Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1971-03-25

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VOL. 49 NO. 12
Order Not To Com^ ment On Refusal To Withdraw, YioM
JERUSALEM (WNS)- Official sources liere said that American Secretary of State William P. Rogers violated an order issued by President Nixon that Ad¬ ministration officials not comment -on IsraeU refusal to totally withdraw from occupied Arab territories, when the Secretary called. for a complete Israeli with¬ drawal from the Sinai, last week. Despite the Secretary's remarks, of- flcials said, the President's order still stands.
The same sources state that the President is determined not to exert any" pressure on Israel and to avoid, any actions or statements that could be interpreted as pressure, even though he is convinced that Israeli security can be maintained with a total with¬ drawal, and an American
' military guarantee of her security.
(In New York, the -American Jewish Congress called On President Nixon to reject pressures aimed at
' forcing Israel to rely on international guarantees inst^d of defensible borders for her security. In aii_ad- dress to 800 students and faculty members at Brooklyn College, Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. called for a "peace in the Middle East that does not call for the presence of American forces in the Middle East to neutralize Soviet forces, but rather complete the evacuation of all Soviet troops and facilities.")
Israel Seen Willing To Make Concession
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' TEL AVIV (WNS)-Eleven residents of Jenin in Northern Samaria, induding a one-year-old baby, were injured by a grenade. Police are investigating. A military tribunal at Kuheitra sentenced 24-year-old Abdoul Latif Yoiisouf Kadri to a 25 year prison term ,^ter finding him guilty of armed infiltration. Kadri had been captured in the Golan Heights one year ago after a clash with an Israeli patrol.
LONDON^J1^)-Israd's Foreign Mmister met with BritisKTOTeignSecretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home for a "useful" and eiqilanatory talk on the Middle East situation. He reportedly gave a detailed explanation of why Israd considers the retention of specific Arab territories vital to Israel's security.
WINMFJEG (WNS)-Justice Samuel Freedman has been appointed Chief Justice of Manitoba. The 62-year old jurist, is the first Jewish Provincial Chief Justice in Canada's histoi7.
NEW YORK (WNS)-The National Executive Committee of the Zionist Organization of America unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the sale of Jewish National Fund lands to private individuals.
Controversy Continues Over Hrs. Meir's Times Interview
Eban Feels   Better About U.S. - Israel Relations
NEW YORK, (JTA)" Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban expressed op¬ timism today over the present situation in the; Middle East >vh'ich he described as "better than any alternative except peace." Appearing on the CBS television program "Face the Nation." Eban said he felt better now about IsraelrU.S. relations (after meetings with ad- miiiistration leaders) than he had ten days ago because the two countries' "mutual respect" has been "strengthened." He praised President Nixon for having
made an  "enormous con- that historically Jews have
tribution" to the avoidance been more .idealistic than
of   war.   Eban   rejected practical   but   said   that
charges that His govermnent Israel's policy was "based
was intransigent on the issue on very pragmatic security
of borders. "The word non- negotiable does not exist in our vocabulary," he said. He also claimed that Israel's position was bearing fruit. "Tenacity on interests" plus "flexibility on tactics" have resulted in an Egyptian "groping" toward peace with Israel that many thought impossible a year ago, the Israeli Foreign Minister said. He observed that "the Arab mind is in a state of flux." Eban noted
JERUSALEM (WNS).- Controversy and- discOSsfon continues in Israel over Premier Golda Meir's in¬ terview in the London Times last week, ih which she disclosed: Israel's willingness to return some Arab territories in return for a lastifig peace settlement, ^veif as her Labor Party's e:<i^c'i|tive committee uij^pimously: endorsed Mrs. Meir's position, stating that itvltuliyendorses the policies of the Israeli, government seeking a just and lasting p'eace in defensible bor¬ ders," opposition to Mrs. Meir's position was voiced within the party.
Seven leaders, of a new "Circle\for the Indivisibility ot the Country"  informed Mis. Meir they were plan¬ ning to recruit/3;(M0 young A_  CLi,,-, CI CJ.«!LI.^~^"'^ ^"^ womeiS-who have un jnarm CI jneiKn^ompleted their miUtary JERySALEM,    (JTA)-   service' to   establish   new
confidence" vote should Jbe bs^ &6ci^ baUof or iSy'roU call. Twelve other KMs, including members of the National Religious Party, the Agudath Israel and the pro-Moscow Rakacti Communists, abstained.
In an apparent move to quiet the controversy, Israel Galili, Minister Without- Porttolio and an mfluential member of the Cabinet,- announced that the Israeli people would have the final say on any "map" of the. country's recommended borders'. Meanwhile, .Mrs, Meir and Gahal leaders Menachem Beigin and; Joseph Sapir met for an hour in what official sources: described as a meeting that went a long way toward's re¬ establishing "normal'/ working relations between the government and the opposition.      	
. Herbert L. Solomon, shown here is the donor of over 2 gallons (20 pts.) of blood. Standing by is Mrs. Velma Graves, Red CJross RN. .
April 7, Is The Day
The Red Cross blood drive is oh. Mr. Solomon is one of the many who. are regular donors at the Jewish Ctenter for the Jewish community Blood Donor (Council.
It doesn't take very long. About one hour.-r less than ten minutes for.the actual
donation and about 40 minutes for having your teifnperature, blood pressure, and hemoglobin checked and answering a few questions.
lliroughout the country 6 million units a year . are needed to  meet  the  in-
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ideas.''      He      referred specifically to the Sharm el- Sheikh     strongpoint   .in southern Suiai   where,   he said,   there   must  be   an "effective   and   physical ^ Israeli  presence and  con¬ trol."     Eban     rejected American emphasis on an international peace-keeping force instead of geographical security. He referred .to the failure of siich forces in the past, adding that for Israel, "it is a matter of memory." Ambassador George Bush, the new U.S. envoy to the United Nations, appearirig on  the  NBC-'IY   prograinK "Meet the Press,'' a^erti^'-: that a peace-keeping fon»r ^ could have "a very usCfiJA role" in the Mideast biit that "we are not putting pressure on Israel." Bush said that in _
^his conversation yesterday with Eban, the
Israeli Foreign Minister was neither    "negative    nor
- adament" on border issues. He s^id "we have not gotten down to real discussions" on peace-keeping forces either in the Big Four meetings or elsewhere, pending an agreement on substantive issues between the parties. But Bush explained that the kind of peace-keeping force the U.S. envisioned was' hardly the equivalent of the UN force Oiat Secretary General U. Thant withdrew from the region in May, 1%7. He said the proposed new * force would,not cbe suscep¬ tible tot:/;i'uhilatBral with¬ drawal without Our having
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Israel may be willing to settle  for .. something   less
., than permanent sovereignty over the Sharm ei-$heikh strongpoint in southern Sinai as long as it is assured' of firm control over the position" and   over   a   land/bridge
¦ _ linking it to Israelif epfitory, well informed' political ' sources indicated tioday. The sources emphasized tha't Israel insists on "control," not a -mere'. "Israeli presence" because Sharm el-SKeikh  dominates   the
, Straits of Tiran through which most of the nation's oil imports 'must pass. Most observers here believe the
S.stand of Sharm el-Sheikh implies 'a slight concession that may have been oc¬ casioned by Washington's stiff resistance to Israel's
' ^ demands for geographical security. They said the position indicated that Israel
' may be more williiig now to consider an' American proposal that, Israel lease Sharm el-Sheikh from Egypt
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.settlements in the occupied' Arab territories. This group parallels the goals of "The Land of Israel Movement," a non-party organization that is opposed to Israeli withdrawal, from the oc¬ cupied territories and that is headed by a ' prominent member of the Labor Parfy, Dr. Haim Yahil, chainnan of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
Earlier this week, the Knesset gave Mrs. Meir's govemment a 60 to () vote of confidence. A no confidence motion bad been introduced by the Gahal and Free Centre opposition parties on the grounds that the territorial positions Mrs. Meir^taked out for Israel in the interview contained concessions ' she had np- authiurity to'make.'
The vote did not-reflect the opposition to Mrs. Meir's ix>sition, since the Gahal, Free Centre ,and the RMi State List deputies walked out of the chamber in a dispute over whether the "no
SPECIAL NtWS ANALYSIS
''Faclipl" But ]Not Quite Actual
By MURRAY ZUCKOFF *''^- JTA News Editor
An editor'I.knew years ago had a habit' of peering over the rim of his glasses while reading copy, mumbling to himself, then calling over the reporter who had just handed him the news story, and asking menacingly: "This story is f^e^al. but is it actual.''~The t^pSation wag: jBJftremely sU^ng to askl^Uiose who prepared, wrote,,edit^ and approved the special section tn the March l'; issue of r Newsweek, ^ ."The American 1 Jewji'twhethpi; the study was <!.'iK>tual' d^pite. the "facts" ;'ithat were presented. Basically, this Newsweek study failed to get down to tachlis ¦ (nitty-gritty), by ignoring, except .for an ^allusion or a hint, an essential   elemlpnt  that   is
revolutionizing Jewish life in Americ|:; the rising tide'of maiiy''^'Jewish-' national con- .¦.v!i> sciqusness among a growmg segment of Jewish youth, a segment referred to quite frequently within the Jewish community as the "hew breed." These are the Jewish youths profoundly Gointnitteid to Jewish values but turned off by what they consider to be the lack:of response within the "Jewish;: establishment." The Newsweek study failed to deal with or analyze this development which is taking, the form of a struggle for Jewish liberation from the galut-assimilationist. mentality pervasive in the "older generation." But it is precisely this struggle which is reprienting the thinking and priorities of tKe Jewish communities throughout the
country in a much more .subtle way/ than is the response by the entire Jewish (Community - old and new generation - to the'plight of Soviet Jewry and (he vital needs of Israel. ^ Tbe basic deficiency of the Newsweek study was that it cast the Jewish community as a whole in the nibld of being a WASH (White^lfij^o- Saxon Hebrew) community. c; It tantalizingly revealed just 'enough of the conflicts going on between the generations without focusing on the nature of this conflict, the objectives of the Jewish new breed, and the forms it 'is currently taking. Instead, the study focused on what it termed "a small but clamorous action group," namely, the Jewish Defense League. What this succeeded in doing was merely to : . /    ¦
centralize ' a fringe phenomenon in the/'Jewish community and avoid dealing with the historically- legitimate expressions and aspirations of Jewish youths struggling to vitalize, the Jewish community. The ^' whole fascinating development of how Jewish youths deal with concepts such as liberation, com¬ munity democracy, and defense of Jewish values and life styles was missing from the study. Reading Newsweek one would never suspect that there is any ferment within" the Jewish community aside from the. JDL. Growing numbers ofj i Jewish youths, especially on'^i, campuses, are rejecting the "Americanization" of Jewish life styles and ideals and are rallying around the quest, for Jewish identity.     .,