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Failed to Modify Intransigence of Nasser

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A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other

JERUSALEM. (JTA) — Is- the Suez Canal in accordance set that Israel was doing its best
rael's Cabinet has reportedly with a previous agreement be- to obtain a change in present
reached the fundamental polit- tween Hammarskjold and Presi- United States Navy regulations News-Gathering Media.
s N" ical conclusion that Israel can dent Nasser. The letter report- which in effect give United
United States
no longer rely on the United edly told the UN Chief that States support to the Arab
BUCK HILLS FALLS, Pa. — The Council for Christian Social
Nations as a restraining factor there are 'irregularities" in the League boycott against Israel.
Action, at its mid-winter meeting here, declared that no citizen
Astypalea 'documents.
in the Middle East.
Inge Toft Penalized
should be denied nomination or election to the Presidency on
Israel immediately rejected By Egypt; Will Not Be
cs 1
The Cabinet completed its
grounds
of race. religion or ethnic origin.
discussion of Israel's present this claim, but Hammarskjold, Allowed to Use Suez Canal
PHILADELPHIA — A resolution urging the 20,000,000
;r. security situation. The opinion unable to break the Impasse of LONDON, (JTA)—The Dan-
in the Cabinet, it was learned, I the Suez blockade, is seen here ish freighter Inge Toft, detained Negroes in the United States to lend assistance in the appre-
has crystallized into the conclu- as catering to Nasser's intran- at Port Said since last May 21 hension and punishment of anti-Semitic vandals was adopted
sion that the United Nations as sigence by requesting "b o t h with a cargo originating in Is- at a conference of Negro leaders here.
WASHINGTON — U.S. Congressman Robert N. C. Nix, of
:4 such. and Secretary General parties" to provide "additional rael, will not be allowed to use
Dag Hammarskjold personally, information" regarding t h e the Suez Canal even through Pennsylvania, a member of the Negro race, directed Congres-
sional attention to the resolution in a speech delivered on the
have failed to obtain the slight- Astypalea's papers.
her owners have surrendered House floor condemning anti-Jewish acts in this country. If
est modification in the intransi-
(The release of the Danish the Israeli cargo to the United
such
injustices are permitted against any minority group, "we
ti gent stand taken by United freighter Inge Toft from its Arab Republic authorities.
will all in time be destroyed by the same injustices," he said.
t Arab Republic President Gamal berth at the Port Said en-
Dispatches from Cairo quoted
NEW YORK — At the annual dinner of the Herzliah Hebrew
o Abdel Nasser.
trance to the Suez Canal. the agents of the shipowners as Teachers
Institute, $150,000 was raised for the building of a new
The military equilibrium
where it has been impounded declaring that the ship was to dormitory to house out-of-town
students from Latin American
(...;I between Israel and the Arab
since last May, is being held be penalized because it had countries • . . Hadassah will embark
upon an unprecedented
states, particularly the United
up because Egyptian customs carried Israeli cargo.
shekel-selling campaign in connection with the 25th World Zionist
r .4 I Arab Republic, has now
=
authorities refuse to pay the
The Paris newspaper, Le Congress scheduled to convene in Jerusalem in December, it
shifted, and the Arab leaders,
cost of unloading the ship's Monde, reported from Ciro was announced after the mid-winter conference of Hadassah
especially Egypt's President
cargo acquired in Israel.)
that the owners of the Greek leaders . . . Plans for developing the most modern synthetic
InformeA Israel sources as- freighter Astypalea, which is fiber in Israel were outlined by Israel Rogosin, who left for
Nasser, are expected to feel
in a few years from now that
serted that the confiscation also detained at Port Said with Israel to guide the assembling of machinery for producing nylon
they can start a "decisive"
by United Arab Republic au- a cargo originating in Israel. textile yarn at a plant which now is producing viscose textile
war of annihilation against
thorities of the Israel cargo have decided to negotiate with yarn ... Joseph A. Beirne, president of Communications Workers
Israel, according to evalua-
of the Danish freighter, Inge the UAR authorities for sur- of America, and a vice-president of AFL-CIO, denounced
the
tions apparently summarized
Toft, would not deter new ef- render of the cargo and release cancellation by Regie Renault of its
assembly plant in Israel.
in the Israel Cabinet.
forts to send cargoes through of the vessel. calling it an act of -appeasement of dictators and bullies." . . .
The shift in the military. the Suez Canal. The sources
The American Jewish Congress has filed a protest with the U.S.
The official organ of the
equilibrium. which Israel felt ; said Israel was not giving up
Soviet
Army,
Red
Star,
has
Department
of Agriculture. disclosing that American-owned
it had redressed in its favor its rights to peaceful passage
condemns- ships which have ever stopped at Israeli ports are barred from
published
a
severe
during the Sinai campaign of through the waterway.
tion of Israel, accusing it of carrying surplus farm commodities which the U.S. sends to Arab
They also denied reports that
1956. emerged as one of the
"a premeditated provocation" countries under Public Law 480, the documents in the hands of
major conclusions in the Cabi- agreement had been reached
the AJC including copies that show ship-charter contracts be-
of its neighbors in the Syr-
!
between
Israel
and
the
ship's
net.
tween the United Arab Republic and American shipping corn-
ian border troubles.
Danish
owners
to
permit
the
Long-term thinking here
panies which specifically bar merchant vessels that touch Israeli
The foreign ministers of Ports.
holds that Israel must adjust unloading of the cargo at Port
its defense budget and must Said, where the ship has been eight Arab states met in
TUCSON, (JTA) — The Arizona Post was named second
strengthen its ties with those detained since last May 21. Cairo to discuss "the Pales-
in the state for general excellence in the open division by the
tine problem" and measures
Hope that the Supreme So-
countries wkere she is able to
Arizona Newspaper Association, the only secular paper to win
to prevent Israel from Bevel-
purchase arms. France and , viet Council . would support
so high a rating in that division. Editorial content. typography
oping Jordan River waters
Israel's aspirations for turn-
the United States are cited
and layout were among major factors in the award. The Arizona
for
Negev
irrigation.
as examples of such coun- , ing its armistice pacts with
Newspaper Association also honored the Arizona Post for general
the Arab states into non-ag-
Arab reports said it was pos- excellence in 1956 and 1957.
tries.
gression
pacts
was
expressed
Bible
the
meeting
would
plan
Since the success of the Sinai
SPRINGIELD, Mass. — Several windows were shattered in
in the Knesset by Kaddish
organization of a new "Pales- an explosion that rocked Temple Beth El. target of swastika
campaign had created a world-
wide impression of Israel's un- Luz, Speaker of the House.
tinian Army" made up of Arab vandals last month, the "small explosion" having been set off
Luz appealed to the Supreme refu g ees. The ar my would fight on a window sill. resulting in little damage to the building, other
questioned military superiority
as compared to Egypt, it is felt Soviet in Moscow to help effect for the "liberation" of territory than broken windows.
here that Israel must explain United Nations mediation for now held by Israel.
BOSTON — Bishop John W. Lord, of the Boston area Meth-
anew to foreign governmerits I the cessation of hostile acts by
odist Church. extended an invitation to rabbis to preach the
Tunisia and Iraq. feuding
and to world public opinion the Israel's Arab neighbors. ending with the United Arab Repub. Sunday sermons in 400 Methodist churches throughout New
present situation regarding Arab political, economic and lic, boycotted the meeting. England, "to demonstrate how strongly we feel about the concept
I military incitements against Is- States represented were the of the brotherhood of all people."
Middle East armaments.
The Israelis feel they must rael.
UAR, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi
Europe
Luz called attention to the Arabia, Yemen, Sudan, Libya
point out that the continued ;
flow of Soviet arms to the Arab fact that Russia's call for corn-, and Morocco.
BERLIN — Officials of the West Berlin Municipal Govern-
states, and recent Western ef- plete and general disarmament ' It was reported that King ment were invited to a series of five lectures, sponsored by the
forts to appease the Arab lead- . "is identical with Israel's aspi- Hussein of Jordan is carrying West Berlin Pedagogical High School to help overcome anti-
ers, are bringing about a "dan- rations. as expressed in Govern- on his own negotiations with Semitic thinking.
gerous reversal" of the military ment policy and ratified by the King Saud, of Saudi Arabia.
LONDON — A resolution expressing "horror" at the re-
situation which may, ultimately, ! Knesset." He cited Prime Min- in an effort to get the latter to appearance in London and elsewhere of Nazi and anti-Semitic
result in a situation similar to ister David Ben-Gurion's an- help him oppose Nasser's plan activity was adopted unanimously by the London County
the posture that preceded the nouncement that Israel sup- for the creation of a "Palestine Council . . . A bill to make racial and religious hate-mongering
I ports "unconditionally" every Army" from among the ranks and insults punishable with six months imprisonment or a
1956 Sinai period.
One of the topics at issue measure to secure world dis- of the Arab refugees.
100-pound fine was presented to the House of Commons by
concerns the case of the Greek armament and reduce armed
Sir Leslie Plummer, Labor MP.
Hammarskjold
Says
UN
freighter. Astypalea. which is • forces.
ROME — After a stormy debate. the Italian Senate approved
Mrs. Golda Meir. Israel's For- Opposes Suez Blockade
still being held at Port Said
, a resolution solemnly deploring the recent anti-Semitic incidents
after attempting transit through eign Minister, said in the Knes-
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.. in Italy ... The Roman Bar Association's ruling general assembly
_
(JTA) — United Nations Sec- passed a resolution expressing the organization's "vibrant protest
retary General Dag Hammar- against the recent anti-Semitic outbreaks in Rome and elsewhere
skjold told a press conference in Italy" . . The Chamber of Deputies, in an atmosphere of
that the failure of the United official condemnation of recent anti-Semitic outbreaks, passed
Arab Republic to "acquiesce" a law calling for the prevention and repression of genocide.
in UN resolutions for unham-
STOCKHOLM — Minister of Justice Ingvar Lindell stated in
pered passage of shipping of ParliaMent that the Swedish security police are investigating
all nations in the Suez Canal anti-Semitic propaganda, activities of a Swedish neo-Nazi organi-
had not altered the resolutions. zation and suspects in the bigotry campaign.
The Secretary General would
GENEVA — A budget of more than 56.250.000 to finance
not say what additional steps ORT trade schools in 1960 in Europe, North Africa. the Middle
he had in mind to obtain UAR. East and South America, was approved here by the executive
compliance with the UN resolu- committee of the World ORT Union. for the training of more
tions. He was asked whether than 39,000 Jews in ORT schools in 20 countries.
the UN had reconciled itself to
PARIS — The United Nations Educational, Social and Cul-
permitting the blockade against tural Organization (UNESCO) will publish a "biological" history
Israel to prevail and what ac- of the Jewish people as part of a series on race problems in
tion the UN might take on the modern times. the book having been written by Harry Shapiro,
issue. He replied:
chairman of the department of Anthropology at the New York
"As regards my own stand, it Museum of Natural History.
is well known; it is on record;
BONN — A spokesman for the Federal German Government
it is not in any way modified. said diplomatic relations should be established between West
SEA OF
The fact that certain attitudes Germany and Israel. and he stressed that the matter was not a
GALILEE
of member governments—this "question of principle but of time" . .. The Ministry of Justice
one or that one—are not ad- announced it was preparing a legal draft on "measures to
justed to what, from my point reintegrate victims of Nazi persecution" who returned to West
of view, is the United Nations Germany after the downfall of the Nazi regime.
line does not mean any ac-
Israel .
quiescence either from the
JERUSALEM— Israel expects to obtain substantnial quan-
United Nations or from the
Secretary General. That dis- tities of surplus agricultural products from the U. S. in 1960 .. .
poses, I think, of your ques- Prime Minister Ben-Gurion warned Mapam Ministers in his
tion of principle. There is no Cabinet to stop their campaign to abolish military government in
acquiescence by anybody in Arab border villages, and he said that if the left-wing party
anything. The United Nations mustered a majority in the Knesset, it would mean the end of
Map shows areas in which Syrians are active in their
decisions stand, and the United the existing coalition government ... The government of Jordan
attacks on Israel. The first attack at the Arab village of
Nations decisions as they stand is reported to be ready to grant citizenship to all former Palestine
Tawafik (1), in the demilitarized zone south of the Sea of
are the law of the Secretary- Arabs. the grant to be automatic. regardless of present residence.
Galilee, was extended northward, in the Huleh Valley
General." the offer being viewed as a bid to Arabs residing in the Gaza Strip.

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