Two Iraqi Jews Hung in Baghdad
Israeli Delegates Boycott
Sessions of UN in Protest
World Jewry this week is
mourning the death of two
young Jews who were hung in
a public square in Baghdad,
Iraq, the victims of confessions
they were forced to sign after
many weeks of brutal torture at
the hands of Iraqi authorities.
Intervention in the United
Nations and by many Jewish or-
ganizations, led by the American
Jewish Committee, on behalf of
the doomed Jews was of no
avail. The hanging of the two
men, Shalom Saleh Shalom and
Yussef Basri, occurred on Mon-
day.
In Paris, Israel delegates to
men were executed "in such a
manner as to insure public de-
gradation of human dignity."
He later told newsmen that
Shalom and Basri were .executed
after they had "previously been
subjected for many weeks to
barbaric acts of torture."
The Iraqi delegate, Fadhel
Jamali, said that his govern-
ment was "dealing with crim-
inals who bombed places." The
committee defeated by a vote
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Arrives for U.S. Tour
the UN, Abba S. Eban and
Emile Najar, announced a -one-
day boycott in the Special
Political and Social Commit-
tees as a protest against the
UN's failure to take concrete
steps to halt the carrying out
of- the death sentences.
No Israeli delegates attended
either of two other scheduled
committee ,meetings.
Eban told the Political Com-
mittee, debating the Arab
refugee issue, his delegation was
expressing "grief and protest
over the revolting executions."
Najar said the walk-out was
prompted by "sadness and pro-
test."
The Turkish - chairman of
Eban's committee, Selim Sarper,
interrupted the Jewish delegate,
and ruled him out of order. How-
ever, Eban stated that the two
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Friday, January 25, 1952
RENANA BEN-GURION .
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Renana
Ben-Gurion, 26-year-old daugh-
ter of Israel's premier, arrived
on her first visit to the United
States. She will make a two-
month tour of the country in
behalf of Hadassah, women's
Zionist organization.
Bale Post, Auxiliary
To Honor Pfc. Bale
At Memorial Service
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The inspiring life and heroic
death of Pfc. Joseph L. Bale will
be - remembered at memorial
services to be held Thursday, at
9 p.m., at the Jewish War Vet-
erans Memorial Home, on W.
Davison. The services will be
conducted by the JWV Post
and Auxi liar y
which memori-
alize his name.
By destroying
an enemy tank,
in t h e Colmar
Pocket Cam-
paign in France,
an action which
cost him his life,
J o e saved the
lives of members
of his company,
and was accord-
ed this country's
Pfc. Bale
second hig hest
medal—the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross.
Rabbi Ephraim F. Einhorn, of
Cong. Ahavas Achim, will deliver
an address and preach the
sermon. Brief remarks will also
be delivered by John Madonna,
Joe's Central High School teach-
er and baseball c o a c h, and
several other friends.
A great sportsman, Joe won
countless medals and trophies
for his athletic skill. A dormi-
tory at Michigan State College
perpetuates his memory and his
valor in both life and death.
Sanford Rothman, first com-
mander of the Bale Post will
serve as chairman of the eve-
ning. Florence Michelson, Aux-
iliary chairman, will be in charge
of the hospitaity committee.
Services are open to all mem-
bers of the community, an-
nounced Ruth Kline, Auxiliary
president.
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of 24 to 3, with 20 abstentions,
a proposal by the Guatemalan
delegate to adjourn debate
for the day. Iceland and Uru-
guay supported the Guate-
malan protest proposal.
Prof. Rodriguez Fabregat, of
Uruguay, explaining his vote for
adjournment, said such death
sentences could only aggravate
relations between states. He
added that his delegation had
been prepared to try to bring
about a commutation of the
sentences. The chairman inter-
rupted and said the matter was
out of order but he continued to
speak despite this.
Prof. Fabregat thought the
chairman's remarks were "un-
called for." He said "we aren't
here for our own personal
comfort but to fight for unity
of human beings."
The special political commit-
tee then went on to discuss
the Palestine-Arab refugee issue.
After a short debate it approved
the four-power proposals, des-.
pite the absence of the Israeli
delegation, by a vote of 44 in
favor to n- against, , with
seven abstentions.. (Argentina,
Bielorussia, Canada, Czecho-
slova,kia, Poland, Ukraine and
USSR).
Bowing before Arab pressure,
the West ern Powers reviewed
their original resolution on a re-
lief and reintegration program
for Palestine Arab refugees. Un-
der the change, the resolution
points out, the program would
not prejudice the right of refu-
gees -to return to their abandon-
ed homes' in Israel.
The two Jews, convicted last
November following a trial
which lasted several months,
were accused of belonging to an
alleged Zionist underground.
Twelve men also brought before
the court were released while
five others were sentenced to
five year prison terms.
The charges were first brought
up when the men were arrested
last June. Iraqi officials had
charged them with concealing
in their homes "enough dyna-
mite to blow up all of Baghdad."
The Baghdad Zionist Society,
the organization to which the
men were supposed to belong,
was said by the. Iraqis to have
the backing of the world Zionist
movement and Israeli agents.
Israel officials deny the ex -
istence of any Zionist organ-
ization in Iraq, explaining that
Jews leaving Iraq have been
persecuted, robbed of every-
thing, including wedding rings,
and left with only a little
pocket money.
American Jewish organiza-
tions earlier this month asked
for U.S. State Department in-
tervention, charging that dur-
ing the trial there were a
"long series of irregularities."
Both men, the AJC claimed,
determination of the govern-
ment of Iraq to annihilate the
Jews in their midst. I spent al-
most a week in Baghdad at the
end of August and heard then.
of the feverish preparations,
which were being made to stage
a public trial—a trial wholly for
the benefit of the western world.
"Every Iraqi I talked to told
me that the prisoners will be
were convicted on the basis of a hanged or that they must be
confession by one of the men hanged. And that was months
which was given "under extreme before the trial began. One of
physical torture."
the prosecuting attorneys whose
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uncle had been Iraqi charge
d'Affaires in Washington and
`Judicial Murder' Hit
with whom I discussed the fate
By Rabbi E. Einhorn of the imprisoned Jews, told me
Rabbi Ephraim F. Einhorn, of bluntly and proudly in the pres-
Cong. Ahavas Achim, who visited ence of such distinguished mem-
in Iraq last summer when he bers of Iraqi society as Abdul
posed as an American clergy- Aziz Adul-Timman, son of
man, made this statement upon Ja'asar Adul-Timman, former
learning the tragic news:
cabinet minister, that the Jews
"I was deeply shocked to hear were being tortured.
that Shalom Saleh Shalom and
"When I asked him why they
Yussef Ibrahini Basri, the two were being tortured he replied,
Jewish boys who have been ac- `We have to obtain confessions.'
cused of throwing bombs, have I reminded him that the con-
'Theen hanged in fessions of pain were similar to
1 3aghdad. This
methods used behind the Iron
judicial' murder Curtain, and were not taken
of the two in- seriously by any decent person
nocent Jewish anywhere in the free world.
"One cannot but shudder at
boys should
arouse the con- the crimes committed by the
science of the Iraqis -against the two youths
world to the under the cloak of 'due legal
ragic plight of process.' Such malpractices can
the remaining never be tolerated in any coun-
11,000 Jews in try in which there exists the
Rabbi Einhorn Iraq, and in- spirit of the 'rule of law' and in
deed, in the other Arab countries. which the rights and dignity of
"These young . boys are victims the individual are honored and
of the declared policy and the protected."
An Urgent Message
From the Rabbis of Detroit
To the Jewish Community
of Detroit:
The Vaad Horabbonim has observed with
grief and sorrow the trend in the celebration
of family occasions in the Jewish Community
of Detroit.
Bar Mitivah, engagement parties and wed-
dings have become divested of their deep
spiritual significance and, in many cases, have
deteriorated into ordinary marry making with
more or less appropriate entertainment.
This situation in itself does not reflect well
upon the dignity and spiritual maturity of a
community. It assumes the character of an
outrage when such affairs are held in places
where no kosher catering is provided and
meals and refreshments are not in conformity
with Jewish dietary laws.
We are facing the tragic paradox that occa-
sions intended to bring sanctity. and 'spiritual
enrichment into our lives are turned into a
travesty instead, flagrantly °violating the very
tradition of which they are supposed to be a
part.
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PHILADELPHIA (AJP)—A for-
mer high school cage star, Ernie
Abrams, set an all-time scoring
mark in the American Industrial
Basketball League by registering
points in a single contest.
We extend an urgent appeal to every Jew in -
this community to come to our assistance in
removing this blemish from our midst. Help
us to restore this fundamental_ aspect of
Jewish life to its pristine glory.
The orthodox rabbis of Detroit will not par- .
ticipate in or officiate at any function where
this minimum requirement of Jewish tradi-
tion is not met.
VAAD HORABBONIM
OF DETROIT
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