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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Establii ozz^ 0 ^° 9kt
Vol. XLV
j Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, November 13, 1970 Two Sections—12 Pages
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Black Panthers Support Meir, Dayan at Gads O
Terrorists, Hijackers Resumption of Peace
NEW YORK (JTA) — Lelia
Khaled, the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine guer
rilla hijacker whose effort to hi
jack an El A1 airliner Sept. 6 was
foiled, has been hailed as a “rev
olutionary Sister” in the latest
issue of the Black Panther,” the
official organ of the Black
Panther Party. The newspaper’s
Oct. 24 issue reprints an edited
version of an interview made
with Miss Khaled shortly after
the successful 1969 hijacking in
Beirut which she commandeer
ed.
In the interview, which first
appeared in the Fail 1970 issue
of “Leviathan,” a leftist maga
zine, Miss Khaled declared: “By
hijacking an airplane we can tell
the American government that
the Palestinian resistant is aware
of whatever the American gov
ernment .is doing to support Is
rael. We know that the Amer
ican government is supporting
Israel in everything and this is
what makes Israel so powerful,
what' makes Israel work against
us. At the same time we are
hitting tourism in Israel; we
want that stopped.” The guerril
la hijacker went on to say:
“The Black Panther Party has
cpme out in support of the Pop
ular Front and the El Fatah
resistance movement, and I am
with the black revolutionaries
because they are defending their
rights as human beings. And
I’m with them in their revolu
tions against what is called a
democratic government in vthe
U. S. It is not at all a deipo-
cratic government. I hope they
can have their rights, and ttyey
can’t have their rights except
by force. Force is the only wiay
they can be had.”
Whitney Young Rejects
Myth of Arab-Black Amity
NEW YORK (JTA)—Whitney
Young Jr., executive director of
the National Urban League, has
rejected “the myth of Arab-
black friendship’ in a letter re
iterating his support of Amer
ican military aid to Israel. “I
know of no real aid oil-rich Arab
counGflS have“'gfv@fi- strug
gling new nations of black
Africa, although the Israelis
have a very impressive program
of technical assistance of the no-
strings-attached variety, even in
nations that take the Arab line
in the UN,” Mr. Young wrote
in reply to a critic objecting to
his signature on a New York
Times advertisement in support
of Israel last June. Until peace
comes to the Middle East, the
Urban League official wrote, “I
would continue to favor pro
viding Israel with the weapons
she needs to defend herself
against those who have sworn
to destroy her.’ Mr. Young’s let
ter dated October 7, was re
leased by the American Jewish
Congress, which has reprinted it
for distribution among its mem
bers. Mr. Young asserted: “Arab
history and culture is replete
with instances of racial preju
dice. Today, the Arab rulers of
the Sudan are waging a merci
less war against the black peo
ple of the southern region of
that country, and Arabs in Chad
are at war with the black gov
ernment of that country.”
The Urban League director
also said he was “unaware” of
what his critic — who was not
identified — called the “Arab
Revolution.” Mr. Young wrote:
“If the Arab nations had really
been concerned with improving
the social, economic and polit
ical existences’ of their people,
they would long ago have
ceased threatening to push Is
rael into the sea and concen
trated their energies on im
proving the lives of their peo
ple.” In his letter, Mr. Young
contrasted the situation in the
Arab countries as well as insti
tutional racism in America,
with Israeli efforts on behalf
of its growing population of
Oriental Jews. ‘“My 1969 visit
to Israel impressed upon me the
fact .that Israelis are acutely
conscious of the gap afflicting
their Oriental population and are
taking steps — educational and
economic—to close it.” The civil
rights leader observed that the
Oriental Jews of Israel came to
that country to flee “the mo^t
brutal kind of religious oppres
sion and social and economic
discrimination.” The advertise
ment signed by Mr. Young In
the New York Times last June
28 was sponsored by the A:
Philip Randolph Institute. It was
signed by 64 Negro leaders of
organizations, elected officiate,
educators and businessmen.
It urged “our government to
take steps to help guarantee Is
rael’s right to exist as a nation.”
In his October 7 letter explain
ing his stand, Mr. Young sharp
ly rejected criticism of Israel’s
occupation of former Arab ter
ritories. He noted that the Is
raeli occupation of the West
Bank has been “the most lenient
armed occupation in history.
Despite the repeated acts of arm
ed terrorism, West Bank Arabs
enjoy self-government under the
leaders appointed by the Jordan
ians, publish anti-Israeli news
papers and freely propagandize
against the Israelis, an extra
ordinary situation.’ He added
that West Bank Arabs have
found jobs and higher pay
within Israel itself; have joined
the Histadrut; and receive equal
payment in employment and
other benefits. Mr. Young ob
served that in the years pre
ceding the Israeli occupation,
Arab citizens were “brutalized
and mercilessly exploited by the
Jordanian ruling classses.”
Buffalo Editors
Will Be Honored
BUFFALO, N. Y. (JTA)—The
annual dinner here of the Buf
falo Committee for State of Is
rael Bonds on Nov. 22 will honor
Elias B. and Ida Jacobs, the edi
tor-publisher team of the Buf
falo Jewish Review, which has
completed 50 years of publica
tion.
They will be awarded the Is
rael Freedom Medal for their
many years of service to the
community, Judaism and Israel. 1
Mr. Jacobs has held numer
ous national offices with the
American Jewish Press Associa
tion.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
cabinet appeared this week to
be trying to mend a rift that has
developed within the govern
ment on the issue of Israel’s re
turn to the Jarring peace talks.
According to reliable sources,
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan,
supported by Deputy Premier
Yigal Allon and a majority of
their colleagues, favors Israel’s
return to the stalled peace nego
tiations even without a correc
tion of Egypt’s true violations.
Premier Golda Meir, Foreign
Minister Abba Eban and other
cabinet members are reportedly
opposed, as a matter of princi
ple, to any backtracking by Is
rael on the violations. The mat
ter was discussed at today’s cab
inet meeting, the first presided
over by Premier Meir since her
departure for the U.S. a month
ago.
Mrs. Meir returned to Israel
Friday, she was expected to
deliver a political report to the
Knesset this week which will
offer the parliament an oppor
tunity to debate the issue of the
Jarring talks. However, accord
ing to informed sources, she
wants to have a united govern
ment behind her before she
brings the matter before the
Knesset and the Israeli public.
According to an official an
nouncement, the discussion be
gun at today’s cabinet session
will be continued at Its next ses
sion. “No proposals were made
and no decisions were taken,”
the announcement said. Mrs.
Meir was reported to have
briefed the cabinet on her talks
with U.S., Canadian and British
leaders during her recent tour.
She was said to have expressed
satisfaction with the truce ex
tension with no time limit, on a
basis of reciprocity.
Mrs. Meir reportedly remarked
that there was no obstacle to re
suming peace talks with Jordan
under the auspices of Dr. Jar
ring because there was no prob
lem of missiles on the Jordanian
front.
Secretary of State William
P. Rogers met with Foreign
Minister Abba Eban for an hour
in New York yesterday. Foreign
Ministry sources here said that
the U. S. had conveyed its hope
that a way would be found to
renew the Jarring talks within
the framework of the American
peace initiative but that no pres
sure has been exerted on Israel
to return to the talks immedi
ately. (According to reports
from New York, Mr. Rogers and
Mr. Eban agreed that the best
way to achieve a Mideast settle-
met was through the Jarring
talks. Mr. Eban said, however,
that there were still obstacles
and mentioned Egypt’s violation
of the standstill cease-fire and
last Thursday’s General Assem
bly resolution demanding Israel’s
withdrawal from the occupied
Arab territories without a prior
agreement on secure boundaries
and lasting peace.)
The Israel Government how
ever no longer regards the
American peace initiative as the
motivating factor behind the ex
tended cease-fire in the Suez
Canal zone. As the Israelis see
it the truce extension stems from
the recommendation of the Gen
eral Assembly which contained
no special standstill conditions.
According to the Israelis, this
releases them, and the Egyptians
as well, from any commitment
to a standstill in the cease-fire
zone.
That point was stressed by
Gen. Dayan in a speech to the
Engineers Club in Haifa in which
he was also quoted as favoring
Israel’s return to the Jarring
talks without a correction of
Egypt’s past truce violations.
Official sources who insisted on
anonimity claimed today that
Gen. Dayan told the cabinet
that his Haifa speech was misin
terpreted. According to these
sources, the Defense Minister
said that his references to the
Jarring talk were made in the
context of Israel’s original ac
ceptance of the American peace
initiative which was a matter of
heated debate with the Gahal
faction last summer. That claim
\dld not tally with the text of
Gen. Dayan’s speech as it was
broadcast over the radio or with
the large extracts published in
Israeli newspapers today.
Most observers here believe
Continued on page 4
Jewish Press Week Cartoon
SStnuZEgOF JEWISH UFE
3rd Rochester <
Synagogue
Is Bombed
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (JTA) —
Police here are continuing their
investigation into the bombing
Friday morning of Temple Beth
Am. The temple, Masted by dy
namite, was tiie third Rochester
synagogue wrecked In less than
two weeks and the ninth build- 1
ing including two Negro chur
ches, to be bombed in the past
four weeks.
No injuries were reported in
connection with the latest blast,
which damaged every part of
the one-story cinder-block syna
gogue, demolished offices and a
kitchen, and brokf wfcdb%rs(“te
the temple and in nearby homed.
The police said the blast was
caused by “fuse bombs” of con
siderably more than two sticks
of dynamite.” /
Dr. Joseph Noble, spiritual
leader of the Conservative syn
agogue, said the Holy Scrolls
had not been damaged, “thank
fully.” He attributed the ex
plosion to “maniacs” who do not ,
represent the community, ad<fr/
ing: “I think the relation be
tween all groups are excellent
here, but when a society exists
on violence and destruction it
can’t long endure.”
Temple Beth Am, with a con
gregation of 70 families, was
established two years ago. It is
situated in a residential area of
Henrietta, in East Rochester,
across the street from Good
Shepherd Roman C a t h o 1 i o
Church which was not damaged.
On Oct. 27, Temple Beth Sho-
lom and the Light of Israel
Sephardic Center were blasted
within ten minutes of each other.
.. in brief
Prepared by JTA Cartoonist Bea, this illustration is being used this
week to dramatize American Jewish Press Week of whkh Adolph
Rosenberg is national chairman.
JOHANNESBURG (JTA) —
Eleven Jews, all members of the
United Party, were among the
successful candidates in the re
cent Provincial Council elec
tions. The United Party is South
Africa’s largest opposition party.
Elected to office in Transvaal
Province were Issy Kramer, H.
Schwarz, D. H. Epstein, A. B.
Widman, S. Moss and Aleck
Jaffe. Elected from Cape Prov
ince were S. L. Gross, C. Brejtt,
B. Lazarus and T. Aronson. H. J.
Jacobs was elected from Natal
Province. The Provincial Coun
cil's are the most important elec
tive bodies next to Parliament
and the election was fought on
national issues. While the gov
erning National Party with 116
overall Council seats maintains
an overwhelming lead, the Uni
ted Party with 59 seats, gained
six seats. All 22 candidates of
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