Sukkot: Our Festival of Thanksgiving HE JEWISH NEWS Another Clarification-of Israeli ReCord A of ., 1 >to, P.:vents Weekly Review ‘4' ?\') 6 J) CP cz, % Michigan's Only English Jewish Newspaper— * r VOLUME XXX—No. 3 env 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE P sZ Is Believing Commentary, Page 2 '% ( , 3 Editorial, Page 4 . I s ra e I's Signposts of the Future: Seeing ie Detroit Jewish Chronicle , September 21, 1956 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c 4 Israel Is Pi ■ a for Action By West Against Egypt at UN Preparing for Sukkot: This elder- ly scholar at a market in Jerusalem scrutinizes the ethrog (citrus) , one of the Four Species used to symbolize fertil- ity during the Feast of Tabernacles. He is one of the many fascinating people caught by the camera in "Journey to Is- r'ael," Holy Land pictorial guide published by Monde. Israel, the only nation whose ships have been denied passage by Egypt through the Suez Canal, is emerging as the only member of the United Nations through whom the West will be able to press the case in support of a "Users Association" against the Egyptians, before the Security Council and later before the UN General As- sembly. Bypassed since 1951, when the UN condemned Egypt's discrimination against Israel's shipping, the Jewish State alone now is believed able to press the case before the UN, with the Western Powers taking over from that point. The Manchester Guardian Weekly's New York correspondent, Alistair Cooke, in a cable to_ his paper, emphasized this eventuality by pointinc; out: "There is rejoicing, among the distressed friends of Britain and France, that Israel has made a protest b to the United Nations because a Greek ship bound for Israel has been held up since May. Far from the passions that swirl between London, Paris, and Cairo, the United Nations onlookers see the Western flag flying atop the mast of that Greek freighter." William Randolph Hearst Jr., in his ."Editor's Report: British Lion May Nip Nas- ser," in last Sunday's Hearst newspapers, made this assertion: "There is another aspect of this situation which is disturbing. That is the revival of frontier- incidents between Jordan an d Israel. "The Jordan Arabs have started pin-pricking Israel with border attacks to which the Israeli forces have responded with sharp retalliation. "This indicates the Arabs would try to take advantage of any conflict with the Western powers to wipe out Israel. They would be making a big mistake. "It might have a restraining influence on Egypt and the Arabs generally in this whole affair if we sent to Israel those jet planes earmarked for Yugoslavia." Israel's case now is receiving a hearing in many quarters—in the British House of Commons, in the press of the world and in discussions by the world's diplomats. The Christian Science Monitor, in an editorial, "Israel and Suez," declared: "Had it not been overshadowed by the Suez Canal crisis the rise of violence along the frontiers of Israel in the last few weeks would have engaged worldwide attention. As it is, the situation can hardly be ignored, and it has an important rela- tion to .3117 finestion. "Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold of the United Nations, in calling upon both Arabs and Jews to observe the Palestine armistice, has described the situation as a 'mounting series of incidents, followed, by countermoves.' These 'countermoves' have been drastic—wiping out two police posts with around a score of casualties in each case. "The provocation extends back for months. The Embassy of Israel in Washing- ton lists 61 'attacks' on Israeli territory, some minor, some serious, during May and June, and 73 in July and August. "The list included such items as machine-gun fire at a-tractor operator, a fishing boat, or a border patrol, hand grenades thrown at Israeli workmen, marauders cross- ing the border, cars blown up by land mines, a civilian bus ambushed, a UN observer killed and three others wounded in separate incidents. Ten Israelis were killed and 26 injured during the two months. "The British Government has expressed strong disapproval of the first Israeli reprisal. Mr. Hammarskjold raises the question whether violations by all parties have reestablished a state of war in the area, but declares this interpretation is cob- lously unjustifiable.' (Continued on Page 28) LONDON Tripoli 0 P E .:• ■ ••••.) ,1 4: LEBANONk Beirut Mediterranean Sea MIDDLE EAST. Acre 1 •••• PERSIAN) GULF ( :A", - Haifa 441/4 INDIA ISRAEL Port Said . BOMBAY— ARABIAN .SEA Tel Aviv Gaza Strip . - 7,7: ar - • - • - ATLANTIC OCEAN ► %, TURKEY sz.KIRKUK S Y RIA & LEBANON R A N HAIFA39 Gulf of Aqaba A Q ISRAELfi \ SUEZ CANAL Tehran At i BAGHDAD ..• 0 < JORDAN sEA OIL PIPE LINES BASRA ABADAN ARABIA RIDYAH 'O 171 Proposed Israeli Canal,Threatened Middle EastAreas Dotted line on map on left shows the route of the proposed Israeli canal which would parallel the Suez Canal to provide- an alter- • nate channel from the Mediter- ranean coast to the port of Eilat. The canal would run 150 miles through the Negev. Such a plan was proposed by Dr. Theodor Herzl, as recorded in his Diaries, in 1898. The upper map, on the right compares the long route from England around Africa to India with the shorter Suez route, mark- ing a difference of more than 5,000 miles. The African route is 12,374 miles and Suez is 7,117, The African route is proposed if Egypt refuses Suez passage to the "Users Association." Lower map shows how Soviet infiltration in that area is bypass- ing Israel.