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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper fpr Southern Jewry — HSJM 1925
Vol. XLV
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, July 24, 1970
Two Sections-
Rabin Says Israel Ready
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No. 30
WASHINGTON (JTA)—'Israeli
Ambassador Yitzhak Rabin re
iterated Sunday his govern
ment’s opposition to a temporary
cease-fire in the Middle Blast, de
claring it would “legitimize” a
new round of attacks after its
conclusion. Interviewed on
NBC-TV’s “Meet the Press,”
Gen. Rabin asserted that “we 1
are ready any time, any mom
ent” to agree to an “uncondit
ional and unlimited cease-fire."
But the Soviet-Egyptian “part
nership,” he said, demands that
Israel agree to withdraw totally
from the occupied Arab territor
ies and to “dismember” Israel
for the benefit of the Palestin
ian refugees. All peace nego
tiations must be predicated on
the recognition of a Jewish state
in the Mideast, he asserted.
Gen. Rabin, who was Israel’s
Chief of Staff during the Six-
Day War, contended he was “not
acquainted” with nuclear weap
ons when asked to comment on
reports of Israeli nuclear capa
bility. He said there are no nu
clear weapons in the Mideast “in
the context of the small coun
tries in the area,” and insisted
that “Israel is not a nuclear
country” and will not be the first
to use such weapons in the area.
Questioned as to why then, Is
rael has not signed the nuclear
non-proliferation treaty, Gen Ra
bin replied that while “we have
not yet signed it,” still “we
haven’t yet rejected it.” Israel
continues, he said, to “study” it.
Gen. Rabin contended that Is
rael can hold onto its cease-fire
lines, but that she “cannot with
stand” a massive Soviet military
offensive. He stated that the
Soviet Union “will not hesitate”
to use “force” to “gain hegemony
and a predominant role” in the
Mideast. Asked whether United
States aid was sufficient, he re
plied: “I can’t discuss the de
tails of the military assis
tance ... I prefer not to say
anything about the details.” He
also appeared to skirt a question
as to how there could be secure
and recognized borders in the
nuclear age, referring to attacks
on Tel Aviv in June 1967, by
saying that “there is a big dif
ference between a missile and
what happened in the Six-Day
War.” The Israeli ambassador
said the Soviet presence in the
Mideast, which he described as
offensive, comprised 3,000-4,000
advisors and 5,000-8,000 persons
"operating weapons Systems.”
He said there would not be
another full-scale Mideast war if
Russians “will not intervene.”
He allowed that it was “very
difficult” to distinguish between
“offensive and defensive^ ’weap
ons, observing: “It depends how
the user uses it”
Jewish Center Damaged
In Firebombing Series
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Crown Heights Jewish Com
munity Council — a storefront
operation in this Brooklyn area
— and a nearby two-family
residence were fire bombed eariy
Sunday morning. There were no
injuries but the interior of the
store was heavily damaged ac
cording to a Jewish community
spokesman.
Mayor John V. Lindsay sped
to the scene and conferred with
community leaders. A spokes
man for the Jewish community,
who requested anonymity said
this was the latest in a series of
about ten fire bombings in the
past two weeks.
According to witnesses, a car
containing three Negro teen
agers pulled up in front of the
Council headquarters about 5:35
a.m. One got out and tossed a
LONDON (JTA) — The Soviet
Union and Egypt were reported
this week to have signed an
agreement containing a joint
demand that Israel withdraw
from all occupied Arab territory
as an indispensable condition for
a political settlement Tass, the
Soviet News Agency announced
signing of the agreement but did
not release any details.
* The agreement was signed at
a final top level meeting be
tween Soviet leaders, headed by
Premier Kosygin, .and visiting
Egyptian President Nasser. It
contained a Soviet commitment
home-made bomb through the
window, then got back in the
car which sped off. The land
lord, who lives above the store,
called in the alarm. 'The private
residence, which has no Jewish
occupants was fire bombed at
8:05 a.m.
Community leaders, black and
white, tvho have been attempting
to stabilize, the area—once al
most entirely Jewish—and pre
vent the flight of Jewish fami
lies from Crown Heights, said
this latest in a series of “harass
ment” fire bembings might un
dermine their efforts of the past
few years and cause a renewed
flight of Jewish families from
Crown Heights thereby turning
the area into a new Negro ghet
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Egypt, so- , _
sources, which also reported that
the pact specified the territories
to be evacuated — The Sinai
peninsula, the Gaza Strip, East
Jerusalem, the West Bank and
the Golan Heights, Such an
evacuation would return Israel
to the pre- Six-Day war bound
aries.
The Soviet Union and Egypt
reportedly agreed to continue
their efforts for a political set
tlement, on the basis of their
interpretation of the Security
Council Nov. 22, 1967 resolution.
Nasser came to Moscow on June
29 to ask for increased Soviet
military aid and for medical
treatment. It was his second
visit to the Soviet Union this
year. . The first, in January, was
never publicized.
Earlier in the week, diplomatic
sources reported that the Mos
cow talks had been “extremely
tough,” with Nasser refusing to
give an inch on his stand against
Israel, while demanding more
sophisticated weapons, with the
Soviet leaders urging a political
compromise. No official state
ment was expected until Nasser
returned to Egypt this weekend.
The Nasser-Kremlin consulta
tions were said to have involved
mutual “arm-twisting” with the
former seeking a total Soviet
takeover of Egyptian defenses
preparatory to a military show
down with Israel and the latter
jeeklii# 4o avoid
over the brink” into a confron
tation with the United States.
UN Youth Assembly - a - Poppin' Backs Israeli
Call for Soviet withdrawal from Czechoslovakia
Dead in Wreck
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) —
The World Youth Assembly is
over but the malady lingers on.
More than 600 delegates are re
turning to their homes and
many are returning with feel
ings of futility, frustration and
rage.
For nine days a highly organ
ized and strident feet-stomping,
hand-clapping and raucous Sov-
iet-Arab-leftist bloc fostered a
pionotone of prejudice, hostility,
hatred and bubreaucratic despot
ism within the Assembly especi
ally in the “Peace Commission,”
that led to expected results.
When the Assembly ended Fri
day an amendment to the
“peace” report calling for the
creation of “a unitary demo
cratic state in Palestine” was
adopted by a vote of 293-17.
Lars Thalen of Sweden, As
sembly chairman, then read a
proposal to add an amendment
calling “upon all parties to con
clude without delay a just and
lasting peace in the Middle East,
in accordance with the Security
Council Resolution 242 of No
vember 1967.”
After reading this proposal
Mr. Thalen ruled that no vote
could be taken on this because
it contradicted the one on the
democratic state adopted mom
ents earlier. The Soviet-Arab
bloc, however, suffered a set
back at the closing minutes of
the Assembly when an amend
ment to the “peace” report intro
duced by the Israeli delegation
and their friehds to call upon the
Soviet Union to withdraw im
mediately its troops from Czech
oslovakia, was adopted by a vote
of 271-115.
The Peace Commission was the
most bellicose of the four com
missions because the Soviet-
Arabrleftist bloc was able to
stack it with a disproportiohate
number of delegates. Each dele
gation had five members who
theoretically, were supposed to
participate in each of the four
commissions. But this - bloc de
cided to'send most ’of theft - dele
gates to the peace commission
and then proceeded to steamroJ-
■p
their fold. The resolution of this
commission was formulated by
members of this bloc.
The “peace” report contained
eight denunciations of United
States imperialism a series of de
nunciations against “aggressor”
Israel, and a number of swipes
against Great Britain West Ger
many Japan, France, Spain and
Portugal. The 18-member steer
ing committee was also con
trolled by the Soviet-Aralj-leftist
bloc. The “peace” report which
was rammed through late Friday
night was challenged by the
Israeli delegates and their sym
pathizers.
The five American delegates
sat quietly and offered no chall
enge to its legality. Vasile Nico-
lcioiv of Rumania, speaking on
behalf of the steering committee,
submitted the “peace” resolution
which included an expression of
“solidarity with the struggle of
the Palestinian people and de
mand the immediate withdrawal
of Israeli troops from all occu
pied Arab territories and the rec
ognition of the inalienable rights
of the Palestinian people to self-
determination.”
Janez Kocijanic of Yugoslavia
supported the message, particu
larly the section on the Pales
tinian people. He said he agreed
with the Israeli delegate that
“we are all for peace” but add
ed that if the Israelis were for
peace “you should withdraw
your forces from Jerusalem” and
other occupied territories. He
and several other delegates,
speaking on the resolution con
demned what they termed a pol
icy of blocs. Jonathan Livny of
Israel said he could agree with
much of the resolution but add
ed that a number of elements
were missing. He declared that
both the Big Powers — the Uni
ted States and the Soviet Union
— should withdraw from the
Middle East qqd permit Israel
to terms, swre would he ho
peace, Mr. Ehmy-stated, as long
as there were Phantoms in the
Middle East “and Russian pilots
in Egypt.” Mr. livny also ob
served that the resolution pre
sented “no constructive idea
which would lead us or show us
the way to peace.”
Prior to the adoption of the
“peace” report in a wild table
pounding session, Ariel Whine of
Israel tore up a copy of the re
port at the rostrum. Dennis
Prager of New York represent
ing International Hillel Youth,
took over the rostrum before the
adoption and said he would not
leave until there was a vote on
whether the report had been leg
ally adopted by the Assembly’s
commission on peace. Mr. Thalen
called the chief of the United
Nations security to remove Pra
ger saying “Please take him
away tor heaven’s sake.” Mr.
Prager was escorted from the
rostrum. Jacob Levy of Israel
stepped to the rostrum. The
chairman said Mr. Levy did not
have the floor and asked him to
leave. Mr.
Levy continued
rostrum.
speak from the rostrum. A . . ■■
drumfire of handclapping and Af A||ontn\A/n
shouts of "out” were heard and llvJ Yv 11
he left the rostrum.
At a press conference Friday
morning the Israeli delegation
charged the Arab and Soviet
delegates were “more interested
in war than in peace.” Mr. Levy
.said the Israeli’s every effort tc
meet with Arab delegates to dis
cuss “doing something not to
continue the war” had been ig
nored. Calling this a tragedy
because “the young are the first
victims of war,” he said, “We
are still willing to meet pri
vately, today or next week,
without public notice, to discuss
the issues. Continuing, Mr. Levy
declared “We are for self-de
termination but first, let us learn
to live side by side in separate
Israeli and Palestinian states
with peaceful cultural and peo-
ple-to-people exchanges.”
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NEW YORK (JTA) — Seven
Jewish children were killed
and 42 other children and 10
adults were injured, eight seri
ously when a bus chartered by
the Hillel School of Lawrence,
Long Island, slid off a wet high
way and over an enbankment
near Allentown, Pa. Most of the
passengers were 11 or 12 yean
old. The children were taking
a two-day tour of eastern Penn
sylvania’s Amish area and three
towns. Two of the dead children
were from the borough of
Queens, the other five from the
Long Island towns of Wood-
mere, Cedarhurst, Valiey Stream
and Lawrence.
Parents of the passengers, in
cluding men wearing yermul-
kas, were given the details of the
tragedy by Nahum Gordon,
chairman of the school’s board
of trustes. Many of the parents
had tears ih their eyes, and
some were in states of daze and
near collapse.
The Hillel School is a two-
story modem building that also
serves as a summer day-camp
for 550 children. The officers
of the school issued a statement
declaring they were “profoundly
shocked” by the “calamity that
has stricken the entire commun
ity."
They praised “the entire com
munity of Allentown of all faiths
and their respective religious
leaders who offered "the hospi
tality ot home and heart” They
also praised the “all-night vigils”
maintained by local rabbis, the
services of the .school’s coun
seling staff ami the three Allen
town hospitals, and.the ‘“disaster
center” set up by Temple Beth
El there.