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Ara Hostility Blocks Israel's
Military Aid to U. S. in Korea

By Jewish News Special Correspondent

A Non-Jew Reports

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.—Israel's position that concentration of Arab ar-
mies on her borders makes it impossible for her to comply with the request of
Trygve Lie, UN Secretary-General, for armed aid to the U.S. forces in Korea,
is being recognized as valid in important quarters here. The Israel Cabinet's de-
cision was made with regret at a meeting in Jerusalem on -Wednesday. It was
pointed out here by an Israel spokesman that every man capable of bearing arms
is needed in Israel, to asure the security of the Jewish state.

Israel's Chief Shortage—Unlike
America—Prejudice; Person's
Religion Becomes Unimportant

By GEORGE MARCIA

This is another of the series of articles written for The
Jewish News by George Marcia, Christian Detroiter who is now
making his home in Israel

JERUSALEM. — Israel lacks a great many things,
things that we Americans have always taken for granted
as parts of our lives. One of these familiar commodities is
prejudice; and while attempts have been made to import
the stuff, the indications are that these were all black-
market transactions. The supply will remain in a state of
shortage—indefinitely. •
They warned me, back in Detroit, not to entertain too
seriously the idea of 'going to Palestine, A particularly em-
phatic monitor was a personable Jewish lass who had not,
in her 20-odd years, lived outside the United States.
"Jews are funny, George," she said, "I mean—well,
clannish. No matter how long you may live among us,
you'll find that a lot of people will never accept you . .

because you're not a Jew."
She was right, this young lady, and wrong. he was right
hi that she spoke out of her own perfectly valid l personal ex-
perience and intelligent observation; and she was wrong in
presuming to use the terms, "Jews," when she should have said
'the American Jews I have known."
Almost by simple definition, none of my American friends

of the Jewish faith have ever encountered difficulty in "ac-
cepting" people of other religious views. All of them, though
- are familiar with cases where Jews have failed to live up to
the standard of brotherhood which, as a minority group in
America, they rightfully demand (and often expect as a mat-
ter of course) from others.

My mailing address `makes it apparent that I couldn't credit
this girl's views about her people. Despite the authority with
which she spoke, despite her friendly earnestness, and in the
'teeth of my own relative ignorance of Jews as a group, it simply
never occurred to me that an entire people could be capable of
arbitrary prejudice—even though this prejudice was supposed
to manifest itself in the softest and mildest of forms. Among
other things, it did occur to me that the chances were that no
- people on earth are as consistent as all that ...
I wouldn't reduce this rationalization to a formula, saying
thought more highly of Jews than she did." The matter is
not quite so simple. A more proper statement would be that I
thought more highly of people in general than she did, in point
of moral quantities. Then, too, as I've indicated, I trusted hum-
anity's consistency less.

To the extent that she erred, my Detroit friend's mistake
was understandable. Her viewpoint was comparable to that

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(Israel Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett stated in Tel Aviv on Sunday, comment-
ing on the tri-partite policy on arms to the Near East, that the threat of a second
round of warfare is implicit in the prevail ing situation with the Arabs refusing to
conclude peace. He said that the Jewish state is exploring possibilities of acquiring
arms. On the question of Arab refugees, he declared that Israel is prepared to con-
tribute financially toward their settlement from funds available in payment for land
abandoned by Arabs, but that the refugees must settle in present countries of resi-
dence, emphasizing that Israel's offer to accept the return of 100,000 Palestine Arab
refugees no longer is valid. The earlier offer, he said, was made at a certain stage
and within a specific context of conditions prevailing at that time. He added that
conditions are changing daily in Israel, that the country gradually is filling up and
Israel no longer is bound by its original offer.)

Diplomats Discuss Korea, Indicate Anti-Franco Stand

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TEL AVIV—The question as to whether Israel should comply with the request of
the- United Nations Secretary-General to send troops to Korea as part of the armed
forces of the other members of the UN now fighting in Korea under General DOuglas
MacArthur was taken up Tuesday at the conference of Israel's top diplomatic repro..
sentatives, who have been summoned to Tel Aviv for discussions of Israel's policy with
regard to major world problems.

The diplomats who represent Israel in 16 European and American countries al3o
discussed the attitude which the Jewish state should take in the event that Soviet Rus-
sia and China are absent from the next session of the UN General Assembly in-Septem-
ber. In this connection, Israel's general attitude toward the Soviet demand for admis-
sion of Red China to the UN Security Council also was discussed.

The attitude toward Spain was one of the subjects discussed at Tuesday's parley.
It is understood that the majority of the Israel envoys oppose the idea that the JeWish
state should support the admission of Spain into the United Nations, this notwithstand-
ing the fact that the Latin American countries indicated that they are ready to sup..
port Israel's stand on Jerusalem at the forthcoming meeting of the General Assembly'
if the Jewish state would support the admission of Spain to membership.

Aubrey Eban, Israel Ambassador to the United States and head of the Israel
delegation to the UN, reported at the conference, which is taking place at the Foreign
Ministry here, on various problems facing the next UN General Assembly and on
the attitude of various member states of the United Nations with regard to Israel's
plan for UN curatorship over the Holy Places in Jerusalem.

Polio Cases in Tel Aviv Show Marked Decline

JERUSALEM— (JTA)—A marked decrease in cases of poliomyolitis in the Tel
Aviv area during the past few weeks is rep orted in the Jerusalem Post. While 84 cases
were reported in the area during May and 80 in June, the number of new cases for the
month of July dropped to an average of one a day.

At Last All Dressed U

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With Homes to Rest In

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Prophecy has become reality and "kibutz
galuyot"—the ingathering of the exiles—is being
fulfilled. The homeless are no longer hopeless and
the dispossessed are being provided with new faith
by their kinsmen everywhere. From North Africa,
youngsters, shown on the left in their UJA-sup-
ported children's village operated by the Joint Dis-

tribution Committee, are being freshly outfitted
before leaving for their new home in Israel. Two
newcomers to Israel show their pride, in the center
picture, in the home that will be theirs in the Jew-
ish state. The roof isn't on yet, but for these re-
patriated Israelis this soon will be home—one of
37,000 housing units to be completed this year

by the United Palestine Appeal, another UJA
agency. On the right, Mrs. Fegia Horowitz is
shown with her two-year-old twins, David and
Samuel. They were brought to the United States
by the United Service for New Americans, the
third UJA-supported agency. The Detroit Allied
Jewish Campaign provides funds for the UJA.