Thursday, May 5, 1949
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
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Hails Weizmann Compromise on Jerusalem
By WILLIAM ZUKI:RMAN
(Jewish World News Service)
N EW YORK--At no other time before was a visit
to this country by Dr. Weizmann more opportune
than the present one. It so happened that his visit
on this occasion coincided with a diplomatic crisis in
the brief history of Israel that required all the skill of
a mature statesman and the temperament of a Western
European liberal such as the first president of Israel.
There arc many good reasons for and against
the internationalization of Jerusalem, and a true Jew-
ish statesman is he who weighs all of them dis-
passionately and is not carried away by emotionalism
which this great city seems to generate in many
people, Jews and non-Jews, alike.
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The one great reason in favor of internationalize-
tion is that it is a part of the UN Assembly decision
of Nov. 29, 1947 which gave the world's consent to
the establishment of a Jewish State. That decision is
the rock upon which the Jewish State is founded and
the foundation should not be shaken. Israel is morally
obligated to keep that decision in its entirety, not only
those parts which suit its interests best.
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ANOTHER REASON which is not to be ignored is
the strong Christian sentiment behind Jerusalem. That
sentiment is chiefly religious as opposed to the na-
tionalistic one which animates the Jews and the Arabs
in this question, but it is not to be minimized because
of this.
Religion, although it no longer arouses those
powerful emotions which it did several hundred
years ago, is still a great factor in world politics, as
manifested by the public pronouncement of Pope Pius
XII on this question last week.
Jerusalem, or any other place and there are no pro-
The pope is not the only one who has evinced
deep interest in Jerusalem. Protestant churches are
not less concerned with the holy places than are the
Catholics It would be well if some of the more hot-
headed, Jewish and Arab nationalists alike, were to
remember that religious sentiments are not less valid
with some people than are nationalistic with others.
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spects that such an army would be established in the
near future with the world being divided between the
west and east as it is at present. To include the new
suburb of Jerusalem into the internationalization plan,
would not only endanger the Jews there, but it would
serve as a constant provocation to new attacks and
wars,
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ON THE OTHER HAND, the reasons against in-
ternationalization are overwhelming. In the first
place, Jerusalem of today is not the Jerusalem of 2,000
years ago, not even of the days of the Crusades. Dur-
ing the last 50 years a new suburb grew up near the
Old City which is neither old nor holy. To include
this suburb into the Old City and treat it with the
same reverance as the 2,00D year old shrine, is ob-
viously illogical and exaggerated sentimentality,
Secondly, that new suburb of Jerusalem is over-
whelmingly populated by Jews. Ninety thousand of
them have built it at great sacrifice and love it as their
home. These people are in every way a part of the
New Jewish State.
Weizmann's plan took into consideration both the
realities of the situation as well as the religious senti-
ments involved.
To eliminate them from that State would be like
performing an amputation operation which might
cripple the young State economically and politically.
Thirdly, and most important, the 90,000 Jews of
New Jerusalem, if they were to be excluded from the
Jewish State, would be surrounded on all sides by
Arab enemies and constantly exposed to attack, as the
last siege of Jerusaleth has shown.
The UN has no international army to protect
OFF THE RECORD
Zion's Consolation
Arab Refugees Seen
as Red Herring Issue
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
HE COLD DIPLOMATIC war
against Israel is still on in
full blast. The juice was turned
on when the Assembly in an
incredible and unexpected move
voted to submit Israel's member-
ship application to its political
committee. America's failure to
fight the move was explained by
the fact that Warren Austin was
boo busy at that time with an-
other matter.
According to Drew Pearson it
was Truman who was behind
America's silence in the shelving
of the application. Pearson says
Austin had been instructed by
Truman not to object to the
pigeon-holing of the membership
application.
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CHIEF RABBI HERZOG of
Israel is a great liguist. He speaks
Hebrew, Yiddish, French, Ital-
ian and Arabic fluently. Ile is a
great student of philosophy, juris-
prudence and the natural sci-
ences.
Bernard Katzen, the new pres-
ident of the National Republican
Club, is the first Jew to hold that
high post in 45 years. He played
an especially important role in
stopping the change of heart
which was evidencing itself
among American statesmen after
the assassination of Count Berna-
dotte.
The luncheon table at Blair
House when President Truman
received President Weizmann
was almost completely covered
The President, he says, inter-
with roses, pink snapdragons,
ferred because he was angered
gypsophila and other ferns. Some-
by a disparaging remark alleged
one had tipped Truman off to
to have been made by a high Is-
the fact that Weizmann was a
raeli government official about
great lover of roses.
U. S. aid to Israel.
Peace is closer to the strife-
Since according to Pearson the
incident was reported to the Pres- ridden Jewish community in
ident by U. S. Ambassador Mc- America than ever before. The
Donald it would be well to take rifts and the ensuing bitterness
the story with a grain of salt. from the recent controversy are
However, in view of a report from on the way to dissolution: The
Lausanne that President Truman rancor is disappearing in the in-
might have a statement to make ter-Zionist controversy.
on the Arab refugee problem
sometime prior to the opening de-
bate on Israel's admission to the
UN. it appears that the pressure
is on tr y corner Israel.
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SET OFF IN ROME
With the blessing of Silver and
Neumann. Frisch seems to be
headed for the ZOA presidency.
Although the proposal for g coak
ition slate has failed, the chances
are the ZOA convention will end
in unity or post-convention'uni-
ty.
ON THE SURFACE it seems
that the Arab refugee problem is
It is sat• to predict that the
the great concern of the masters immigration problem will be one
of the world's destiny, Actually of the most important on the
the gyrations were set off in agenda of the Zionist Actions
Rome with the recent encyclical Committee when it meets this
calling for the internationalization week.
of Jerusalem. For a time there
were intimations that the ency-
clical asked the maximum in the
hope of securing the minimum.
In fact, reports from Rome said
Israeli willingness to agree to
international control of the holy •
featuring Chinese Native
places had met the issue. But
Foods and Family Dinners
when it was made clear that Is-
rael stood ready to make the • eEgg Roll .Won-Ton
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grave concession of having inter-
national control of the holy places
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the bargainers held out for more.
And the Catholic Church in the
Cantonese Style
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U.5: got busy.
A'definite effort is afoot to raise
the Arab refugees as a cover-up •
Just North of Outer Dr,
for the intrigue to block the in-
Food
corporation of Jerusalem into Is-
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rael. Since this already is an
accomplished fact the efforts of
the schemers is bound to fail, but
Phone UN. 4-9310
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•SUN-SUN INN
19472 Livernois
Serving
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Take Out Service
and its people.
By A. ('aback, translated from the
Hebrew by Joshua Joyrich
See-
111y heroes
Converged on inc
From earth's corners
And sacrificed themselves
On the land, in the air and sea;
Redeemed their motherland
From Lebanon to Egypt's bound-
ary,
Exolt Israel, make merry,
Blot out thy bitter memory,
Restore thy tranquility.
Thy star shine to eternity!
Slytnn Hatorab Set
by Downtown Unit
Invitations were sent out this
week to all persons who have at-
tended services at the Downtown
Synagogue in the past year, to
attend a Siyum Ilatorah to be
held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 15,
at the Bnai' David Synagogue.
The president of Israel has Proposed hat the UN
plan for the internationalization of Jerusalem be ac-
cepted by the Jewish State, but that the new suburb
be separated from the ancient city and treated as a
part of the Jewish State. This is a sensible and logical
compromise which is not against the spirit of the UN
decision and can be accepted by men of reason whose
minds are not befogged by religious or nationalistic
vapors.
President Weizmann has done a great service to
the new Jewish State as well as to the cause of peace
of the world by proposing a sensible and logical com-
promise out of a difficult situation. Jewish irredent-
ists who have sworn never to forget Jerusalem lest
their right arm withers, and religious spokesmen who
hold that every inch of the city is sacred, will be dis-
pleased, but the vast majority of tnodern-minded,
tolerant humanity will proclaim this a sensible solu-
tion of a difficult problem, and will be grateful to
President Weizmann for proposing it,
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