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VOL. 54 NO. 1
JANUARY 1, 1976 - TEVET 28
Shah: Must Recognize Israel's Existence;
Alton: Palestinian Issue Not Ignored
Highlights Of 1975
UPPER LEFT — United Nations General Assembly delegates vote on a resolution
defining .Zionism as "a form of racism and racial discrimination" during the Assembly
session in November. Also passed were resolutions calling for Palestine Liberation
Organization participation in U.N. Mid-East peace efforts and setting up a procedure that
would allow the Palestinians to press their demand in the U.N. Earlier in the year, the U.N.
Commission on,Human Rights charged Israel with desecrating Christian and Muslim
shrines.
UPPER CENTER — The General Assembly vote on Zionism brought condemnations
from thousands, such as this huge rally in New York's garment district held the day after
the vote.   '.   ( ..   '. .
UPPER RIGHT — The General Assembly hall also provided the setting of Uganda -.
President Idi Amin's attack on Israel. As the controversial African leader listens (right),
his U.N. ambassador, Khalid Kinene, reads his address, which called for "the expulsion of
Israel from the United Nations and the extinction of Israel as a state."
LOWER LEFT — Judaism-graduated its first woman cantor when Barbara Herman was
invested in J une after completing the five-year study program at the School of Sacred Music
of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. She is shown with
Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, president of HUC-JIR.
LOWER CENTER — Rabbi Ronald Sobel of New York's Temple EmanU-El speaks from
' the pulpit of St. Patrick's Cathedral to launch a yearlong Jewish-Catholic dialogue in the
New York area. The year also saw the issuing of Catholic guidelines on the "practical"
implementation of the Vatican II declaration on the Jews, and U.S. Catholic bishops urged
Catholics to look oh Judaism as rich in religious values. /
LOWER RIGHT — Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut of Toronto examines Volume I of the first
commentary on the Torah ever to be produced by Reform Judaism in North America. The
Commentary on Genesis, which Rabbi Plaut wrote along with three other scholars, took
four years to produce and was published in January.
RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTOS
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA)  -
The Shah of Iran and his
Foreign Minister told a U.S.
Congressional  delegation
recently     that     Israel's
"existence      must      be
recognized"     and     that
"Palestine     should     be
recognized        as   ,     an
independent    state    and
become a member of the
United Nations in the same
manner      as      Israel."
However,     the     Iranian
leaders said, according to
the Congressional report,
that while  "Iran  believes
that the lands occupied since
1967"   should  be   returned
''there is a question as to
whom    they    should    be
returned." According to the
report,       the      Iranian
leadership   declared   "The
Rabat conference did not
necessarily foreclose Jordan
as representatives for the
Palestinians."     The
delegation report said that
"Iran   voted   for   the   UN
resolution on Zionism as a
gesture of, solidarity with the
Arab.bloc.V
The report was made by
Sen. Thomas J. Mclntyre
(D. NH). On the trip with
him during the last ten days
in November were Sen.
Thomas Mogan (D. NO and
eight Republican and
Democratic members of the
-use. In reporting the
delegation's discussion with
Israel's Premier, the
delegation said Yitzhak
Rabin declared that Israel
does not believe it has the
right to decide who
represents the Palestinians
but. that prospects for a
solution of the Palestinian
issue would be good if
negotiated between Israel
and Jordan. Rabin also said,
according to the report, that
U.S. aid to Egypt serves the
interests of the United States
and hot of Israel. "All it
means to him is that Israel
will be faced with U.S.
rather than Soviet weapons
in the event of war," the
report said. "However, he
does not oppose U.S.
economic aid to Egypt.
.   By Gil Sedan
JERUSALEM (JTA) -
Foreign Minister Yigal Allon
said Dec. 24 that Israel does
not ignore the issue of
Palestinian identity and
warned that to do so would
not weaken but strengthen
the Palestine Liberation
Organization in the
international arena. Allon
made his remarks to the
Knesset in reply to an
agenda motion by Likud MK
Eliezer Beeri criticizing the
government's    propaganda
efforts against the PLO. The
Knesset, at Alton's request,
struck   off   the  agenda   a
motion by Likud MK Moshe
Arens proposing that Israel
refuse   to   accept   in   the
United    Nations    peace¬
keeping forces on the Golan
Heights    and    in    Sinai,
contingents from countries
that voted in favpr of the
General      Assembly's
resolution equating Zionism
with    racism.     On    the
Palestinian   issue,   Allon
noted    that    the     term
"Palestinian identity" was
not a new addition to Israel's
political dictionary but was
used.in the past. He cited the
Cabinet's resolution of July
21, 1974 that recognized the
existence of the question of
"the  expression of self-
identity" by the
Palestinians.  He warned
that "whoever insists on not
even  acknowledging this
problem will not only fail to
weaken  the PLO  and   its
objectives but will in  the
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State Dept. Accused Of Trying
To Stop Trip Cancellations
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WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Rep. Joshua Eilberg (D.
Pa.) accused the State
Department Dec. 24 of
deliberately trying to
discourage American
citizens from cancelling
trips to countries that voted
for the , anti-Zionist
resolutions adopted at the
recently ended 30th session
The Second "Reassessment" Of Israel
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
: In the American Israeli
diplomatic relationship,
Washington/has reached the
third stage, of it? process to
induce the Rabin
Government to have a
representative participate in
the United Nations Security
Council's Middle East
debate beginning Jan. 12,on
equal terms with the.
Palestine - Liberation
.Organization. Washington's
pressures are similar but not
as harsh as last June and
July when the Sinai accord
was the goal of the
Administration's ^reassess¬
ment." To observers here,
the second, or current
treatment, is effective
enough.        The        U;S.
announcement that Israeli
Foreign Minister Yigal Allon
is to visit for two days of
consultations Jan. 7 and 8
appears to mean, to these
observers, that the question
now istywt whether Israel
will join in the discussion but
under what "under¬
standings." How is this
done?
The first step in the U.S.
reassessment towards
getting the PLO into the
discussions and Israel to go
along with/ it was most
visibly seen in the statement
to Congress Nov. 12 by
Harold-Saunders, who was
then Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for.the
Middle East but was.
promptly promoted to.
Assistant Secretary for
Research. Next came "quiet
diplomacy." This entailed a
slowdown of the movement
of military equipment, a
"bureaucratic" mistake on
credits to be allowed Israel
in foreign aid that did not
', move the Rabin Government
but began to divide his
Cabinet. Going into the
second stage« Secretary of
State ;Henry A. Kissinger
performed ''pen diplomacy''
with a public confirmation
that he has indicated to
Israel it should enter? the
discussion.,This category
includes a high level,
campaign in favored media
on the reasonableness' of the
Council's decision and its
support by the U.S.
. Now, in the third phase,
the going is getting rough.
President Ford, in his
second rebuke to Israel in six
months, warned against
leaking U.S. messages as if
the U.S.. never leaked
another country's messages
when it suited Washington.
His first rebuke came during
Israel's "intransigence" last
June. Simultaneously,
propaganda is being floated
through the usual jnedia
intended to put Israel again
in a bad light with American
public opinion-. This category
includes tales about Israel
cheating on its financial
situation and on its armed
strength. Israel is loaded
with atomic bombs, one
widely known commentator
held. While the crescendo of
the anti-Israel campaign has
not reached last summer's
volume, the pressure has
had its calculated effects.
There is a deep wish among
many influential pro-Israelis
in America and among
Israelis themselves to avoid
a second confrontation with
the United States. That
Washington is aware of this
and using it for its purposes
is evident in the speed with
which it-is pursuing the PLO
element to get a settlement
of some kind before this
Administration winds up its
1976 campaign. Kissinger
himself publicly has, been
scrupulously pro-Israel
regarding assistance. But
elements in .the State
Department have turned
blind eyes towards Israeli
.concerns in other ways.
Some examples:
; When Israel raided
guerrilla centers in
Lebanon,   the   Department
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of the United Nations
General Assembly. In a
letter to Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger, Eilberg
charged that the State
Department was "advising
the Civil Aeronautics Board
not to permit persons who
had previously paid for trips
to countries which had
supported the resolutions to
cancel their reservations."
Eilberg referred specifically
to a trip to Brazil sponsored
by the Jewish "Y" of
Greater Philadelphia,
scheduled to depart Dec. 27. ,
The .trip was cancelled but
the State Department has
urged the CAB to reject
requests for a refund of the
air fares paid in advance,
Eilberg said. "This action
would force the people to go
to countries where they
would feel uncomfortable
and be unhappy at the very
least, or they would have to
forfeit the' cost of the
vacation which they had
paid in advance, the
Congressman wrote. He said
that "Obviously, the State
Department is more
■ concerned about the feelings
of a government of a foreign
nation than those of the
citizens of the United States
in whose interest the
department is supposed to be
working."
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