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VOL. 54 NO. IB
APRIL 15, l!>7(i-NISAN 1.1
Experts Say U.S. Working To Bring About
FLO. Participation In Middle East Talks
1    By David Landau
HAIFA, (JTA) - Two
American experts on the
Middle East, participating in
the "International
Conference - on the
Palestinians and the Mideast
Conflict;' at ' Haifa
University' said April 6 that ' |
Z^o^rtAl Eban: No Other International Conflict
participation in Middle East-   «*■      ■■       _    a-ag        ■■■ ■■ *•*■■       ■■
peace ta.ks Prof Amos Similar To The Arab-Israeli Situation
Washington, who President
Ford sent to Lebanon last
week as a special envoy on a
fact-finding -mission. ' The
State Department has not
ruled out contacts with the
PLO though it said they were
not   included   in   Brown's
instructions     from     the
President.
Perlmulter. like Miller,
indicated that American
eitorts were aimed at getting
the PLO 1 to accept the key
UN resolutions so thai il
would    quality    as    a
participant in peace talks
\wth Israel He said the U.S.
hoped PLO chieftain Yasir
Arafat would make some
sort ol declaration which
could lit* ciinslriif*'! ««•
acceptance      of  ■ the
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Solidarity Sunday lay 2
"NEW YORK — Hands reaching out for help depict
the theme of "Solidarity Sunday lor Soviet Jewry," to
be sponsored on May 2 by the Greater New York
Conference on Soviet Jewry and its 85 constituent-
agencies. The photograph — symbolizing the yearning -
of Soviet Jews for their human rights and for the
opportunity to' emigrate from'the' USSR — will'Be
displayed on posters and on flyers throughout the city.,
The event j expected to be the largest demonstrations of
its kind ever held, will begin with a "Freedom March"
down Fifth Avenue and culminate with a massive rally
at Dag Mammarskjold Plaza near the United Nations.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO '
Perlmutter, of the American
University in Washington,
said in remarks to reporters
outside the conference hall
that he had been gii/en such
information two weeks ago
in Washington by way ot a
hint that he was to pass on to
Israel government circles
Prof. Linda Miller, of
Wellesley College, told a
session of the conference
that she "sensed" vigorous
new efforts by the U.S. to
engage the -^PLO in a
dialogue aimed at its
acceptance -of- - Security -
Council Resolutions 242 and
338 as a prelude to talks with
Israel. Perlmutter identihed
the source of his information
as former Ambassador G.
Dean Brown, director of the
Middle   East  Institute   in
Ford Threatens To Veto Foreign Aid
Bill If Transitional Quarter Included
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
President - F^rd has
threatened , to veto- the
foreignaid bill if it includes
funds    to    cover    the
r transitional quarter between .
the expiration of the current,
fiscal year on June 30 and
the start of the new one Oct.
1.-Ford made his_ position
-dear in- a White House
meeting with Congressional-
leadersof both parties and in
a letter to House Speaker
Carl Albert (D. Okla.) "If I
am presented with a final
appropriation bill' that
includes additional funds for .
the transitional quarter I
will be forced to exercise my
veto," Ford said in the letter
to Albert. Ford specifically,
mentioned Israel by, noting
his requests for.the current
an,d Jiext . fiscal years
"provide sufficient level of
assistance to meet that
■  nation's'needs." Israelis to
' get $2.2 billion in military
and ' economic aid in the
current foreign aid program
and an .'additional i< $550 ,
million if the transitional
quarter lunding,is approved.
The Senate has appropriated
funds for the transitional
quarter which involves more
than 50 countries but the
House has not as yet. Sen.
Clifford Case (R. NJ), who-
attended the White House
meeting, said "Funding for
all countries in the transition
quarter is consistent with
every action that Congress
has , taken., ;The
Administration's position is
inexplicable in .view of its
own support for transitional-
quarter appropriations.""
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger had earlier
approved the formula of
providing an additional 25
percent of this year's foreign
aid .appropriation for ' all
countries receiving foreign
aid to coverthe quarter. But
the White House later
reversed this approval.,The ,
House and Senate minority
leaders. Rep., John Rhodes
(R. Ariz) and Set!. Hugh
Scott (R. Pa.) both'agreed
that the President, would
"have no alternative" bufa
veto it the additional money
is vvoted. Sen. -Hubert/ H.
Humphrey. . 1 p. . Minn. >
warned that "A Presidential
veto would be interpreted by
Israel's ' neighbors   as   a
weakening of the "American
commitment to Israel's
Security" as well as having
an adverse affect of Israel's
economy.; However, Albert
hinted that there would be a
compromise, stressing that
while the U.S. has problems
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 7fl)
by Andrea Kannrv
Chronicle Special Reporter
The rather plain man with
the baggy pants isn't-much
to look at; but, as they say in
Jamaica, he could "charm
the heart of a rat bat". Abba
Eban, former Israeli foreign
minister and now member of
the Knesset, came to
Mershon Auditorium
Thursday and a crowd of
over 1400 gave tiim a
standing ovation even bpfore
-hespoke.-   »j  - -•    -••
Calling himself a
"working politician in an
election year", Eban told the
audience there is no
international conflict similar
- to the Arab-Israeli
confrontation. The point of
departure, he said was the
1 "total denial of nationhood of
the other — denying its place
in history and in the world''.
"There will never be a
Middle East without the
sovereign state of Israel.. .
' we won't be covered over by
the desert sands . . . nor by
' the monolithic Arab vision of
a Moslem homogenized
Middle East ... our
elementary principal is
equality." He added that the
area should bea "tapestry ol
many colors'®   .
Agreeing that Israel has
an obsession regarding
security, Eban said "our
experience hasn't been
normal. What other people
mourn 6 million?" In the last
'.war, he said, the Arabs
rejoiced in its three days of
success,    while   Israel
Campaign Closing Meet Set
The Campaign Closing
meeting ol the 197B United
Jewish Fund Campaign will
be held on April 28th. and
will lealure an
entertainment     program
■■ under the auspices ot the
Gallery Players ol the
Columbus   Jewish, Center.
1 The entertainment^ will deal,
with" the contributions ol
Jews to the American
(heater and will.be ol,a light
nature. Under the'direction
ol Abe Green and Linda
Wasserstromj the tallowing,
ainong others, are scheduled
to participate , in. the
production: Kay Cohen,
Eddie Ktiye. Mike Feinstein,
Joja 1 Hietter., Irene
Brayeripan. '_„ Linda
Wasserstrom. and Bea Roth.
„ The program will also
include recognition oi the
leaders and workers in "the.
1970 campaign, and will
.leature" Ihe 'annual
presentation ol the Israeli
Hag to' one ol Ihe,
community's "religious,
schools. Myer- Mellman.
General Campaign
Chairman, has urged all
workers in the_ 1976
Campaign to make an
intensive Jmal ellort to
complete coverage ol the
outstanding cards before the
Campaign Closing on April
28th. "I know," said Mr.
. Mellman, "that all.ol us are
' working around the clock lo
.complete the campaign
succes'slully At the rate \\t*
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mourned for its victory.
In the nexl war "we will l*e
on (he side ol , vigilance
rather than complacency".
He called for negotiation,
pointing out the futility of a
military solution. "The
<-<mUict is the Aruli refusal to
iCONllNUEDONPA&t 13a
Hie World's Week
iihiiikiu
- ' LONDON -HWNS) - Vladimir Yakovlevich Begun,
who wrote "a blatantly anti-Semitic bonk published in
the Soviel Union two years ago. will shortly publish
another book ol Ihe same lypc. according to a Soviet
source quoted here by Ihe Institute of Jewish Affairs-
Begun, a journalist from Minsk, has called his next
book, "Invasion Without Arms." (lie same name as one
ol the chapters in the earlier book. •'Creeping Counter-
Revolution." A Soviet preview ol the new book says it
will "unmask modem methods ol Zionist propaganda,
the ideological adventurism ol international Zionism,
and its provocationist aclivilv."
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Israel ollicials have again
denied that their country has nuclear weapons. The
latest denial came alter Time Maga/im* said that
Israel prepared 13 atomic bombs for use in llu* Yom
„ Kippur War should (he Jewish Slate Ik* threatened with
deleat. Israeli, of I icials repealed Premier Yitzhak
Rabin's assertion that Israel is not a nuclear power and
will not be the first to introduce nuclear weapons into
v the Middle East. Simcha Dinitz. Israeli AmliasSaiior to
the United States, made thesamt* assertion in response
to questions al a news conference in Montreal. Some
"   Israeli sources said the Time rcporl ami the earlier
CIA leak lhal Israel has 10-20 nuclear l*oml*s were
designed lo counter Israel's objections to Ihe sale or
American arms to Egypt and Israel's request for.
, increased American military assistance. ^
"   NEW YORK (WNS) - The Ford AdministrationV
outspoken   opposition    to    the   Jackson-Vanik
-r-Amendment to the Foreign Trade Act was blamed l>ya
group of 57 Soviel Jewish aclivists with causing
"worsening" conditions for Soviet Jews The Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry said Ihe activists who come
/ 1rom 11 Soviel cities issued a ^declaration staling: vlt
seems ■ to  us  that. statements  by  some "leading
representatives of the American Administration that
support of Soviet Jews by the American Congress
, Would Ieadto,the worsening ol their situation were
~, among- the most important factors that made the
Soviet leadership confident that it "can. with impunity.
1 continue repression and blackmad intended lo smother
emigration " The aclivists rejected as "lar removed ^
. Irom reality" the argument that linking U:S. trade
benefits to the USSR with" Soviet emigration policies
was harittlul to them, according lo theSSSJ\ TheSSSJ
also reported that Soviet secret police have
"abducted" 13-year old, Olka Sakova from the Moscow
home ol her grandmother in "a chilling reahactmenl ol
Moscow" teenager Marina Tiemkin's kidnapping" three,
,    years ago. i •
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