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B.G. an<) Isaiah
The present Government in Israel, which is to
say David Ben-Gunon, is guided by four basic
tenets: the search for more population from among
the ^earth’s Jews; the quest for fresh water; the
drive for new energy sources, above all solar or
nuclear; and the Old Testament. And of these
four, according to Ben-Gurion, the Old Testament
is the greatest. The little old Premier . . is not
what would usually be called a very religious
man, being an infrequent observer of the forms
of Hebrew faith. Nevertheless, he is a mystical
believer in the Bible, above all the book of Isaiah.
"Isaiah,” says he, “is the whole of the Bible,”
r'utjjhermore, for him, the second chapter contains
not'only ancient revelations but modern policy
guides. This chapter predicts "the mountains of
the Lord’s house shall be established on the top
of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the
hillg; and all nations shall flow unto it.” It also
predicts that “out of Zion shall go forth law, and
the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.” And,
finally, it predicts: "They shall beat their swords
into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-
hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against na
tion, neither shall they learn war any more.” Ben-
Gurion, with a stubborn look upon his stubborn
face, insists: “I believe in that more than anything
in the world.” He says it was this text that gave
heart tc Jews during two millennia of dispersion
and enabled them, in the end, to re-create an Is
rael . . "Ipaiah,” he concludes, “was disarmament’s
first prophet . . "
C. L. Sulmberger,
N.T. Times, from Jerusalem
Israel’s Trusted Ally
So it tras left to President De Gaulle after all
to prPelalm the existence—in fact, if not yet by
treatj—of an alliance between the great French
Republic and the tiny State of Israel. We who
havfe long advocated this course, warmly welcome
General De Gaulle’s historic declaration which
comes after seven years of inspired work both in
France and Israel in which the Herut Party and
her associates played the pioneering role. With
painstaking labor, Frenchmen of all shades of
opinion were brought round to the view that the
two countries have much in common in the Medi
terranean area and in Africa . . Unfortunately,
the Mapai Government of Israel was too late in
recognizing this reality or, perhaps, they were re
luctant to accept it only because the initiative
had originally come from Herut quarters . . .
But! now that General De Gaulle’s statement has
completely vindicated Herut’s actions it can be
expected that the existing close bonds of friend
ship will eventually ripen into a formal alliance
. . Already we have the gratifying news that,
in the present critical period when Nasser and
his cohorts are reported to be preparing another
rouhd against Israel, France will maintain and
accelerate her arms deliveries to the State of
Israel. This is the only real bright light on Israel’s
international horizon. It is the only breach of her
isolation . . .
Editorial From
The Jewish Herald, Johannesburg
For Democracy’s
Survival
By AMI RECCA
Why Red Program Is Immoral
Nikita Khrushchev’s new Communist diktat—
succeeding that of Marx, Lenin and Stalin—con
tained some seemingly high-sounding ideals for a
regimented, classless world of peoples.
The New York Times dedicated eight full pages
to Mr. K’s speech. The text was published in full.
“As the Soviet dictator is the most powerful ad
versary of the free world, and as the first maxim
of surival must always be 'know thine enemy’,''
writes the Times editorially, “this document should
be Studied by all who value freedom. This is Pre
mier Khrushchev’s counterpart to Hitler’s ‘Mem
Kumpf,” and the world can neglect it only at its
peril.”
, We certainly agree. It is the sugar-coated docu
ments, whether of the past or the present, whether
reUgious or political, that one must beware of most.
It Is not always easy for the average person to
distinguish between the genuine product and the
imitation.
Khrushchev’s program, based upon Marx and
Lttin, is immoral and destructive. It has no soul,
no* spirit. It makes man into a “machine,” nn
automaton!. There is no universal ethical code, no
law but the State. Most important of all, no God.
For the free world, for America, for Israel,
wlv»e heritage is linked to the ideals and laws of
tha Bible, to belief in God, Mr. K’s program comm
M the greaest challenge facing mankind since the
down of history.
THE SOUTHERN ISRAELMTE
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The Southern Israelite Invites literary contributions and correspond
ence bat is not to be considered as sharing the views expressed by
writers. DEADLINE Is 5 P.M., FRIDAY, bat material received earlier
will have a much better chance of publication.
Adolph Rosenberg, Editor and Publisher
Gustav Oppenheimer, Sylvia Kletzky,
Kathleen Nease, Jeanne Loeb, Ruth Kahn
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EDITORIAL
GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION
BEHIND UN SCENES—by David Horowitz
Eichmann
UNITED NATIONS, (WUP)—
The so-called Berlin “crisis”
finds a strange apathy and in
difference in this House which is
usually much too sensitive even
to the smallest seismographic
register of the remotest crisis.
Not even the prospect that the
Berlin issue may eventually find
its way into the World Organ
ization and that it may loom
large in the forthcoming Assem
bly appears to arouse much ard
our here either among delegates
or members of the Secretariat.
This failure to respond to the
one event which may bring the
world nearest to the big “blow-
off’ is not an isolated one. The
UN is only a giant mirror reflect
ing a collective world public
opinion and, in this case, reflects
with an uncanny accuracy the
same apathy among the peoples
of Western Europe.
The fact is that after six
months of the most deliberately-
manufactured attempt to arouse
the Western peoples to a fanti-
cal and suicidal defense of the
German peoples, the project is a
dismal failure.
Why so, one may ask. Is it
that the Western peoples don’t
care what advantages Commun
ism scores in that cold-war sec
tor? Not at all! If you put the
problem in terms of the cold
war, the general reaction is that
you have to stop the Communists
somewhere and that Berlin is
that final point of retreat. At the
same time—no enthusiasm. No
one wants to die for—of mil peo
ples—Germany and the Germans.
This is natural enough when on*
stops to remember that the world
has already died In the millions
at the hands of two Gorman-
manufactured wars. But there is
more to it than that!
That “more” is the Eichmann
trial. By ironic coincidence, the
Berlin crisis approached its cli
max in the Western challenge to
Moscow precisely at the sam^.
time the trial picked up great
public interest with the dramatic
cross-examination of the butch
er by’ the slashing, relentless,
merciless and effective Isaael
Prosecutor Gideon Hausner.
In that cross-examination there
emerged beyond Eichmann him
self all of the depressing alibis
hatched in postwar Germany for
the sins of the Nazis—the hiding
behind the command-chain, the
self-abasement as “a small man,”
the quibbling legalisms, the cun
ning and duplicity rooted in the
smirky disdain that all of the
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preceding evenings
and Berlin
people can be fooled all of the
time. In short, this was a repiti-
tion of the defense heard from
the top criminals at Nuremberg
and from the repentant politi
cians in both East and West Ger
many—“We are all good Ger
mans!” Where were these voices
when the killings proceeded in
full blast?
It may be that an element of
contrition and repentance is ris
ing in both Germanys and that
the peoples of the world will ac
cept the confessions and perhaps
even forgive them. And that
would be generous enough. But
to ask the people against whom
Germans have declared two
world wars now to die for them
—that is where the revulsion is
felt, and this is the root of the
apathy and indifference.
In all of this melee of mixed
feelings and emotions there may
be an element of unreasonable
ness. This may be so. But at the
hotpoint of crisis it is not reason
but emotion that rules politics—
and this resistence to a fanatical
and passionate pro-Germanism is
a fact and a hard reality states
men now feel. Caught in the
crossfire between anti-Commun-
ism and anti-Germanism, the
Western peoples are prepared to
negotiate the crisis and even to
drive a hard bargain in defense
of the former Reich in these
negotiations.
But, when it comes to die—
perhaps even to destroy the
whole world for Berlin—the
cackling voice of the caged Eich
mann seems to drown but the
stentorian oratory of Adenauer.
Rockefeller Speaker
At ZOA Conclave
NEW YORK, (WUP)—Gover
nor Nelson A. Rockefeller will
address a major plenary session
of the 64th annual convention of
the ZOA which opens on August
31 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
hare. Main theme of the Conven
tion will be U.S. policy and the
Mideast.
European Nation
Seeks to Buy
Israeli Rockets
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A multi
stage space rocket which will
carry scientific instrments in its
nose cone is already under con
struction. it was reported here
this week. The instrument-bear
ing space probe, designed to
collect weather data, will be
Israel’s third rocket launching.
A second missile already on the
launching pad Ls set to be fired
some time after elections. The
second rocket is expected to
penetrate 100 miles into space,
about twice the height of Shavit
II, Israel’s first rocket launched
on July 5.
Meanwhile it was disclosed
this week that a large West Eu
ropean country has asked Israel
to sell it a large quantity of
meteorological rockets. Neither
the name of the country nor the
number of rockets was revealed.
What The Press Is Saying
A Digest of Contemporary Opinion
Canada's Jewish Bank (iovemor
The signature of Louis J. Rasminsky, which
will appear on any new paper dollar currency
issued by the Bank of Canada, will be a frequent
reminder to those who think about it of a major
breakthrough by a minority group citizen to the
very pinnacle of Canada’s public service. Ap
pointment of the 53-year-old Mr. Rasminsky as
governor of the Bank of Canada . . was ratified
this week by the Canadian Cabinet . . . Mr. Ras
minsky became the first Jewish person ever to
hold such a high position in the realm of Cana
dian finance, or in the entire field of the public
service. No chartered bank has ever been headed
by a Jew in Canada, nor has any Jew ever ad
vanced so far in the public service. At $50,000 a
year, Mr. Rasminsky will be the second-highest
salaried civil servant in the country . . A brilliant
economist and an expert in international finance,
Mr. Rasminsky was born in Montreal and brought
up in Toronto. He is married and has a 24-yeai-
nld son and a 17-year-old daughter . . .
Editorial From
The Western Jewish News, Winnipeg
“Free Speech”
Free speech does not confer a “right” to pro
voke to violence. At least that is the statement
issued by the Municipal Court of Appeals of he
District of Columbia, in refusing to reverse the
conviction of George Lincoln Rockwell, head of
the American Nazi Party. When our courts are
under attack by segments of the leftist and the
rightist wings, it is heartening to know that they
ran still hold to the line of fundamental Ameri
can democracy, and tell these subversives, “talk
as much as you want but don’t spit in the eye
of your fellow Americans.” . . .
David Weiamnaa, B’mal B’rlth Messenger
Anti-Semitism Far From Dead
Anti-Semites in the United States “have re
gistered noticeable inroads upon the public con
sciousness in recent years.” In spite of a trend In
the United States toward healthier intergroup
relations a relatively small number of hatemongers
are stepping up “blatantly bigoted activity.” These
were two of the findings of comprehensive report
on organized anti-Semitism racist and bigoted ac
tivity in the U.S. issued by the American Jewish
Committee. The survey proposes a four-point plan
for community action in dealing with hate-mongers
—1. For the bigot who thrives on publicity, the
“deadliest weapon” is quarantine—relegating him
to obscurity. No response should be made even to
his most frantic provocations, for they will only
succeed in adding to the public attention he craves.
2. Covert bigots—who quietly give financial aid
to hatemongers—should be publicily exposed. 3.
Where bigoted action violates federal, state or
local laws, the facts should be presented to the
appropriate authorities. 4. When a bigot hides be
hind false facades of patriotism and religion, re
pudiation by the very institutions he claims to pro
tect are usually extremely effective. Condemna
tion by communal, civic or religious leaders have
been found to be valuable antidotes . . .
J. I. Fishbein, The Sentinel, Chicago
Topic of the Day
—WUF—
By DAVID BENARONE
Israel, France and Bourgniba
The French-Tunisian dispute over Bizerte has ^
placed Israel in a very delicate and precarious
jituation at the UN.
France is Israel’s most faithful and trusted ally.
The Friendship agreement has greatly bolstered the
spirit of all Israelis. ^
On the other hand, Israel mis' made many new
friends in Africa and Asia—especially among the
newly-independent states. These friends are now
among those supporting Tunisia agttnst Charles
De Gaulle’s France for the convocation of a Special
General Assembly.
Thus Israel’s diplomats face a severe test this
month as the ninety UN members meet to take up
Bourguiba’s charges. Already some Africans have
urged them to join the bandwagon of neutrals,
Soviets, Arabs and the few Latins.
Some of Israel’s friends think the best she can
do is to abstain, to remain neutral. But the ques
tion arises, will this satisfy either De Gaulle or
the Africans and Asians. Here is Israel’s dilemma
in this hectic election .
The decision, not an easy one to take, will be
up to the new Israel Government. Meanwhile, Am
bassador Michael Ctrtnay will have his hands full
at the tjnited Nations.