt renounce its declared doctrine of belligerence against Israel.
--Comparing Egypt and Israel as if both were at fault is completely misleading. It was Egypt which destroyed the armistice agreement by pursuing its policy of belligerency while Israel repeatedly offered to sit down with Egypt and negotiate peace.
--Israel does not regard its actions against Egypt as "armed attack," but as a legitimate right of self-defense under rights recognized by the UN charter.
