Israel 's Most Dangerous Part 98—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 14, 1951 New Year Greetings them. And once this trend is started, where and when will it finish? By YOHANAN RAMATI (Copyright. 1951. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) (Mr. Ramati, one of Israel's best known journalists, describes life on the Israel frontier and suggests how the midnight raids and provocations of hostile Arabs can be overcome. American readers will see that the United Jewish Appeal has an especially vital role to play in this matter—on which so much depends if Israel is to achieve a lasting peace with its neighbors.) GEORGE F. BAKER, Jr. Obituary and Unveiling Notices on Page 48 Representing Grand Rapids Store Equipment Co. This is the most dangerous consolidation. Army posts are part of Israel. So. everybody told not enough. ,Nature abhors a me. One friend insisted: "Don't vacuum. So does the state of go there: your car will probably Israel. If our settlements do not move to the frontier, the fron- hit a mine." I laughed it all eft and went. tier will move inland, towards The truth was less terrifying than the tales. Still, it was for- s midable enough.. Sincere Good Wishes for a Happy Holiday The road to Beit Govrin had been paved recently, and I did not even think about mines as I moved swiftly along its smooth ~ o o ocia teJ 4 urch surface. Shortly after leaving the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv highway, it crosses the railway line at nterviewing Service Hartuv, and then runs south, winding in and out of the pic- 7310 Grand River turesque foothills of Judea. The one-time Arab village of Tyler 8-0885 Deiraban, sprawling over • the wide slope to the East, has be- come no less than three maaba- roth-work settlements. There is yet another in Hartuv itself. Season's Best Greetings Funds from the UJA have al- ready—as it by magic—convert- ed the tents in which the im- migrants used to live into tin shacks, which at kast keep the rain of winter at bay. These funds are now converting the BU I LDERS tin shacks into tidy, small, white concrete houses, each with a red roof. At Zakariya there are still James Couzens Hwy. some tents. This is a beautiful village, perched on the outskirts UN. 3-9924 of a valley covered by olive trees. But the beauty does not keep the rain away, nor does it pro- vide water during the summer heat which has already dried up Sincere Holiday Best Wishes the village well. Now water pipes are being laid, and houses may be built shortly. Thus, UJA funds must supplement the gifts of nature. • But it is only when Zakariya Featuring Italian Spaghetti - Ravioli - Scallopini has been left behind that the adventure really begins. Also American Dishes Mark Piseur came to Israel Homemade Bread and Pastries three years ago from Nice on the famed French • Riviera. He TU. 5-9807 16941 HARPER fought in the closing stages of Israel's War of Liberation, and came through with a smile and e 424 Book Building 2J1111111111111111111111111111119111119111111911111111111111111111111111111911111111111111111111111111111191111111111 1111111111111111111191 = 7-2 New Year Greetings to All Our Jewish Friends LLOYD W. FALL & BASNEY ASSOCIATES Land Surveys - Photo Surveys Lot Staking i 1438 Majestic Building WO. 5-1511 Season's Greetings DETROIT ROLLING. DOOR CO. AVISION & PURGER, INC. Raynor Overhead Type Doors 19986 James Couzens VErmont 8-0258 17605 Cordial Holiday Wishes BARRY STEEL CORP. DE MICHELE'S RESTAURANT without a scratch. He is still cheerful, a well-knit, good look- ' ing fellow spreading the spirit of• comradeship all about him. Six months ago, he joined the kib- butz of Belt Gowin, a lonely outpost at the foot of the Heb- ron hills. The kibbutz had one lorty. Mark was its driver. He tells the story of what happened quite unabashed: "Just about a month after I _ got here—that would be five months back—I was driving 23 of our boys and girls to Tel Aviv. But we never got there. Just about three miles back along the road you came—it 2 „/„. was not finished then — we ' struck a mine. I just passed out, naturally. When I came to, I was on my way to the hospital with my legs broken in 18 different places. I learned later though that we were all rather lucky. The weight of thP 23 boys and girls at the back " prevented the truck from turning over; and they got off with only a bit of a fright. I was the only casualty." He laughs happily. This seems a little queer, but the explana- tion is not long in coming: "They took me to the Wallach Hospital in Jerusalem. I was there six weeks, with my legs swathed in plaster. The nurse who attended me came from Paris. We talked French, and liked each other from the be- ginning. By the time I left we were engaged." Mines have been laid, along the roads leading to Beit Govrin with terrible regularity during the last few months. By night, the Arabs come and steal what they can from the kibbutz, sometimes even penetrating the barbed wire compound. Of the 90 boys and girls here, one-third are on guard duty every week. No, it is not very safe in Beit Govrin. And the Army,. the Agency and members of the kib- butz are agreed that there is only one cure for the situation. More is at stake than the fate of an isolated settlement. The whole border from Hartuv southw- ardS to the Negev needs 302 United Artists Bldg. WO. 1-6284 WO. 1-0297 --- r•••••••• Best Wishes for a Happy New Year Greetings on the New Year ALUMATIC WINDOWS IN BANKER'S CREDIT BUREAU F.H:A. 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