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Hadassah, ZOA Lead Rift of Zionist Confederation

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The bridge differences of opinion
eleven - year-old Confederation over the question of identifi-
of General Zionists, the world cation with Israeli political
body of centrist Zionist parties, I parties.
has split over the question of j Mrs. Halprin's -statement as-
JERUSALEM—Rev. Joachim the identification of its parties serts that the delegates to the
El Anthony, 47, head of Coptic abroad with either the Progres- Actions Committee _represent-
Church in Israel, waslentenced sive or General Zionist Parties ing the "largest bloc in the
Wednesday to 12 years impris- in Israel.
Confederation in the Diaspora
onment following his conviction
Mrs. Rose Halprin, acting came to the conclusion that
in Jerusalem District Court on chairman of the Jewish Agency the Confederation will be able
- espionage charges.
executive in the United States, to operate only if it includes
He was found guilty of hav- is the spokesman for one fac- organizations not identified
ing collected military informa- tion which includes Hadassah with any political party in Is-
rael.",
tion dealing with Israel's Air and other parties.
Things look exactly the op-
Force and Army and of having
Dr. Emanuel Neuniann, pres-
posite from Dr. Neumann's
'made preparations to transmit ident of the Zionist Organiza-
viewpoint. He said that the
this information to ' the enemy. tion of America, is spokesman
last conference of the Con-
The Prelate denied espionage, • for the other group which is
federation — held during the
asserting that he had gathered led by the ZOA. According to
24th World Zionist Congress
the information in order to the conflicting claims of the
— decided to keep the Con-
write a book. I two groups, it would appear
federation as a "roof organi-
In passing sentence the court that each has control of the
zation," and established a 12-
denounced the prisoner for Confederation's apparatus and
member administrative coun-
having exploited an exalted of- the other has been excluded.
cil — six irom each group—
The Halprin-led f act ion
fice and having desecrated the
which was authorized to
charged that the ZOA group
cloth.
make any amendments and
Presiding Judge - Schlomo had identified itself with the
Kassan refused the prisoner's General Zionist Party of Israel.' changes in the Confedera-
tion's new set-up.
request to order special treat- Dr. Neumann, for his part,
When the administrative
ment for him in prison saying charged that Hadassah and its
that his treatment would be group had identified with the council met here last week, Dr.
Neumann continued, the Pro-
a matter for prison authorities. Progressive Party.
What thoroughly confused gressive group wanted to scrap
the entire agreement and nego-
the issue was that each fac-
Eddie Fisher Warms
tiate a new one, but the ZOA
tion claimed that it repre-
rejected the idea of •scrapping
sented
a
long
list
of
Zionist
Hearts of Israelis
organizations in Western Eu- the pact and held out for
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Eddie
rope and Latin America. Ac- changing it. When the Pro-
Fisher, singing idol of America's
tually, these groups have gressives insisted on scrapping
teenagers, turned up in the
already split up among them- the agreement, the ZOA-orient-
Theatre Club's Wine Cellar
selves and are polarized in ed faction implied that the for-
here one night this week dur-
mer could leave if they did not
some cases around two sep-
like the set-up.
ing his brief stay in Israel and arate frameworks.
\ put on a wildly-cheered im-
Dr. Neumann insists that no
According to' a statement by group
promptu performance.
not even all the
Mrs.
Halprin,
the
Confedera-
groups in _ the Confederation
Sitting in a corner as a guest,
tion
has
been
completely
inac-
unanimously — have the legal
Eddie was recognized and
brought to the microphone by tive during the past year be- right to abolish the Confeder-
patrons' chanting, "Eddie, come cause of a deadlock caused by ation before the next general
two groups which are evenly conference.
give 'us a solo."
are unable to
While Mrs. Halprin holds
After toasting .the crowd with balanced and
* * *
* * *
Lechayim he Sang an Ameri
•
can popular song and then did
request numbers.
Asked to sing his favorite
number, Eddie did a rich Yid-
•
,
dish rendition- of "Mein Shtei-
NEW 'YORK. (Special)— R e situation both for Israel and
tele Belz" in which he was
joined by the Club's quartet in turning this week from Israel, American Zionism..
Ezra Z.,. Shaptirp;.- PreSident of
spontaneous harmony.-
"This unmistakable iclentifi-
the
recently-organized .Ameni- cation was demonStrated in
can Jewish League for Israel, many ways over the years: Nev
asserted that th
e- group s for- ertheless, the - ZOA. leadership
NOW'S THE BEST TIME
illation was "strongly vindi- insisted with monotonous regu-
cated" by the split in the ranks larity that such charges are not
TO CHANGE TO BUICK
of the World Confederation of b asc,:d on fact.
General Zionists.
0 • . the '57 BUICK!
, "Clear, unmistakable ann ir-
Shapiro, who attended the retrievable proof of such identi-
For the best deal
Jerusalem meeting of the Zion- fication was demonstrated by
ist Actions Committee, said that the ZOA itself during the last
anywhere . . . SEE
the very issue which is now Meeting of Adaninistrative Corn=
dividing the Zionist Groups— mittee of the Worin Confedera-
the close ties of various Zion- tion of Zionists in Jerusalem
ist organizations in the diaspora when the ZOA initiated the
at
with the Generale Zionist Party Course that led to the split of
of Israelled to the formation the Confederation and the ore-
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Shapiro said that when Di.
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piro.
Neumann was asked directly
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He further stated that AJLI by Mrs. Halprin, who presided
has repeatedly urged that Zion- at the meeting, whether ZOA
29th Year With Buick
ist groups outside of Israel avoid would yield its assoiiation with
links with political parties in the General Zionist Party, he ...
the Jewish state.
refused. Thus, the split became
The split was spearheaded by inevitable, since a sizable num-
two factions, Hadassah, led by ber opposed affiliation with Is-
Mrs. Rose Halprin, a member raeli political parties.
100%
MAN' vs.
THE
of the Jewish Agency executive,
In addition to Hadassah and
and Dr. Emanuel Neumann, AJLI, those opposing the ZOA
TIME
president of the.Z0A.
position include the Zionist
"The position of the Ameri- Federations of Great Britain
FOR
can Jewish League for Israel," and Ireland, the European Fed-
he said, "has been universally eration of Zionist Organliations,
hailed both by the highest gov- comprising 15 groups, and Zion-
ernment authorities in Israel ist organizations in South Af-
and
by the man-in-the-street, rica, Mexico and Argentina.
DE LUXE
who see in AJLI the great prom-
Action is expected to follow,
ise of attracting Zionists of all in which there would be a
political beliefs to the benefit formal alignment of Zionist
of Israel and the Zionist cause." groupS — including Hadassah
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Shapiro claimed that AJLI and AJLI—against the principle
also will "win more active aid of identification and affiliation
for Israel from otherwise unaf- with political parties in Israel.
WITH
filiated Jews—and particularly
from young people who have 90,000 Youngsters Study
hitherto not been reached by In Israel Religious Schools
Zionist groups."
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—There
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of
the
new
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that the ZOA group is actually
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mann maintains it is. the Pre-
gressive group which is depart-
ing and will have to establish
a new organization, particu-
larly since the latter intends
to include the WIZO and the

new American Jewish League
for Israel, neither of which are
members of the Confederation.
Meanwhile, the Israel Pro-
gressive Party, which seems to
have acted as a catalyst in the
split, has not officially identi-
fied itself with either group.

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Church Head
Sentenced as
Spy for Arabs

