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VOL. 52 NO. 1
JANUARY 3, 1974 - TEVETH 9
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WASHINGTON (WNS) — The House of Represen¬
tatives has adopted by a 216-149 vote the House-Senate
conference bill on- foreign^ aid which includes $2.2
billion to Israel and approximately $400 million more
in grants and credits to Israel for other forms of
assistance including the resettlement of Soviet Jews.
Hie Senate is expected to also act soon on the bill. Arab
states will also benefit by the bill with Saudi Arabia -
receiving $20.2 million for military purposes, Jordan
$120 million and Lebanon $5 million. {
WASHINGTON (WNS) — Sen. Henry M. Jackson,
(O. Wash.) has voiced strong opposition to the
presence of Soviet or American troops in the Middle
East because it would constitute "a formula that.
carries with it the very great danger of dragging the
super-powers into a military confrontation. "Jackson
also said he was opposed to U.S. military guarantees to
Israel that would convert it into "an American
dependency" and instead urged the U.S. to give
Israelis the "tools they need to provide for the1- own
defense" and "defensible borders." Jackson's speech
was read at an American Jewish Committee dinner
honoring AFL-CIO president George Meany for his
long-standing support of Israel. The Senator was
detained in Washington because of the vote on the $2.2
billion aid to Israel bill and could not go to New York to
deliver the speech.
JERUSALEM, Dec, 25 (JTA) — An effort at raising
the morale of the armed forces and bringing some
comforts to the troops stationed on the Golan Heights
and the Sinai has run into trouble on moral grounds.
The President's wife, Mrs. Nina Katzir had arranged
for 3000 copies of the current Playboy issue to be flown
in from the U.S. to the soldiers. She was actively aided
in this by U.S. Ambassador Kenneth Keating. When the
idea was made public, both became the targets of
angry protests from religious groups.
Deputy Education Minister Zevulun Hammer
(National Religious Party) protested to the army
saying the pin-ups would have a pernicious effect on
morale. And the "Union of Immigrant Rabbis from
Western Countries" cabled both Mrs. Katzir and the
Ambassador protesting the idea. The Union wrote to
Keating, "Israel and Jews everywhere are grateful to
the people and the government of the U.S. for the
political, military and moral support. . .but we would
consider it a very poor judgement if at the same time
our troops would be provided with 'literature' which is
objectionable by any standard of morality — Jewish,
Christian or otherwise."
Israeli Envoy Charges Arabs Pressured
Africans To Break Relations With Israel
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by BILL COHEN
Chronicle Special Reporter
Special Israeli Am¬
bassador Issachar Ben-
Yacov told Columbus Jews
December 23 that Arab
nations pressured African
countries to break relations
with Israel, using both
bribery and threats of
assassination against
African leaders.
Only four African coun¬
tries still maintain
diplomatic relations with
Israel. Ben-Yacov himself
was the Israeli ambassador
to Nigeria until that country
broke relations Oct. 25.
Ben-Yacov would not
disclose the source for his
information either to The
•Chronicle or to the more
than one hundred persons
attending the service at the
Jewish Center, in memory of
the Israeli soldiers who died
in the Yom Kippur war and
the athletes killed during the
Munich Olympics in 1972.
"Most African nations who
have broken relations with
Israel — perhaps with the
exception of Uganda — have
done so against their better
belief and conviction," he
said.
Ben-Yacov explained the
break in relations is
especially surprising
because of the amount of
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Geneva Is A Symbol Of Cooperation
Editor* Not*: BecauseTlf^he awkward
deadlines that a wtekly publication
like tti* Chronlcl* must meet, w» hav*
found It very difficult to bring you up-
to-dat* n*w> coverage olWha Geneva
P«ac* Conference. Dally newspapers
and the TV and radio media ar*
covering the newt from Geneva dally.
We will try to provide Interesting
Local Leader Elected To JDC
Board Of Directors In N.Y.
One of Columbus' Jewish
leaders, George M. Levine,
was elected to the Board of
Directors ' of the Joint:
Distribution Committee, it
was announced by Edward
Ginsberg, - JDC Chairman.
The election took place at the
59th Annual Meeting on
Thursday, December 6,1973,
at the New York Hilton
Hotel.
Another local communal
leader whose term did not
expire and who is therefore
still serving on the Board of
Directors is Herbert H.
Schiff.
Edward Ginsberg of
Cleveland was re-elected
Chairman of the JDC for a
second term. Jack D. Weiler
of New York, was re-elected
background Information, when
available, such as news analysis,
commentary etc. The following It an
interesting article on the history of
Geneva as a site for ma|or peace
conferences.
by Edwin Eytan
JTA European
Bureau Chief
GENEVA (JTA) —
Geneva, tne site of the Arab-
, Israeli peace conference, is
not only a geographic
location but also the symbol
of "a spirit" and a certain
old-fashioned form- of in¬
ternational cooperation. It
has also marked a number of
resounding   international
failures such as the ill-fated
League of Nations, the In¬
dochina .peace  conference
and the summit meetings. It
first entered modern history
in Nov. 1917 when President
Woodrow Wilson told Swiss
statesman William Rappard
that the world should set up
an   *=Fii%ernational
organization, the League of
Nations, and locate it in
Geneva "to try and imitate
the   concept   of   mutual
friendship and cooperation
shown by the Swiss, French,
Germans and Italians who
together^ built a  state."
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Schottensteins To Participate
In Israel Bond Conference 7
Convened By Prime Minister
GEORGE M. LEVINE
Chairman of the JDC
National Council and Judge
Nochem S. Winnet of
Philadelphia, was re-elected
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 131
ISRAEL BACKGROUND REPORT
Israel And The American Public
by J. Maynard Kaplan
Editors note: Mr. Kaplan, chairman
of the Community Relations Com¬
mittee of the Columbus Jewish
Federation, delivered the following
analysis of the problems of Israel
today, at the community Memorial
- Service at the Jewish Center on Dec.
Mi
'   Consider   Yom   Kippur
.1973. The Israelis, unwary
and unprepared for the Arab
attack, are at worship in the
synagogues on this holiest of
days. The Arabs, armed to
the teeth by the Russians,
with special equipment for
this special type of assault,
and    with    replacement
.material already arriving by
sea, a journey of 2 to 3
weeks, the Russians already
having discreetly withdrawn
their civilians, the Arabs
now   launch   an   attack
. simultaneously on two
frontiers, hundreds of miles
apart. This used to be known
lejtSV
as blatant, premeditated
aggression. But some
newspapers in this country,
among them the Christian
Science Monitor and the
Minneapolis Tribune, are
saying that this was not
aggression.
Consider the cease-fire in
1967. The last shot has hardly
echoed away when Israel is
inviting the Arabs to sit
down at the table and talk
peace. For six years, the
Israelis invite and wait. And
the only Arab response is No
Peace, No Negotiations, No
Recognition. This used to be
known as intransigency. But
there are many newspapers
here which said it was the
Israelis who were in¬
transigent.
Now, let's call a spade, a
spade. When we celebrate
oil lasted eight days, in the
light of what we know today,
that was a very minor
miracle.
Because, under the in¬
fluence of today's oil sup¬
plies, governments tremble,
leaders become lackeys, lies
become truths and facts,
become fictions.
It is because of the
dangers inherent in this
sickness, that the im¬
plications of what we have
heard here tonight are of
grave concern, slot only to
Israel, but also w all of us
here in this country.
Particularly are we ap¬
prehensive because Israel
relies heavily on public
opinion here and it is ap¬
parent that there, are -many
in this country who/because
they" are   weary   of   war,
the 2100 year old miracle of- Watergate   and   Wall   St.,
the Temple when one day's, have lost sight of the facts
and are falling prey to the
Big Lie and the propaganda.
For example, there is
great danger that there are
millions of Americans who
don't want to face up to the
truth, who would be willing
to settle for peace at any
price and who are willing to
allow themselves to be taken
in by a phony detente with
the Russians, perhaps
bringing ultimate disaster to
the United States.
For history will record
that that is what the Middle
East is all about. For years,
Israel has been\standing'in
for the United States in an
undeclared war with the
Soviet Union.
Nothing has changed in the
Soviet design of things: to
penetrate the Middle East,
the Suez, dominate the
Persian Gulf and the Indian
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 15)
Harold and Regine
Schottenstein will leave for
Israel on Saturday evening,
January 26 to take part in an
extraordinary International
Israel Bond Conference
convened by Prime Minister
Golda Meir and Finance
Minister Pinchas Sapir.
The Schottenstein's will
join more than 500 delegates
/from the United States,'
CanadaL Western Europe,
and other parts of the free
world to study Israel's
critical economic needs in
the wake of the Yom Kippur
War of 1973. They are also
expected to inaugurate an
unprecedented worldwide
effort to help the people of
Israel to restore their war-
dislocated economy and to
go forward with a large scale
development program as the,
foundation for a sound
economic future, according
to Sam Rothberg, General
Chairman-of the'Israel Bond
Organization.
Mr. Schottenstein is a
former Columbus Israel
Bond   Chairman   and  has
/
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 4)
Labor Party Running Scared
As Israeli Election Approaches
by Yitzhak ShargU
JTA Tel Aviv
Correspondent
TEL AVIV (JTA) - With
election day approaching,
Israel's ruling Labor Party
is running scared, despite
the latest public opinion poll
predicting an overwhelming
victory for the Labor lists.
Labor is aiming its big guns
at the Likud non-Labor
alignment which it is trying
to brand as the party of war.
Premier Golda Meir's Labor
Alignment is presenting
itself to the voters as the
party of peace, an image
enhanced by the successful
opening of the first Arab-
Israeli peace talks in 25
years at Geneva two weeks
ago. Labor, on the eve of
elections, has unveiled a new
' pla tform which, while
standing firm on the need for
defensible borders, is more
doveish than.the previous
platform on the question of
territorial compromise. It is
also promising new and
younger faces in the next
government and Knesset.
The poll, conducted by the
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