THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S — Friday, August 8,
Escapees from Israel Prison
Israel Starts Jailbreak Investigation;
2 Wardens, 13 Prisoners Are Killed
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israeli
authorities started a special in-
vestigation into the reasons
which enabled exceedingly dan-
gerous Arab convicts — chiefly
those sentenced for espionage
and murder — to escape from
Shattah Prison, in the Beisan
Valley_
The riot involved about 200
prisoners; 65 are still missing.
It is believed that by now most
of the missing prisoners have
crossed the border into Jordan.
ti Two wardens were killed and
one injured during the upris-
ing, while 13 jailbreakers were
killed in clashes with police
which lasted several hours.
Among the 65 missing prisoners
are spies, saboteours and feda-
yeen who were serving long
prison sentences. The missing
men are armed with at least
two Bren machineguns and a
number of submachineguns and
rifles stolen from the prison
arsenal_
As reconstructed. the events
were as follows: Some of the
prisoners set fire, in the prison
court yard, to straw that they
had been using for making
mats. Under cover of the smoke,
they rushed from the inner
court yard through an open gate
Photo at top shows wreckage of cells at the Shatta Prison
to the outer yard, where the
in northern Israel after an Arab-led mutiny and jail break in
warden's office is located.
which 64 armed and desperate convicts escaped. Thirteen
There, led by an Arab news
prisoners and two guards were killed in a two-hour gun battle
paperman convicted of espion-
at the jail camp, located some 20 miles from Haifa. At bottom
age and another Arab serving a
are some of the 16 fugitives who were recaptured. Others
long sentence as a leader of a
reportedly crossed- the border into Jordan.
gang of fedayeen, they broke
into the office of the warden
on duty, killed him and cut the
prison's telephone lines. Mean-
NEW YORK (J'TA) — The is a joint venture of Elite Ltd.. while, other convicts overpow-
American - Israel Chamber of Israel's leading manufacturer ered several prison guards,
Commerce announced that ar- of chocolates and candies, and locked them in a cell, and
rangements for the establish- the Sal Cafe Manufacturing robbed the prison arsenal; Then
ment in Israel of a $1,000,000 Corporation of New York.
nearly 200 prisoners broke for
plant for the production of
Construction was also started freedom.
glass products by an American at Ashdod of a plant which will
A Jewish convict, serving a
manufacturer were completed. manufacturer the full line of
life sentence for the murder
The American industrialist, the cosmetic products of the
of his father, noticed the
whose name was not given, was Revlon Products Corporation of break from his post in the
assisted and guided by the New York. At the initial stage,
metal workshop, where he
American - Israel Chamber of $500,000 is being invested in
had been assigned as a super-
Commerce throughout the var- the plant, but when fully com-
visor. This convict ran out
ious phases of discussion and pleted the investment will total
of the prison and down a
negotiation that led to the $2,500,000, a major part of
nearby road where he hailed
signing of the final agreements, which will be provided by the
a taxicab which drove him to
the announcement said. The Israel Government from the
a. police station not far away.
plans received the full support country's development budget.
There, a small police unit
of Israel's Investments Center, The cosmetic products, whose
rushed back to the prison
and the Center's representa- Israel trade name will be 'Mar-
with the convict, but not be-
tive in the U.S. accompanied lon,' will be exported under fore the police had called for
the industrialist on his trip to exclusive arrangements with
re-enforcements.
Israel to facilitate the compre- Revlon to some 19 countries.
The convict guided the first
hensive arrangements.
nolice arrivals to the most ef-
Another American plant in
fective positions along the
Israel, whose construction has
prison fence and on a tower.
been completed, started pro-
The convict himself was given
duction. It is the Middle East's
a rifle and helped in the
only plant . for instant • Coffee
Mrs. Max M. Rosenberg of counter-attack against the riot-
which will be marketed in Short Hills, N.J., a vice presi- ing prisoners. In a short time,
Israel as Well as exported under
-re-enforcements arrived and
the Elite trade mark. The plant dent of Wo- - some of these units, using an
men's Ameri-
armored car, managed to close
can ORT (Or-
the front gate. The convict-
ganization
for
ti5)444-
hero was praised highly for his
Rehabilitation
patriotism and courageous. • ac-
through Train-
tion. Israel's Commissioner of
ing), has been
LEADER
prisons has recommended a
named chair-
pardon for the man.
man
of
the
or-
CLEANED
When the entire area had
ganization's
been cordoned off, a search was
RUGS and
15th biennial
begun for those who escaped.
national board
CARPETS
conference t o Mrs. Rosenberg The nearby Jewish settlements
take place Oct. 13-15 at the of Beith Alpha, Beith-Ashita
ACTUALLY
Taft Hotel, New Haven, Cann. and Tel Yoseph were alerted to
the dangers, and men from
* * *
HAVE THE
these settlements stood guard
MORDECAI R. KIDRON, while others joined the police
FRAGRANCE
deputy chairman of the Israel manhunt. Jewish field workers
delegation to the United Na- were armed and given extra
OF SPRING!
tions, left New York for Bang- guards. By the time night
kok, Thailand, to take up his descended, only two of the
new assignment as Israeli Am- escapees had been captured,
bassador.
108 prisoners were prevented
* * *
from escaping and locked up
A Public Health Service re- again — while 65 had disap-
search fellowship has been peared. They are believed to
awarded by the National Heart have reached the Jordan border
Institute to Dr. EDWIN L. through the neighboring Gilboa
TY 5-8400
ROTHFIELD for research in mountains.
cariopulmonary disease to be
Settlers are bitter over the
carried out at Beth Israel Hos-
escape, since the escapees
pital in Newark, N. J.
include some of the most
dangerous of saboteurs and
infiltrators. The concensus
among all was that the pris-
oners must have had outside
help in planning their break.
Some Israelis believe that
Arabs in the neighborhood
may have worked with the
prisoners in preparing the
mass escape.
The Jerusalem Post's political
correspondent h i n t e d, in a
front-page story, that the Com-
munists may have had some-
thing to do with the prison
revolt. The writer said that the
Communists have recently in-
creased their campaign of anti-
government hatred among Is-
raeli Arabs, stating: "Israel's
Arabs are quiet now, but the
Communists are known to be
vigorously fomenting hatred."
According to the Post writer,
there were celebrations in Arab
coffee houses on the day of the
successful putsch in Iraq, last
month. On that day, the news-
paper declared, "mysterious
patrons" paid for drinks for
Arab celebrants. "Nasser's na-
tionalism," stated the news-
paper, "will soon turn to other
free parts of this area, such as
Jordan and Israel."
One of the Arab convicts
who broke jail and was
wounded in a pitched battle
with Israeli policemen was
identified as an Egyptian
intelligence a g e n t. He is
being treated in a Haifa hos-
pital.
The agent, Ahmed Othman,
a Cairo University graduate
vvho speaks English, French
and some Yiddish, approached
the Israel Embassy in London
in 1957 with an offer to launch
an anti-Nasser campaign in
Egypt. He arrived in Israel in
September of that year when
he proposed a plan to carry out
sabotage in Egypt. But in Israel
he was recognized by former
Egyptian Jews as an officer of
the Egyptian army and was de-
tained when he failed to pro-
vide proof that he was not an
Egyptian agent.
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