Israel Admission Request
Remains on Agenda of UN
Hanukah Occurs
Latest in 1948
Hanukah this year 'occurs
ZOA requests that the United
THE JEWISH NEWS-5
Palestine Appeal, the Ameri-
Friday, December 24, 1948
can Zionist Emergency Coun-
cil and the American section
ing honoring the late Judah L.
of the Jewish Agency, as duly
Magnes, former president of He-
constituted Zionist bodies, as-
brew University in Jerusalem,
sert their proper authority "to
who, died in October. Eliahu Ep-
ensure an ordered and effec-
stein, Israeli representative in
tive organization of all such
Washington, and former Gov-
activities on the American
ernor Herbert H. Lehman, were
scene."
among the principal speakers at
Leaders of all walks of Jewish the memorial, which was held
life attended a memorial meet- at Temple Emanu-El, New York,
While Israel was not admitted ternally, rather than from
the latest it possibly can oc-
to the United Nations last week,
funds arriving from abroad.
cur on the civic calendar—
having received only five affirma- He announced that the major
the first day being on Dec.
tive votes and one negative, the part of $150,000,000 needed to
27.
question is expected to be raised
provide housing for immi-
The earliest the first day
again in January. Two more af-
grants next year is expected
can occur is Nov. 29, and the
firmative votes are needed in the to come from abroad. He also
last year for this early date
Security Council to assure ad- 'said that bank deposits
was 1937.
throughout the country have
. The United States, Russia, Uk-
risen considerably during the
The first day of Hanukah
raine, Argentina and Colombia
past three months.
won't occur again as late as
voted for admission, Syria op-
Dec. '27 until 1967.
The Israeli estate Council re-
posed . and Great Britain, France, ceived proposals from the Cabi-
China, Belgium and Canada net Education Committee calling
Opposition leader Winston
abstained.
for a national education budget Churchill asked why it was nec-
The bailotting followed defeat of $6,400,000 and for the estab-
of a French proposal to delay ac- lishment of the first free educa- essary to undertake a • flight
tion on the application for an- tion system in Jerusalem. The "over this very .dangerous and
other month in order to give the proposals of the Committee, delicate area." He later urged
Security Council sufficient time headed by David Remez, Minister that the gOvernment pursue "this
matter rigorously to, ascertain
to. consider the case in the light
of the activities and findings of for Communications, would leave whether cruel . or outrageous
the country's education system measures had not been taken
the UN Conciliation • Commission
which would have begtin its work unchanged until after the Con- against our airmen."
by that time. Also defeated was stituent Assembly meets next
The trial of Nathan Fried-
a British resolution to postpone year. One-half of the Israeli edu- man-Yellin, leader of the Stern
indefinitely consideration of the cation budget will be met by the Group, and his aide M. Schmu-
Israeli application. •g Syrian pro- government and the remainder levitz, continues in Acre. Fried-
posal to refer the Palestine ques- by the Jewish Agency.
man-Yellin denied any knowl-
tion to the International Court of
Israel is ready to meet Bri- . edge of or connection with the
Justice was rejected.
tain halfway if an approach is
"Fatherland Front," reported-
made on the recognition of the
Following the adverse vote, a
ly a splinter- of the Sternist '
Jewish
state,
it
was
indicated
spokesman for the Israeli dele-
organization. He told the court
in Tel Aviv by Walter Eytan
gation here said: "The position
that he had heard of this
in behalf of the Lsrapli Foreign
of France in this matter does
group only from newspaper re-
Office.
- ports. A leaflet signed "Father-
not facilitate her task as a
e-
member of the United Nations
The London Times carried a
land Front" claimed responsi-
Conciliation Commission to
dispatch from Cairo asserting
bility for the assas.sinatilitn of
Israel and the Arab states,
that if Transjordan leaves or
Count Bernadotte, the late
which are members of the
is expelled from the Arab
UN Palestine mediator.
United Nations and have dip-
League, the League will col-
The Israeli Government has
lomatic relations with France.
lapse within a few months.
taken over 95,000,000 pounds
A sound basis for those rela-
British Air ' Minister- Arthur ($380,000,000) of Arab assets in
tions can be achieved only by
giving Israel equal status with Henderson told the House of Israel, according to an estimate
the Arab countries." The Commons that Foreign Secre- made by the Foreign Office for
spokesman welcomed the af- tary Ernest Bevin has asked the the British governmt:nt in Lon-
firmative votes of Argentina United Nations acting Palestine don.
mediator, Dr. Ralph Bunche, to
A campaign against "the many
and Colombia.
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contact the Israeli Government unauthorized and uncoordinated
During the course of the dis-
cussion. on international recogni- in connection with a British re- efforts" which are now being
tion of the Jewish state, Dr. Jes- port that an RAF Mosquito was launched in the United States
sup of the U. S. 'delegation said shot down near Tel Aviv on Nov. on behalf of Israel was launched
the U. S. recognizes Israel fully, 20 by an Israeli fighter and by the Zionist Organization of
although only de facto recogni- crashed into the sea, killing two America.
A resolution made public by
tion was given to the present crew members.
Provisional Government of Israel.
"Our recognition of the state of
Israel is complete. We believe
the state exists," he explained.
An Israeli spokesman welcom-
ed this clarification.
Soviet delegate Yacov Malik
insisted that the nature of the
UN partition decision implies
that Israel is a state which is to
be admitted to the UN by the
very wishes of that body. The
Argentine delegate, reviewing the
history of his country's failure to
recognize Israel, said, that regard-
less of the action of individual
states Israel should be recognized
internationally — a move- which,
he said, would aid peate in the
Middle East. Colombia said that
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Meanwhile, at Tel Aviv, a
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spokesman for the Israeli govern-
ment again charged Britain with
supplying the Arabs with Ameri-
can-made tanks. Five such tanks
were knocked out by the Israeli
Army on the Egyptian front in a
battle ten days ago, the spokes-
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man said.
The five tanks, it was estab-
deeply comfortable, beauti-
lished,. •were of an American
model: shipped to England in
fully upholstered in a selec-
1948'. They were reshipped by
tion of colors in matelasse,
Britain to Egypt during the past
two months as reinforcements,
brocatelle, and plain or fig
the Israeli spokesman said. Each
tank weighs seven tons and
ured wool - faced tapestries.
mounts a 75-thillimeter gun and
a heavy machine gun. These type
Also hundreds of other fine
of tanks were firsf seen in the
chairs on display at Year-End
Palestine war early this month.
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had recently sent. 'them to
Egypt, Reuters reported.)
The Jewish Agency deposited
$2,000,000 in Israeli .banks to
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June 15 of this year to guar-
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Finance Minister, told a press
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