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The Southern Israelite
Vol. XLIV
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry —
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, September 5, 1969
BONN (JTA)—Two of Adolf
Eichmann’s closest collaborators
in the deportation to their death
of 300,000 Hungarian Jews dur
ing World War II were found/
guilty in a Frankfurt court after''
a 14-month retrial on charges of
mass murder and complicity of
murder.
Hermann Krumey, 64, who
was an SS lieutenant colonel and
had been Eichmann’s chief tran
sportation officer, was sentenced
to life imprisonment at hard
labor. Otto Hunsche, 58, a form
er SS captain, who had been
Eichmann’s legal adviser, was
sentenced to 12 years imprison
ment.
In a previous trial, Krumey had
been sentenced to 15 years and
Hunsche acquitted but the pros
ecutor appealed the verdict and
the new trial was ordered. State
ments made by Eichmann during
his interrogation and trial in
Jerusalem in 1961 incriminating
the two men figured largely in
the Frankfurt trial.
The attorney for the two men
sought unsuccessfully to have
former Israeli Attorney-General
Gideon Hauser, who prosecuted
Eichmann, called as a witness to
disprove this testimony by es
tablishing that Eichmann was a
pathological liar.
In Brief TWA Co-Pilot 1
Of Arab Hijacking
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prayers, held in the Mosque of
Omar since the fire in El Aksa
Mosque. Most of the worshippers
dispersed peacefully after the
prayers, but about 200 sought to
demonstrate.
Gen. Moshe Dayan, the De
fense Minister; Brig. Rafael Var-
din, military governor of the
area, and Maj. Gen. Rehavaam
Zevi, head of the southern com
mand, witnessed the demonstra
tion.
By MILTON FIRESTONE
American Jewish Press Assn.
Editor, Jewish Chronicle, Kansas City
TEL AVIV TIEUP
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A two-
hour “warning strike” by public
transport workers brought chaos
and an indescribable traffic jam
to Tel Aviv and its environs Fri
day, virtually immobilizing 1.5
million people. The action was in
support of the bus cooperative’s
demand for increased fares, a de
mand which the Ministry of
Transport rejects as unjustified.
BERNE (JTA)—The Swiss Na
tional Committee for Human
Rights has denounced the Arab
campaign of incitement blaming
Israel for the fire which dam
aged El Aksa Mosque and has
praised the efforts by Israel to
ensure freedom of access to the
holy places by people of all re
ligions.
The committee said that two of
its representatives recently visit
ed the holy places in East Jer
usalem, including the Mosque of
Omar and El Aksa Mosque and
personally witnessed the care
taken by the Israeli authorities
to assure free access.
A statement by the committee
denounced Arab accusations that
Israel was responsible for the El
Aksa blaze and said such accusa
tions serve as evidence that the
Arab leaders were systematically
inciting their people in a cam
paign of hatred of Israel and did
not hesitate to exploit religious
emotions for political ends.
TEL AVIV AREA
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A bleak
and desolate stretch of hilly ter
rain southeast of Jerusalem, pop
ulated by about a thousand no
madic Bedouins, has been de
clared a “closed area” by the
military authorities with en
trance and exit nermitted only
to those holding passes from the
militaiy authorities.
It was in this 15.000 dunam
(3,750 acres) tract that Arab ter
rorists set up rocket-launchers
from which three rockets were
fired into Jerusalem last week
without, however, causing any
damage. Later, an Israeli heli
copter spotted the emplacement
cf the launchers and Israeli sap
pers dismantled 16 Kayusha and
Egyptian-built rocket launchers.
KANSAS CITY (AJP)—Harry
Cakley, first officer and co-pilot
of the TWA Boeing 707 jetliner
which was hijacked last Friday
by Arab terrorists, hopes that the
efforts of the world’s airline
pilots can be effective in pre
venting a recurrence of the pi
racy in the air which threatens
the safety of international air
travel.
Just returned to his home in
suburban Kansas City, Oakley
willingly discussed the events
which led to the detention of
passengers and crew, and heavy
damage to the modern aircraft
after it landed in Damascus,
Syria.
Both the man and the woman
who pushed their way into the
cockpit to commandeer the TWA
plane which had left Rome for
Athens and Tel Aviv brandished
heavy pistols and held grenades.
“When we realized that they
were holding the grenades with
the pms pulled out, that got our
attention in a big hurry,” Oakley
said wryly. “I asked them to put
the pins back in the grenades.
The man complied, but the wom
an commando, who was obvious
ly the leader, refused.”
The TWA officer explained
that the removal of the pin meant
that the grenade was being con
trolled only by the pressure of
the hand holding it. If it were
dropped or jarred loosed
countdown to a fatal exploqfon
could not be stopbed.
Oakley explained that Captain
Dean Carter, the pilot of Flight
840, had stayed in Syria to try
to obtain the release of the two
Israeli men who had been un
lawfully detained by the Syrian
government, without charges or
explanation. Four Israeli women
had earlier been released after
being held 3 days; they subse
quently returned to their destina
tion of Tel Aviv by first flying
to a neutral country.
In addition to the pilot and a
number of persons examining the
badly shattered aircraft for re
pair, the president of Trans
World Airlines, F. C. Wiser, flew
to Damascus to discuss the hi
jacking with Syrian officials.
Although the Arab terrorists
spoke bitterly of the “war crimes”
of Israel and the United States,
they made no attempt to ascer
tain the nationalities or religions
of the passengers or crew. Only
after the landing in Damascus
did the Syrians question each
person carefully about his coun
try of origin and separate the
Israelis from the others.
Even the Syrians, however, did
not ask about religious beliefs
and Oakley, a Catholic, was never
questioned about his religion. He
assumes, without being certain,
NEW YEAR MESSAGE
Secrets of Judaism Revealed
By RABBI JOSEPH COHEN
Or VeShalom Congregation
DEMONSTRATION
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some
200 Arabs seeking to stage a de
monstration after Friday noon
prayers in the Mosque of Omar
in the Old City were dispersed
by Army personnel who used
batons and fired shots over the
demonstrators’ heads.
About 2,500 attended the
Golda Agrees
To AFL-CIO
Address
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Prime
Minister Golda Meir has accep
ted an invitation from the Amer-
can labor movement to address
the national convention of the
AFL-CIO at Atlantic City on
October 2. Mrs. Meir will go to
Atlantic City in the course of a
tour that will follow her official
visit to Washington in late
September as the guest of Presi
dent Nixon.
The AFL-CIO decided to hon
or Mrs. Meir, a veteran worker
in the labor movement, when it
was learned that she would be
in the United States at the time
of the Atlantic City convention.
The AFL-CIO has taken a strong
pro-Israel stand and maintains
close ties with Histadrut, the
Israeli Federation of Labor.
We are living in the most
amazing epoch in the history
of the world. No other era
has witnessed the majestic
and unbelievable achieve
ment of the twentieth cen
tury with man’s landing on
the moon. Never has the
world seen anything to equal
the marvel of this day of in
genious invention and sciem
tific discovery.
We have made a tremen
dous advance in this atomic
age, breaking the secrets of
the space, and in almost
every field of human en
deavor that the achievements
of other days seem trivial and
insignificant by comparison.
And yet, no matter how pro
gressive we are, there is still
one gloried achievement of
the by-gone days that has lost
none of its original and bril
liant lustre. There is one
masterpiece of antiquity that
still stands out supreme
as the crowning gift of all
the ages, as mankind’s great
est possession and treasure.
This is the Bible with its
opening verse; “In the begin
ning G-d created heaven and
earth.”
This is the Book, that if
we read it with a calm, dis
passionate, and open mind,
I am sure that we would
find in it those qualities
which give to it its command
ing position amongst all the
classic of literature. I am
sure that we would discover
that though ancient, it is not
antiquated, that though very
old, it is yet very new and
modern with a message for
this twentieth century, and
for all the centuries to come.
Now we are entering in the
New Jewish year of 5730. As
each year arrives Judaism’s
secrets leap from the pages
of the Bible, of history and
prayer into our thoughts,
giving us new direction, new
purpose, new zeal. Imbued
again with the spirit of G-d’s
sovereignty we rededicate
ourselves to preserving the
dignity of man, to freedom
of spirit and mind and body,
and to aspiration toward the
unbelievable.
Filled with the memory of
our past, the bravery, beau
ty, and humanity of our her
itage, we prepare to face this
new year with knowledge of
our identity as a firm founda
tion. And as the last echo of
the Shofar enters in our inner
ears we look forward to pres
erving law, to say no to
moral degeneracy, to religi
ous rebelliousness, and those
influences which lower the
value of a single human life.
We turn our gaze and our ac
tion toward creating a world
in which harmony, brother
hood and peace are facts and
not merely wishful thinking.
These are the secrets of Ju
daism. They keep us alive.
Let us keep them alive as we
embark upon living another
year. Let us win our way
back to our heritage, back to
our ideals. Let us prove that
the flight of time has not still
ed the voice, nor silenced the
message of the prophets of
Israel; that they are eloqu
ent as ever, bringing to us
the vision of the world that
might be, if we but obey their
sublime commands. Let us
practice as best as possible,
G-d’s divine counsels, so to
discover the real path of
peace and happiness for us
and for all mankind. May the
Good L-rd inscribe us in the
Book of lives. Leshana Tova
Tikatevu. Tizku Leshanim
Rabot.
that a large number of Americans
and other foreign citizens aboard
the plane who were headed for
Tel Aviv, were Jewish.
There was no indication that
the Syrians knew in advance that
the big plane would be forced
to land at the brand nbw airport
in Damascus. “If they had any
idea that the hijackers were
bringing us in, they were great
actors in concealing that fact,”
Oakley said.
Apparently the . plane was
At latest reports, all the
crew and passengers of the
pirated ship have been re
leased except two Israeli
men. The international Pilots
Association has threatened a
strike unless the two are set
free. Meanwhile, the Mid
East picture was complicated
by the mysterious disap
pearance of Bishop James A.
Pike in the desert wilder
ness near the Dead Sea. He
and his wife became sep
arated after their car had
broken down and he was
physically unable to walk
with her for help. By the
time she had secured police
aid, the noted Episcopalian
could not be found.
brought over the airport near
Tel Aviv just so the air pirates
could taunt the ground, control
tower at Lod Airport. The woman
commando, who spoke several
languages fluently, communicated
with the control tower. near Tel
Aviv' in a language Oakley
thought to be Hebrew. Her male
companion became excited when
he learned they were over Tel
Aviv and told the TWA crew it
was his home town.
After leaving Tel Aviv, the
Arabs directed the crew to fly to
Damascus. The flight became
even more harrowing as it be
came clear that they would have
barely enough fuel to make the
airport.
“Our fuel tanks were about dry
as we touched down. We might
have been able to make it
aiound the traffic pattern once
more, I’m not sure,” the new-
relaxed pilot related.
Panic struck some of the 101
passengers as the terrorists an
nounced that the plane would ex
plode when it got on the runway.
It caused a hasty exit in which
some passengers suffered broken
bones. After the landing, and be
fore the Syrian ground crews
took charge of the situation, the
male Palestinian commando ran
back to the plane and threw
something in the front door.
There was a soft noise, and the
missile apparently did not ex
plode. He then fired several clips
of bullets into the right wing,
Turn to page 8
In past years, we have pre
sented the High Holy Days
messages of the Atlanta rab
bis in, usually, a single issue.
This year, the messages will
be presented in at least three
editions, enabling the subject
matter to have wider range.
We are this week presenting
two messages which happened
to have reached us quite
early and hence were already
in type. Appropriately one Ls
by the first chairman of the
newly formed Atlanta Rab
binical Council, who will be
honored Sunday at a testi
monial dinner (see page 9).—
THE EDITOR