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VOL.60   NO. 16
APRIL 22,1982-NISAN 29
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Call For Revocation Of Begin's Nobel Prize
BONN (WNS)—The German-Arab Friendship Association
has called on the Nobel Committee in Stockholm to revoke
the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Israeli Premier Menachem Begin in 1979 for the role in negotiating the peace treaty
with Egypt. Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was*the co-
recipient. The pro-Arab group said, in a cable to Stockholm,
that Begin forfeited the prize because he was responsible for
the fatal shooting of Arab demonstrators during clashes with
Israel's security forces on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The
Friendship society includes members of all three political
parties in the Bundestag. '
Israel Will Find Answer To Murder
BONN (JTA)—Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel
warned that his country will find a suitable answer to the
murder of Israeli diplomat Yaacov fiar-Simantov in Paris. In
an interview with the West German daily, Die Welt, Shamir
asserted that "the answer will come, but not in the same
place where the attack took place." Bar-Simantov, 42, was
gunned down by an unidentified woman outside his home.
Israel holds the Palestine Liberation Organization responsible for the murder.
Oil Minister Wants Concessions From Israel
BONN (WNS)-Sheikh Ahmed ZakiYamani, the Saudi
Arabian Oil Minister, urged West Germany to use its influence with the United States to pressure Israel for concessions
in the Middle East conflict. Addressing the German Foreign
Policy Association, Yamani portrayed Israel as the principle
power in the region. He said the establishment of the state of
Israel was an outcome of Nazi persecution and the Arabs are
"still suffering" as a result.	
Budapest Jewish Museum To Be Modernized
LONDON, (JTA)—The Jewish Museum of Budapest,
recording the history of Hungarian Jewry, is to be modernized by the Hungarian Jewish community with financial help
from the country's Communist government. The museum, on
the site of the house where Theodor Herzl was born, will be
closed in September for restoration work which is expected
to last two years. The building's present dilapidated condition is in danger of damaging its contents, possibly the finest
collection of Jewish treasures outside Israel. They include
gravestones from the Roman period, indicating a Jewish
presence in Hungary centuries before the invasion by the
Magyar ancestors of most modern Hungarians. It also contains documents illustrating Hungarian Jewry's involvement
in Hungary's struggle for independence in the 19th century. A
separate section illustrates the community's sufferings in
World War II when some 600,000 Jews, mainly from the provinces, were sent to the death camps.
elping Israels Egypt
JDC-Smolar Award
NEW YORK—Jewish students around the world are invited by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
(JDC) to enter the competition for the 1982 JDC-Smolar Student Journalism Award. The annual competition carries a
$1,000 prize and is presented to the Jewish student whose published article or story best fosters understanding of world
Jewry.
The entries must be postmarked not later than January 31,
1983, to qualify for consideration for the 1982 Award. For further details write Public Information Department, American
Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Room 1914, 60 East.
42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10165.
A Woman Named Golda
To Air On April 28,29
A Woman Named Golda, starring Ingrid Bergman,
will air on WTVN-TV, Channel 6, front 8-10p.m. on Apr.
28 and 29.
The film follows the life of Golda Meir from her Russian childhood through her tumultuous political career
as Prime Minister of Israel, presenting the strengths
and weaknesses of both her public service and private
life.
It was filmed entirely in Israel with a budget of four
million dollars.
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
Nicholas Veliotes, assistant
Secretary of State for Near
East and South Asian Affairs, said last week that the
U.S. is presently trying to
help Israel and Egypt overcome their "suspicions" and
"concerns" as they implement the final stage of their
peace treaty.
But Veliotes stressed that
he is "very confident" that
Apr. 25, the day Israel is
scheduled to complete its
withdrawal from Sinai, will
"mark a new beginning" for
Israeli-Egyptian relations.
He said he is also confident
that the peace treaty will be
"fully implemented," stressing that the U.S. is the
"guarantor" of the treaty.
Veliotes, who was testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's
subcommittee on Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs on the Reagan Administration's proposed foreign aid for the Middle East
and South Asia in fiscal year
1983, said the Egyptian- •
Israeli peace treaty is the
"basis for U.S. policy for
peace and security in the
Middle East" and is also accepted by Israel and Egypt
as the basis for their
policies.
Says Difficulties Have Been
Exaggerated
The State Department official who just returned from
Israel and Egypt, said the attempt to ease the concerns of
, the.two countries was the
reason for his recent, trip
there and why Deputy Secretary of State Walter Stoessel,
Jr., is in Israel now and will
later go to Egypt.
But he stressed that the
.last minute difficulties between the two countries had •
been "exaggerated," an
assessment with which Sen.
Rudy Boschwitz <R. Minn.),
the subcommittee chairman
who conducted the hearings,
was in agreement.
Veliotes stressed that no
one should "be surprised
there are concerns" in Israel
and Egypt with the implementation of the peace
treaty. He said that although
Israel lias already established diplomatic relations
with Egypt and has begun
the normalization process, it
still feels it is taking "a step
jnto the unknown ■"
Boschwitz noted that
Israel is giving up strategic '
depth for a treaty in an area
where treaties have; not
always been as "meaningful" as they are for the U.S.
But he expressed the hope
that the peace process will
be expanded to include Jor
dan and other Arab countries.
Veliotes agreed that
treaties have not been
"worth much" in the Middle
East. "But this is the first
treaty between Israel and a
onajcir Arab country, any
Arab country," he said. He
stressed that the U.S. did not
only play a role in achieving
the treaty but is "really the
guarantor" of the treaty.
Boschwitz expressed concern over the arms race going on in the Middle East in
which not only the U.S. but
many other countries take
part. He said many low
population countries in the
Middle East were accumu
lating more arms than
NATO. "This adds to the
military and economic
strains in the region," he
said.
Veliotes replied that arms
sales are part of the overall
approach but "by no means
the only element" of U.S.
foreign policy. He said the
Middle East is a "volatile
and potentially dangerous
place" and the countries
there believe they need
weapons. He said that outside the Israel-Arab conflict,
many of those countries see
threats to themselves from
neighboring countries which
receive huge supplies of
arms.
Throughout his testimony,
Veliotes stressed that the
U.S. aid program is aimed at
maintaining Israel's "technical" and "qualitative
edge," two terms he said are
synonymous. He said in the
foreseeable future, Israel
has a qualitative edge over
the Arab countries.
Arab Edge Over Israel
Diminished
Francis West, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for
International Security, said
the Arab quantitative edge
over Israel has diminished.
He said it is now 5-1 against
Israel instead of 6-1 as pre-
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Gordon Zacks Meets With Reag
WASHINGTON (JTA)-
Gordon Zacks was one of six
Jewish leaders who met with
President Reagan at the
White House last week in
what was described as an effort to improve the access of.
the Jewish community to the
Administration. 'None of the
six  would  comment  to
Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations, who were not
invited. He said the number
was limited to six by the
White House and originally
was to have been only
Republicans, but it was
decided to invite Weinberg
who is not a Republican:.
Krieger noted that other
members of the "executive
committee of the Republican
National Jewish Coalition
could not be invited. He
stressed, however, that this
was the first of a.series of :
meetings and others would
be included in |future .
meetings, such as Squadron,
Morton Mandel, president of
the Council of Jewish
Federations, and the presi
dents of other Jewish organizations.
Before the meeting with
the President began,
Krieger and Thomas Dine,
executive director of AIPAC,
attended a briefing by the
National Security Council.
Dine and Krieger did not attend .the meeting; with
Reagan or a luncheon later,
with Elizabeth Dole, the
President's Assistant for
Public Liaison.
Krieger said one of the
matters discussed was finding a replacement for Jacob
Stein as the President's
liaison to the Jewish community. The position, which
is under Mrs. Dole's jurisdiction, has been open since
Stein resigned last January.
Gordon Zacks
reporters as they left the
White House, except to say it
had been "a good meeting."
Richard Krieger, director
of Jewish community affairs
of the Republican National
Committee, said the White
House had asked for the
meeting and limited the
number attending to six.
He said that Max Fisher,
of Detroit, chairman of the
Republican National Jewish
Coalition, and Albert Spiegel, of Los Angeles, were
asked by the White House to
select the other four. They
selected three other Jewish
Republicans—Richard Fox,
of Philadelphia, George
Klein*, of New; York, and
Zacks. The sixth person was
Lawrence Weinberg of
Beverly Hills, Calif., who is
president of the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Anticipates Complaints,
Krieger acknowledged
that there would be complaints from other Jewish
leaders, such as Howard
Squadron, chairman of the
Congressman D'Amato Addresses
New York Leadership Assembly
NEW YORK (JTA)-Sen.
Alfonse D'Amato (R. NY)
declared here last week that
should Egypt fail to observe
the Camp David accords
after Israel completes its
withdrawal from Sinai Apr.
25, he would propose to the
Senate Appropriations Committee, of which he is a
member, to cut all aid to
Egypt.;       '; |   ■..'•'.'■
Addressing a leadership
assembly sponsored by the
Jewish Community Relations Council of New York in
conjunction with the National Jewish Community
Relations Advisory Council
arid the Conference of Presidents of Major American
Jewish Organizations, held
at Kehilath Jeshurun Synagogue, D'Amato said that
theUnited States should use
' it considerable "economic
clout" to bring more Arab
countries into the Camp
David peace process.
He said that if Egypt will
be allowed after Apr. 25 to
"move back (to the Arab
fold) and undercut the peace
process," no Israeli leader
will be willing to take risks
for peace any more.
Referring to the tense
situation along the Israel-
Lebanon border, D'Amato
said that the Palestine
Liberation Organization
bears responsibility for the
destruction of Lebanon. He
said that if Israel invaded
Lebanon, it would do so "because they are forced to" in
the face of the huge military
buildup by the PLO in Lebanon which is directed at
Israel.
Sacrifices Israel Is Making
Howard Squadron, chairman of the Presidents Conference, told the gathering of
some 400 people that Israel
has not been given credit for
the enormous sacrifices it
has made for peace. He said
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