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VOLUME XXX—No. 17

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Renewed i-eJayeen Attacks on
Israel Again Endanger Peace

Call B-G, Nasser Gaza, M. E. Questions
For Peace Talks, Still Widely Debated
(JTA) — Prime Minister
EisenhowerUrged Sir LONDON,
Anthony Eden told the House of

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

WASHINGTON — Three Democratic
Congressmen called on President Eisen-
hower to invite Israel Premier David
Ben-Gurion and Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser to come to Wash-
ington at the same time to discuss
peace.
Mr. Eisenhower vcras told that the
world looked to him for leadership for
peace and that he now had "a splendid
opportunity" to achieve it.
The message was sent to the White
House by Representatives Charles A.
Buckley, Isidore Dollinger and James
C. Healey, all of New York.

`Gaza Withdrawal Depends on
End of Attacks'—Goldmann

Interviewed on the "Face the Na-
flop" show, Dr. Nahum Goldmann said
Saturday he believed Israel would
withdraw from the Gaza strip if it had
"some assurance that Arabs would not
start attacking again."
sTp
witt Ben-Gur-
Raid_ ,his
iou last week he got tne
Israel would withdraw if the UN gave
"necessary guarantees. Final settle-
nient should give Gaza to Israel," he
said and added that Israel is ready
to absorb 50,000 Arabs now living
in the disputed territory.

Commons that Britain had absolutely
"no foreknowledge that Israel would
attack Egypt."
Defending himself against renewed
Laborite attacks, he did not reply di-
rectly to questions whether he and
French Prime Minister Guy Mollet had
exchanged information about Israel's
plans. Eden added that he did warn
Israel against a possible attack on,
Jordan.
(Contrary to Dr. Nahum Goldmann's
statement in Washington Saturday, the
Premier's office in Jerusalem said that
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion was
not quoted correctly when he was re-
ported to have said he favored the
appointment of a UN High Commis-
sioner for Gaza. The statement reiter-
ated that on no account will Israel con-
sent to Gaza's return to Egypt.)
(JTA reports from Jerusalem that
Yugoslavia is attaching little political
significance to reports from Cairo al-
leging friction between Yugoslav ele-
ments in the UN Emergency Force and

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM—Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion conferred

with U. S. Ambassador Lawson on the Middle East situation Saturday
night.
In the unpublicized meeting, reportedly held at 13en Gurion's request,
the Premier drew the ambassador's attention to increased fedayeen
activities and dangerous consequences of such developments.
The Director General of the Foreign Ministry, Walter Eytan, stated
Monday: "Egyptian fedayeen attacks against Israel have been renewed,
of a
as the Cairo radio boasted. The latest outrage was the blowin g
clinic at Yokneam, and only miraculously doctors, nurses and patients
were not killed. A few days ago, fedayeen carried out a brutal murder
at Tel Mond. Heavy responsibility rests on the government of Jordan
from whose territory nocturnal raiders carry out the attacks.
"The UN General Assembly resolutions of Nov. 2 called on all
countries concerned 'to desist from raids into neighboring territory.'
Egypt's deliberate flouting of this resolution keeps flames of the armed
conflict alight. This policy must have disastrous results for the security
of the Middle East. Israel still awaits assurances'from the United Nations
against the renewal of Egyptian belligerence by land and sea," the state-
ment -concludes. •
Another fedayeen activity was reported from Tel Aviv Monday by
a military spokesman. The water pipeline in the Omer settlement north-
east of Beersheba was blown up. Explosives were placed on the pipe 200
meters from the settlement's houses. Footprints of two were found
leading eastward, joining 200 meters farther with footprints of two more,
the steps of the four leading to the Jordanian border.

Senator Javits Reports 'Grave Apprehension' in Israel

‘Direet JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)

'(JTA also reports that :Plerr.: Mon-
tel, chairman of the French National
Assembly's defense committee, arrived
in Israel for talks with Ben-Gurion
about the projected pipeline across
Israel.) Earlier story on Page 3.

NEW YORK—Senator-elect Jacob K. Javits said Saturday on a

WRCA TV show, there is "the gravest kind of apprehension" in Israel

that the UN will force Israeli troops out of the Suez area without
giving assurances that Egyptian armed raids and shipping bans will be
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Father Time Limps Out, Leaving .

The Major 117:ews Stories of '36

By FRANK SIMONS
of
A particularly exhausted Father Time, having worked an extra day because
and
having
witnessed
a
succession
of
events
that
threatened
to
shatter
Leap Year
to

peace, will be waiting anxiously for the final stroke of midnight next Monday
place the security of the world into younger, more alert hands.
Before the old gentleman departs, however, The Jewish News staff combed
through his annals to choose the ten leading foreign and local news stories in the
Jewish community. A consensus of "What made the biggest news in 1956" follows:

The 70 Leading Foreign News Stories of the Year

1. After a four-day campaign to wipe out Egyptian fedayeen (suicide squads)
in the Sinai Desert, Israel is triumphant, having captured all of the Sinai 'Peninsula
and the Gaza Strip (Nov. 9.)

A year that was replete

with tensions and

war threats is on its

way out . . . As we

welcome the

New Year 1957,

we pray for it to be

a 12-month period

leading to peace

for all mankind,

tranquility for Israel,

health, wealth and

happiness for peoples

everywhere.

2. Seeking to save face at the loss of millions of dollars in military equip-
ment, scores of human lives and territory following the lightning advance of the
Israeli Army, and bolstered by the failure of the United Nations and United
States State Department to take action to bring peace to the Middle East, Egypt
expels British and French Nationals, Egyptian and stateless Jews, throwing
many into prison and confiscating an estimated $1,700,000,000 in Jewish property
and holdings. American Jewry's answer is an unprecedented $100,000,000 Rescue
Fund, above and beyond the $105,000,000 set as the UJA goal for 1957. (Dec. 7.)

3. Gamal Abdel Nasser, dictator of the Egyptian military junta, seizes the Suez
Canal in another face-saving gesture after denial of funds amounting to $2,000,000,000
for the Aswan Dam. Israel is considered the "pivot" nation in obtaining the canal's
internationalization because it has been consistently denied passage of its shipping
by Egypt. (Sept. 21.)
4. The scorn of all American Jewry for the anti-Israel, self-hating American
Council for Judaism was given dramatic impetus by the resignation of Rabbi Irving
F. Reichert from that body. Rabbi Reichert, one of 95 American rabbis who created
the Council and was national vice-president for 10 years, said the Council "seems"
determined to create the impression that it is waging its own private war upon Israel
and its people." (July 27.)
5. A periodic series of articles, carried as an exclusive by The Jewish News,
sought to determine the authenticity of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The major supporter
of the Scrolls, Dr. S. Yeivin, Director of Antiquities for the State of Israel, had gath-.
ered the backing of most scholars by year's end; however, the Scrolls' chief chal-
lenger, Prof. Solomon Zeitlin, still sought more proof of their authenticity.
6. David Croll, one of Canadian Jewry's foremost leaders and former Windsor
Mayor, was signally honored by being named the first Jew to serve in the Canadian
Senate. (Feb. 24.)

7. A delegation of Orthodox Rabbis from America was granted permission
to visit the Soviet Union. Their findings: while Soviet Jewry was enthused over
the tour, the rabbis held out little hope for future generations of Jews who are
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