NEW YORK: A report quoting the United Nations Emergency Force spokesman in Cairo about `minor` cease-fire violations both by Israel and Egypt coincided with an uproar in the American Press that resumption of Soviet arms to Egypt would `tilt` the power balance in the Middle East. `New York Times` military affairs correspondent Andrew Middleton said ... that advanced Soviet warplanes being delivered to Egypt were expected to alter the balance of air power in the Middle East. He also [said] ...
that the six MIG-23 fighters already delivered to Egypt were the first instalment of a total of 48. They followed earlier shipments of 45 to Syria and 40 to Iraq. ... Middleton said the addition of MIG-23s to the Arab arsenal was expected to lead to Israeli pressure for acquiring the US F-15 Eagle fighter. ...
[Meanwhile,] Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmi ... described the question of Jerusalem as `the thorniest in the Middle East` and endorsed President Sadat`s call to make it an international city. In Geneva informed sources ... said eight non-aligned countries had tabled a resolution condemningIsraelforalteringthestatusof Jerusalem.
