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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
Vol. XLV Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, October 2, 1970 Two Sections-16 Pages ' No. 40
Zena Harman
Tells How Many
Israel Women Work
LONDON — The belief held
by some that all Israeli women
woTk is not true—actually, only
30 percent of them are em
ployed, compared with 60 per
cent in the United States.
Those statistics were reported
to the women’s group of the
Friends of the Hebrew Univer
sity this week by Mrs. Zena
Harman, Laborite member of
the Knesset and former chair
man of the United Nations Chil
dren Fund (UNICEF).
Mrs. Harman, who was born
here, is the wife of Hebrew Uni
versity president Avraham Har
man.
“The role of women in Israel
is perhaps greater and more pro
nounced than in other countries
because in Israel women serve
in the army and also play a
special role in the national ef
fort to bridge the gap between
the various communities and to
mold them all into one nation,”
Mrs. Harman said.
Jordan Authorities
Reject IsraeTs Offer
To Help Casualties .
JERUSALEM (JTA.)— Jordan
ian authorities have turned down
an Israeli offer to accept wound
ed Jordanian civilians for treat
ment in Israeli hospitals. The
offer was made last week, at;
the height of the Jordanian civil
war, by Health Minister Victor
Torn to page 4
Release Last
Hijack Victim
THINKPIECE
Nasser’s Death „*«» 0%U0 ^S® ut
Gambit for Rut
LONDON (JTA)—The last 38
hijacked airline hostages, all
from the United States, arrived
home after being freed by the
Arab terrorists who had held
them captive since Sept. 6. Six
of the 38 hostages were turned
over to the Egyptian Embassy
in Amman by the guerrillas
and taken to Cyprus. Some of
the hijacked victims are sched
uled to arrive at Kennedy Air
port in New York.
Among those reported safe in
Cyprus is Rabbi Isaac Hutner
of Brooklyn, N. Y., and his son,
Jacob. Rabbi Hutner is a leader
of the Synagogue Council of
America. According to all avail-
ble reports no deal was made
by any government for the re
lease of Arab prisoners in ex
change for those held by the
terrorists. All the hostages were
reportedly unharmed.
Six hostages — eight Britons,
six Swiss and two West Ger
mans—were freed on Friday and
arrived in London. They were
liberated by Jordanian forces
who attacked a guerrilla ref
ugee camp near Amman where
they were being held. Shortly
afterwards, the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine
announced that all of the re-
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By Adolph Rosenberg
The incredible news of Nas
ser’s unexpected death this week
President's New Year Message
It is often thought and expressed that we in the modern
world know al] the problems faced by mankind but have just
to find the solutions. And in looking for ways to ease man’s
struggles, we are more likely to suggest what others might
or should do.
Jewish tradition teaches that the power to do good or evil
is in our own hands, and the season of the Jewish High Holy
Days holds a meaningful lesson for men of all faiths. At this
time we are urged to look inward, to examine our own lives
and to consider what each of us can do for the betterment of
mankind. These days of atonement prod us to an awareness
of man’s own worth and dignity, and of the divine and human
potentialities within each of us. They are days of great
hope, for the driving force of man’s freedom is in his ability
to look inward, appraise his limitations, and seek means to
widen his horizons.
My thoughts are with you as you begin these days of
worship and 1 send my wannest wishes to all Americans of
the Jewish faith for a New Year of peace and happiness.
Shanah Tovah! RICHARD M. NIXON
left J>oth Arab a israeli
leaders stunned, to say nothing
of United States officials.
As Abban Eban put it this way
“The devil we know,” implying
the replacement could be a
worse force for Arab evil Mid
dle East mechanizations.
This was the worst of most
possibilities and took into con
sideration’ the delicate times —
the tenuous cease-fire, the hor
rible Jordanian torture in the
wake of the hijackings and the
anti-everything attitude of the
incorrigible guerrillas—who least
of all want law and order.
President Nixon, already in
the Mediterranean on a signifi
cant trip to bolster the flagging
Western allies and NATO morale,
had announced he would not at
tend Nasser’s funeral, since this
country does not have diploma
tic relations with Egypt.
The funeral was to be held
Thursday — Rosh Hashana, the
day Israelis and Jews through
out the world would be usher
ing in a Jewish New Year.
The New Year, conceivably by
this twist of fate, might not be
the horrendous denouement
being touted as a possibility.
Optimistic individuals hoped the
change of administration might
miraculously turn in the other
direction and amid the real pol
itics veer in the direction of
pro-West. This beyond any. douljt.
would be of such benefit to the
Arab in the streets as to be
beyond conjecture.. —
The lot of the Arab peasants
is so low that it is inconceivable
the Arab potentates of oil wealth
could fail to see how badly the
people fare.
This was the trouble with
Nasser. If he saw, he apparently
did not care—despite his'fierce
and non-compromising pro
nouncements. To keep them
aflame with anger was not to
provide hospitals, schools, roads
or food so badly needed.
It was within his power to
have secured a peace settlement
right after the Six Day War
fiasco that would have been ten
times better than any which
may develop now. Israel seem
ingly at the time was not only
ready but anxious to give up
much of the conquered territory.
Today Israelis have settled part
of this land and they are in no
mood for compromise.
The power struggle in the
wake of Nasser’s death could
spell the end to the United
States hopes for the 90-day
cease-fire and dialogue between
Israel and Jordan and Egypt.
It seems to us, his death
places Russia in a far greater
position for her special advances
since it fans dissention and dis
unity on which the Soviets man
age always to thrive and press
forward over the freedom and
liberties of others. ***» •
