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Vol. XLV
The Southern Israelite'
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
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Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, October 16, 1970
Two Section*—16 Pages
No. 42
Air Piracy Development
NEW YORK (JTA)—A rec
ommendation by the Air Line
Pilots Association of the United
States calling for sanctions
against governments that fail to
act against hijackers has been
hailed by the American Jewish
Congress as “the most prom
ising and practical step taken
thus far to end the terror of
air piracy and to restore se
curity to international air
travel.” In a letter to Charles
.Ruby, president of the American
pilots’ groups, the Congress
praised the recommendation as
“a breakthrough that contrasts
decisively with the foot-dragg
ing and sluggishness that haa
characterized all intergovern
mental action on this issue
during the past several years.”
The American pilots’ organiza
tion announced last week that
it had recommended a policy of
sanctions to the International
Federation of Air Line Pilots
Association (IFALPA) “to com
bat air piracy.”
The recommendation called
for "sanctions with respect to
airports in any country which
is henceforth unwilling or
unable to provide the necessary
security within its political
jurisdiction against sabotage or
air piracy.” The AJCongress
letter, signed by Phil Baum, as
sistant executive director, said
the results of the International
Civil Aviation Organiza t i o n
meeting in Montreal last week
had been “disappointing.” He
added: "In their deliberations on
hijacking, official government
agencies—both in the UN and
ekewhero—have proven them
selves so bound by rigidities
of protocol and procedure as to
discourage any confidence in
their capacity to act in time to
prevent assaults upon human
life. It is plain that the initiative
to end the air hijacking epidemic
can best come from the private
civil aviation community acting
in defense of its own safety and
security.’’
countries which give sanctuary
to air hijackers. The Council
President was the first to sign a
petition sponsored by the Free
Sons of Israel seeking sanctions
against offending nations.
“There have been at least 80
acts of air piracy in recent years
affecting some 10,000 passengers
capped by last month’s Middle
East near-tragedy,” Mr. Garelik
said. ‘JJf something is not done
now to punish those responsible
for the outrages and the na
tions that harbor them, the
near-tragedies will become ac
tual massacres.”
Mrs. Meir Warn
If Egypt Termini
,zes*
ease-Fire
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TEL AVIV (JTA)—Capt. Uri
Bariev, the pilot of an El A1
jet involved in an abortive hi
jack attempted last Sept. 6 has
been temporarily grounded for
an infraction of rules during
Continued on page 5
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Premier
Golda Meir warned Tuesday that
Israel would be ready if the
Suez cease-fire is terminated
next month and Egypt resumes
hostilities. She said Israel had
agreed to the cease-fire last
August in the hope that it would
lead to a peace settlement. But
she said her country could not
accept “an agreement which is
no agreement and assurances
that are no assurances.” Mrs.
Meir referred to Egypt’s agree
ment to oh6erve the standstill
clause of the truce which, Israel
alleges, was violated by Egypt
from the start. She claimed that
Egyptian and Soviet assurances
in that connection proved worth
less. Mrs. Meir addressed a meet
ing of the United Labor Party
which will soon hold Its first
inter-party elections. Assessing
the Soviet position in the canal
zone, Mrs. Meir said the Rus
sians were realistic politicians
anxious to avoid a confrontation
with the United States. But she
said the question remains how'
much weight recent American <
statements on the cease-fire vio
lations will carry in Moscow.
Israeli intelligence sources re
ported that there were at least
several hundred Soviet person
nel in the cease-fire zone man
ning the first line of SAM-3 and
SAM-2 missiles and anti-aircraft
batteries. Israeli military author
ities meanwhile are not ignor
ing public statements by Egypt
ian officials 4H”W*«it days that
the ill iillill (Uln In the Canal
zone maySbd^lfcumeil’hfter the
cease-fire eXfdfan iMos'. 6. They
note that the Egyptians have
given advance notice in the past
of their military decisions. The
late PresiddarHasser announced
his war of attrfcJ&n policy before
he actually launched it Discuss-!
ing the situation in Jordan, Mrs.
Meir said isxaatarould remain
alert to anyritfNllSfefc of rule, in
that country. If Syrians or Iraqis
established themselves in reg
ions lacing Israeli settlements,
she said, Israel would have to
take action Which would not be
intervention in Jordanian affairs
but Intervention to protect its
citizens.
items in brief
NEW YORK (JTA)— Jewish
and Puerto Rican youths clash
ed Saturday night outside Con
gregation Adath Sochochow in
Brooklyn after a Puerto-Rican
taunted several Jews attending
the closing Yom Kippur services
at the rear of the synagogue. An
eyewitness told the Jewish Tel
egraphic Agency that a Jewish
youth ran out of the synagogue
and grappled with the Puerto
Rican. As they were fighting,
a group of Puerto Rican youths
began to beat the Jewish youth.
His cries for help brought out
a number of worshippers from
the synagogue. They were met,
according to the eyewitness, by
some 50 Puerto Rican youths. In
the ensuing scuffle, some noses
were bloodied. Rabbi Shabse
Meisels of the synagogue is par
ticipating in an investigation of
the incident.
saw Ghetto diary of a noted
Polish Hebrew scholar, was first
published in this country by
the Macmillan Company. Dr.
Katsh, who also found the miss
ing portions of the diary after its
original publication, is president
of Dropsie University.
NEW YORK (JTA) — City
Council President Sanford D.
Garelik has kicked off a drive
on the steps of City Hall to ga
ther 1 million signatures on a
petition asking the United Na
tions to ban all air traffic to
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (JTA)
>— Excerpts from “Scroll of
Agony” by Dr. Abraham 1
I. Katsh, already published in
seven different coun tries
throughout the world, has now
been published for the first time
in the Far East in Japan. “Scroll
of Agony,” based on the War-
WASHINGTON (JTA) — So
viet 203-mm. artillery pieces
now infEgypt may be powerful
enough to forge Israel to with
draw her lines further back
from the toy. Canal. Washing
ton Post comipoadent George
C. Wilson reported. !%• 203s,
which have not yet been de
ployed along the canal but can
be placed within hours, would
thus greatly aid Egypt's attempts
to establish an east side beach
head and the Soviet Union’s at
tempts to reopen the canal for
her navy, the correspondent
said. Concurrently, jet engines
manufactured by the General
Electric Company are earmark
ed for use in Israeli planes under
an agreement-in-principle among
the Israeli government, the
State Department and GE, Post
reporter Michael Getler wrote
last week. The engine, a rough
prototype of which has already
been test-flown in Israel, is a
modification of the J-79 that the
United States has been sending
Israel for use in Phantom F-4Es.
Israel is reportedly urging GE
to improve the J-79 further,
even though it is among the
most powerful and accurate jets
in the world, the Post reported.
Israel is said to want GE to
use lightweight boron for some
parts to increase the jet’s speed
and range. Despite its first-
class aviation industry, it was
said, Israel is unable to mass- rrnnr firr;
produce J-79s on her own. '
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The cab
inet has approved a year-long
extension of Gen. Haim Bar
Lev’s term as Chief of Staff of
the Israeli Army. He was sched
uled to complete a three-year
term next January, but was
recommended for an extension
by Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan. Bar Lev is the third
Chief of Staff to be so honored,
the first two having been Gen.
Dayan and Gen. Yitzhak Rabin,
the latter now ambassador to
the United States.
LONDON (JTA)-- According
to reports released here from
Beirut, Yassir Arafat, leader
of El Fatah, reportedly told Pal-
esintian extremists there must
be no more skyjackings of
Western airliners and*there was
no room for this in his strategy.
Arafat said the Palestinian
cause would be seriously dam
aged in world opinion by fur
ther attempts. His warning
comes at a time when the Pop
ular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine is said to be making
plans to force Israel to release
prisoners.
At Long Last. . .
H
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I T
Israel’s Prime Minister on her recent visit In Washington at the White House with President
Nixon. She is expected back In the United States soon—for the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of
the United Nations. For the time being at least the visit will be under circumstances of less
pressure for her country.
Federation Home
See photo story on page 11
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Is
rael’s Foreign Minister Abba
Eban toldf, Rational Press Club
luncheon guests here Monday
that if tfhV'Russians want peace
in the Middle Bast “they have
this week and next week to
prove it by removing the obsta
cles to it.” Mr, Ebgp referred to
the Soviet missiles which Israel
charges have been .installed in
the Suez standstill cease-fire
zone in violation of the 96-day
truce due to expire Nov. 5. Mr.
Eban said that Israel would con
tinue to -obeesve the cease-fire
beyond that deadline. He said
the four mainobjectives of Is
raeli policy are to prolong tine
to bring about the
“correction -a »d«wKctification”
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Report Soviets
Readying Show
Trial For 30
LONDON^ <JXAJ — The Sun
day Observ led here
that Soviet authorities are pre
paring a show trial of Russian
citizens, mostly Jewish—the big
gest in the Soviet Union since
1968, when 17 intellectuals were
accused of dissention after the
invasion of Czechoslovakia.
The trial, likely to be held in
Leningrad next month, is con
nected with the arrest of 30 So
viet citizens alleged to have tried
to hijadPA£0bVt£.plane at Len
ingrad airport to fly to Finland
last JuneT'ttfe Observer said.
Two leading Leningrad Jews,
Grigory Vertlib, jurist, and Gill-
el Shur, engineer, have written
to the PrcsMhnrrof -the Supreme
Soviet protesting the trial and
the searches of other* ' Leningrad
Jews following the arrestsi It is
believed that the KGB, the Sov
iet secret police, had a hand in
the alleged hijackings, the paper
said. Realizing' how desperate
many Soviet Jews’ had become
to leave Hie country, and seeing
mounting applications for exit
permits, the secret police are
thought to hgvetSWMIfcd an agent
provocatbu0F i M*HRrtrt*TH#med B.
Dymsclnte^ifiM pNfbftked the
hijacking. ' ••• "*j*'* k 1
*The purpose of the trial ap
pears to be to terrorize Jews and
curb their desires to emigrate.
ProcuratdtfCBMfeOl Andreyevieh
Rudenko has- taken charge of
legal preparations and investiga
tions. Mr, Rudenko, a member
of Central Of the So
viet CommtiMMVliaty, was chief
Soviet prosecutor at the Nurem
berg trials. If \s feared that Jews
will be tried on charges of at
tempting to seize state property,
an offense punishable by death.