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Friday, November 9, 1956
Page Seven
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
of Egypt and % Her Majesty’s Gov
ernment have been broken by the
dictator of Egypt, British forces
were landed this morning and
have occupied the Suez Canal. The
Suez Canal will continue to be
operated on behalf of all interna
tional users, including the State
of Israel, which has been barred
for years in violation of the Con
stantinople Treaty and despite
UN directives. Our forces will
remain in occupation unti such
a time as the forces of the UN
are ready to take over. During
the period of occupation the right,
of all nations including the pro
prietary rights of Egypt will be
safeguarded.’ ”
The reading of this letter crea
ted quite a stir in the dining
room packed with newsmen from
all over the world including
many from Egypt and the Arab
states. Instead of a “no comment”
BEHIND UN SCENES
THE ALL-NIGHT SESSIONS
Retribution-Disraeli and Now
Israel Assures Suez for Britain
By David Horowitz
UNITED NATIONS, (AJP) —
The tense and dramatic all-night
emergency sessions of the UN
General Assembly — despite the
majority's adoption of the half
hearted U. S. resolution calling
for an immediate cease-fire and
the withdrawal of the victorious
troops to beyond the demarcation
lines — has finally made every
one concerned realize the abso
lute need now 1 to do what the
UN in its timidity has hitherto
failed to do: force Egypt and the
Arab world into a permanent
peace settlement with Israel.
The consensus of opinion among
the delegates, despite utterances
to the contrary on the part of
some, was to let the malcontent
Arabs have a taste of their own
medicine. Egypt’s bluff was call
ed. All of Nasser’s aggressive*
acts against Israel had been based
on his constant arrogant boast
ings that Egypt is in a state of
war with the Jewish State which
he had vowed to annihilate.
Your correspondent discussed
the situation with many delegates
during' these hectic days; also
with UN personnel. No one seem
ed to blame Israel for her in
cursion into the Sinai peninsula
of Decalogue fame and her oc
cupation of the Gaza Strip. Some
even expressed elation at the
quick turn of events. All agreed
that the humiliating blow dealt
Nasser was long overdue the Na-
zi-like dictator of the Nile who
thought Britain and France, as
UN members, would heed U. S.
pleas not to reoccupy the Suez
Canal zone as an accompanying
act to Israel’s move.
Thus, the tables have turned.
Nasser would not hear of peace.
It was below his dignity to sit
at one table with the Jewish
leaders. Now Egypt will be forced
to ask for peace — and on Is
rael’s terms.
One delegate, in a sort of hu-
murous vein, expressed amaze
ment at the strange coincidence
in British history which has wit
nessed “a Jew, Disraeli, secure
the Suez Canal for the people of
the British Empire in the time of
Queen Victoria, and which is now
witnessing the Jews of Israel fa
cilitating its return to them.”
The present Anglo-French-Is-
raeli action in Egypt brings to
mind a UN correspondent’s as
sociation luncheon with Mr. Sel-
wyn Lloyd during the fruitless
Security Council meetings last
month. At that time, Mr. Lloyd,
who refused to comment on the
then French-British-Egyptian “a-
greement,” left the floor open for
questions and this writer^ seized
the opportunity to ask the Bri-
tist Foreign Minister if he would
care to comment on the follow
ing letter which had appeared in
the N. Y. Herald Tribune a few
days before:
“Had the ^British Government
been in the hand of a Disraeli, or
a Palmerston or* a Winston
Churchill, ten years younger, this
is the communique the world
have read in the newspapers on
the morning *after the Nasser
coup: As the terms of the agree
ment signed by the Government
reply, Mr. Lloyd, surprisingly,
answered in a manner which
seemed to indicate approval. Sir
Pierson Dixon, who was with him
and with whom your correspon
dent had discussed this Suez mat
ter on several occasions, also
smiled in approval. Whatever
went through their minds at that
time, undoubtedly, they already
knew of the impending invasion
of Egypt which took place soon
after Mr. Lloyd returned to Lon
don.
In the light of the Anglo-French
attack on Egypt, which has com
pletely discomfited Egypt’s mili
tary machine, Nasser’s grab of
the Suez Canal has turned out to
be a blessing in disguise for Is
rael.
During the second all-night
session Saturday night, which
witnessed the adoption of the
Canadian resolution calling for
the setting up of a UN ‘‘Police
Force” as well as the Asian bloc
resolution, the Netherlands’ dele
gate, C. W. A. Schurman, stood
out as the greatest backer of Is
rael. He spoke of the events that
led up to the crisis, of the threats
and hostile acts by the Arabs
against the Jewish State while
the UN was unable „ to restore
order. He placed the blame
squarely on the shoulders of the
world organization for not imple
menting its resolutions against
Egypt and the Arab states. He
called for immediate action to
settle the basic issue.
Most outstanding of all, of
course, was Ambassador Abba
Eban’s masterful speech which
evoked thunderous applause from
the galleries.
The Middle East drama con
tinues to unfold at a very fast
pace.
PUTTING 2 & 2 TOGETHER
Israelis in High Spirits
By Iiinna Grossman
JERUSALEM, (AJP) — Tues
day, October 30 — the Govern
ment announced partial mobiliza
tion.
Today the new* of the Army’s
defensive thrust 75 miles into
the Sinai Peninsula has come to
the people of Israel. In Jerusalem,
and in Tel Aviv from which I
have just returned, there is a
pervasive feeling of confidence,
of excitement and of a tension
wholly different iq its qualty
from that which has attended the
past few weeks. Alerted and calm,
Israelis have gone about their bus
iness these past two days almost
with a feeling of relief that
something is at last happening
to alter the endless draining har-
assement and uncertainty. Pride
and amazement at the Army’s
swift, expert operation are the
topic of the day. There is no
panic whatsoever. Even that sen
sitive barometer of 20th century
life, the stock exchange, has not
wavered. Nor have there been
reports of hoarding.
People crowd around the cir
cular bulletin boards on street
corners to read communiques and
public notices, and shops have
radios going, each one with its
small knot of silent listeners. The
streets are much emptier than
they were last week. For several
hours this morning the only
transport I saw was military. The
number of men and women in
uniform has, of course, increased
overnight, here and there on my
rounds a familiar face was miss
ing. The bank teller was in the
Army, so was the man who runs
the cleaning store across the way.
The bus conductor, the hotel
clerk, the young housewife next
door — all these had departed
to safeguard Israel’s borders. Cars
and trucks have streamed into
mobilization centers from the
Kibbutzim and villages along the
Jerusalem corridor. There has
been a run on the materials of
blackout and on candles. Most
homes are saving water in bath
tubs and wash kettles. But no
one seems to be worried about
saving food. Families are not try
ing to stockpile.
The weather, too, is in accord
with the nation’s inner climate.
It has been sunny and crisp and
I heard a matter-of-fact shop
keeper complain that no one was
shopping for winter clothes.
• The only note of serious worry
I could detect anywhere at all
was in Tel Aviv where people
were concerned about air raids.
But even this worry has served
to replace the extremer unfocus
ed worry of the last month. This
'is a specific anxiety and Israelis
are in the right frame of mind
to cope with it.
Is it war? Is it merely massive
reprisal? No one knows yet for
sure. But one thing is clear. The
nation has chosen to safeguard
its own destiny and the Army
has forged ahead with incredi
ble deftness and success. What-
.ever happens now cannot but
be better than what has hap
pened on the borders in the im
mediate past — and Israelis have
high hopes and a deep, realistic
confidence in themselves and in
their hardy, effective Army.
B’nai B’rith Women
Will Fete New
Members Nov. 12
Mrs. Bernard Facher, Presi
dent, announces that the new
members of B’nai B’rith Women
of Atlanta will be guests of hon
or at a luncheon lo be given
Monday, Nov. 12, at 12:30 p.m.,
at the Atlanta Jewish Communi
ty Center.
A total of 65 women have join
ed the r a n k s of B’nai B’rith
Women within the past few
months, reports Mrs. Alvin Saul,
Membership Chairman, bringing
the membership to almost a
thousand women. Mrs. William
Longwater, vice president, states
that the afternoon has been es
pecially planned to extend a wel
come to the new members and
acquaint them with the B’nai
B’rith program through a bird’s
eye view of its projects.
A Sandra Stone Fashion Show
will be one of the highlights of
the afternoon, with fashions co
ordinated by Miss Janice Shoob.
The following B’nai B’rith
Women will model: Mesdames
Fred Sheer, Jerry Kaufman, Jerry
Gilbert, Spencer Carl, Sidney
Moldow, Marshall Hirsch, Ted
Schlossman, Ben W e i s m a n ,
Charles Silverstein and Morton
Weiss, with the fashion commen
tary by Mrs. Bernard Simon.
Arrangements for the after
noon have been handled by Mes
dames Joe Moret, Henry Harris,
Morris Capilouto, David Kohler,
Alvin Colby. Hostess chairmen
are Mrs. I. Kuniansky and Mrs.
Stanley Rawn. Reservations for
lunch can be m a4 e with Mrs.
Harry Moret, CH. ,8803 or Mrs.
William Longwater, TR. 2-6289.
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