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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1967
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Israeli Scientists See Sinai
As New 'Geological Paradise'
Israel Cabinet
For Direct Tal
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NO. 17
.ids Firm
With Arabs
JERUSALEM (WUP)— Israeli
scientists— geologists, zoologists,
archeologists and botanists—have
been moving into the vast regions
of the Sinai Penisula with the
view of surveying the possibili
ties of transforming the barren
desert into livable and produc
tive areas.
Dr. Yacov Bentor head of the
Hebrew University’s Department
of Geology and who is heading
one team of scientists into the
region made so famous by Moses,
has termed the Peninsula “a geo
logical paradise." He and his
team plan to study the unique
granite formations composing the
Sinai mountains and the coral
reefs at Sharm El Sheikh.
The University's botanists are
experimenting with numerous
plantings to ascertain what type
To Hold Memorial
For Charles Jordan
NEW YORK (JTA)—A mem
orial honoring the late Charles
H. Jordan, executive vice-presi
dent of the Joint Distribution
Committee, who met his death in
Prague last month, will be held
Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2:30 P.M.
at Carnegie Hall. Louis Broido,
chairman of JDC, said the meet
ing would be open to the public.
Mr. Jordan disappeared on
Aug. 16 after leaving his Prague
hotel room to buy ah American
newspaper. His body was found
in the Vltava River four days
later. The State Department and
Jewish organizations have been
urging the Chechoslovak Govern
ment to continue investigation
of the circumstances of Mr. Jor
dan’s death until the full facts
are revealed.
(A Seven Arts feature)
Shortly alter the story broke
of SNCC’s foray into the dung
of anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism
an anti-Israelism, I discussed
the disturbing development with
Jack Siegel, whose book "Squee
gee,” published two years ago,
dealt with black-white relation
ships and Jewish attitudes tow
ard Negroes.
Since his reaction was close to
mine and his semantics quite
unique, I am seizing on the op
portunity of giving his formula
tions as I jotted them down rap
idly.
Enough has already been said
on both sides of the SNCC attack
on Jews. Probably nc thing in the
way of further substantive argu
ments will reveal any deeper
meanings. It is dear cut Who
knows anti-Semitism better than
we? What is more likely is that
the SNCC activists, whether or
not they represent a majority or
a minority, have blown their
mind with something they think
will work like magic. They did
not have to become scidheads to
cop out from the nitty-gritty of
their own struggle. Somebody on
their Executive thought this at
tack on Jews would be like out
of sight, that it woulc turn their
people on and give them an
easier rutnble. Probably, they
figured that’s where it’s at, and
that to attack the Jews would
of plant life can survive under
desert conditions.
The Israeli scientists have ex
pressed the view that the entire
Peninsula, unexplored since the
time of the Exodus, may in time
yield some of the world’s richest
minerals and oils currently hid
den under its rough and barren
surface.
Pending political adjudication
of the Sinai—which may take
years—Israelis are losing no time
in harnessing all their know-how
and technical skills with the view
of making it into a Negev-Part-
Two.
New Group Opposes
Return of Area
Won in 6-Day War
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A group
of well-known Israelis have an
nounced the formation of a
“Movement for Undivided Is
rael,” to oppose return by the
Government of any areas now
occupied by Israel as a result
of the Six-Day War. The group
includes prominent Israeli writ
ers, poets, playrights, persons
formerly active in Israel’s sec
urity forces and others in poli
tics.
Part of the new movement’s
concrete program proposed the
development of more settlements
in the Etzion area, between Beth
lehem and Hebron, on the west
bank of the Jordan River. Four
kibbutzim existed in that area
prior to the Jordanian occupa
tion, and the movement said that
members of religious kibbutzim
as well as of Nahal, the parlia
mentary agricultural organiza
tion, are ready to start settle
ments in the area.
bring them support from some
of their white counterparts,
racists of the extreme right, and
perhaps divert reaction from
from them towards another mi
nority. We do not know in a
what pad or crib this tactic was
so ill-conceived or whether it
was done for like Arab bread. Id
any event, it doesn’t matter.
What does, is that i‘. was done.
We could sav it was the result
of Acapulco gold which made
them freak out like this and that,
sooner or later, they would be
taking off a high. But that would
be useless speculation. The fact
is, we Jews are faced with the
problem.
We cannot cop out on this. The
Negroes are here and came Jong
before we did. The fact that wc
did not bring them here is irrel
evant. So we must shove past the
up-tight blast SNCC released and
ourselves get to the' nitty-gritty
of the problem. Which is, some
how, not to condone what is
wrong end what is evil in their
statement, but the contrary, to
seek a bridge to the Negro peo
ple as a whole. Wc must not
forget that Hitler was mocked
at first, and held in contempt
Neither response was effective.
If we fail to find the bridge, it is
quite possible the SNCC leader
ship will take most of the Negro
people with them on this odd
and wicked freak-out.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Main
guidelines for the Israel delega
tion to the forthcoming session
of the United Nations General
Assembly are being formulated
today in line with policy deci
sions confirmed by the Israel
Cabinet at a recent meeting.
The major policy decision was
a reaffirmation of the Israeli
stand on negotations with the
Arabs adopted by the Cabinet
last month. The Cabinet ruled
then tnat “direct negotiations
between Israel and the Arab
states must take place with the
aim of signing peace treaties. As
long as there is no peace, Israel
will maintain in its entirety, the
situation laid down in the cease
fire arrangements that followed
the repulsion of aggression by
the Israeli forces.”
The decision firmly ruled out
any third-party mediation in
which the third-party—the Unit
ed Nations or interested states—
would sit in on Arab-Israeli talks
or seek to mediate between the
two sides.
UN Supervisor
Wants No Shipping
On Gulf or Bay
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—
(JTA)—Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, chief
of the United Nations military
observers supervising the cease
fire between Israel and the Arab
states, has informed the U.N.
headquarters that he was trying
to get Egypt and Israel to agree
to keep their shipping off the
Gulf of Suez and Bay of Suez,
in an effort to avoid further
clashes in that area.
Under the existing agreement,
both sides previously agreed to
refrain from using the canal for
shipping, except for the move
ment of Egyptian launches to
supply food and other essentials
to foreign vessels marooned since
Egypt blocked the waterway at
the outbreak of the war June 5.
In his report to Secretary-Gene
ral U Thant, Gen. Bull stated he
was trying to extend that pact to
the bay and gulf outside the
canal but leading to it.
Gen. Bull also reiterated that
his staff has found that Egypt
had started the firing on Sept
ember 3, which escalated into
full scale battles. His observers
on the spot, he stated, reported
that they had not seen “at any
time any Israeli vessels heading
toward the channel entrance to
the Suez Canal.” Egypt claimed
that its artillery had fired at
Israeli vessels headed for that
entrance.
200 UN Schools
Function Normally
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some
200 schools in the west bank
area, maintained by the United
Nations Relief and Works Agen
cy for Palestine Refugees, func
tioned normally on the first day
of the school term, but Govern
ment-operated schools in most of
the west bank Arab centers were
closed by a boycott by teachers
and pupils.
A noisy demonstration by
youngsters at the UNRWA school
in Tulkarem failed to compel the
UNRWA authorities to close the
school. Extremist nationalist
Arabs have bee* waging a cam
paign of intimidation and threats
to force closure of the UNRWA
schools in Nablus, Jenin and
Tulkarem, the larger Arab towns.
The Israeli Cabinet was reliab
ly reported also to have formu
lated new instructions on the re
turn of Arab refugees to the Is
raeli-held west bank area. While
no official information was forth
coming as to the nature of these
instructions, it was generally un
derstood that the Israel delega
tion to the United Nations Gene
ral Assembly would be authoriz
ed to announce that additional
numbers of Arab refugees would
be permitted to return to the
west bank.
Israel has been under strong
pressure from the Western coun
tries to permit the Arabs who
fled during the fighting last June
to return to their former homes
on the west bank of the Jordan.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
has been especially insistent on
this point and, it was understood,
his position was considered at
length in the meeting of the
Cabinet.
Britain, West Germany, and
the Scandinavian countries were
also understood to have urged
Israel to permit the return of
the Arabs, stressing that creation
of a new refugee problem would
not contribute toward pacifica
tion of the area.
Foreign Minister Abba S.
Eban, it was reported, led the
fight in the Cabinet session for
Socialists Prepare -
Report on Soviets
LONDON (JTA) — A full-
fledged report on the situation
of the Jews in the Soviet Union
is now in preparation for public
submission to the annual confer
ence of the Socialist Internation
al Council, it was reported at a
meeting here of the World
Bureau of Socialist International.
The International as a whole
has traditionally been extremely
friendly to Israel. At the meet
ing, the Bureau voted a message
to Mrs. Golda Meir, secretary-
general of Israel’s Mapai Party,
congratulating Mapai on having
obtained approval from two
other Israeli Socialist parties,
Achdut Avodah and Rafi, for the
creation of a strong, unified
labor party in Israel.
Seeks Closer Ties
Among Religious
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — A
pledge to seek closer bonds with
all religious groups in Argen
tina, with “full respect” for peo
ple of all faiths, was made here
by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Juan
Carlos Aramburu, newly ap
pointed Archbishop Coadjutor of
the Buenos Aires Archdiocese.
The prelate made that pledge
when he received a delegation
representing DAIA, central or
ganization of Argentine Jewry.
His pledge was regarded as indi
cation of improved relations be
tween the Catholic hierarchy and
the local Jewish population.
BOAC to Resume
Use of Lydda Airport
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
British Overseas Airways Cor
poration will resume use of Lod
(Lydda) Airport in Israel for
flights between London and the
Far East, it has been learned.
The airline cancelled two flights
last May when Pakistan, in
support of the Arab anti-Israel
boycott, refused overflight rights
to planes which had landed at
Lod unless they made an inter
mediate stop.
authorization to permit the re
turn of a larger number of its
former inhabitants to the west
bank.
The Israeli Ministers were
forcefully reminded that only the
Prime Minister and the Foreign
Minister were authorized to
make public declarations on the
future of the territories occupied
by Israel in the Six-Day War.
Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
reaffirmed this condition at the
Cabinet meeting after Foreign
Minister Eban referred to state
ments on this issue by members
of the Cabinet and said they had
no right to make “personal”
statements on matters of policy.
The discussion was precipitat
ed by publication in the London
Sunday Observer of an interview
with the Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan who speculated on the
possibility that Jordan might re
gain sovereignty over the west
bank area but that the area
would remain under Israeli aid
to Jordan in the supply of water
and electric power.
New Immigrant Bill
Would Aid Aliyah
JERUSALEM (JTA) — New
immigrants to Israel would en
joy tax reductions, moderate-
priced housing accommodations,
and free high school and college
tuition under the terms of * bill
to be submitted to the Israel
Parliament when it convenes
October 13. The concessions are
part of a plan to encourage 20,-
000 immigrants to settle in Israel,
chiefly from the more affluent
countries.
Avraham Cygel, head of the
Jewish Agency’s Department of
Immigration and Absorption, said
that details of the plan were
worked out at the top level by
a joint committee of the Govern
ment and the Jewish Agency and
were generally approved by the
Immigration authorities.
Airport Synagogue
Dedicated with Plea
For World Peace
NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi
Israel Mowshowitz, chairman of
the board of the International
Synagogue at Kennedy Airport,
called for a direct dialogue be
tween Moslem and Jewish, Pro
testant and Catholic religious
leaders, at a special service
marking the dedication of the
synagogue.
More than 1,000 persons filled
the new building to hear the
rabbi’s plea for an opening of
communication among religious
leaders of the major faiths “to
create a climate for world peace,
especially in the Middle East.”
In a demonstration of inter-
faith unity, Roman Catholic
and Protestant clerics, as well as
Dr. Bernard E. Donovan, New
York City Superintendent of
Schools, donned the traditional
yarmulkas for the ceremony.
The synagogue stands side by
side with the Catholic and Pro
testant chapels on the Tri-Faith
Plaza, adjacent to the lagoon and
the fountains in front of the air
port’s International Arrival
Building. Built at an estimated
cost of one million dollars, the
synagogue features a 40-feet-high
twin stone Tablets of the Law, or
t’en Commandments. The chapel
is patterned after the first syna
gogue built in the United
States—the Spanish and Portu
guese Mill Street Synagogue of
1730, in Newport, RJ.
OFF THE RECORD .... by Nathan Ziprin
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