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Our Friend in Luxenbourg
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Eternally Optimistic
The importance of the fact that
Liliane Thorn of Luxembourg
knows Hebrew, has visited Israel,
and has reported on the Jewish
State in a special program on
Radio Luxembourg, one Qf the
most popular and influential
media in Europe, lies not in Her
status as the wife of the Luxem
bourg Prime Minister and the
mother of his only son, but in her
status as a famous journalist and
radio commentator whose in
fluence goes far beyond the con-
c With Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger presently in fines of her own small country
c the Mid-East for his 12th round of “shuttle diplomacy,” most
" commentators are using over and over the phrase “cautious
8 optimism.”
— Certainly we are optimistic, too! Anyone who has been a
supporter of the Zionist concept over the years must have
been, and must still be, the eternal optimist.
There’s no room in the creation of a new body — be it a Among the books lining the attrac
country, an organization, business or a marriage — for a tjve lounge are numerous volumes
pessimistic outlook. on various aspects of Judaism. On
The founding fathers of our own United States of America a table rests the Sarajevo
must have been optimists as well. They couldn’t have been Haggada. Liliane told me she is
otherwise to have taken on the highly-trained British. P roud to posess one of the
Still, optimism can’t do it all. There must be courage, con- limite< ? "“ m ^ e k r . of . c . op ‘®, s of lhls
viction and patience ... moat of all right now, perhaps pa- T|'“"'t?!
tience.
If this interim accord is to have meaning . . . none of the
parties can afford to act in haste. Attention to the tiniest
detail at this time may save a future eruption.
As the world waits for some explicit word from that troubl
ed area, we hope that extremists on both sides will wait, too,
letting optimism and patience temper their acts while cooler
heads hopefully come to terms all sides can live with in har
mony.
One seldom interviews one's
own colleagues; they have to be of
special merit or standing to
become “interviewees.’’ Our inter
view took place in her home, the
Prime Minister’s private residence
suburb of Luxembourg City.
Dodlingen, a small town in her
country, right in the steel belt,
where her father was an engi
neer. She is a graduate of the
Sorbonne, “but 1 never ceased
learning things.” Now she is
studying Hebrew, despite a full
schedule as a top rank journa
list and broadcaster, the Prime
Minister’s wife and hostess, the
mother of a son of twelve, and
the president of the national wo
men’s organization in her country.
“What has brought you to
Hebrew as an object of direct
study?”
“My father took me to visit
Israel when I was sixteen. He was
a devout Christian, but took an in
terest in other faiths. A Dutch
friend later advised me to learn the
Hebrew language, pointing out the
many implications of Hebrew,
which is not merely the language
of one country on the face of the
earth.”
“Who teaches you Hebrew?"
“Our Chief Rabbi, Dr. Emanuel
Bolz. He is a fine teacher of
modern Hebrew, and not only a
learned rabbi. We are going
through a normal course, based
upon the program of Israeli
schools. We have now reached the
stage where I am able to take up
the Bible in its original. We have
started right from Genesis, which
is the way to start.”
Liliane also told me that she is
now reading Sholem, Buber and
other Jewish philosophers, albeit
in English, German or French. She
went on:
“During my recent visit to
Israel, I had the privilege of
meeting Professor Gcrshom
Sholem. He left a deep and lasting
impression. I am now a dedicated
student of his writings. You cannot
just read Sholem; you have to
study him, to immerse yourself in
his teachings. I am also trying to
read some other books on
Cabalah. It is a fascinating ex
perience.”
Liliane Thorn’s visit to Israel
this spring was duly reported in her
weekly peak-listening program on
Radio Luxembourg, which is a
Sunday program dealing with
foreign (to Luxembourg) nations
and places. She gave a series of
talks on Israel, her politics, her
society, etc. She said she was ap
preciative of the way Israelis, from
Rabin downwards, treated her —
not as the wife of the Prime
Minister of a friendly country, but
as a writer and broadcaster. “This
is how I wish to be treated, and the
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March's Failure Is August's Success
by JOSEPH POLAKOFF
Dulzin Bids For WZO Post
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Leon
Dulzin, acting chairman of the
Executive of the World Zionist
Organization and the Jewish
Agency, declared August 19 that
' anyone seeking to succeed thq
late Pinhas Sapir as chairman, to withdraw his candidacy.
-•*will have to challenge me.” Dulzin said also that, while he
Dulzin sakl, in in interview would put stress on his role as
with Maariv, that he had intend: acting chairman of the WZO and
. od to bid for the posts after the Agency on aiiya, that depart-
Louis Pincus, the chairman, died meot would be directed by Rabbi
rtpre than two years ago. But, he Morjechai Kirshhlum of the
Said, when he learned Sapir in- Mifcrachi, the “associate chair-
tended to run for the posts, he man" of the immigration depart-
withdrew because he felt the ment, and Uzi Narkiss, im-
WZO needed a chairman migration department director
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
What Henry Kissinger did not
get from Israel and give to Egypt
in March he is getting and giving
in August. Unlike his March dis
aster when Israel refused to con
cede the Mitle and Gidi Passes
and the Abu Rodeis oilfields
without a pledge of non-
belligerence from Egypt,
Kissinger this time has Israel’s
agreement to retreat without the
Egyptian pledge.
Five months of pressures
and promises from Washington
have caused the Rabin govern
ment to understand that in the
present circumstances of U.S.
oil policy and strategic in
terests, Israel must take se
cond place at least to American
appeasement of Egypt.
Israel had once insisted on
face-to-face negotiations with
the Arabs; then it offered, at
U.S. insistence, to cede to Egypt
“a piece of land for a piece of
peace,” and only a few months
ago was prepared to give “a piece
of land for a piece of time.” But
Egyptian President Sadat,
knowing Washington’s desire for
his friendship, has refused to
budge, although he has swayed
slightly.
While none of the parts of the
second stage agreement worked
out by Washington with Cairo
and Jerusalem has been official
ly made public here (although
pafj of it has been disclosed ip
Jerusalem), it is understood
Egypt will not press for removal
of the United Nations force in
Israeli Prime Minister.
Dulziu stressed he considered
(he situation exceptional,
because it involved Sapir, a com
ment interpreted to mean that
this time, Dulzin did not intend’ tyc Sinai for a year and perhaps
not fpr three years.
How good Sadat’s word is can
be questioned. He also .pledged
through Washington on the first
stage agreement that Israeli
cargoes could transit the Suez
Canal. Three months ago the
Suez was opened and as far as is
known no Israeli cargoes have
passed.
On its part, the Ford Ad-
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agreement with Israel, has
pledged to back Israel in inter
national forums where it is be
ing attacked or cast out by the
Arab-led bloc in which Egypt
has been playing a major role. It-
has also promised to present to
Congress “after the political
round has been completed,” a
program of military and
economic credits and grants. In
addition, cosmetic treatment to
make the second stage
withdrawal more palatable to
Israelis is a move to put
American civilians in warning
stations in the Sinai; support
moves for a mixed Egyptian-
Israeli commission to discuss
Sinai differences; and also back
action for a buffer force of some
kind should the UN presence be
removed.
These latter measures were
leaked to media friendly of the
Administration virtually on the
eve of Kissinger’s departure for
Tel Aviv. To observers here, they
looked like palliatives to heal the
rising clamor in Israel against
the agreement that provides no
pledge of peace from Cairo.
Significantly, a dozen American
Jewish community leaders met
with Kissinger for 90 minutes
the day before his departure.
Afterwards they reported they
would support what the Israeli
government accepted. Kissinger
reportedly told the Jewish
leaders that the new pocord
would be beneficial to Israel.
Considering Israel’s interna
tional and financial circumstan
ces, it was hard for observers
here to see what alternative the
Rabin government but to ac-
wp^theKissingerarrangements.
Although it was shocked by Sa
dat’s July 23 remarks that Israel
is a “dagger in Egypt's side and
to the heart of the Arab nation,"
it seems to have no choice but to
accept what crumbs it can ob
tain. Only the U.S. is helping Is
rael, Jerusalem cannot afford to
challenge President Ford and
Kissinger a second time. The
Ford-Kissinger policy of win
ning the Arabs from the Soviet
embrace entails, as has long
been seen, Israel's withdrawal
from areas it had won in the Six-
Day War.
How far and when is uncer-
tain, but the fact that
Kissinger is to visit Syria, Jor
dan and Saudi Arabia on his
current journey that is to sew
up a second Egyptian-lsraeli
accord implies that
manipulations in the Mideast
will include an Israeli retire
ment in the Golan Heights too
and soon, as part of the "new
realities" Washington helps to
create.
Thus, Israel’s fate hinges on
Washington thinking and
American national interests as
Ford has repeatedly indicated.
The new agreement with its
emphasis on even greater Israeli
reliance on American support
means Jerusalem is even more
closely bound to Washington’s
policy that before.
The question Israel must face,
some observers here believe, is
whether in the evolution of
diplomacy the closer the U.S.
and the Arab governments get
together, will Isradl be safer or
subject to more torment and
strife with Washington deciding
when and how to help Israel in
the “new realities."
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