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' 20 Israeli Soldiers
Killed in Sinai Air Crash
by YITZHAK SHARGIL
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Air Force
Commander Gen. Benyamin
Peled has appointed a committee
to investigate the November 25
crash of an Israel Air Force Her
cules transport in Sinai which
killed 20 Israeli soldiers and air
crew members. The giant air
craft, on a routine training
flight, plunged into the fog-
shrouded 2700 foot peak of
Djebel Hilal south of El Arish at
about 7 p.m. local time. There
were no survivors.
- Rescue teams, aided by
helicopters, were unable to reach
the crash site until late on
November 26 because of the foul
weather. One member of the
rescue party, army chief
pathologist Lt. Col. Yehonathan
Meir, was seriously injured in a
fall while climbing the moun
tain.
The “black box," the
automatic flight recording
device that all aircraft carry,
had not been found as of
November 27. The tapes in the
box would give the investigators
detailed picture of how the plane
was functioning up until the mo
ment of the crash. Flight control
officials believe the pilot made a
navigational error that took him
some 15 kilometers off course.
Low-flying clouds and fog
obscured the peak until the last
minute when the pilot tried to
gain altitude but was too late,
the officials believe.
Two oil prospectors who were
eye-witnesses to the crash said
they saw -the plane heading
toward the mountain and then
heard two explosions accom
panied by fire balls. Their
description indicated that the
transport's wing may have
struck the slopes setting the
plane on fire after which it
crashed into the rocky peak.
Rescuers found debris and
bodies scattered over a radius
of 700 yards. The wreckage
burned for six hours and the
terrain around it was blackened
by the fire.
The following list of dead was
published: Sgt. Shlomo Arad, 29,
infantry, of Beth Zera Kibbutz;
Cpl. Itzhak Aharon, 25, Rishon
Lezion; infantry; Cpl. Eliyahu
Bahir, 30, Givat Brenner, infan
try; Capt. Shaul Bustan, 27,
Ramat Gan, pilot of the Her
cules; Cpl. Itzhak Biederman, 31,
Zikim, infantry; Lt. Moshe
Baram, 29, Holon, flight
engineer; Sgt. Gad Gilboa, 31,
Ramat Hagolan, infantry.
Cpl. Joseph Dagan, 28, Kiryat
Tivon; Sgt. Doron Hauser, 19, of
Tel Aviv, loading control; Sgt.
Avraham Vaga, 20, Ben Shemen,
loading control; Pvt. Alon
Tamim, 27, Shomerat, infantry;
Capt. Moshe Yagur, 29, Haifa,
navigator. Capt. Moshe Lavie,
34, Petach Tikva, infantry;
Sgt. Doron Maro, 25, Rehovot,
infantry; Capt. Uri Manor, 28,
Lod, co-pilot; Lt. Amir Klein,
22, Haifa, navigator; 1st Sgt. Ar-
non Reiss, 34, Hagoshrim; Sgt.
Dan Schitzer, 32, Almagor, in
fantry; Pvt. Avraham Shapira,
25, Massada; and Sgt. Nimrod
Zaletkis, 29, Rehovot, loading
control.
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Israel Respects UNDOF Presence;
Will Not Aid January 12 Debate
JERUSALEM, (JTA) - Israel
said Monday that it will con
tinue to respect the presence of
the United Nations Disengage
ment Observer Force (UNDOF)
on the Golan Heights but would
not cooperate with the Security
Council’s Middle East debate
scheduled to begin next January
12.
The government’s position
was stated in a communique
issued late this afternoon follow
ing an extraordinary six-and-a-
half-hour Cabinet session. It was
convened to consider the vote by
the Security Council to extend
the UNDOF mandate for six
months while at the same time
acquiescing to Syria's demand
for a debate on the Palestinian
issue in which the Palestine
Liberation Organization would
be invited to participate.
The communique said the
government negated the linkage
between the renewal of the
Unexpected Effects
It appeared that a rift between Israel and the United States has
developed as a result of what was considered Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger’s promise "in principle” to veto the par
ticipation of Palestinian groups in Mideast talks before the U.N.
Security Council.
The day after this promise was reportedly given to Am
bassador Simcha Dinitz, the United States supported a com
promise agreement which paved the way for Palestine Liberation
Organization participation in the January Security Council
talks.
A spokesman for the State Department said, "To have vetoed
the resolution would have meant vetoing the renewal of UNDOF,
which we consider vital to prospects for peace in the Middle
East."
Why Jewish Merchant Refused Radio To Sadat;
At Time He A Was A Nazi
TEL AVIA, (WUP) -
Shlomo Kohen-Sidon, an
Egyptian-born former Knesset
member, has disclosed that the
Jewish merchant who refused to
sell a radio during the Second
World War did so because Sadat
was at that time a Nazi.
Kohen-Sidon was reacting to
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat's remarks to the National
Press Club recently to the effect
that he was denied a radio set
because he was an officer in the
army which fought Israel, and
“Egypt's economy was in the
hands of Jews.”
Kohen-Sidon, now a lawyer,
revealed that up to the early
years of World War II Sadat
was a leader of the Egyptian
Nazi party called 'Misr al-
Fatat’ (Young Egypt).
Egyptian Jews, on the other
hand, Kohen-Sidon disclosed,
were active in the International
League Against anti-Semitism
This, he said, was expressed in
Egypt by boycotting Nazi sym
pathizers.
Sadat was jailed during the
war for aiding the Nazis. Upon
his release, he edited the weekly
'Misr al-Fatat which was replete
with anti-Jewish propaganda
such as ‘Death to the Jews' and
“the Jews are the dogs of the
Egyptians."
Thus, said Kohen-Sidon, when
Sadat tried to buy a radio from a
Jewish dealer, the latter refused
because he did not want any
dealings with a man who
cooperated with the Nazis who
tried to organize the slaughter of
the Jews.
UNDOF mandate and “foreign
elements” incorporated into that
decision. The Cabinet’s state
ment was, in effect, a reiteration
of Israel’s position that the
UNDOF mandate is an integral
part of the 1974 Israeli-Syrian
disengagement accord and is
completely separate from any
other matters including debate
on the Palestinian issue.
The communique said Israel
would continue to honor the ex
istence of UNDOF on the basis
of the 1974 separation of forces
agreement which was still valid.
It stressed that the latter agree
ment included the commitment
to avoid terrorist actions across
the disengagement lines and
declared that Israel held Syria
responsible for implementation
of the agreement in all of its
parts.
The communique served
notice that Israel would take
necessary security measures
along its northern border and, in
that contest, the ministerial
settlements committee was
authorized to decide on the es
tablishment of additional
settlements on the Golan
Heights.
Israel warned the Security
Council that Sunday’s resolution
which contained an implicit in
vitation to the PLO to par
ticipate in the January 12 debate
could jeopardize peace efforts in
the Middle East. Israel stated
that it continues to base its
policy on Security Council
Resolutions 242 and 338, neither
of which makes any reference to
the Palestinian issue. The com
munique quoted the recent
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Atlantans Show
Solidarity with
Soviet Jewry
Jewry's Remnants In Arab Lands
NEW YORK, (WUP) -
Morocco tops the list of the
number of Jews remaining in
Arab countries, according to an
item appearing in World Over,
the national Magazine for Young
People.
Some 24,000 Jews reside in
King HasSan’s domain as
against a mere 1,000 in Algeria,
2,000 in Lebanon; 600 in Yemen;
4,500 in Syria; 400 in Iraq, 400 in
Egypt, and 20 in Libya.
Of the 800,000 Jews who lived
in these states when Israel was
established in 1948, only 53,000
remain. Most of them are small
merchants and artisans. In
Syria and Iraq Jews are terroriz
ed and refused permission to
leave. In the other Arab coun
tries the conditions are better,
and Jews are even allowed to
emigrate if they leave behind all
of their money and possessions.
Some Moroccan Jews are
engaged in the sardine industry
and many American super
markets carry kosher sardines
imported from Morocco.
DEMONSTRATING in behalf of Soviet Jewry, Atlantans
march in front of the Fox Theater prior to the November 6 perfor
mance of the Moscow State Symphony. Sherry Frank,
chairwoman, said, “We applaud cultural exchange, and we op
pose cultural oppression ... it is the opinion of American Jewish
leaders that the Russian Government reacts positively to
worldwide public opinion. Our job will continue until every Jew
who wishes to leave Russia for Israel is free to make that
choice.”