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Israelis donate $1,000,000
JERUSALEM (JTA) The Israeli public has so far donated $ I
million (1L 30 million) for the refugees of Cambodia in the largest
campaign of its kind ever mounted in the history of the State of
Israel, it was reported. The campaign began about three weeks ago,
with a marathon broadcast on Israel Television, which was
responsible for coordinating the campaign, and has continued,
without interruption, since then.
Rabbi plugs PLO talks
PARIS (JTA)—The Chief Rabbi of Colmar, one of the two
chief rabbis of Alsatia, called last week for direct negotiations with
the Palestine Liberation Organization and said he was not opposed
to a meeting between PLOchief Yasir Arafat and French President
Valery Giscard d'Estaing. Rabbi Simon Fuks is known as a Zionist
and part of his family, including his children, are reportedly living
in Israel.
Linnas may lose citizenship
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Department of Justice filed a suit in
Federal Court here this week to revoke the citizenship of Karl
Linnas on grounds that he concealed his Nazi past when he entered
the United States in 1951 and became a citizen in I960. According
to the suit, Linnas, a 60-year-old native of Estonia, selected
prisoners for execution when he was commander of the guard at
the Tartu concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Estonia from
1941 -1943.
Gush remain at Eton Moreh
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Thirty acres of land at Elon Moreh
were returned to their Arab owners last week without incident as
the government complied with the Supreme Court's Oct. 22 ruling
that the Gush Emunim settlement was established illegally and
must be removed within 30 days. The balance of I SO acres on which
the settlement itself was built is to be evacuated in four to six weeks.
The army removed several installations on the 30 acres
returned to the Arabs but the settlement's buildings, all located in
the larger area, remained untouched and the settlers are not
leaving.
Resignation demanded
BONN (JTA)—The resignation of a West German mayor
accused of helping to send thousands of French Jews.to the gas
chambers has been demanded by West Berlin Jewish leader Heinz
Galinski. He said it is extraordinary that Ernest Heinrichsohn can
remain as mayor of the northern Bavarian town of Buergstadt
while being charged with helping the deportation of 73,000 French
Jews and Communists to concentration camps, where many of
them died in gas chambers.
Italians seek assistance
ROME (JTA)—Italian authorities have reportedly called on
Israeli intelligence services to assist them in tracing a link between a
Palestinian terrorist and three local left-wing extremists arrested
on suspicion of planning a missle attack on top government
officials. The Palestinian is believed to have provided two Strella
SA-7 ground-to-air missiles which the three suspects were
transporting in a wooden crate when they were intercepted by
police several days ago. The missiles are identical to those used by
Palestinian terrorists six years ago in an attempt to shoot down an
El A! plane at Fumicino.
No rights, no flights
TEL AVIV (JTA) The Iranian authorities’ denial of landing
rights to any commercial airliner that previously landed in Israel
has cut the last direct airline connections between Israel and the
Far East. The ban was applied to Alitalia, the only carrier still
flying between Europe and the Far East via Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion
Airport. Such a flight was turned back to Rome last week by the
Teheran control tower and the Italian airline decided to bvpass Tel
Aviv on its Far East route. Travelers from Israel to destinations in
the Far East now must fly to a European airport first.
Actions speak louder
Editor:
Your recent editorial comment
on the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds
resolution in support of the
Falashas hits the nail on the head.
Resolutions are fine, but what is
needed is action. Too often there is
a well high unbridgeable gap
between the two. From what I hear
from trustworthy sources, it wasn't
exactly easy to get the resolution.
As to action, the statement of Leon
Dulzin, chairman of the World
Zionist Organization and Jewish
Agency Executive before the
biennial convention of the United
Synagogue, to the effect that
rescue efforts are being frustrated
by the unwillingness of the
Ethiopian authorities to even
discuss the matter, sounds more
like a funeral dirge than the blast of
the Shofar rousing us to action.
That the Ethiopian government
does not wish to discuss the matter
is hardly news. What can be
expected of a government that is a
Soviet puppet and supported by
Cuban and East German
bayonets? Yet there was a time
when the Soviets would not discuss
the emigration of Russian Jews
either. But Free World public
opinion, spearheaded and
persistently nurtured by American
Jewry, has turned this largely
around even though the task is far
from finished.
The problem of the Falashas
cannot be approached by
resolutions reluctantly adopted
and by negative statements that
smack of surrender. To get the
Falashas out of Ethiopia will
require unceasing pressure, an
affirmative attitude and a constant
search for opportunities to
effectively intervene in their
behalf, as well as sources that have
some leverage with the Ethiopians.
The battle cry “Let My People Go”
must ring out loud and clear on
behalf of all Jews, not just some.
Adalbert Freedman
Sinai sign now in Arabic
by Yitzhak Shargil
SANTA KATERINA, Egyptian
Sinai, (JTA)—Two weeks ago, the
sign at the small airfield near the
Santa Katerina Monastary said, in
bold Hebrew and English letters,
“Mt. Sinai Airport.” Today, the
sign, in Arabic and English, reads
“Santa Katerina Airport.” The
Hebrew lettering on this and on all
other signs designating places,
roads and buildings has been
blotted out with black paint.
It is a small thing but it brings
home bluntly the obliteration of 12
years of Israeli presence in this
region at the foot of Mt. Sinai that
was officially returned to Egyptian
administration last week, two
months ahead of the timetable set
by the Israeli-Egyptian peace
treaty. Even the plaque on the
airport terminal building stating
that it was built by the Israeli Army
Corps of Engineers has been
covered—in this case by a large
portrait of President Anwar Sadat
who formally took possession of
the area on the second anniversary
of his visit to Jerusalem.
Certain unremovable evidence
of Israeli enterprise remains. There
are the paved roads, the tourist
motels and shops, an Israeli field
school specializing in ecology and
various water wells dug by Israelis
in this arid region. And Israeli
tourists who are flocking here with
passports or identity cards are
given a warm welcome by the
new owners.
Of course, they must bring
dollars. The Israeli Pound is no
longer legal currency. The
Egyptians have opened a small
bank at the airport where visitors
can exchange Pounds for dollars
or Egyptian currency. It is needed
to pay the S3 landing fee. A glass of
mango juice costs SI, or its
Egyptian equivalent. The biggest
customers at the bank are local
Bedouins who somehow have
accumulated sacksful of Israeli
currency.
Planes and busloads of tourists
from Israel arrive here every day
and pick up Egyptian entry visas at
the airport or the bus station. It is a
simple process. Any holder of an
Israeli passport or identity card
need bring only an extra photo
which is pasted on the Egyptian
form and stamped with the official
seal.
But this special treatment will
end on January 25, 1980, the day
the area was originally scheduled
to be handed back to Egypt. After
that, Israelis will have to apply in
advance for Egyptian visas, just
like tourists from any other
country.
The Museum Commission
of Ahavath Achim Synagogue
600 Peachtree Battle Avenue, N.W.
Proudly Presents
An Evening with Antique Objects
of Jewish Ceremonial Art
Saturday Evening
December 1, 1979
Preview of Art Works
and Reception
7 PJM. to 9 P.M.
Auction
9 P.M. to 11 PM.
Admission $ 5.00 per person
refundable on any purchase
Proceeds to Benefit the Museum
Page 5 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 30, 1979