By ELIAHU SALPETER (Copyright, 1963, Inc.) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The Latin American coun- tries are traditionally among the staunchest friends of Is- rael. Thus it is not surprising that the Arab countries, partic- ularly Egypt, have begun to de- vote considerable attention to disrupting those ties of friend - ship. Efforts to explore the peace- ful Arab minorities, economic threats, linking Israel with "American imperialism," coop- eration with local neo - Nazi groups, are some of the tech- niques of Arab propaganda. The, Arabs enjoy the advan- tage of being many against the few: a single Israel Embassy with its small staff—sometimes consisting of not more than two diplomats — has to count- er the efforts of three, four or five Arab Embassies, usually larger and having larger budgets than the Israelis. In addition, the Arab diplomats try to util- ize the fact that in many of the Latin American countries there are large groups of citizens of Arab origin. Many of them have attained important positions in the economic life of their adbpt- Anti-Semitism Held ed country and some hold im- Useful in Russia as portant political posts. On the Economic Scapegoat other hand Latin American lead- PARIS (JTA) — Two cate- ers and people do not like to replace positive and construc- gories of "Soviet leaders" still tive relationships with negative oppose liberalization of USSR insofar as the Jewish population and destructive ones. Most of the. Arabs living in in the Soviet Union is con- cerned, Combat, an influential Latin America are of Leb- anese or Syrian origin. They newspaper here and organ of the left wing of the Gaullist often resent the crude efforts party, reported. of the Egyptian diplomats to Pointing out that, of 99 recent involve them not only in hos- tility toward Israel but also court cases against persons in squabbles with their Jewish found guilty of so-called "eco- fellow-citizens, with many of nomic crimes," 65 were Jews, whom they maintain friendly Combat said the opponents of business and social relation- liberalization of the Jewish sit- - ships. They resent even more uation consist of leaders who being involved in intra-Arab are: 1. Representatives of the "dogmatic bureaucracy" and 2. disputes. Those "who, without a special, A typical example of the reasoned logic, let themselves latter situation developed in be carried away by their funda- Chili. In the first flush of en- mental anti-Semitism." • thusiasm over the "union" of The members of the Old-fash- Egypt and Syria, the wealthy ioned bureaucracy, stated Com- local Syrian community gave as bat, "consider their treatment a gift a nice villa for the United of the Jewish minority as a Arab Republic Embassy, which tactical move, designed to slow was headed, of course, by an down the country's general Egyptian. When Syria revolted trend toward liberalization and threw off the Egyptian dom- while, at the same time, provid- ination, leaders of the Syrian ing a useful scapegoat for Rus- community called on the Egyp- sia's current economic ills." tian Ambassador and asked him The Gaullist paper appealed to vacate the villa which they to Russian leaders to stop blind- wanted to serve as the re-estab- ing themselves on the Jewish lished Syrian Embassy in Chile. issue. It said: "No one has hu- The Egyptian refused and prac- manly the right to ignore this tically ejected the Syrian com- problem (Soviet anti-Semitism): munity leaders from their build- It should not be used as a plat- ing. form for anti-Semitism propa- In Argentina, the Egyptians ganda. But Russia must realize seek contacts with the local neo- that its attitude toward its Jewish community indisposes its best friends, estranges sympa- LIGHT BULBS! Bright idea for . Fund Raising. Three types of tarn- thies, and contrasts with the - Hy packaging, plus longer life image of Russia in a period of quality at regular prices, makes for easy, dignified selling. No de-Stalinization. The best way risk, no investment, returns ac- to prevent Russian anti-Semit- cepted. For free Fund Raising Manual and full information with- ism becoming a cold war weapon out obligation, write EL-TRONICS. INC., Solar is not to keep silent, but to con- Fund Raising Division, DeptJL-23, Warren, Pa. tribute toward its solution." Jewish Telegraphic Agency, THE DETROIT JEWISH Nazi and anti-Semitic groups. Local Jewish leaders feel they have reason to believe that the Egyptian even provide finan- cial assistance to such groups as the Tacuara. Egyptian diplo- mats are engaged in an effort to influence the "Young Colonels" la the Argentine Army. A known pro-Castro journalist in Argen- tina translated into Spanish a selection of Nasser's speeches and published it with a lengthy introduction in which he ex- pounded on the similarity of Egypt's and Argentina's prob- lems and on the "conclusion" that what Argentina needs is a "Nasserite" solution. Thanks to his efforts some currency was gained for the rumors that there exists a "Nasserist" group in the Argentine military. Actually, General Rosas, to whom the book was dedicated, disavowed both its author and his implications. In fact the young officers at whom this propaganda was di- rected were actually influenced by the French colonels who fought in Algeria against the Nasser-supported rebels. Never- theless, one should not under- estimate the potential attrac- '63 CHEVROLETS Sale or Lease "Service Is Important" Best Location in Area .. . Best Deal All-Ways SEE UN 4-2300 BR 2-2 470 . M. LARRY STERN AT Hanley Dawson Chevrolet, Inc. 14501 W. 7 Mile Rd., 1/2 block W. of James Couzens IVE ewish N Newspaper Attacks Jews in Morocco Sir Isaac Confers With U.S. Bankers on Israel Economy Arab Propaganda in Latin America tiveness of Nasserite ideas for some of the young Argentine officers. Anti-Semitic organizations and publications exist even in that truly democratic coun- try of Uruguay. It is generally believed that their publica- tion, the weekly "La Escoba" obtained financial assistance from the Egyptian Embassy. The leader of the anti-Semitic Progressista Party, which polled a grand-total of 600 votes in the last elections, was invited to visit Egypt. In Brazil there are about one million citizens of Arab origin. The Arab Embassies — partic- ularly the Egyptian—is making great efforts to exert some in- fluence among them and utilize them for its political and propa- ganda purposes. They are a particularly valuable "p r i z e," both because of- their- numbers and because of their great wealth and highly regarded status in Brazil's economic and social life. There are 15 members of Parliament who are of Arab origin. However, the success of the Arab Embassies is limit- ed. Irrational hatred is foreign to the political thinking of every Brazilian, no matter what his national origin. Brazilian Arabs maintain very good relations with the Jewish community. There are joint Jewish - Arab business enterprises and several -Jews are members of the swank Arab "Mount Lebanon" coun- try club. Venezuelan - Arab relatio ns have a particular common in- terst in maintaining world oil prices. Therefore Venezuela is greatly interested in the exist- ence of organization of oil-pro- ducers — and the Arab coun- tries utilize this, trying to in- duce Venezuela to adopt anti- Israel policies. But even Vene- zuela, which in recent years voted against Israel at the United Nations, in the last two Assemblies changed her vote to abstention. The traditional friendship, symbolized by the important role of Latin American diplo- mats in the UN votes for the establishment of the State of Israel, began to reassert itself among those countries which temporarily took a somewhat hesitant, - if not less friendly, attitude toward the Jewish State. Thus in the last two years there was a change for the better. . Urge Afro-Asian Lands Take Note of Soviet Anti-Semitism WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Rep. Torbert H. Macdonald, Massa- chusetts Democrat, said in a speech on the House floor that emerging Afro - Asian nations should note Soviet anti-Semi- tism as an illustration of how "the Communists resort to racism in pursuit of their goals." Anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union provided "a somber les- son for all peoples of the free world," he said. Soviet pretenses in the area of minority rights are "indeed hollow when viewed against the background of anti-Semitism in Russia today," Macdonald stress- ed. "The Soviets have gone be- yond the limits of an anti- religious campaign in treatment of Jews within Soviet borders. Their tactics have entered into the realm of racism." In 1943 the Jewish Welfare Federation's Allied Jewish Cam- paign was suspended to become a partner in the Greater Detroit War Chest. dun NEW YORK, (JTA) — Em- phasis in the development of Israel's economy will shift during the next 10 years, Sir Isaac Wolf- son, British financier and a mem- ber of the board of directors of the Industrial Development Bank of Israel, told a group of New York businessmen and bankers at a luncheon held in his honor. He is in this country to dis- cuss with financiers in this city, Chicago and Los Angeles the expansion plans of the bank in Israel. "Israel," said Sir Isaac, "is growing up. Private initiative and private capital, whether for- eign or local, will play an ever- growing role in financing the expected industrial expansion in the next 10 years. It is to this end that the Industrial Bank of Israel was established five years ago. The bank is an integral part of Israel's modern industrial structure." CASABLANCA, ( JTA) — An article violently anti-Jewish in its tone was published here by Al Alam, the organ of the ultra- nationalist Istiqlal Party which disassociated itself from the Moroccan government. The article accused the Jews of "monopolizing the entire econ- omy of Morocco." Last week, the Istiqlal Party organ attacked by name a number of American film stars as "supporters of Zionism." MORTGAGES APPLICATIONS. FOR VA or FHA ARE NOW BEING TAKEN On New or EZisting Homes QUICK SERVICE Phone Us Today FRANKLIN MORTGAGE. CORP. Approved FHA Mortgagee 915 First National Bldg., Det. 26 WO 3-4890 ciao Adler Xnaws No Smart Buyer Pays Retail BIGGEST DISCOUNT See the New 1963 IMPERIAL, CHRYSLER, PLYMOUTH, VALIANT LEO ADLER DI 1.7000 18500 LIVERNOIS 2 Blocks South of 7 Mile THE HEBREW ACADEMY P.T.A. invites you to their ANNUAL DINNER TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1963 at Rainbow Terrace Speaker: Rabbi Louis Bernstein Young Israel of Windsor Park, N.Y. Education Director Camp Massed Beth . 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