• a Many Flies in Middle East Ointment: • Israel's Role in New Crisis E JEWISH of A Weekly Review Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper VOLUME XXXI I I—No. 21 Printed in a 100% Union Shop b 'Y 4 4- '%, 4t% ,# 4,, f) 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd ureatebi Challenge to World Unity * Experiencing Judaism: Vital Need for Survival Editorials Page 4 h Events e Detroit Jewish Chronicle .1 35, July 25, 1958 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c en-Gurio: o ees Israel's Duty to Incrase Strength; U.S. Arms Asked by Eban WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Israel Ambassador Abba Eban held a comprehensive review of Middle Eastern developments with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. The meeting covered the situation in such depth that it lasted an hour and a half. The time spent was considered significant in view of Dulles' crowded crisis schedule. It is believed that Eban told Dulles of Israel's desire for modern heavy weapons for defense, in view of increasing United Arab Republic aggressiveness in the region. The Ambassador said he spent only 30 hours in Israel on what had been planned as a two-month stay. He explained that Prime Min- ister David Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minister Golda Meir thought that, in view of the "very. important events" in the Middle East, he should be at his post and hold exchanges immediately with Dulles. The ex- change, said Eban, was on topics of concern to all countries, particu- larly countries in the Middle East. JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israel's duty is to strengthen its power to counter the increasing Nasserist danger, Prime Minister David Ben- Gurion told the Knesset. The government is doing all it can along. those lines, the Premier added. Ben-Gurion made his statement in responding to two motions for a full-scale parliamentary debate on the Middle East situation. The motions, by the Herut •Party and by the Communists, were defeated. The Prime Minister described the events in Iraq as posing "un- doubtedly the gravest danger since our War of Liberation (in 1948)." He warned: "The danger of encirclement by Nasser is growing, and it is our duty to do all we can to obviate this danger. But this does not depend on us alone." The world situation, he stated, is becoming more and more complicated and the situation in the Middle East is becoming "more dangerous." "Therefore," he said, "Israel must concentrate its efforts to increase its strength." Tunis Issue Warnings Against Israel. Must Resort to Her Own Iraq, Zionism: 5,000 Jews Remain in Iraq Resources for State's Defense Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Jewish News Correspondent at the UN UNITED NATIONS—Small nations participated in the discussions on the Middle East, but the frustrating debates that marked one of the most serious crises in modern times are proving again that whatever decisions will be made to affect future international relations will be framed by the handful of great powers. Israel is seldom mentioned in the debates—thus far. Only by innu- endo is the Jewish State referred to. Members of Israel's delegation to the United Nations are not seen or heard from. They keep in the back- ground. The feeling is that as long as there are U.S. and British troops in Lebanon and Jordan, Israel will not become involved in the Middle East crisis. But there are occasional "veiled threats." The delegate-designate to the UN from Iraq, Hashin Jawad, said in the TV interview that "the Palestine problem" must be solved by the UN. But Iraq, the only Arab state that had failed to sign a truce with Israel after the Israel War of Liberation in 1948, has never refrained from spreading propaganda against Israel and has led in the attacks on Israel in the UN and wher- ever capital could be made against Israel. The question that is not posed but is in everyone's thoughts is: will the UN, or the U.S., or Great Britain, come to Israel's defense, in the event of renewed threats to Israel's security—as the world's powers have come to the aid of Lebanon and Jordan? A ludicrous element in the present crisis is the frequent reference Continued on Page 32 An official of the Iraq Embassy here, which has pledged LONDON loyalty to the new military regime in Baghdad, announced Tuesday that Jew- ish citizens of Iraq had no reason to fear the new regime "provided they have no connection with Israel or Zionism." The statement by Col. Faik, chief of the embassy, followed a conference with Harry Goodman, leader of the Agud as Israel in England, on the condi- tion of Iraqi Jews under the new regime. "Iraqi Jews are Iraqi citizens," the statement declared. "Any Jews who are in possession of Iraqi citizenship will come to no harm under the new re- gime—as under the previous regime—provided they have no connection with Israel or Zionism." It was reported that Goodman hoped to visit Iraq soon to learn at first hand the condition of the Jewish community there. — Tunisian Minister Pledges Free Emigration PARIS, (JTA) — The Tunisian Secretary of State for Justice warned the Tunisian Jews against "Zionist tendencies," threatened to expel any Jews who have relations with Zionist organizations, and pledged that the Tunisian gov- ernment would allow Jews who desired to leave for Israel or elsewhere. The secretary, Ahmed Mestiri, was quoted in an interview with Le Monde, one of the leading French newspapers. M. Mestiri was interviewed in the pres- ence of Andre Barouch, Secretary of State for Public Works and a Jew; Ahmed Continued on Page 32 American Aid Bolstered Iraq's. Anti-American Regime BY MILTON FRIEDMAN (Copyright, 1958, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) WASHINGTON — Iraq's new anti-American regime is equipped with the latest American tanks and guns because the State Department failed to heed warnings by Zionists and others. Iraq received $50,000,000 in U.S. arms abso- lutely free. U.S. Army instructors trained the Iraqis in the use of these weapons. The State Department praised Iraq for accepting such assistance. Public reaction to Secretary of State Dulles' decision to give arms to Iraq was unfavorable, not only because of fear that the arms might be used against Israel but also because of the political in- stability in the Arab world and the need for ec- onomic rather than military aid. More than 40 members of Congress protested the shipment of arms to Iraq. On March, 19, 1954, they appealed in vain to State Department officials. Israelis cautioned the State Department that shipment of U.S. arms to the Arabs was a precarious business, like signing a blank check. Israelis pointed to the instability of Arab regimes and stressed that arms shipped to a "friendly" Arab administration might be easily taken over by a successor regime, hostile to America. But the State Department termed Israel "hypersensitive" and concerned only with its own safety. Prophetic words came from the American Associ- ation for the United Nations. This group called the supply of arms to Iraq "ill-advised and dangerous." In 1954, House Majority Leader McCormack, Massachusetts Democrat, spoke out against the trust placed by the State Department in Iraq. When the 1954 Congressional elections took place the American 2-4ionist Committee for Public Affairs elicited the view of ndidates on the Iraqi arms issue. More than 350 n 'nees came out against the q. Bitter criticism was shipment of weapons t' American .Council for aimed at Zionists by Judaism and the so-called American Friends of the Middle East, both anti-Israel front groups. Zionists Were called "un-American" for raising the Iraqi arms question. At the time of the arms controversy, Iraq em- barked on propaganda urging the United States Gov- ernment to adopt domestic anti-Jewish policies. Iraqi Ambassadoi Moussa al-Shabandar, in a Wash- ington public address, gfi lit to engender suspicions regarding the loyalty o_ An ∎ iTican. Jewry. A similar address was made previously by Charge d'Affaires Abdullah Ibrahim Bakr of the 'Iraqi Embassy. The Bakr speech, however, was not delivered personally. It was read on the Iraqi's behalf by Edwin M. Wright, then State Department officer in charge of Turkish affairs. Considering Iraq a "bastion of democracy" in the Middle East, the State Department turned a -Ndeaf ear to Jewish protests against Iraqi persecution of Jews. Edward S. Crocker, at one time U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, went so far as to say that he personally regarded it unfortunate for America that the Arabs failed to defeat Israel in 1948. When Crocker was Ambassador in Baghdad the State Department de- nied that Iraq was persecuting its Jewish inhabi- tants. Correspondents .were told to refrain from writing such reports because it might antagonize America's reliable ally. The truth is that Iraq did more than any other Arab state to aid the Nazis, to harrass its Jewish inhabitants, and to avoid an armistice with Israel. The officer clique now in command is headed by Gen. Kassim who commanded Iraqi invaders in Palestine in 1948 and actually refused to obey the United Nations cease-fire. To this day Iraq, alone among Arab states, has refused to sign an armistice with Israel. A state of war is still in effect. Of all the Arab states, Iraq was most strongly influenced by Adolf Hitler. Nazi youth movements thrived in Iraq. In 1941 Iraq military officers staged a pro-Nazi revolt against the British. British in- telligence reported that "in the Iraqi Army, Nazi propagandists were faced with a problem of exploita- tion rather than of conversion." Yet this was the army selected by the State De- partment to be given free American weapons. Sec- retary Dulles in 1954 described the shipment of arms to' Iraq as a contribution "to the security of the United States and of the free world." He said "we must make use of these historic oppOrtunities Ike they occur."