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VOL. 54 NO. 52
DECEMBER 16,1976 • KISLEV 24
U.S. F-15s Due
In Israel Soon
By Yitzhak Shargil
TEL AViy, (JTA), -
Israel is planning a cere¬
monial welcome for .the first
of 25 F-15 (Eagle), jet inter¬
ceptors, purchased from the
United. States at a cost of
$625 million, due. to , be
delivered here shortly: The
F-15, one of the most sophis¬
ticated combat planes in the
world, is described as 20
years ahead of the F-4
Phantom jet with-respect to>
its performance capabilities
and equipment. '
' The initial consignment
consists of F-15s that have
already seen service in the
U.S. -Air-Force but were
thoroughly renovated and
serviced for delivery to
Israel. Premier- Yitzhak
Rabin,,Chief of Staff Gen.
Mordechai ,Gur, Air'Force-
' Commander Gen. Benjamin
Peled and other senior of¬
ficers, dignitaries and guests
from the U.S. will be on hand
when the planes land at an
air base in Israel.
These, latest acquisitions
of the IsraeJ Air Force w"Ul
.constitute the nation's long
distance combat arm, TKeF~"
15 has an effective range of
5000 kilometers, sufficient to.
deliver significant "pay-
loads" to any target in a po¬
tential enemy state.
It can reach jvithease po¬
tential trouble spots as dis- .
tant as the Straits of Bab el
Ma'ndeb.aithe southern end
of/ the Reef Sea. This super¬
sonic, aircraft can develop
speeds of oyer Mach. 2,5 and
has' an effective ceiling of
67,000 feet.
Equipment   includes   a
(CONTINUEDON PAGE IS)-
'Mlii-si	
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A Feast Of Light
And Of Freedom
The late American artist Ben Shahn used the news¬
paper want ads for a canvas when he executed thjg 1965
painting, J'Menorah.^ .With ttw nation'sjiigh jra^.
^emf^ymenrfate7it seems an appropriate backdrop
.fortoday.
The menorah with its eight candles (a ninth, called
, the "shamesh," is used to light the others) is the cen¬
tral object of the eight-day festival of Hanukah and has
- become a symbol for Judaism. Since the days of the
Maccabean victory over the Syrians in 165 B.C.,
Hanukah has been celebrated by lighting candles on a •
menorah for eight days as a reminder of the cruse of oil
which miraculously burned in trie rededicated temple
for eight days instead of one.
While commemorating this event, the Festival of
. Lights has become a time to stress the struggle for reli¬
gious liberty against the forces of tyranny and des¬
potism.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO
Courtesy Kennedy Galleries.' New York
Rabin Urges Withholding Judgement
On Vance's Possible Mideast Policy
By Tuvia Me'ndelsbh
JERUSALEM,, (JTA}._--
Premier Yitzhak Rabin
urged Israeli. personalitites
and news media Dec. 6 to
withhold any pre-judgement
of U.S. Secretary of Sfate-.
designate Cyrus Vance with
respect to his possible posi¬
tion on the Middle East. "I
would advise everybody to
be careful not to judge a per¬
son by things which we are
not even sure he said,"
.Rabin told a meeting of the
Labor Party's Jerusalem
district council.
• He referred specifically to
a report in Yediot Achfdnot
claiming- that "Vance* lias
stated that the U.S. would
have to exert "heavy pres-
' sure" on Israel to obtain con;
cessions for a peace settle*-
ment. "'I know Cyrus Vance
and I would not like the im¬
pression to be gained that
- Israel or its communications
Media has already passed
judgement on him," Rabin
said. He added that when
Vance takes office "we will
meet him and hear his points
of view."
Rabin   stressed   Israel's
ties with the U.S. He said
- America supports Israel but
that doesn't_ mean that
"states or leaders in other
states should not have diver¬
gent opinions at some points
with Israel," He said the test
would be the support Israel
gets on crucial issues.
Rabin also referred to the
Arab "peace offensive." He
said it was high time Egyp¬
tian President Anwar Sadat
and other Arab leaders
learned to make a distinction
- between true peace and the
"end of the state of war," He
said that if the Arab leaders
„ are not ready for true peace
now, "we are willing to
. make another interim agree¬
ment to abolish the state of
■war."
He said this was where the
government differed from
the Likud opposition. "We do.
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 15)
Withdrawal By Israel
Two Arab-Inspired Resolutions
Overwhelmingly Adopted by UN
By Yitzhak Rabi
(Copyright, 1976, JTA, Inc.)
UNITED NATIONS,
.(JTA) — Two Arab-inspired
resolutions on the) Middle
- East sponsored by a group of
non-aligned countries were
overwhelmingly .adopted by
fhe General Assembly Dec.
9. They were declared unac¬
ceptable by Israel and force¬
fully rejected by the United
States.
Earlier in the day, Israeli
Ambassador Chaim Herzog
withdrew the draft resolu-
- tion he had introduced in the
_ Assembly on Dec. 6 and ex-
'' planted the reasons for the
move. The Israeli resolution
called for the reconvening of
.the  Geneva  Middle  East
peace conference "without
-delay"   with   the   partici¬
pation   of   Israel,   Egypt,
Syria and Jordan under the
co-chairmanship   of   the
United States and the Soviet
J7Uhirj^"£pjr^um!^
tions without prior condi-
. tions on the1 establishment of
a just and durable peace in
. the Middle East as called for
in Security Council Resolu¬
tions 242 or November 22,
1967 and 338 of October 22,
1973."
The first and more ex¬
treme of the Arab-inspired
resolutions, L-26, approved
by a vote of 91-11 with 29 ab¬
stentions, called for resump-
Ition of the peace conference
-on the Middle East with the
participation of the
-Palestine Liberation Or¬
ganization, demanded
Israel's withdrawal from all
Arab territories and de¬
clared that the fulfillment of
Palestinian rights is essen¬
tial to achieve peace in the
Middle East.
The second resolution, L-
27, was described by many
delegates as "moderate"
and, like the first, did not
mention the *. Geneva
conference. It was approved
L122-2 with eight abstentions.
Only the U.S. and Israel cast
negative ballots. The resolu¬
tion called for convening a -
Middle East— peace con¬
ference under United Na¬
tions auspices by the end of
March, 1977.
Israel's UN Ambassador,
Chaim Herzog, .explaining '
his objections to the second
resolution before the voting,
' said that while it indicated a
"softening" of attitudes and
a move toward Israel's posi¬
tion, regrettably the dele¬
gates of Egypt and Syria had
pointed out that the two
resolutions must be taken as
a whole and this made them
completely unacceptable.
He charged that the two'
resolutions changed the
ground rules .of the Geneva
conference, proposed a dic¬
tated settlement and were
"one-sided, biased and
hostile to Israel."
In voting against the first
' resolution, Israel and the
U.S. were joined by Den¬
mark,   Iceland,   Canada,
. Costa Rica, West Germany,
United Kingdom,  Norway,
■ Nicaragua and The Nether¬
lands. The countries abstain-
• ing included Sweden,
Mexico, Venezuela, Luxem¬
bourg, Belgium, Australia,
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 16)
Community To Hear Israeli Judge Speak
Supreme Court Justice
Leonard J. Stern has- ex¬
tended an invitation to the
community to attend a meet¬
ing, sponsored by the Com¬
munity Relations Committee
(CRC) of the Columbus Jew¬
ish Federation, at which
time Justice Meir Shamgar,
a justice of the Supreme
Justice Leonard J. Stern
■ Court of Israel, will address
the community. This meet-
- ing is scheduled for Sunday
evening, pec. 19 at 8'at the
Esther C. Melton Com¬
munity Services Building.
In extending his invitation,
, Justice Stem noted that as a
past chairman of the Com-
- munity Relations Committee
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation he now has the,
opportunity to join his con-
- cerns as a justice of the Ohio
-Supreme Court to his con- ■
-cerns for the interpretation
. of Israel to the community.
Justice Meir Shamgar has
.been a justice of the.
Supreme Court of Israel
since 1975, having served as
attorney general of Israel
from 1968 to 1975. A native of
Austria, he immigrated to
(CONTINUEDON PAGE 12)
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Israeli Defense Minister
Shimon Peres said here Dec. 8 that he was optimistic •
that President-elect Jimmy Carter will honor his com¬
mitments to help Israel. He said that Carter had his
personal religious beliefs as well as political reasons
for this and observed that the next President will not be
worse and perhaps better than his predecessors with
respect to Israel.
WASHINGTON (JTA) - Senator Abraham Ribicoff
(D. Conn.) has accused the U.S. Treasury Department,
of having both "failed to implement" and "seriously
.undermined" the anti Arab boycott provisions of the
Tax Reform Act of 1976. The Treasury Department on
Nov. 4 issued "proposed guidelines" interpreting the.
anti-boycott measures. The guidelines provide in-
' formation on how American companies can participate
in the boycott and, at the same time, continue to take'
the tax benefits, Ribicoff charged.
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will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24 and Friday, Dec. 31.
Early copy deadlines will be in effect for the issues of
Dec. 30, 1976 and Jan. 6, 1977. Copy must be in our
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tising deadlines will not be affected.	
Chanukah Oreetinqs.From The Staff Of The Ohio Jewish Chronicle
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