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Israelis Repair Haifa to Kantara Railroad

Let There Be Unity for Peace

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to the sale of Israel Bonds, undoubtedly were withou t
foundation. State Department spokesmen denied it. Bu
as an eventuality, such steps might have been suggeste d.
ti
Israel's enemies, the Arab propagandists who have in
8 vaded this country, the handful of. self-hating Jews i n
the anti-Zionist ranks, have spread falsehoods abou t
w Jewish aspirations and have demanded such action s.
A 3. Equally as serious might have been the reactio
oaU. S. Jewry. While American Jews, supported b y
E-1 objective observers of the international situation and b y
Christians who recognize the justice of Israel's action s,
came through nobly in an hour of crisis, the threat o f
sanctions might have created the sort of panic that divide
a commun ni
ity. Indeed, American Jewry might have bee n
split asunder on this issue. David Ben-Gurion has cm
tributed, by his courage and statesmanship, towards th e
.1: prevention of fright which would have been damagin
to our functions as a group that must help our kinsme n
in a battle for freedom, lest their independence shoul
Z be destroyed and the remnant that survived Nazis t
annihilated.
4. Russia's new fishing expedition in the trouble d
and muddied waters of the Mediterranean. Russia mus t
save face in Eastern Europe, and she may use the Middl e
East as a jumping-off point out of which to recapture he r
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fast-disappearing glory. If she is out to destroy Israe 1
Israeli railroad workers are repairing the Haifa-Kantara railroad, running from
and to leave her road clear for a battle in defense o f
Haifa, Israel, to Kantara, Egypt (on Suez Canal), which was knocked out of commission
Communism in Eastern Europe, then the world is trul
in eight day. But the railway lines may again be in doubt as a result of troop with-
on the road to another destructive world war. Israel'
drawal plans.
actions, in withdrawing her troops from the Sinai Deser t,
must be ascribed, in part, to a desire to cooperate wit h
the rest of the world in fighting the Communist menace
Thus, saddened as the Israelis must be that the yl
were compelled to abandon captured territory, the with
drawal of Israeli troops was a result of internationa 1
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
developments which involved not only Israel's security
but also the peace of the entire world.
Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and
But what about the future? Will the United Nations
Other
News Gathering Media.
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and the United States come to Israel's assistance in times
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of crisis?
United States
TEL AVIV—The Zim Naviga-
• Until the Oct. 29 invasion of Egypt by Israel, the
NEW YORK — Daniel Ross, national president of American
international organization and its members, including tion Company decided to open
the United States, played weak and ineffective roles. a branch at Elath "to help in Friends of the Hebrew University, announces that the Hebrew
the industrial and economic de- University of Jerusalem has acquired Israel's first Cyclotron, a
-While Arabs were invading Israel, using "suicide squads" velopment of the area," accord- six-ton,
100,000-volt apparatus purchased from Cornell Uni-
to murder men, women and children, to destroy property, ing to Zim management mem- versity . . . The World Jewish Congress' Western Hemisphere
to rob and pillage, the representatives of the nations of ber Zvi Herman. The company's executive expressed its solidarity with Israel and called upon
the world limited their resentments to reproving alter- workers this week proceeded to the major powers to "replace the discredited armistice with an
nately Israel and the Arabs. Assailants were given equal Elath to complete details for effective peace." ... The American Zionist Committee for Public
status with the assailed, and Israel had to take drastic opening the branch. Herman Affairs has issued a call for peace now through direct Arab-
also stated that Israel's mer- Israel talks. It presented a six-point program for action, in-
steps for self-defense.
What now? Will the great powers mobilize to bring chant fleet, including cargo and cluding endorsement of the Johnston Plan for the Jordan River
peace to that area? Israel's chief aim was to get the passenger services from and to Valley development . The New York Supreme Court has
Arabs to talk peace terms. Will she get assistance now Israel, continued without inter- ruled that the Jewish Center of Garden City, Long Island, can
ruption during the emergency, not be denied the right to hold group meetings in the synagogue,
in securing such a peace? c
while foreign ships cancelled but refused to remove a clause in the town's permit to the center
In his reply to President Eisenhower's message of their calls on Israeli ports. Her- to use its premises for "religious
purposes only." .. .
Nov. 8, urging him to adhere to UN decisions, 6 Ben- man stated that Zim ordered
Gurion uttered this deeply moving appeal:
TUCSON, Ariz.—The Anti-Defamation League—Community
23 ships, all freighters, with
"Although an important part of our aim has been German dockyards. This order Relations Committee here is discussing with the University of
achieved by the destruction, as a result of the, Sinai oper- is in addition to previously or- Arizona restrictions which would block leasing of state land to
fraternities practicing discrimination.
ation, of Fedayeen gangs and the bases from which they dered ships.
were planned and directed, we must repeat our urgent
MADISON, Wis.—University of Wisconsin's Bnai Brith Hillel
request to the United Nations to call upon Egypt, which Drew Pearson
Foundation has dedicated the $250,000 Louis Behr Memorial
Building as its home.
has consistently maintained that it is in a state of war
with Israel, to renounce this position, to abandon its Here Tuesday for
South Africa
policy of boycott and blockade, to cease the incursions
into Israeli territory of murder gangs and, in accordance
JOHANNESBURG—Current deputy mayor of Johannesburg,
with its obligations under the United Nations charter to Brandeis Dinner
Max Goodman, will be nominated by the United Party caucus
Syndicated columnist and ra- here for mayor . . . Israel Maisels, president of the South African
live at peace with member states, to enter into direct
peace negotiations with Israel."
dio commentator Drew Pearson Board of Jewish Deputies, was honored here for 21 years service
Will the nations of the world, especially the United will be guest speaker at the to the Deputies . . . Gustav Saron, general secretary of the South
African Board of Jewish Deputies, arrived in New York to
States, listen to this plea with heart and mind, realizing fifth annual
study fund-raising techniques.
the justice of Israel's cause; recognizing that a secure Brandeis D i n-
Israel surely will mean a safe world, taking into con- ner - Dance, to
Israel
held Tues
sideration that if a permanent peace is established in be
at
the
Shera-
TEL
AVIV—There
is
no
campaign against religion in the
that area it can mean a permanent peace for the entire
USSR, but on Yom Kippur Eve, Radio Kiev commented on the
t o n Cadillac
world? -
Hotel.
"reactionary character of the Jewish religion," a Histadrut
The moment the three powers--Britain, France and
delegation to Russia which attended Yom Kippur services at
I n announc-
Israel—announced their adherence to the UN demand ing the pro-
a Ukrainian synagogue filled with 25,000 people, reported here.
for withdrawal' of troops' from the Sinai area, Egypt's gram, Frank
Delegates said that strong anti-Semitic feeling is in the Ukraine
but is not significant elsewhere in Russia . . Israel's polished
dictator Gamal Abdel Nasser, became arrogant again. He Winton, presi-
diamonds have reached important Far Eastern trading centers,
is delivering speeches again. He has reiterated his threats dent of the De-
according to Haim Razily, of Israel Diamond Manufacturers
to Israel and the democratic nations. He makes claim to troit Chapter,
executive
council. Israel's diamond industry is now second in
Brandeis
Uni-
support both by the United States and Russia, and boasts
the world after Belgium's, he said . . Israel's Histadrut has
that he had set up dummy planes which were the only versity Associ-
received an expression of solidarity from David Dubinsky, presi-
ates, sponsors
ones destroyed in the recent operations, and that Egypt o
dent of the International Ladies Garment' Workers Union.
f the event,
still has her complete air force. Suppoi-ting him again advised that
JERUSALEM—The Hebrew Uniyersity opened its new aca-
supposedly is another Russian air armada, reportedly Pearson w
demic year with an attendance of 6,000.
seen in Arab countries.
discuss the
Nasser's threats can be viewed as irrelevant only if "Middle E a sst
Latin America
our Government and the members of the United Nations Turmoil."
Pearson
BUENOS AIRES—An investigation has been launched here
will refuse to support him in his destructive aims.
Pearson, who recently visited
in Israel and the Arab countries, by Argentine police into the placement of a bomb next to a wall
Are we facing another Munich?
of the city's largest synagogue, the Liberated Street Synagogue.
At this moment, we view David Ben-Gurion's act, also will speak on the results A policeman who discovered the explosive summoned-
a bomb
conceding to the withdrawal of Israel's troops, as a states- of last week's Presidential elec- squad and the entire block was cordoned off.
tion.
manlike decision that can lead to peace—provided just
Lawrence Wien, who is affi-
decisions by the world's powers will lead to honorable
Europe
liated with Brandeis University,
actions by them.

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Meanwhile, the world is in turmoil. Men of good will,
seeking peace, are being put to the test. Will they emerge
brave, honorable, justice-aspiring?
We approach the future with hopes and with prayers
for justice, for amity, for peace—for courageous states-
manship. This is a crucial testing period for humanity.
May Israel's hopes for peace come true, so that there
may be realization of the Israeli prophecies of the coming
of the day when "nation shall not make war upon nation

any more."

—P. S.

in Waltham, Mass., also will
speak on the program.
The formal dinner-dance will
begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cock-
tail party. Music for dancing
will be furnished by the Fenby-
Carr Orchestra.
Tickets are s t i 11 available,
Winton said, and may be ob-
tained by calling. the Detroit
Chapter office, WO. 1-2181. •

Around the Trot-U..

GENEVA—The World ORT Union is considering a provi-
sional 1957 budget of $4,529,300.

LONDON — Prospects for Jewish Colonization Association
colonists in Brazil and Argentina are now considered favorable.
JA colonies in Israel -indicated, in a report made known here,
that they are continuing to make progress . Fear developing
among Russian Jews as a result of the Soviet Union's hostile
attitude to Israel is making many Jews in the USSR follow the
official anti-Israel line, it is revealed here. Pravda, Moscow
newspaper, published a letter signed by 34 well-known Soviet
,Jews protesting Israel's "criminal" attack on Egypt.