Israel's Resumption of Jordan Proje et Seen In UN
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
—Optimism was expressed in
United Nations circle over the
possibility of the passage by the
UN Security Council next month
of the Big Three resolution un-
der which it is hoped, that Israel
will be able to resume its work
on the hydroelectric project in
the demilitarized zone of the
Israel-Syrian border.
Whether the Soviet delegation
will veto the resolution, when
adopted, is a matter of specula-
tion.
The fact that Mr. Vishinsky
disclosed that his opposition to
the resolution is motivated by
anti-American feelings rather
than by pro-Arab inclinations
came as a surprise to the French
and British delegations which
were beginning to yield slightly
to the Arab demands for sub-
stantial revisions in the resolu-
tion, while the U.S. delegation
stood firm on the proposed text.
It is considered likely that the
stand of the American delega-
tion would be reaffirmed by the
French and the British when
the Security Council resumes
debate on the resolution.
The January session of the
Security Council, although it
will be conducted under the
presidency of Dr. Charles
Malik, the Lebanese delegate
who speaks at the Council on
behalf of all Arab countries,
offers the Big Three a better
opportunity for receiving the
seven votes needed for the
adoption of the resolution of
Putting 2 and 2 Together -
By RINNA GROSSMAN
An American Jewish Press Feature
The time is December, 1953.
The place is Israel.
The list of border "incidents"
grows ominously longer each
week. A watchman is injured.
Livestock is stolen. Yesterday
a member of a collective settle-
ment near the Jordan border
was seriously wounded. The day
before, water pipes were taken
from a village. Today, two Is-
raeli soldiers were killed.
And tomorrow?
Tomorrow, anything may hap-
pen. The green light flashes
"proceed with relative impuni-
ty." The United Nations cen-
sure of Israel following the Kib-
ya raid was well understood by
Israel's neighbors.
They read it as Israel's emis-
saries to the United Nations had
repeatedly warned that it would
be read: we, the United Nations
of the civilized world, will tol-
erate no mass murder.
Killing in Israel must not ex-
eeed the quota.
When three score Arabs were
killed at Kibya by outraged
Jewish settlers, whose patience
gave way before the steady and
rising casualty count inflicted
by infiltrators, the United Na-
tions loudly indicated its justi-
fied horror.
But violent death, or theft, or
pillaging — if these are done
piecemeal—with reasonable dis-
cretion — no one minds too
much.
So the censure resolution
passed. Israel was shamed be-
fore the world.
Her plea of attack in self-
defense went by the boards. So
did her honor roll of men and
women murdered in the years
that have passed since war of-
ficially relaxed its grip on the
Jewish state. And the Arabs
understood that nothing in
particular would happen if they
carried on—as before.
So, one day, a group of armed
Jordanians penetrated into Is-
rael from the Tulkarm area.
They were foiled by Israel
guards—just in time. And on
another day, a bus traveling on
the northern border was fired
upon from the Lebanese border.
And so on and on. And the
world does not react with horror
—or even with reproach.
And Israel's urgent demand
that something be done to es-
tablish peace in the near East
is forgotten. Ambassador Eban's
request that Jordan be sum-
moned to sit at peace talks with
Israel, when he invoked the fa-
mous paragraph 12 of the Is-
rael-Jordan armistice agreement
has met with stony, unflinching
silence on the part of UN col-
lectively—and the Arab states
concerned individually.
In September, 1951, the Se-
curity C oun c i l declared the
blockade of the Suez Canal il-
legal. Despite this, over the
past two years, the blockade has
been maintained in full force.
Recently, the Israeli govern-
ment lodged a formal complaint
with the Security Council
against the confiscation by
Egypt of 140 tons of precious
meat being carried to Israel in
an Italian ship from East Africa.
The ship was intercepted at Port
Said on Dec. 14 and later per-
mitted to continue—minus its
cargo of meat.
Ambassador Eban may expect
his protest to produce results at
the Security Council. I do not,
Two years of benign official
blindness and deafness where
the Canal and Israel are con-
cerned is enough to convince me
that nothing explosive will hap-
pen now to alter the intolerable
situation.
At this point, while the spirit
of peace on earth and goodwill
to all men is still pervading the
air, it might be a good idea to
put two and two together and
contemplate the result: in all
the vast territory of the Near
East, only one tiny state is vis-
ibly eager for the brotherhood
of man and the comity of na-
tions—Israel.
Strange as it may seem—Is-
rael alone, in a small, clear
voice, has asked for peace.
Asked for it in many ways. And
has been rebuffed.
Perhaps, with the New Year
of 1954—a set of new resolutions
will be passed at the UN and
one of them may have to do
with peace in the Holy Land.
Perhaps.
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Hebrew as It Is Spoken in Israel Today
By SHUSHANNAH SPECTOR and Rabbi JOSEPH ZEITLIN
Editor's Note: This special American Jewsh Press Feature is another in the
series of easy lessons for self-study of Hebrew. The complete book, "Hebrew
Made Easy," is available from Miss Shushannah Spector, 904 S. Miami Ave.,
Fla.; 51.50 a copy.
Miss, huryl, hurry, the day
is short!
I still have to buy (some)
' gifts
Ge-ve-ret. ma-her ma-her,
ha-yom ka-zart
'A-ni'od za-rich tik-not ma-
ta-not
GIFT SHOP
HA-NUT MA-TA-NOT
Miss, where is the gift shop?
would like to see also
(some) earthenware of
domestic make
We have (some):
Ge-ve-ret, 'ci-fott ha-nut
le-ma-ta-not?
Be-val5.-ka-shah te-har'-ot li
pe-ni-nitu
'Ado-ni tnc-'un-yan lilt-not
she-ti-him?
Ken, be-vak-ka-shah,
hin-neh she-ti-bins
tni-to-e-ret haJa-rez
'A-ni ro-zeh lir-'ot ke-le
he-res gain ken
mi-to-ze-ret
Yesh la-nu:
Porcelain
har-si-nab
Please show me pearls
Sir, arc you interested in
buying rugs?
Yes, here are rugs of domes-
tic make
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the 11-member Council. Paki-
stan, Chile and Greece—which
have been known as oppo-
nents of the Big Three resolu-
tion in its present form and
which is acceptable to Israel—
will be replaced in the Council
in January by New Zealand,
Brazil and Turkey, which are
likely to vote in favor of the
resolution.
The Arabs are seeking the in-
troduction of modifications in
the Big Three resolution to as-
sure Syria the right to veto Is-
rael's resumption of work on its
hydroelectric project. The U.S.
delegation is of the opinion that
while each country is entitled to
its sovereign rights, it cannot
impose its will on neighboring
countries. The American Govern-
ment takes the stand that the
UN Truce Chief in Palestine,
Gen. Vagn Bennike, is the only
authority on whether Israel
should or should not 'continue
the work on its project. The Big
Three resolution directs Gen.
Bennike to report to the Securi-
ty Council within 90 days on the
measures he has . taken to give
effect to the resolution.
Israel Signs Opium Pact
Israel became the 34th
country to sign the United
Nations Opium Protocol, which
is an interim agreement an-
ticipating the conclusion of a
single convention to deal with
narcotics drugs as a whole.
Mordecai Kidron, member of
the Israel delegation at the
UN, signed the Protocol this
Progressive Zionists
Demand More Liberal
Attitude to Arabs
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — A demand that
the new government of Israel
being formed by Acting Premier
Moshe Sharett have a more
flexible foreign policy than in
the past and a more liberal at-
titude toward the Arab minor-
ity in Israel was voiced here
Monday night by Dr. Pinchas
Rosen, leader of the Progessive
Party.
Addressing a me e tin g, Dr.
Rosen also demanded that the
new government should accept
as its major objective the pro-
motion of the Zionist movement
in countries abroad. Comment-
ing on the lengthy inter-party
negotiation for the formation of
a new cabinet, Dr. Rosen said
that if the deadlock is not
broken so on the Progressive
Party will reconsider its stand
on entering the new cabinet.
Israel Seeks Soviet Trade
Israel would like to purchase
coal, wheat and lumber from
the Soviet Union in exchange
for textiles, rubber products and
artificial teeth, it was learned
here after a reception in honor
of the Russian and Bulgarian
ministers held here Monday
night.
The party was given by the
Israel Fuel Corporation to cele-
brate the arrival of the first
cargo of 10,000 tons of Russian
oil. It is understood that the
expansion of trade between Is-
rael and the USSR was dis-
cussed at the reception.
35,000 Visited Israel
A total of 35,000 tourists visit-
ed Israel in 1953 and brought
some $7,500,000 in foreign ex-
change into the country an in-
crease of six percent over the
income derived from tourists in
1952, it was announced here
Tuesday. Amos Eiron, director
of the Tourist Cent e r, who
made the announcement, also
revealed that Israel diplomatic
missions abroad will make Feb-
ruary a month for encouraging
tourism in Israel.
Israel will order telephone
equipment valued at $3,500,000
as reparations from West Ger-
many, A. Ben Menahem, direc-
tor of the Israel Post Office, re-
vealed. Monday night prior to
his departure for Germany. He
said equipment would be used
in setting up of an interurban
telephone exchange.
morning in the office of Con-
stantin Stavrepolous, head of
the UN legal department.
Jordan Will Not Hold
Direct Talks With Israel
LONDON, (JTA)—Prime Min-
ister Fowziel Mulki of Jordan
indicated that Jordan would re-
ject Israel's' request for direct
talks on frontier issues as pro-
vided by the Armistice Agree-
ment, the Times of London re-
ports from Beirut. Mr. Mulki
made his statement following a
meeting of the Arab League
Political Committee in Beirut at
which the subject was discussed.
Israel Soldier Killed
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—An emer-
gency meeting of the Israel-
Jordan Armistice Commission
was requested by the Israel
government following the killing
of an Israeli soldier by Jordians
at the armistice border near
Kibya. The soldier was killed
while escorting Israeli surveyors
attempting to demarcate the
armistice line.
The Jordan authorities had
been informed through the Mix-
ed Armistice Commission that
Israel surveyors would start
work in the Budrus-Kibya area
on Dec. 27. When no answer was
received, Israel assumed there
were no objections and the work
Party was sent out.
An Israeli soldier was wound-
ed in the Negev by fire from the
Jordanian side • of the border,
when an Israeli patrol attempt-
ed to drive off Arab cattle from
Israeli fields. A complaint was
lodged by the Israel authorities
with the Mixed Armistice Com-
mission.
Israel Parliament to Get
Bill Against Cartels
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A bill to
fight cartels, both of coopera-
tives and private enterprises,
will be submitted by Israel's
Ministry of Industry to the Par-
liament within three months.
The announcement said that
the Israel Cabinet and the
leaders of the various factions
in Parliament have agreed on
the necessity of introducing
anti-cartel legislation.
The Israel Parliament thus
empowered Finance Minister
Levi Eshkol to register gold in
the country whenever he finds
such a measure necessary.
The convocation of the next
World Zionist Congress in 1955
in Jerusalem was recommend-
ed to the Zionist Actions Com-
mittee by its commission on
organizational problems. The
finance commission of the Ac-
tions Committee adopted the
117 million pound budget
submitted by the Jewish
Agency.
The coordinating board of the
Israel government and the Jew-
ish Agency met under the chair-
manship of Acting Premier
Moshe Sharett to discuss prob-
lems concerning immigration
and emigration.
Members of the Agency pre-
sented several proposals aimed
at checking re-emigration from
Israel. One proposal suggests
the establishment of a special
fund to assist newcomers who
find themselves in need of sup-
port. Such aid, it is believed,
would prevent them from leav-
ing the country.
B. G. R Says:
A Stormy Petrel Passes
An American Jewish Press Feature
How many of my readers re-
member the turbulent events re-
lating to Palestine and world
Jewry before the great event of
May, 1948, when the State of
Israel came into existance? Who
remembers the Hebrew Commit-
tee for National Liberation, the
American League for Free Pal-
estine, Inc., the Palestine Re-
sistance Fund? Who recalls the
storm that raged around the
"Jewish government in exile"
with a rather fantastic embassy
established in Washington by
Peter H. Bergson, and the pur-
chase of a building which pro-
voked many questions and spec-
ulations?
. Menachem Beigen is now lec-
turing and embarrassing the
Zionists in South Africa, but
where is Peter H. Bergson and
how many of the old revisionists
and other rebels are now includ-
ed in the insurgent Herut party
in Israel?
Other names come up: Ben
Hecht chief among them, and
one is inclined to ask where and
how they stand and what their
relations are toward the Jewish
State which, perhaps, in their
own extreme and reckless man-
ner they helped to bring about.
Among other names, we will
have to remember William B.
Ziff, who died on December 20
at the age of 55. He too was one
of the stormy petrels of a tur-
bulent time. Originally a regu-
lar Zionist who worked with the
long established organizations
helping Palestine in different
ways, he was stirred by the new
events and especially the inimi-
cal attitude of England and the
attacks of the Arabs, to join the
militant groups in order to has-
ten and invigorate the defense
of the ancient Homeland and to
further the establishment of a
Jewish State.
Quite outside of his Jewish-
Zionist activities, William Ziff
had a remarkable career, .begin-
ning as a poorly paid executive
in an advertising concern and
then studying art and becoming
a cartoonist and later building
up a chain of ,trade publications
which made him one of the
magnates in that field of pub-
lishing in the U.S. He amassed
a fortune but that did not
28—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS alienate him from any of his
basic interests and loyalties.
Friday, January 8, 1954
As characteristic of his ad-
venturous career, Mr. Ziff took
time off in 1924 to join an ex-
pedition to look for the lost city
of Pueblo Blanco in Honduras.
Becoming involved in a "local
fracas," he emerged with the
rank of colonel in the Honduran
Army.
But, though aggressive, rebel-
lious and impatient of other
people's opinions, Ziff will never-
theless be remembered as one of
the vanguard of Jewish fighters
who threw caution to the winds
and, despite the resentments
they aroused, served the cause
of their people in an - unforget-
table way.
—Bernard G. Richards
Jewish Editors
To Tour Israel
The American Association of
English-Jewish Newspapers an-
nounced here that a delegation
of publishers and editors, repre-
senting the Ass o ci a tion, will
leaVe on Jan. 27 for a 16-day
stay in Israel, to study condi-
tions there and to describe their
experiences for the Jewish com-
munities served by the 32 mem-
ber newspapers of the Associa-
tion,
Included in the delegation will
be Albert Golomb, treasurer of
the Association, publisher of the
Jewish Out 10 o k, Pittsburgh;
Fred Shochet, publisher, Jewish
Floridian, Miami; Morris Janoff,
publisher-editor, Jewish Stand-
ard, Jersey City, and Mr. and
Mrs. Leo I. Frisch, publishers-.
editors of American J e w i s h
World, Minneapolis-St. Paul. .
This tour is being made at the
invitation of the Israel Consu-
late. The publishers and editors
will travel on the Israel El Al
Airlines.
In Israel, they will meet with
President It z h a k BenZvi • in
Jerusalem, with the retired
Prime Minister Da vi d Ben-
Gurion and Mrs. Ben-Gurion in
their new home in Sdeh Boker,
in the Negev, with Prime Min-
ister Sharett and other Israeli
officials. They will be feted at a
dinner by the Israel Journalists
Association,