Day 572 of 599 of מלחמת העצמאות MILḤEMET HAʾAẒMAʾUT (War of Independence)

At the 10 a.m. meeting, Benoist discussed a formal arrangement under which neither administering state would claim sovereignty in the proposed scheme. That was a proposal under discussion, not a UN decision settling sovereignty over ירושלים YERUŜALAYIM. Authority over holy places and practical access remained matters requiring agreements and administration.³

A June 23 letter proposed five committees for principles of peace, territory, refugees, the city and regional economic development. Asking for negotiating bodies did not establish them. A separate protest challenged language attributed to a June 17 Arab press statement. The original statement remains unheld; the complaint establishes the delegation’s objection, without permitting TJD to adopt its characterization of absent wording.⁴⁵

The bulletin announced July 1 as the future date for ending military administration in יפו YAFO, לוד LOD and רמלה RAMLA. It also reported a denial of a planned offensive near לטרון LATRUN. Neither an announcement nor a denial independently proves every operational circumstance. The later movement study keeps announcement, jurisdiction and nighttime freedom distinct.⁶

The committee’s June 23 heading prints 10 a.m. Letters IS/28 and IS/29 are dated June 23 without clocks. JTA’s issue supplies reportage and an explicit future July 1 administrative target; it is not the implementation date. The daytime civil-day placement is כ״ו בסיון ה׳תש״ט 26th 𝑜𝑓 Sivan, AM 5709. Without an occurrence hour, an after-sunset act would fall on כ״ז בסיון ה׳תש״ט 27th 𝑜𝑓 Sivan, AM 5709; dispatch, receipt and implementation are not presumed simultaneous.⁷⁸⁹

• What did the delegation’s requested committees aim to negotiate?
• Why must an earlier press statement be inspected before adopting a complaint’s characterization?