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VOL. XXIV. No. 26

March 5, 1954

Sabbath Rosh Hodesh Adar Sheni Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath„ the first day of Adar Sheni, 5714, the following Scriptural selections will be read
in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portions. Ex. 38:21-40:38; 30:11-16:- N11.711. 28:9-15. Prophetical portions, II Kings
12:1-12.
al reading, Friday, March 5, NUM. 28:1-15.
First Day Rosh Hodesh Adar Sheni Scriptur

Licht Benshen, Friday, March 5, 6:11 p.m.

'Repeating 2 Mistakes': Middle East Tragedy

Will it take two generations , to achieve
the peace of the Middle East that is so ur-
gently needed for the peace of the entire
world?
The usually well-informed Jewish Ob-
server and Middle East Review of London
(England) , in an editorial entitled "Repeat-
ing Two Mistakes," which is illustrated by
the accompanying explanatory map, _ draws

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a sad picture of existing conditions. The
troubling attitude of Egypt's leaders is
described in this editorial, whose value for
an understanding of the present situation
requires its quotation in full. The editorial
reads:
"The Israel reaction to the suggestion
made by the Egyptian Deputy Prime Min-
ister, Colonel Nasser, tolMr. Richard Cross-
man, M.P., has been sharp and swift; it did
not commend itself to the Israel Govern-
ment. Nasser's suggestion, as reported by
Mr. Crossman, was that a settlement with
Israel would be possible if Israel ceded to
Egypt the Central and Southern Negev,
south of a line .from Gaza to Beersheba.
"This- is no new Egyptian demand. Be-
fore and during the Palestine War it was al-
ready one of the chief bones of contention
between King Farouk and King Abdullah of
Transjordan. Both claimed it. At first King
Abdullah enjoyed British support for his
claim. This strategic target of the Egyptians,
in fact, also dictated the strategy of attack
during the Egyptian invasion of Palestine in
1948. And this was also the line which the
Egyptian army rashly tried to hold in Oc-
tober, 1948, when it refused Israel the right
to support her settlements in the Negev and
so brought about the renewal of the conflict
which ended with the Egyptian army being
driven back to its own frontier.
"Since then the Egyptians have renewed
their claim to this territory, formally at the
Lausanne Conference and informally on a
number of subsequent occasions.
"That Colonel Nasser should have men-
tioned this once more to Mr. Crossman sug-
gests that the Egyptian authorities have not
altogether given up hope of achieving their
object of joining Egypt territorially with. the
Arab States of Asia. Further confirmation
of this attitude can be seen in the recent in-
tensification of the Egyptian blockade of the
approaches to Elath. The Egyptian argu-
ment, it is known, is that Israel's main rea-
son for holding the Negev is to develop Elath
as an outlet to the sea in the East, and that
if Egyptian- action can convince the Israelis
that there is no hope of developing Elath

for this pnrpose then ISrael might be more
inclined to surrender the Negev as the price
of peace.
"It is Something of a shock to see that a
man of Colonel Nasser's calibre, who has
access to, and studies very closely, the mul-
tiple material about the internal conditions
of Ilsra.el, should come to the mistaken con-
clusion that any Israel government could
even contemplate such terms. It shows once
again, as does the long list of decisions of
the recent meeting of the Arab League's Po-
litical Committee, how extraordinarily out of
touch even the best informed of Arab leaders
are-- about conditions inside Israel.
"It appears that a good deal_ of current
Egyptian policy in relation to Israel, partic-
ularly the recent attempts to intensify the
naval blockade, are based on a misreading
of the actual situation in Israel. Both Presi-
dent Naguib and Colonel Nasser must re-
member only too well how similarly fan-
tastic reports about Israel brought military
disaster to the Arab armies in 1948. The re-
gime can at present ill afford diplomatic dis-
aster as a consequence of again misjudging
the situation on the eve of the Security
Council's consideration of the Israel com-
plaint against the Egyptian blockade of Is-
rael-bound shipping in the Suez Canal.
"In the context of the present situation
this seems to be not the only popular falacy
that is gaining ground; another was voiced
on Tuesday night on the B.B.C. by the La-
bour ex-Minister of Commonwealth Rela-
tions, Mr. Patrick: Gordon-Walker. He ex-
pressed the view that Arab hatred of Israel
was so great and so deep that it would take
probably two generations before a peaceful
settlement is reached.
"It is perhaps not surprising that Mr.
Gordon-Walker should have returned with
this gloomy outlook on the future of Arab-
Israel relations as his guide and host was a
Lebanese gentleman whose bitter hostility to
Israel is bettered only by his persistent cam-
paign against the Jews of the Lebanon.
Perhaps, therefore, Mr. Gordon-Walker did
not move in the best circles if he wanted to
get an objective picture of the Middle East
situation."
Unfortunately, the fallacies in Arab-Israel
relations are multiplying. In spite of the
strenuous and serious efforts that are being
made by Israel's leaders, under the capable
direction of the young state's Ambassador
to the United States and the United Na-
tions, Abba Eban, to reach accord with the
Arab states, "hatred of Israel is so deep"
that the peace of the entire world is jeopar-
dized by Moslem hostility.
Meanwhile, the "strong man" of Egypt,
Gen. Mohammed Naguid, has been- shorn of
powers and -the struggle for dictatorial con-
trol is disrupting Egypt. In Syria, Gen. Adib
Shishekly has been removed from office. In
both instances,, the changes in government
in no sense represent a move in the direction
of better relations with Israel. The forces in
power remain antagonistic to the Jewish
state.
We retain a natural hope that the United
States will continue to exert influence in sup-
port of movements to get the two contending
forces to sit together at a peace table,, and
that the United Nations will not relax its ef-
forts for peace.
Israel's kinsmen everywhere, especially
those in this country, must stand by the
young state and offer her all the encourage-
ment that is necessary for the protection of
life and for the assurance of security for
those who have found haven in the redeemed
Eretz Israel.
If the sad interpretation given to existing
conditions by the London Jewish Observer
is true then American Jewry must increase
its efforts for the United Jewish Appeal—
for the protection of newcomers to Israel—
and for loans to Israel to help her come
through her economic " predicaments with
safety.

"IT TAKES ALL CREEDS AND RACES TO
BUILD A HOUSE OF BROTHERHOOD"

Ruse de Guerre'

A 'Real-Life-Thriller'

Montagu Deceived the Nazis

"The Mari Who Never Was" by Ewen Montagu (published by
Lippincott) is one of the most remarkable historical narratives
of our time.
• The book, truly a "real-life-thriller," tells a story that will go
down in history as one of the great "ruses de guerre" of all times.
The author, a vice-president of the 'United Synagogue in
England and president of the Anglo-Jewish Association, describe
in this full-length book how an anonymous corpse was used- 1-
in 1942—to mislead. the Nazi intelligence service and the entire
German high command.
Mr. Montagu hatched the plan which he called "operation
mincemeat." Kept a secret for many years, permission has recently
been granted to make it public, and the result is this book which
narrates the tale of the fictitious "Manor Martin" and how the
Nazis fell for it hook, line and sinker.
The body of a dead man was prepared to be floated with a brief
case intended to be picked up by the Germans. The plan was to
mislead them into believing that Sicily was not the actual inva-
sion point selected by the Allies. The material included in that
kit, the manner in which the body of the dead man was released
from a submarine, the attendant clues, were so cleverly planned
that the scheme worked perfectly. The photographic documented
material included in the book proves the authenticity of the
story.
To Mr. Montagu, who was decorated by his government for his
clever stunt while with intelligence, goes credit for an unusual
feat. His book, which reads like a novel, will find a place among
the most interesting historical war material. By making a romance
out of his scheme—giving the dead man a bride, creating the
myth of a theater party, the manufactured letters from a father,
etc., gave the story reality that led the Nazis to believe the fantasy.
And the result was one of the superior schemes of the Allies
which led them to victory.

State and Diaspora`: Israeli's
Thought-Provoking Zionist View

'

Eliezer Livneh, member of the Israel Knesset, editor of the
political fortnightly Beterem and a leader in Mapai, writes most
objectively about all Zionist parties in "State and Diaspora," the
first of a new series of little booklets published as part of the
Modern Israel Library by the Youth and Hechalutz Department
of the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem.
Mr. Livneh offers an analysis of the present situation to indi-
cate that the Zionist movement is a greater national necessity
today, than ever before, for Israel and the Diaspora. If the Zionist
movement had not existed, it would have been necessary to create
it, but if it were non-existent "it is doubtful whether in the cir-
cumstances obtaining in most of the free countries—and especially
in the United States—it would have been possible to found one,"
he asserts with frankness.
It is this frankness in all his discussions of various issues
existino. in Jewish life today that makes his book interesting and
valuable. Among his thought-provoking statements is this one:
"The absence of any significant anti-Zionist reaction in the
United States is largely conditioned by the absence of a genuine
Zionist movement." This should set Zionist leadership to think-
ing. It is his view that "the Zionist movement could only be saved
by a revival from within."
Especially challenging is his evaluation of the meaning of
the term Gala, Dwelling on the belief current in this country
that "America is not Galut," Mr. Livneh points to "the co-exis-
tence of clearly defined entities" in American Jewry. He calls it
a pluralism "conducive to the gradual assimilation of the Jews
into American society," and offers these definitions:
1.
"Galut does not necessarily imply persecution or the depriva-
tion of citizen's rights. Jews can be conscious of being in exile
without any deliberate acts on the part of their Gentile neigh-
bors to their detriment. Galut is a subjective consciousness of
Jews of themselves and a Gentile consciousness that the Jews
are different. The state of mutual tension is merely an effect and
is dependent upon circumstances."
There are many more similar views which cause this small
book to loom large as a stimulant for discussion of the current
Jewish situation. All Jews will find its contents valuable for eon
sideration of Jewry's status in relation to themselves and to Israel.

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