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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. ( 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.