Maj. Eliot Reveals Arab Threat
To Destroy Economy of Israel
In 'Hate, Hope, ,High Explosives'

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THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 1, 1948

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Israel's Highest Court
Inaugurated in Jerusalem
To Tune of Arab Shells

PARIS. (JTA)—Fifty-nine dis-
placed Jews, ' enroute to Austra-
lia from Paris, were detained
by Iraqi authorities for not hav-
NEW YORK (JTA)—Some 20 ing transit visas, when an Amer-
men and women students at City ican Skymaster plane was forced
College last week walked out of to land at the Basra airport
a Spanish class in protest against
tlreir assigned instructor, Prof. 4
William E. Knickerbocker, who
has been charged with anti-Se-
Greetings From
mitic discrimination against a
student, it was announced here
by Rabbi Arthur Zuckerman, di-
rector of the Hillel Foundation .
at the College.
The members of the class pro-
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tested to Dean Morton GottSchall
and demanded that a new in-
structor be assigned to the class.
Rabbi Zuckerman said he too
would urge the appointment of a
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new instructor. Charges have
been filed . against Prof. Knicker-
bocker, who has taught at the
college for over 35 years, based
on his failure to - award a medal
NEW YEAR
for scholarship proficiency to a
Jewish student, Morton Gure-
witch, and on remarks he alleg-
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CCNY Class Walks Out
On Anti-Jewish Teacher

We will give them no rest.
Maj. George Fielding Eliot's
They will have to devote much
"Hate, Hope and High Explo-
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—To the
sives," published by Bobbs-Mer- of their time and effort and
revenue to constant guerrilla accompaniment of Arab shells
rill Co., Indianapolis, Ind., throws
crashing . into Jewish areas of
much light on the situation in the warfare on their frontiers. They
will have no markets for their Jerusalem the Israeli Supreme
Middle East and reveals some
exports. They will have to be Court was formally inaugurated
interesting facts regarding Arab
constantly subsidized by Jews Sept. 14, in the same chamber in
attitudes to Israel.
Commissioned by his publisher in America and elsewhere. So which the ' British Administra-
and newspaper, Ted Thackrey of 'at last they will have to come tion's High Court interpreted the
Mandate's laws for 28 years.
the New York Post, to make a to terms."
This is the most serious threat
The five members of the court
study of the situation in the en-
tire Middle East, Maj. Eliot cov- quoted to Maj. 'Eliot, who points werf sworn ' in by Minister of
ered a lot of ground, saw a lot to the dangers for the Jewish Justice Felix Rosenblueth "to
of people, interviewed many populations in Arabic countries maintain fidelity to the state of
Israel and its laws, and not to
leaders—Jews, Arabs, Christians
swerve from justice, but to judge
—and returned, in addition to
people properly." The five jus-
having written an excellent se- -
tices are: Moshe Smoira, chief
ries of articles for the Post, with
justice; Simha Assaf; Itzhak °Is-
a good book and with the fol-
han; Menachem Dunkelblum and
lowing warning regarding the
Schneur Zalrnan Cheshin.
worldwide war threats:
Above the judges' dais, in place
"If • in ignorance , and blind
of the British Royal Coat of edly made about Gurewitch.
folly those lightnings are loosed
Arms, was a large Israeli flag.
upon mankind by the men who
PARIS, (JTA) — Thirty-four
The spacious hall in which the
sit in the Kremlin, walled away
schochtim are leaving shOrtly for
ceremony was held was crowded
from all contact with reality, the
Dublin to superyise the kosher
with guests and some of 'the not-
Est. 1862
Middle East will surely be an
slaughtering and canning of 1,-
ables
even
sat
in
the
prisoners'
area of battle and the Mediter-
000,000 pounds of meat donated
dock.
ranean the avenue by which the
by the government of Eire for
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power of the United States and
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Ca- Jewish DPs in Germany and Aus-
her allies will come ,to save the
nadian Press is becoming more tria.
keystone area of the world from
outspoken in its demand that
falling into the hands of the
the Canadian Government grant',
Soviet armies."
MAJ. GEO. FIELDING ELIOT immediate recognition to the new
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While there may be many dif- and warns against impending po- state of Israel and many Cana-
ferences of opinion regarding the
dian newspapers are suggesting
groms.-
imminence of a Russian threat
Maj. Eliot makes this pOint: to the British Government that
in the Middle East, as visioned "Fawzi's guns 'were of French it change its attitude toward the
by Maj. Eliot, his other findings manufacture and had been fur- Jewish state.
are of greater importance. He nished him by the Syrian gov,
FAMOUS FOODS, INC.
belittles fears of a "holy wat" ernment, but it was a time-hon-
by Arabs against the west and ored custom • in Palestine, with
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declares that "the trouble with both Jew and Arab, to blame the
LE SHONO
the Arab as a soldier is not lack British for all the ills ' of the
of personal courage, bat rather a
TOVO TIKOSEVU
complete intractability to dis- land."
During his visit on May 3 in
cipline." He believes in an Anglo-
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American agreement on policy to Amman, capital of Transjordania,
HARRY & JENNIE
he met with Samir Pasha el Rifai
solve the problem.
Contrary to • charges made in who Made this interesting state-
JOSEPH AND ADOLPH SLATKIN
Jewish quarters, Maj. Eliot main- ment about Arabs who fled the
tains 4 that Sir Henry Gurney, Jewish territory: "They are sim-
chief secretary of the Palestine ple people, and they do not un-
government, is not an anti- derstand what is happening.
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Semite. He points to many mis- Many are from Jaffa, which has
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representations in Jewish and long been surrounded by the
Arab statements and to exag- Jews and must fall to them, tem-
gerated fears. But the trouble, porarily at least, as soon as the
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British leave. Others are from
r as he experienced it, is real.
HOLIDAY
Arab
villages
in
the
Jewish
Maj. Eliot quotes Pablo Asca-
rate, Spanish chief of the advance zones; they do not want to fight
UN group, as having told him: the Jews, and are ,afraid to stay
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"If I were an Arab leader I'd there under Jewish rule . .
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Still
others
are
from
Jerusalem,
definitely prefer to give up some
territory to the Jews and let where the word has gone around
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them have their state, as against that Irgun Zvai Leumi has sworn
the difficultieS of handling them to kill every Arab remaining in
as a minority within an Arab the city when the British leave.
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Palestine." All the people he I doubt if that is true, but these
people
seem
to
believe
it.
So
they
spoke with agreed, before the
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historic date of May 15, that the run away. They do not all come
Jewish military forces are strong here, luckily. There are thousands
in Beirut, for example."
and able to hold their ground.
He visited Tel Aviv, Jerusalem,
Amman, Teheran, Beirut, Damas-
cus, Bagdad, Cairo, Istanbul, An-
kara and Trieste. Everywhere he
GREETINGS ON THE NEW YEAR
discussed. the Israeli situation.
He met with Glubb Pasha, who
- admitted Israel's strength, and
with Abdullah.
In Cairo, Azzam Pasha said:
"The Jewish objective is a
peaceful economy . . . They
will find they cannot get it.

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