Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1967-08-10

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VoL 45, No. 32
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1967 - 4 AV 5727
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Soviet Jews Take A Stand
LONDON, (JTA) ~ Tho Sovietische Heimland, the only Yiddish publication iii the Soviet Union, published in its current issue a letter from a group of Soviet Jew¬ ish writers supporting the Soviet Government's posit¬ ion in the Middle East dis¬ pute.
Th6 letter made a ref¬ erence to the "aggressive policy of Israeli ruling cir¬ cles" in urging the uncond¬ itional withdrawal of IsraeU forces from Arab-occupied territories but was generally much milder than current Soviet, propaganda blasts against Israel. It made no reference to the charges of Nazi-like atrocities which have coujsistently marked Soviet anti-Israel propa¬ ganda.
THE LETTER noted that Soviet Premier Kosygin "told the United Nations General Assembly on Jurie 18 clearly that the Soviet Union was not against Is¬ rael" but only wposed its "aggressive iiolicy." "The Soviet Union has always sup- , ported the right of big and
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"We urge all progresaive Jewish writers'and cultural workers, indeed Jews throughout the whole world, to ridse their voice for peace in the Middle East and for withdrawal of IsraeU troops behind the truce Unes and for promotion of an atmos¬ phere of respect for the rights of aU countries and peoples in this area," the letter said.
IT LINKED the issue with . the death of 6,000,000 Eurt qpean Jews by the Naais with the - statement that a people |Which had suffered such a tragedy "blearly know^. > the , dangers of mUr itaryconfUctsiVr'ThiB^ writ¬ ers alsocited'the late Al¬ bert Einstein as having; al- ; legediy warned "Israeli rul¬ ers in his time that Israel's independent existence could only be ensured bi condit¬ ions of good neighborly re¬ lations with the Arab states." The letter cautioned also that "the IsraeU peo¬ ple Have no need for foreign territory. Occupation and annexation are the road of adventurers."
Aaron VergeUs, editor of the publication and Icaig-time Jewish apologist fortheSov- iet region, was one of-the signers. Others were Hirsh Oshorovich of Wilno, Abra¬ ham Gontar, Shike Driz,;Z. Wcndroff, Nathan Lurie of Odessa, Chaim Maltinsky of Minsk, Boris MUler of Biro- Bidjan, Chaim Melamud of Czemowitz, Moshe Notovich of Kazan, Yechiel Falikman of Kiev, Solomon Roltman of Yoshkar and Yechiel Schrcibman of Kishinev.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A policy statement de¬ manding'an Administration stand against Arab ex¬ tremism and Soviet attempts to penetrate the Middle East was adopted by the top-level Republican Co- ordhiating Committee and released by the Republican National Conunittee. EntiUed "The Middle East — Crisis and Opportunity" the paper emphasized that in recent developments, "the Administratis never said whether our sympathies were with Israel or the •Arabs. By cbntrast, the declared Soviet position was lob iiercerrt pro-Arab."
TEL AVIV;'(JTA)— Israeli troops on duty in northern central Sinai began to receive fi:esh water directly from El Arish water wells through a six- inch pipeline laid in record time in a b^itz operation by the Israeli army and civU engineers. In 21 days, the two services jilaced the line fr6m El Arlsh on the north Sinai shore to Bir Ghafgafa, about 60 mUes. A little ceremony was held as seven water hoses poured fresh water into the hot Sinai desert sand to mark the opening of the new pipeline.
PARIS, (JTA) — A 50-year-old Jewish woman, Mrs. Anna ZafTani, was kUled in Casablanca last I week, in the third such kiUlng. in Morocco since 'the Arab-Israel war in June, The Incident increased the anxiety of Moroccan Jews, who have been depart¬ ing in greater frequency to France.
MELBOURNE, (JTA) — The Associatibn of Jewish Victims of Nazism of Australia proposed a meeting of all Jewish war veterans to ..consider returning tiecorations from Communist countries in protest against the Communist bloc stand on Israel in the June crisis and war. Jewish war veterans in Aus¬ tralia have decorations from the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Bidgarla, Hungary and Yugoslavia. All of those countries broke off relations with Israel,
LONDON, (JTA) ~ The Arab Foreign Ministers
Coiiqueror's Role Strange To Israel
it was reported .here flrom tbe Sudan. The delega¬ tion of Tunisia, which repeatedly urged Israel-Arab negotiations before the June war, deplored the "vio¬ lent nature" -of anti-Israel profiaganda fay some Arab countries before the outbreak of the war. The dele¬ gation argued that such "blood-thirsty threats" had lessened sympathy for -the Arab cause in other parts of the world.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) ~ Israel can conduct some pilot experiments in resettling Arab refugees in con¬ structive occupations, but the complete solution tothe refugee.problem depends on the achievement of Arabr . Israeli peace. Foreign Minister Abba Eban said in Parliament. - ...
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — An a^eement was reached by Israel with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency which is expected to bring an end to a prac- . tiCe of annual UNRWA reports to the General Assem^   ..: biy containing the anti-Israel views of Arab host ,; countries for the Arab refugees. The agreement, worked out by UNRWA Commissioner-General Laurence  Michelmore  and the Israeli  Foreign Ministry, provides that be will prepare his annual report this year after consultation with Israeli of¬ ficials. The need for such an agreement stemmed from the fact that about 500,000 Arab refugees now Uve in Israeli-occupied Arab territories.
Congressional Heport Given
UWASHINGTON, (JTA) — A delegation representing the Hckise Foreign Affairs Committee subccunmittee on Near Extern' Affairs returned "with the overwhelming im- pVb^&ioH th^ Israel was making a determbied effort to traAslkte the aftermath of its astounding mUitary victory into ^ durable peace."
¦ t^V Leonard Farbstein, New York Democrat^ and Rep. WiUlam Broomfield, Mlchi'
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Is¬ raeli officials struggled with the novel problems df Jews in the strange role of con¬ querors. They acted to halt tendencies among a few Arab leaders in occupied terri¬ tory to withhold \;ooperation with Israeli authority and to provide help to Arab resi-
I dents df the occupied areas. ¦ Four Arab notables were
- banished from Jerusalem on charges of "incitement to subversion." They were sent to cities in northern Israel under conditions of minimum punishment. Allowed to choose whatever accommo¬ dations they wanted, their only restriction was a re¬ quirement to report to local police regularly. AUowed to talk to Jewish newsmen, two of them professed thetr wUl- ingness to cooperate and both said they simply did not un¬ derstand why they had been moved out of Jerusalem.
ANWAR El Khatib, a for¬ mer district commissioner of old Jerusalem, also told newsmen that he had only objected to activities > of the Israeli Religious Affab-s       TEL AVIV, (JTA) — La-
^JMlnist];<Kl$4lnterfering'v' ia-j^'bor-^Minister-Yigal AUonan- the "intern^ affairs" of the nounced' fliat Israel Moslem clei;gy in the Old City. The next'day Moslem dignitaries in the Old City were notified by Israeli of¬ ficials that Moslem affairs in the area would thereafter be liandled by the Defense :iMihIslry instead of the Re¬
ligious Affairs Ministry hi an apparent effort to stem Arab unrest.
The moodof "non-cooper¬ ations" by Arab residents appeared by then to have faded. Complete calm re¬ portedly prevaUed in aU Is¬ raeli-held Arab territories. There was reason for such Israeli alertness. Alimed Shukalry, the organizer of the Palestine Liberation Or¬ ganization, viiio fled from Is¬ raeU armies in the June war, turned up in Khartoum, where Arab Foreign Ministers held a meeting this week to plan unified action againstlsrael. Shukalry sought support for proposals to unleash gueriUa warfare in the occupied areas.
OFFICIALS alsodisclosed a variety of programs to help Arabs in the occupied areas where livelihood was adversely affected  by the
Water Plan Revived
gan Republican, visited Is¬ rael and met IMme Minis¬ ter Eshkol and other leaders. They said Eshkol outlined a suitable peace plan for .Jordan, but they thought it depended upon the wiUlng- ness of King Hussein to en¬ ter neg(j4iations.
PREMEIR Eshkol inform¬ ed the Congressmen that within the fwimework of a general peace settlement, Israel would be prepared to come to an agreement to grant Jordan firee passage
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to the Mediterranean, to work toward Arab refUgpe- setUement It was aliso their conviction that '*Israel wlU firmly guarantee, access t6: the holy places of Jeni^alem to all Moslem and Chrlftian pilgrims."
REP. ROBERT Taft, Jr., Ohio Republican, said on his return from Israel tliat he saw "a good chance" for direct negotiations tietwcen thc Arabs and Israel but thought it  would take "a
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, UNITED NATIONS, (JTA) "Israel refuted aUegations ji^^^Egypt that it does not "comply with the internation¬ al conventian for - the pro¬ tection of cultural property under conditions of armed confUct. Shabtai Rosenne, Israel's Acting Permtoent Representative, informed Secretary-tleneral U Thant in a letter that the F^yptian charges were "unfounded and misleading."
Rosenne recaUed that on June 5, when the director- general of UNESCO caUed upon the beUigerents in the Arab-Israel war to observe the Hague Convention, he was assuredhy Israel's For¬ eign Minister Abba Etian that the conyention would be fUlly adhered to and resjpecjed by Israel.      . 'J';
Roseniie added tiiat the ¦'.. UNES,(;0 director-general had:been iiivited to send a rBpresentatiye to visit the historic, aiui: cultursd, sites in,the:War zones to|deter¬ mine; foi: hiinseif the mea¬ sure of protection E^orded h^ IsraeU aiAliorltles. ! fceg^ exi^rts, he added, spent the period from July l6 to 18 in Israel discuss¬ ing various aspects ofthe convention. Israel, Mr. Ros¬ enne said, was now awaiting the UNESCO director-gen¬ eral's views following these idiscussions.
soon to renew Its postponed project for dlverthig the Jor¬ dan River's northern waters. The plan would divert tlie river firom a point south of' the B'not Yaacov Bridge to lead the stream toward Lake Tiberias so that a huge wa¬ terfall would result, to be used as a source for hydro¬ electric power.
It was abandoned when the Syrians opened a series of attacks against Israel. Is¬ rael's Nationai Water Sch¬ eme contented itself with use of water only firom Lake Tiberias. "
ALLON revealed the re¬ newal plan at a meeting of the central committee of Histadrut, I s r a e I's federa¬ tion of labor, held todiscuss the unemployment situation. Allon said the project would provide many jobs.
Egypt Yields On Canal
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Is¬ rael was Informed offlcially that Egypt had agreed that, for one month, neither Egypt nor Israel wUl run ships in the Suez Canal. The hiforma¬ tlon was given to the For-" eign Ministry.by Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, the United Nations supervisor oyer the Arab- Israeli cease-fire arrange¬ ments, r
Israel has be^en Inslstiiig, on a "neither or both'? for¬ mula, undei* which both of the states WoiUd be allowed tOi saU small boats on t^ canal — or neither. Egypt rejected that proposal, and a number of armed clashes broke out along the Suez area because of that disagree¬ ment. Now Gen. Bull has vir¬ tually fixed the hiterlm truce at the borders' of thc canal.
occupation. Israel Labor Ministry sources reported that abput 1,000 Arab work¬ ers in the West Bank area had been given relief work in road-building, affore¬ station and irrigation pro¬ jects.
The Bank of Israel caU¬ ed for urgent measures to reactivate the West Bank economy. Half of the area's financial resources are In Jordanian banks. The Is¬ rael Government is spon¬ soring credit for West Bank merchants.
IN A related development, an Israeli official reported that Israel was planning a major change iii agricultural production in the WestBank, involving cutbacks in some crops and efforts to induce (Continued on Page 4)
Sabbath Job Case Probed
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The     - 'New York State Canimisslan-*;'*''''*/^ en Human Rights^was order¬ ed by the State Supreme-"-) Court to reconsider a com¬ plaint .against the  Metro¬ politan Life liisurance Com¬ pany by an Orthodox Jew who had been refused a job be- , cause he. insisted he would have to abseiit himself from work on itlie Jewisli Sabbath.
According to the original c complaiiit, Beniard Rubin informed theCommission that, after. {Ujssing a series of company; examinations as a computer programmer, he had told his prospective em- plcyers that, as;;an OrthpckiK Jew, he would hbt be able to work on the Sabbatii and would have to be excused ,,^ frcin his job earUer than the usual quitting time on Fri¬ day afternoons, duxdng the winter months. He clainied that he was then turned down for the job on the grounds tliat the company could not accommodate its work sch- - edule to his requirements, THE NATIONAL Jewish Commission on'Law and ' PubUc Affairs, an Orthodox group, took the I^ubin com¬ plaint to the Human Rights Commission which twice re¬ fiised to entertain it on the grounds that tliere was no law to compel the prospect¬ ive employer to'hqnor Rub¬ in's request.   :irj{ "liv
Last ifionth, liowever, the complaint was filed with the State Supreme Court, after the Federal Conunission m Employment Opportunity set iip new guidelines under which cranmerciallf firms 'ivere required td hire antip- plicant liite Rubin, unless they could proyoithat, use ^ of suchlpeirsoiinel would re- ! suit in substantial harm.
TAKING the newguide- Unes into consideration. State Supreme Court Justice Jacob Maricowitz remanded the case this week "for fur¬ ther considoraUon" by the State Commission. ..    .
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