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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
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Vol. XLII
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, November 17, 1967
WORLD NEWS BRIEFS
Nd. 46
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BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — A
special four-member delegation
from Israel, all but one of whom
were formerly Argentinians, have
arrived here to campaign far in
creased immigration to Israel.
They will meet with Jewish
groups here and In tie provinces
under the auspices of the Argen
tine Zionist Organization.
LONDON (JTA)—The Shah of
Iran sent a cable to Lord Sieff of
Brimpton, here, and to Astorre
Mayer, of Rome, co-chairman of
the World Jewish Congress,
thanking the WJC for its con
gratulations sent to him recently
in connection with his corona
tion.
BRUSSELS (JTA)—The Amer
ican entertainer, Danny Kaye,
and the Israel National Youth
Orchestra, Gadna, took off for
Winnipeg, Canada, after a trium
phal performance before a capac
ity audience in Brussel’s Palais
des Beaux Arts. The concert here
was the wind-up of the orches
tra’s European tour under Mr.
Kaye’s baton.
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) —
Btrazil’s highest decoration, the
Rio Branco, was awarded in cer
emonies at the Foreign Ministry
here to Prof. Fritz Feigl, the Vi
enna-born Brazilian chemist, for
“elevating Brazil’s prestige
throughout the world” with his
outstanding work hi chemistry.
DUSSELDORF (JTA)—An of
ficial delegation of Israeli youth
sports leaders has arrived here
at the invitation Of the North
Rhine-Westphalia Sports organi
zation, and will remain in West
Germany until November 25, dur
ing which time they will parti
cipate in a sports seminar.
BONN (JTA)—Five former of
ficers of the SS are facing trial
before a jury court in Hildesheim
on charges of atrocities and mur
ders of 9,000 Jews in the Lublin
district of occupied Poland in
1942 and 1943. Court offioials said
51 witnesses from Austria and
Israel will testify.
BONN (JTA)—Former SS of
ficer, Paul Zapp, 63, a notorious
Nazi war criminal who has been
sought for many years, has been
arrested in Bebra, West Germany.
He had been living under an as
sumed name.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Two sur
vivors of the Nazi massacre of
Jews in Galicia in 1942 supplied
eyewitness accounts of the trag
edy to three judges from West
Germany who came here to gath
er evidence in the cases of 15
former Gestapo and SS men now
facing trial in Stuttgart. The
judges, along with the West Ger
man prosecutor and the defense
attorneys, attended a hearing pre
sided over by an Israeli magi
strate, Judge M. Bajskl.
Calls Immigration
Most Urgent Need
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
sixth annual convention of Ru
manian immigrants in Israel was
told by Prime Minister Levi
Eshkol that the nation’s “im
mediate and urgent goal” was
to double in number the 2.5 mil
lion Jews now in Israel. He call
ed on Rumanian Jews in Israel
to assist in the ingathering of
other Rumanian Jews scattered
all over the world.
The convention received a
message of greeting from Chief
Rabbi Moshe Rosen of Rumania
who called on the 425 delegates
to promote Israel-Rumanian
friendship and world peace. In
a message of reply, the conven
tion expressed its.gratitude to-the
Rumanian Government for its
efforts toward peace in the
Middle East.
Guerrilla Says Syria
Controls Terrorists
JERUSALEM (WUP)-^A cap
tured Arab, terrorist has disclosed,
under interrogation, that the Al-
Fatah guerrilla band is controlled
by the Syrian Government —
something which Syria has con
sistently denied both m Damas
cus and at the UN.
The guerrilla, code-named Abu
Halil—who was questioned in the
presence of newsmen in Nablus
—was one of 13 Al-Fatah men
captured by the Israeli Security
Forces in a gun battle near Na
blus late in September.
“The Syrian Government,” he
told his interrogators, ‘took con
trol of Al-Fatah. They came to
young people and asked them if
they were joining the organiza
tion. The Syrians forced people
to join . . . They took us to A1
Hami training camp on the road
to Beirut. We had seven days’
training and learned to use Rus
sian and other weapons.”
‘Pretension of Moderation’
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By Arabs Scorned by Eshkol
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime
Minister Levi Eshkol, scorning
Arab “pretensions” of moderation,
reiterated in the Knesset (Parlia
ment) that Israel will never,
under any circumstances, return
to the borders of June 4, 1967,
the day before the Six-Day War
erupted. Mr. Eshkol’s address was
full confirmation of the state
ment of Israel’s policy delivered
by Foreign Minister Abba Eban
Kollek Calls
Jerusalem
‘Indivisible’
NEW YORK (JTA) — Mayor
Teddy Kollek, of Jerusalem, here
on his U. S. tour, said the whole
of Jerusalem was indivisible from
Israel and “is not and never will
be up for bargaining." He said
that the united city could and
should be a bi-ethnic society
where Israelis and Arabs live and
work together in peace. He cited
Montreal as an example of such
a society.
Mayor Kollek noted that, since
the unification of Jerusalem in
last June’s war, most municipal
services have been restored in the
Old City, Arab schools are func
tioning with larger enrollments
than in the previous year, and
there is complete freedom of
movement for Arab citizens.
Mr. Kollek aaid that, unlike the
situation in the West Bank where
most Arabs fled during the June
war, the Arab population in East
Jerusalem remained virtually in
tact. He said the Arabs are co
operating but many are fearful
that this become known, should
the city again be divided.
The Arabs, he, said, if they are
permanent residents, may vote in
municipal elections and partici
pate in civic affairs on an equal
basis with Jews. He noted that,
for the first time in nearly 20
years, the 4,000 Arab residents
of the city section formerly
known as New Jerusalem, are
able to visit mosques in the Old
City, something they were not
permitted -to do when Jordan oc
cupied the Old City.
before the United Nations Secur
ity Council.
The Prime Minister disclosed
that, to the Sinai campaign of
1956 and in the Six-Day War last
June, Israel captured Arab wea
pons and armaments valued at
from $1 billion to $1.2 billion.
Now, however, Soviet Russia is
replenishing the Arab arsenal, he
said, and is again “besmirching
Israel’s name with allegations
that we are planning new ag
gression, the same false allega
tions that prompted Nasser to
begin his aggression last June,
which plunged the whole region
into war, with the loss of thou
sands of lives.” - .
Mr. Eshkol said he gave little
credence to “Arab pretensions of
moderation,” which, he asserted,
are designed to make Israel give
up her strategic advance on the
supposition that the Arabs will
acquiesce to international rulings
and cease their belligerence.
“This can only deceive the in
nocent or those who pretend to be
innocent,” he declared. He recall
ed that, at the Arab summit con
ference at Khartoum, two months
ago, Nasser had stated that Egypt
effect that, once Israel withdraws
from occupied territory, the Arab*,
will be able to resume their pre
war methods ot operation .
Foreign Minister Eban told' the
Security Council that it was Is
rael’s “firm resolve never to re
turn to the danger and vulner
ability from which we Slave
emerged” following the Six-Day
War last June. He told the Coun
cil:, “This resolve will prevail
over every other consideration.
To avoid a return to any ot the
conditions which prevailed on
June 4 (the day before the war
erupted) is a supreme national
purpose, worthy of every effort
and any consequence.”
, He defined Israel's national
policies tn these words: :fc::r-v
“A cease-fire has been estab
lished by the Security Council as
a provisional measure within the
terms of Article 51 of the Char
ter. We shall maintain and respeot
the cease-fire until it is replaced
by peace treaties ending the state
of war, determining tee agreed
national frontiers of states* *nd
ensuring a stable and mutually
guaranteed security.
“We cannot return to file shat-
must bring her army back to full ,-, tered armistice regime or to any
strength at the earliest possible system of relations other than a
moment in order to attack Israel. ■ permanent, contractually-binding
He quoted King Hussein of Jor- peace. And we agree with those
dan at the same conference to the . w ho have said that the fragile
— - armistice lines must be supersed
ed by agreed and secure national
boundaries. After the cease-fire
lines, a permanent and mufemOy
recognized boundary is our
possible destination.**•
WELSOME, WITH VARIATIONS — When Ludwig Erhard, former West German chan
cellor, visited Israel on invitation of Premier Eshkol, one of his stops was Bar-Ilan Univer
sity at Ramat Gan. Here, just after lecturing to students, he (at left) and his wife (fore
ground) are leaving amid jters from some students who objected to his visit. “Remember
the Six Million ,> adorned some of the protesting placards carried in the crowd. Cries of
“Nazi” also were heard.
SaysW. German
Anti-Semitism
No Real Threat
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dr.
Ludwig Erhard, former Chan
cellor of West Germany, told
newsmen on his visit here that
he did not believe anti-Semit
ism in “democratic Germany”
had any chance of becoming con
tagious or a force. The West
Germany leader and his wife
came here days ago on the in
vitation of Premier Levi Eshkol.
Responding to sharp questions
from some newsmen, Dr. Erhard
said his record proved beyond
doubt that he had been consist
ent in his fight against the Nazis
and that he had foregone many
academic positions and honors
because he refused to join even
Nazis fellow-traveling academic
groups.
He also said that he had been
very well received during his
stay here, adding that he was
not so naive as to mistake small
demonstrations against him,
such as one by students at Bar
Ilan University, for an express
ion of the people’s attitude.
Evading political questions, he
said only that he wished Israel
a permanent peace based on mu
tual recognition with the Arab
states.
Synagogue Opened
By ‘World Opinion’
NEW YORK (JTA) — World
public opinion, outraged at the
confiscation of the only synago
gue in Talinn, capital of Estonia,
has forced Soviet authorities
there to restore to the Jews of
that city a place where they
can worship, it was learned
here. However, the site is a
small, wooden hut on the out
skirts of Talinn, which still has
a Jewish population of 4,500.
Talinn’s Jewish community
was for many years one of the
most notable in East Europe.
Two years ago, the Soviet au
thorities there seized the old
synagogue at 23 Kretsvaltseh
Street Since that news reached
the Western press, many pro
tests against the action had been
sent to Moscow and to Talinn.
Report Says Eshkol
Plans U.S. Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime
Minister Levi Eshkol will pay
an official visit to the United
States in mid-December, when
he will be received by President
Johnson, it was reported here.
There was no official confirma
tion of the planned visit
During his visit to last a
week, Mr. Eshkol reportedly
will discuss with Mr. Johnson
the situation in this region re
sulting from last June’s Six-Day
War. It is expected that the
agenda will include also further
discussion of water desalination,
a project which Mr. Eshkol and
Mr. Johnson discussed when the
Israeli Premier last visited
Washington as head of the Israeli
Government in 1964.
In Washington, State Depart
ment spokesman Robert Mc-
Closkey, who was asked about
the reported Eshkol visit, said:
“No one here seems to know
anything about it.”)
Attack Rabbi’s Home
LONDON (JTA)—A hmu) gre
nade was thrown into the home
of a Brighton rabbi while he and
(us family slept, capping two
weeks of harassment and threats
of violence from unidentified
parties. The grenade was thrown
through a window in the house
of Rabbi Bernard Braunstein, 48,
damaging walls, floors, ceilingi
and furniture, but causing no In
juries to the rabbi, ha wife or
their six children.
Two Jets Ordered
By El Al Airline
TEL AVIV (JTA) — S Al,
Israel’s airline, has announced it
is chartering two more Boeing
jets in anticipation of increased
tourist traffic from the United
States to Israel in 1968. M. Ben
Ari, general manager of the air
line, said that, tn spite of the
tension and the war El Al Hew
34,000 passengers to Israel daring
the tint nine months of 1967.