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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewr - Established 1925
Vol. XLVI
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, July 23, 1971
Terrorists Flee Jordan
Into Israel, Arrested
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acow Arrests 35 Sit-Ins;
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Heav
ily armed Palestinian terrorists,
fleeing the troops of Jordan’s
King Hussein, are surrendering
en-masse to Israeli forces, it was
disclosed.
At least 55 terrorists have
laid down their arms during the
past 24 hours, apparently pre-
fering to become prisoners of
the Israelis than to face death or
capture at the hands of the Jor
dan Arab Legion.
Hussein, though he vowed in
Zerqa, Jordan, yesterday to sup
port Arab commando activities
against Israel, has mounted a
new drive aimed at ousting the
fedayeen from north Jordan. Is
raeli observers on the West
Bank reported seeing Arab Leg-
ionaires in jeeps and armored
cars criss-crossing the Jordan
Valley in search of guerrilla
band. Jordanian infantry was
rooting terrorists out of hiding
places in fields and orange
groves according to Israeli sour
ces.
The mass surrenders were on
the agenda of the Cabinet meet
ing, an extra long session that
heard reports from Defense
Minister Moshe Dayan and
Army Chief of Staff Haim Bar
Lev. Details of the reports have
been classified and publication
of information is forbidden
under penalty of law.
It is clear to observers here
nevertheless that this latest de
velopment along the Jordanian
frontier has created a headache
and potential embarrassment for
Israeli authorities. The surren
dering terrorists pose problems.
They must be quartered, fed
and heavily guarded since most
are highly trained in terrorist
and sabotage techniques. Yet
denying them entry to Israel
mean delivering them to almost
certain death at the hands of
Hussein’s troops.
Reports from Amman reach
ing here told of mass execu
tions of guerrillas, many of
whom were reportedly flushed
out of hiding places with gas
bombs. The Israeli Government
wants to avoid any act that
might be interpreted as inter
fering in Jordan’s internecine
fighting. On the other hand, it
does not want to inhibit Hus
sein’s drive against the terror
ists. This has been going on
since the Jordanian civil war
last September and it has taken
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*•* .day Have Returned to Georgia
in brief. . . .
NEW YORK (JTA)—“Fiddler
on the Roof,” the American mu
sical based on the tales of Sho-
lom Aleichem, had its 2,845th
performance Wednesday night
making it the longest-lived mu
sical in Broadway history. The
runner-up “Hello Dolly,” logged
2,844 performances. “Fiddler,”
which was capitalized to $375,-
000, has returned a 927 percent
profit to its investors and to
producer Harold Prince. To date,
the show has netted $6,952,500
and has been seen by an esti
mated 35.5 million persons all
over the world.
came from members of the Cin-
ovya Izraeli—‘Tbe Songs of Is
rael Underground Organiza
tion.” They reported, according
to the sources, that no fresh ar
rests have been made lately
and there has been little harass
ment, “but some of us are afraid
it will come.” One of the in
formants expressed the belief
that Soviet authorities may
realized that a policy of perse
cution is “self-defeating.”
TfEL AVIV (JTA))— Shmuel
Fisher, a prominent Israeli ac
tor, died here at 54 at the Sho-
lom Aleichem House moments
before he was due to go on
stage in a Yiddish play co-starr
ing with his wife Sarah Lipton.
Fisher spent several years on
the Yiddish stage in the United
States.
LONDON (JTA) — At leas.
JOOO of the 300,000 strong Jew-
sh community of Leningrad
are ready to emigrate to Israel,
f they can get visas, it was
learned here. The information
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A Jewish
woman from Vilna arrived here
with her 18-month-old son who
is suffering from a blood ail
ment which Soviet doctors have
said was incurable. Mrs. Bella
Tzerulmikoff left the Soviet
Union on a six month visa after
she persuaded Soviet auhorities
that a cure might be found in
Israel. The child has been ad
mitted to the Beilinson Hospital
in Petach Tikvah. The same
plane from Vienna brought
Jewish immigrants from Riga,
Vilna Georgia, Moldavia and
Kovno.
WASHINGTON (JTA)— Rep.
John Buchanan, a former Bir-
Continued on page 5
Quetta Killed in Coup
That Failed in Morocco
PARIS (JTA) — Charles
Quetta, a well-known Jewish
industrialist was killed in Rabat,
Morocco July 10 during the
abortive coup against the regime
of King Hassan II, it was
learned here.
According to the report Quetta
was a guest at Hassan’s palace
when it was attacked by army
insurgents. As far as is known,
he was the only Jewish victim.
The failure of the revolt pre-
veated the take-over of the
Moroccan government by a
Libyan-style revolutionary jun
ta. Sources were said that had
the coup succeeded, the safety
of Morocco’s 50,000 Jews would
have been endangered and the
Western Mediterranaen may
have been opened to Soviet
penetration.
Arab sources in London said
earlier in the week that Syria
and Libya were involved in the
plot against Hassan.
They said the Baathist Party
organization in Damascus was
in contact with the revolution
aries in Rabat.
The attempted coup is be
lieved to have embarrassed
President Anwar Sadat, of
Egypt who recently entered into
a federation arrangement with
Libya and Syria, scheduled to go
into effect Sept. 1. Hassan has
publicly assured Moroccan and
foreign Jewish leaders on sev
eral occasions that this country’s
Jews would be protected from
extremist elements.
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valleys have be
come a rare occurance.
An Israeli patrol encircled a
band of 16 terrorists crossing
the Jordan River and ordered
them to surrender. The terror
ists laid down their arms
which included automatic rifles,
hand grenades and a machine
gun and became willing cap
tives. The fact that they carried
no food or explosives satisfied
the Israeli cpmmander that they
were not on a sabotage mission
but were fleeing Hussein’s
troops. Two more groups of Sim
ilar size surrendered to Israeli
forces during the night and
eight more laid down their
arms.
Nine pupils, two teachers and
a janitor were injured when a
hand grenade exploded in tne
Falastin School yard in Gaza.
The grenade was aimed at an
Israeli patrol guarding the
school during matriculation ex
aminations. There were no Is
raeli casualties. An Arab terror
ist dressed in women’s clothes
was killed in the Gaza Strip
as he threw a grenade at an
Israel patrol. The Petach Tik
vah Municipality sent a tele
gram of congratulations to Is
raeli defense forces Friday for
intercepting and destroying the
terrorist gang responsible for
the fatal rocket attack on that
city July 7.
LONDON (JTA) — Vladimir
Slepak, a Jewish scientist in
Moscow, reported by phone that
35 Jewish sit-ins from the Geor
gian Republic who were arres
ted last Thursday may have
been forcibly returned to Georgia
Slepak spoke to Leah Slovin,
an attorney, who left the USSR
for Israel in 1969 and is pres
ently in London trying to arouse
support for Aleksander Gor-
bach, an engineer facing trial in
Vinnitsa. Miss Slovin said Sle
pak told her that no one knew
where the arrested Jews were.
About 45 Jews were seized by
Moscow police after a 24 hour
sit-in and hunger strike at the
central telegraph office to pro
test delays in processing their
visa applications.
All but ten were from Geor
gia. The rest from Moscow, Kiev
and other cities had joined
them in the protest. According
to Miss Slovin, Slepak said he
knew his wire was being tapped
but wanted the Soviet authori
ties to hear him.
Hundreds of Jews all over
britain are planning to urge
their representatives in Parlia
ment Tuesday to open debate on
a motion by Labor MP Greville
Janner condemning the Soviet
Union for allegedly persecuting
Jews who want to leave for
Israel. The motion already has
the signatures of 310 MPs of all
parties. It castigates the Soviet
Union for not permitting Rus
sian Jews to practice their relig
ion or maintain their culture.
The parliamentary campaign
was organized by the Associa
tion of Jewish ex-servicemen
after the motion was initiated
by the Board of Deputies of
British Jews.
(In San Clemente, Calif., eight
hours after learning of the arrest
of the 45 Jews demonstrating at
Moscow’s central post office,
three California groups rallied
more than 100 persons for a two-
hour candlelight vigil outside
the Western White House. The
organizers were the California
Students for Soviet Jews, the
San Diego Council for Soviet
Jews and the Southern Cali-
front of the Soviet diplomatic
Zev Yaroslavsky, chairman of
the CSSJ, urged President Nix
on to take “swift, vigorous and
forthright steps” to aid the pris
oners and all of Soviet Jewry. In
Glen Cove, N.Y., 10 Long Island
women associated with various
Jewish organizations staged a
vigil from sundown Thursday
through sundown Friday in
front of the Soviet dplomatic
compound to protest the Moscow
arrests. Lynn Singer of the Long
Island Committee for the Cele
bration of Israel’s Independence
Day said the women were “con
cerned and interested from the
tops of our heads to the tips
of our toes,” and would seek to
present petitions to the officials
within.)
In A Nutshell
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
United States Government is
showing “concern over a mark
ed buildup of Soviet intelligence
activities in the Middle Rest,”
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SR-71 spy planes, Tima mag
azine reported.
SPECIAL NEWS ANALYSIS
Nixon’s New China Policy:
Nuances for Mid East
by Edwin Eytan
JTA European Bureau Chief
PARIS (JTA) — President Nixon’s forthcoming
trip to Peking signals China’s entry into the game
of international summit-politics. The two Super
powers now have become three. One of the imme
diate effects of this change is that the new role
of the Chinese Peoples Republic will influence
Middle East developments in numerous, some
times contradictory ways. One must expect some
favorable and some unfavorable changes in the
Middle East conflict.
China opposes a political or peaceful solution.
Although Israel recognized the Peoples Republic
as long ago as Jan. 7, 1950, Peking has never tried
to hide its deep hostility towards the Jewish State
for well-known ideological and practical consid
erations. China has supported the Arab positions
in the Mideast conflict and intensified its support
of the Arabs after the June 1967 war. China
actively supports the Palestinian guerrilla move
ments, trains and assists such organizations as
the “Popular Front For The Liberation Of Pales
tine” and the even more radical “Democratic
Popular Front.” Some leaders of these bodies have
visited Peking repeatedly. True to its ideological
premises, and in order to support the Arab cause,
the Peoples Republic officially opposes any polit
ical solution and asks for a “military and revolu
tionary solution” in the Mideast. China maintains
diplomatic relations with 11 of the 14 members of
the Arab League. Only Saudi Arabia, Lebanon
and Jordan are not on “speaking terms” with
Peking. Even such avowedly anti-Communist
states as Kuwait have recognized the Peking rul
ers. Arab leaders, on the other hand, do not fear
the Chinese, who have had little influence in the
Mideast, up to now. For one thing, China is dis
tant. For another, almost all Arab Communist par
ties (which are considered dangerous by the Arab
governments) are bitterly anti-Chinese and
ardently pro -Soviet This is especially evident in
Sudan, Egypt and Syria.
In practical terms this means that Chinese-
Arab relations are limited. China has shown a
great deal of enterprise, in recent years, in the
Persian Gulf where numerous Chinese experts and
agents are active. It is to be expected that Peking
will now intensify its activities in this area. One
cannot yet estimate how far they will go nor the
extent of their indirect influence on the IsraeM-
Arab conflict. On the other hand, China’s increased
international importance will probably have three
consequences which are bound to have some fav
orable repercussions:
The Peoples Republic is now bound to adopt a
more responsible international position. Nixon’s
projected Peking visit shows that the Chinese
leadership has stopped looking at the world in
black and white — if, indeed, they ever did —
and now regard it in a much more graded way
in order to forego the possibility of a united Sov
iet-American front. The main supporter of the
Arabs, the Soviet Union, now finds itself out
flanked on the East by China, and may find it
necessary to find a non-violent solution to the
Mideastern conflict in which it has played, up to
now, a waiting game with the U.S. It has been
Washington that pressed Israel to make conces
sions and made some herself. From now on, one
may expect Moscow to chart a similar policy vis-
a-vis the Arahs.
Finally, President Nixon’s visit to Peking will
in all probability, open an era of relaxation of
international tension. For Israel, any interna
tional de-escalation can have only beneficial re
sults. For the Middle East as a while this means
that the danger of war will recede. Mideastern
tension was always connected with international
tensions. Now there is a chance that the Big Pow
ers will be able to do something beneficial for the
warring Israelis and Arabs.