Should. Jewish State Relinquish Captured Territory?

Iteingees in

Pro-Arab Leader 'Reports
on Arrests of Jews in Egypt
LONDON, (JTA) — A total
of 131 Jews have been arrested
by the Egyptian authorities and
Fourthly, the refugees can be 400 to 500 have been told to
not. If it does — and this
seems to be the consensus to- settled in Israel in small num- leave the country, Alfred . Lilien-
day—a splendid future lies bers. It would be advisable to thal, executive chairman of the
ahead for the town of Gaza scatter them throughout the American committee for Secur-
ity and Justice in the Middle
itself. For years Israel has
length and breadth of the coun- East, which is pro-Arab, told
been thinking of building a
deep-water port in the South. try so they do not constitute a press conference in Cairo, it
Gaza, with modernization and cores of danger in times of was reported here by Reuters.
Mr. Lilienthal further declared
improvements, can easily fit emergency.
that 125 firms owned by Jews
the bill. As a thriving harbor,
It is, however, impossible to
fishing and commercial, an return them to their former in Egypt had been sequestered,
export outlet of the Negev's homes. These were occupied affecting 524 Jews, while many
treasures, she can easily ab- years ago by Jewish immi- Jews have been discharged from
sorb many workmen, easing grants from the displaced per- their jobs.
Lilienthal, a former leader at
the problem somewhat.
sons camps in Europe and from the American Council for Juda-
Secondly, emigration f r o m the ghettoes of the Oriental ism, said that he had sent the
the Middle East will now be countries. All these plans cost information he has obtained in
possible for the first time. Is- money. Undoubtedly the Wes- Egypt to Secretary of State
rael can offer — as she has in tern Powers, who have been so John Foster Dulles and has
the past — suitable compensa- generous in the past, will again asked the Secretary to see if he
tion for those Arab families who step. into the breach.
could get a Congressional com-
seek a new life overseas.
Once the refugee problem in mission to investigate the true
Thirdly, settlement within the Gaza Strip is solved, excel- situation of the Jews in Egypt.
the Gaza Strip can become an lent chances exist that it will
actuality. This, of course, calls crack the hard shell in other
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T R TCLY AT KEOR
for an intensive program of countries: For those destined to
wither
away
in
camps
in
Jor-
water finding. But the Gaza
coast is believed to be as rich dan, for example, will raise
in water as the Tel Aviv coast. their heads in protest when
Today, only about one-tenth they see that their brethren
TO 8-5384
of the land in the Strip is under again have joined the ranks of
the productive living.
irrigation.

Gaza. Strip Pose Israel Problem

16 pounds; rice and dates, 13
By JONATHAN SHJLOH
(JTA Correspondent in Israel) pounds each; soap, four pounds;
kerosene, five quarts; and one
Although Israel has not yet blanket to every three persons.
submitted a detailed blueprint Children and nursing mothers
for ending the refugee mess, also got a ration of dry skim
she at least—at present—has
milk.
the materials to work with: a
The total diet furnished about
minority of the Arab refugees
are now under her control. She 1,500 calories a day, far too
can, therefore, approach the little to keep a person healthy.
problem which the Arab states The refugees, if they wanted
purposely barred her from do- to eat more or to vary their
ing since 1948 when the Arabs diet, had to scavenge around for
fled Israel following orders odd jobs.
The Egyptians forbade any
from the Arab leaders.
_ When the Gaza strip fell to talk of settling them, even in
Israel, it contained approxi- the Gaza Srip, or of their
mately 30Q000 Arabs. Of these, emigration to countr i es
200,000 were refugees. These are abroad, even non-Arab coun-
the "clay" which must be tries.
These 200,000 persons (as
molded into a constructive
well as the other hundreds of
future. -
If, however, the foreign pres- thousands scattered throughout
sure now being exerted upon the Middle East) became a fes-
Israel forces her to cede the tering sore, carefully nursed,
Gaza Strip, the refugee prob- which was thrown into Israel's
lem may become an endless face at every opportunity.
What alternative solutions
plague. The refugees will be-
come a rotting memorial to can Israel now advance?
Arab intransigence. For their
Much depends on whether
future is human decay in camps. the Gaza Strip becomes a
Yet, there are some Israelis permanent part of Israel or
who prefer giving in to foreign
pressure to relinquish the Strip
rather than become involved in
a project which promises to be
both lengthy and costly. They
are in the minority. They fear
that once Israel absorbs the
. Strip, she will be faced with
feeding 200,000 v or a c io us
- mouths. This is- not so. For the
UNRWA, which has cared for
them until now, will continue
to do so.
What is the situation in the
.
Gaza Strip?
The--refugees and the perman-
ent residents hate each other
bitterly. For the residents did
little to ease the plight of the
refugees during eight long years
when the latter were kept alive
on rations doled out by the
UNR.WA. The residents sided
with the Egyptians in attempt-
ing to keep the refugees in a
state of perpetual _ starvation,
unemployed, living on false
hopes of a return to Israel,
until they became a bunch of
disgruntled, frustrated indivi-
duals, nurtured on a patchwork
of tattered beliefs. Their nerves
were keyed to the jangling
point. They eagerly joined the
ranks of the fedayeen, Egypt's
terrorist gangs.
UNRWA issued the following
average rations (costing $14.85)
each year to each refugee: flour,
264 pounds; peas, beans, etc., 19
pounds; oil, ten pounds; sugar,

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to Rescue Family

LONDON (JTA) — A Jewish
"Scarlet Pimpernel" was cred-
ited by a London newspaper
with the daring rescue of 60
Hungarian Jews, all relatives
and friends.
The London Daily Herald re-
ported the "fantastic story" of
Paul Fried, a 41-year-old New
York businessman who emi-
grated from Hungary in 1937.
According to the account pub-
lished by the London daily,
Fried went to Vienna to try to
make contact with his family.
He met his brother Bela, who
had escaped to Austria and the
two men laid plans for the res-
cue of the entire family.
Bela recrossed the border into
Hungary, made his way. • to
Budapest where he rounded up
the family and put them in a
freight car moving toward the
Austrian border. They passed 15
patrol checks by using forged
documents. After the train
stopped, a considerable distance
from the frontier, they con-
tinued their trek on foot.
When they were only 200
yards from the border, Soviet
machine gunners opened up on
them. Then they crossed the
marshes into Austrian territory.
There they were met by Fried,
who had hired a bus for his pri-
vate rescue mission, and took
them to Vienna, the Daily
Herald dispatch said.

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