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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry Established 1925
Vol. XLV
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, July 31, 1970
Two Section#—12 Pages
No. 31
Terrorists Sentenced
But Freedom Looms
LONDON (JTA) — The two
Jordanian terrorists accused of
tiie murder of a two-year-old
Greek boy in last November’s
/grenade attack on £1 Al’s Athens
office were convicted in that
city. Elias De-Garbedian, 24,
was sentenced to 18 years and
four months in prison and Man-
sour Mourad Zugsghe, 21, was
sentenced to 11 years and three
months. <
The convictions and penalties
are moot, however, because
under last Wednesday’s agree
ment between the Greek govem-
What Working
At Stone Throwing
On the Sabbath?
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Nearly 1,-
000 religious Jews of Herzliya,
the sea resort north of here,
threw stones and scuffled Sat
urday with the police and by
standers in protest against Sab
bath bus service to the sea
shore.
Although the municipal trans
portation authorities stationed
their buses at various points in
stead of at the main terminal
in an attempt to foil the im
pending demonstration, the pro
testers located the vehicles,
stoned them and blocked them
by lying in the streets.
Thera were clashes between
the demonstrators, the police
and weekend vacationers. The
demonstration, led by several
rabbis, was supposed to have
been peaceful. The police,
hoping to avoid making Sab
bath arrests, asked nine of the
demonstrators to appear in
court.
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ment and six Arab hijackers of
a Greek airliner, the two pris
oners and five others convicted
earlier are to be freed and turn
ed over to the International Red
Cross by Aug. 29.
Greek government sources re
buffed, over the weekend, Is
raeli Foreign Minister Abba
Eban’s plea that the Papadapou-
los regime renounce the agree
ment as having been made under.
duress. De-Garbedian admitted
throwing the grenade that killed
the boy and injured 14 other
persons, but testified that he
had been assured the grenade
would do nothing more than
make a loud noise.
The defendants are members
of the small Popular Struggle
Front, which said in Cairo that
it would continue to attack Is
raelis in Western countries.
Abou Hakam, a Front official,
said “It is right of the Pales
tinian revolution, even its duty,
to aim blows at international
Zionism wherever it is.” The
National Liberal Party Council
here condemned Egyptian Pres
ident Gamal Abdel Nasser’s
praise for the hijackers, calling
it “an encouragement to piracy.”
Israel Agoniz'^* cepting
Ar ” o ^. Z'T JS Pla n
JERUSALEM (JTA)— Official
caution here contrasted with
rioting by youths and guerrilla
bands in Amman as the Israeli
government deliberated its res
ponse to the American peace
initiative and pro-Palestinian
Jordanians protested the Hus
sein government’s acceptance of
it The Israeli 4 cabinet held a
lengthy and secret session Sun
day and afterwards issued a
noncommital statement. It is be
lieved that Israel is seeking
three major guarantees from the
United States before accepting
its proposal: The guarantees are
that the U. S. make clear how
the Arab states can be prevented
from using the proposed three-
month-or-more cease-fire for an
unchallenged military buildup;
that the U. S. agree that renew
ed mediation by United Nations
representative Dr. Gunnar V.
Jarring be unconditional, that is,
without a prior Israeli with
drawal from occupied territories;
and that the U. S. commit itself
unequivocally to the mainten
ance of Israeli independence and
security.
The Jewish Telegraphic Agen
cy learned from a well-informed
source that the cabinet is likely
to decide on a qualified accep
tance of the U. S. plan, with ad
ditional conditions attached. One
is that shooting not become
“legal” again after the expira
tion of the temporary ceasefire
—Israel maintaining that United
Nations Security Council Reso
lution 233 — the Six-Day War
cease-fire—is still valid.
Another, an outgrowth of the
first main guarantee, is a gua
rantee of effective supervision of
the temporary shooting halt so
that neither side can take mili
tary advantage of it A third
Condition is Israel’s insistence
that the Jarring mission not be
used as a pretext for attempts
by the Security Council to re
interpret its Resolution 242 of
Nov. 22, 1967, by revising its
first provision to require Israeli
withdrawal from "all” or “the”
occupied territories instead of
just “occupied territories.”
The generally favorable atti
tude toward the U. S. plan by
the Irsaeli Ministers is believed
to have been directly inspired
by President Nixon’s message to
Soviet - Backed Nasser 'Accepts/
Seemingly Discourages Terrorists
LONDON (JTA) — President
Nasser last week “accepted” in
a nationally televised address in
Cairo, the Nixon Administration
peace initiative for the Middle
East but with so many condi
tions and qualifications as to
DAVID AND GOILATH
By CAROL STEVENS
David and Goliath were at It again.
Goliath was just getting ready to smash little David . .
one more time ... and David was winding up to sonk Goliath
with hh slingshot
“Hold it, boys!” yelled a UN peacemaker. “Let’s talk this
over.”
“Step on him, baby,” said GnUath’s manager, a red-faced
fwan dressed in heavy Siberian fun Ill-suited to the Middle
Eastern heat Goliath stepped forward.
■ “Don’t do anything yet, Dave,” David’s coach told him. A
dapper, statesman-like fellow, he hedged, “I have to talk to
the Russians, British, French, Chinese and the Easter Islanders
before you can make ’a move.”
“But, orach,” said David. “Goliath’s a heavyweight He’s
fifty times my weight If I don’t keep him away from me,
he might win this match.”
“Just hold your horses. I have to speak with the Pitcairn
Islanders about what yon ought or ought not do,” said his
coach.
Meanwhile Goliath moved nearer, his redfaced manager
telling him not ip get too close yet
* "Look, coach. At least let me have more stones to keep
him back!” yelled David frantically.
“No. In my considered opinion yon have quite enough
for now. ni only replace these yon lose, as you lose them,”
said David’s coach. “But before I give you any extra stones,
I have to talk to the Icelanders, New Zealanders, Finns, Tansa-
nians, and Hippies.”
“Von know, coach. I don’t think yon are being fair. Look
what you’ve done for Libya, Goliath’s starter. You’ve given
her a whole air force base, and she can't even fly yet”
“What’s a couple of stones? Yon know I'm good for the
dough!” said David.
“It’s a matter of balance, Dave. Yon see that, don’t yon?
You and Goliath must be absolutely evenly matched. Then
the whole world will cheer me Instead of the Rnsstans Yon
understand that don’t you, DaveT Don’t yont”
Bat David was looking Goliath right in the knee, and he
was too busy to appreciate this statesman like viewpoint
“Gee,” said hto coach. “I hope he makes It again this
He’S a cote little guy.”
— EasteUte Sun, Los Angeles
make the speech a rejection.
Nasser not only downgraded
the plan in his speech as “con
taining nothing new,” but he also
warned that his “acceptance”
was in effect contingent on
United States agreement to dis
continue further military aid—
particularly more jet military
planes—to Israel.
The Egyptian leader was re
ported to have placed pressure
to discourage certain Terrorist
activities within his country,
even to the point of closing two
radio stations reflecting the
Terrorist viewpoint.
“While we inform the United
States that we have accepted its
proposals,” he declared, “we also
tell them that our real belief is
that whatever is taken by force
cannot be returned except by
force .... We will wait and
see what happens after we have
accepted the American propos
als, but if the United States con
tinues to supply Israel with
more weapons, the situation will
be very serious.” Nasser, speak
ing before the Arab Socialist
Union in Cairo on the occasion
of the 18th anniversary of his
accession to power, emphasized
that Egypt “‘cannot expect it
(the U. S. peace initiative) to
achieve any results, because of
Israel’s foolishness.’ The Egyp
tian leader stressed that “if the
political. solution fails, war will
be the only alternative.’ Israel’s
“essential” withdrawal, he said,
has to include the Golan
Heights, the Sinai, East Jerusa
lem, the West Bank and the
Gaza Strip. Israel has indicated
a willingness to make conces
sions on territory but not in
regard to the Golan Heights and
Jerusalem.
Nasser offered special praise
to the Soviet Union, disclosing
the Soviet had promised to sup-
Continued on page 4
Premier Golds Meir last Friday,
in which he is believed to have
reassured Israel over her fears,
delivered through Ambassador
Walworth Barbour. An individ
ual who spoke with Mrs. Meir
just before and just* after her
meeting with Mr. Barbour said
the contents of the Nixon mes
sage "could be practically read
off Mrs. Meir’s face- -before, she
betrayed anxiety afterwards,
she radiated confidence.” The
rightist, nationalistic Gahal Min
isters, JTA teamed, do not fully
share the Premier’s optimism,
but are not expected to oppose
acceptance of die U. S. plan
after receiving Washington’s
clarifications of the cabinet’s
challenges. Mrs. Meir, who post
poned the Knesset speech, is
now expected to speak. It was
reported that Washington and
Moscow have agreed that the
U. S. will not sell Israel any
more jets if the Soviet Union
will not sendr Egypt any more
weaponry. It is believed that
American pressure on Israel to
accept the U. S. plan empha
sizes the probability of adverse
world itxctKm to a rejection,
rather than dangling the threat
of a jet cutoff. /
In Amman, rioting broke out
in the streets as young Jordan
ians sympathetic to the Pales
tinian cause expressed their
rage over the Jordanian cabinet’s
acceptance, of the U. S. plan.
The cabinet — the majority of
which over-ruled the pro-Pales
tinian minority and engineered
what was announced as a
unanimous acceptance — knew
that such a decision would cause
dissension and perhaps a cab
inet crisis. But, although Pal
estinians account for more than
half of Jordan’s population and
gained leverage in their July
7 pact with tip government, the
cabinet was believed to feel that
the Army has regained its mil
itary dominance over the guer
rilla groups. With Egypt, Jor
dan and the Sudan having ac
cepted the American initiative,
Iraq and Syria having condemn
ed it and the guerrillas having
rejected it outright, the Arab
League has suffered a serious
split. And Israel is reportedly
very much aware that the spot
light is now on her more in
tensely than it has been in many
months. Although she has crlti-
Continued on page 4
Jordan Government Accepts
LONDON (JTA) — Premier
Abdel Monem Rifai of Jordan
said that his government lias
replied to the American peace
initiative for the Middle East
in a manner that was "positive
and in line with the answer
given by the United Arab Re
public” according to reports
from Amman late Sunday; after
noon. Premier Rifai spoke with
newsmen after the fifth Cabinet
meeting in three days.
The Jordanian acceptance put
the shaky truce between the
government and the Palestinian
guerrillas in danger of collapse.
King Hussein had postponed a
Cabinet meeting when the Pal
estinian minority insisted on
guerrilla exemption from the
U. S. plan’s provisions. The mon
arch had been awaiting Egyptian
President Gamal Abdel Nasser’s
acceptance of the plan which
was announced last Thursday.
King Hussein’s latest crisis has
arisen from the threats of El
Fatah and the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine, the
largest guerrilla organizations,
to subvert implementation of the
U. S. plan. El Fatah said it
would use all means necessary
to “foil the American conspir
acy,” and Popular Front leader
Di. George Ha bash declared:
“We are determined to use all
our strength and all our means
to. frustrate any attempt at a
peaceful solution. We will make
this area another Vietnam, and
no force, Arab or international
can stop it. A political solution
will be achieved only over the
dead bodies of our fighters.’’
Other terrorist groups have
followed suit. A spokesman for
El Saiqa, 4 the Syrian organiza
tion, said he opposed the U. S.
initiative “to the end” At least
two guerrilla spokesmen con
demned President Nasser. One,
representing the Popular (Demo
cratic Front for the Liberation
of Palestine, said the Egyptian
leader “is surrendering to im
perialist interests and handicap
ping the development of Arab
revolutionary forces.” Another,
who chose not to publicize his
organization’s name, asserted:
“The acceptance of the American
plan by Nasser proves he is not
fit to be an Arab .leader. If
Hussein accepts it, he will not
last” (Meanwhile, in Baghdad,
the authoritative newspaper A1
Jumhouria rejected the Amer
ican proposal and the Security
Council resolution on which it is
based. Iraqi president, Maj. Gen.
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, said last
week that the Arab’s “only
course” is “armed struggle by
all means to liberate usurped
Arab territory.”. Syria also turn
ed down the U. S. plan. Iraq,
Syria and the Palestinian com
mandos have never accepted the
UN resolution.