JERUSALEM, ( JTA ) — The
Knesset d e f e ate d opposition
motions by a vote of 67 to 47,
rejecting the requests made by
parties that are not members of
the coalition government for a
full-scale debate on the resig-
nation of Israel's Chief of Se-
- curity.
The latter had quit over
Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion's disagreement with him
- about the policies followed
when it was disclosed that Ger-
man scientists, many of them
ex-Nazis, are being employed
by Egypt on projects for de-
' velopment of non-conventional
*weapons to be used for the
destruction of. Israel.
Prior to the meeting of parlia-
ment, the cabinet formulated a
'statement - dealing with the spe-
cial session Of the Knesset. A
terse cabinet communique de-
clared that a five-member Minis-
terial Committee for Security
will study the issue of the Ger-
man scientists being employed
by Egypt. It is understood that
that committee has been given
power to subpoena all persons
involved in the issue that led to
the resignation of the security
chief. The latter's name, tradi-
tionally kept secret in this
country, has not yet been offi-
cially revealed.
After leading House mem-
bers representing the Liberal
Party, Herut and Mapam
voiced sharp criticism against
Ben-Gurion's bringing about
the security chief's resigna-
tion, the Prime Minister told
the Knesset: "Our grave con-
cern over the designs of the
Egyptian dictator to destroy
Israel, and over the assistance
he is receiving from German
and other scientists, should
not throw us off our balance."
"Israel's security," the Pre-
mier told the Knesset, "is
founded on two factors: The de-
terrent power of Israel's de-
fense forces, and our interna-
tional standing. A responsible
_ Opposition—at least in security
matters — should avoid state-
ments not calculated to
strengthen our international
standing." He added that "it
was distortion of the truth" to
say that the security chief had
been "dismissed."
The Prime Minister also de-
precated press statements al-
leging that he had disassociated
himself from the statement
made three weeks ago in the
Knesset by Foreign Minister
Golda Meir, who had discussed
the responsibility of the West
German government regarding
the German scientists at work
on the Egyptian projects. He
pointed out that the measures
taken by Israel since that dis-
cussion, as a result of a Knesset
resolution of March 20, "has not
yet been without success, so
far." He indicated that the
Ministerial Committee on Se-
curity, formed by the cabinet,
will have access to "fullest in-
formation" on the entire matter.
The fireworks in the Knes-
set, just before the eve of
Passover, in an extraordinary
session, started immediately
after Ben-Gurion told the
House that the problem of the
security chief's resignation
could be discussed only by
the special Ministerial Com-
mittee or by parliament's own
Committee on Security and
Foreign Affairs. The latter,
he said, will resume its dis-
cussion of the subject, but a
plenary session of the Knes-
set is not the proper forum
for such a debate.
Menahem Beigin, leader of
the right-wing Herut Party, as-
sailed the Prime Minister,
charging he negated the Knes-
set's March 20 resolution, alleg-
ing that Ben-G u r ion had
"forced" the security - chief's
resignation, and saying the lat-
ter had been made a "scape-
goat." He alleged that the
Prime Minister, who -had been
on vacation when the issue de-
veloped last month, had "cut
short V his holiday to set into
motion a series of measures de-
signed to mute and tone down
the Knesset's resolution."
Ishar Harrari, of the Liberal
Party, scathingly attacked the
Premier for allegedly withhold-
ing the reasons for the security
chief's exit. He said Ben-Gurion
kept the full information back
from cabinet as well as from
parliament, asserting the special
session was caused "by Ben-
Gurion's -failure to fulfill his
parliamentary obligations."
For - the left-wing Mapam
Party, Yaacov Hazan said the
Premier had three choices after
the March 20 resolution. These,
he said, were: Blaming the
Bonn government for the work
of West German nationals in
Egypt by accepting the Knesset
resolution, despite his own
views; bringing pressure on his
coalition partners to reverse
the previous decisions; or re-
sign.
He charged Ben-Gurion was
"unwilling" to adopt the first
course, "unable to effect the
second course" and "avoided"
the third. Instead, he alleged,
the Premier adopted a fourth
course — "to disregard the
unanimous Knesset resolu-
tion." He also criticized the
decision made by Ben-Gurion
against publishing a White
Paper on the German scien-
tists at work for Egypt, hold-
ing "there was no proof that
this would damage the pres-
tige of the nation."
The Knesset action was the
result of an agreement reached
in the course of prior talks be-
tween Ben-Gurion and his co-
alition partners, during which,
it was understood, the Premier
furnished further details than
heretofore disclosed. He report-
edly made clear explanations
which, evidently seemed satis-
factory to those with whom he
met.
* * *
BONN (JTA) — The West
German government, under
steady prodding from critics at
home and abroad, said this week
it had done all it could regard-
ing the scientists and techni-
cians working on advanced
weapons in Egypt.
After a second cabinet meet-
ing in two weeks on the issue,
the government said, it was still
considering what steps to take
to get the scientists and techni-
cians to drop their work and re-
turn to West Germany. Critics
of the government said that a
strong declaration, preferably
before the Bundestag, and an
assurance that the government
would not merely consider
steps but would take them, was
needed.
A group of Bundestag de-
puties from three parties is-
sued an appeal to the govern-
ment to urge the weapons ex-
perts to stop their work. They
said they "condemned" such
weapons work and they prom-
ised to introduce legislation
to ban such activities. The de-
•
mand was the strongest yet
made in West Germany on the
issue. It paralleled a similar
demand made by Dr. Carlo
Schmid, a vice-president of
the Bonn parliament, who al-
so charged that the scientists
were acting in violation of the
West German Constitution.
The article in the constitu-
tion to which Schmid referred
declares that any act tending
to disturb peaceful co-existence
of nations or leading to prep-
aration of an offensive war is
unconsttutional. The article al-
so specifies that weapons of war
can be made, shipped and dis-
tributed only with government
approval.
Schmid, who is Va member of
the opposition Social Democra-
tic party, also asserted that any
person helping Egypt to pro-
duce rockets, warheads or any
other "devilish means," was
making war more likely. He al-
so warned that successful devel-
opment of such weapons might
some day encourage the Arab
countries to change "the politi-
cal situation" in "one brief
stroke." This comment was seen
in the context of the unremit-
ting threats of the Arab coun-
tries to destroy Israel.
* * *
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Shimon
Peres, Deputy Defense Minister,
and Col. Ezer Weizmann, Air
For c e commander, returned
from a brief visit to Washing-
ton where they reportedly nego-
tiated with United States offi-
cials on the purchase of super-
sonic Hawk missiles.
Colonel Weizmann said
there would be no difficulty
for Israel to absorb and op-
erate the ground to-air mis-
.siles which the United States
agreed last year to sell to Is-
rael. Peres, who met with
President Kennedy at the
President's request, said he
was impressed by the Presi-
dent's intimate knowledge of
Middle East affairs.
Immediately on arrival, the
Deputy Defense Minister flew
from Lydda to Jerusalem for a
personal report to Prime Minis-
ter David Ben-Gurion. He also
met with Mrs. Golda Meir, Is-
rael's Foreign Minister.
Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion said, in reply to a ques-
tion about West German scien-
tists aiding Egyptian advanced
weapons development, that if Is-
rael had any reason to fear
Egypt — "and it has" — it was
only from Egypt's conventional
weapons. He made the state-
ment in an interview with Da-
var.
* * *
TEL AVIV •(JTA) — Israeli
fishermen on Lake Tiberias on
Monday came under Syrian fire
again at dawn, Israeli officials
reported.
A number of boats came un-
der surprise attack from heavy
machinegun fire from a position
north of Ein Gev in the demili-
tarized zone. The fisherman call-
ed for help and a police boat
came to their rescue, covering
their retreat from the machine-
gun fire. The police boat suf-
fered damage when it was hit
by phosphorous bullets.
NORMAN TISHMAN, has
been named chairman of the
New York fund raising cam-
paign of the Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith. PAUL
H. SAMPLINER is chairman of
the League's national campaign
cabinet which has set a goal of
$3,940,000 for 1963.
Prof. NATHAN JACOBSON
of Yale University, noted spe-
cialist in algebra and author of
several books, will present a
series of three lectures at
Wayne State University, April
15, 16 and 18.
Isaie Bedabride, a 19th cen-
tury French jurist, was one of
the first Jewish lawyers in
France after the emancipation
of the Jews. He was the author
of a number of works on Maim-
onides and on the Talmud.
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Israel Ministerial Body Will Study Course to Take
on German Scientists Working in Egypt's. Arms Race;
Adenauer Government Says It Has Done All Possible