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Friday, Sept. 13, 1963 -- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S —
Adenauer Pressing Bonn for Diplomatic Ties with Israel
Arab League Council Plans
Concerted Fight on Israel
(Direct JTA Telegraph Wire
to The Jewish News)
LONDON — Proposals for
tightening the Arab League's
fight against Israel with parti-
cular emphasis on Israel's re-
cently improved relations with
nine-Arab states in the Middle
East were ready Wednesday to
be placed before the Arab Lea-
gue's Council, the organization's
ruling body which is to convene
in Cairo Thursday, according to
reports from the Egyptian capi-
tal received here.
The proposals were worked
out at the conclusion of a two-
day session of the League's poli-
Arab Attack
onIsraelGets
Cyprus' Ear
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NICOSIA — A campaign to
obtain the backing of the Afro-
Asian lands ' behind a propa-
ganda drive directed against Is-
rael was launched here by Arab
representatives Tuesday as a
confe-'ence of Afro-Asian coun-
tries opened in this capital.
The campaign was begun by
Yousef El Sabai of Egypt, who
is secretary general of the con-
ference. He delivered a bitter
tirade against Israel, accusing
it in customary Arab fashion of
being a "stooge" for British and
American imperialism. He de-
manded that the parley condemn
Israel and appealed for "action
to ensure that the Palestinian
Arab people regain their right
to return to their homeland and
establish a unified entity there."
Although the government of
Cyprus has beLl equally friendly
to both Israel and Egypt, the
leader of the Cypriote delega-
gation, Vassos Lyssarides, clari-
fied after El Sabai's attack that
"the people of Cyprus follow
with great sympathy the efforts
of their Arab brothers for unity."
He said further "the shame of
the Palestinian refugees must
come to an end and they should
have their rights restored in
Palestine."
tical and economic committees
in Cairo. Included are plans to
combat Israel's increased con-
tacts with Turkey, Iran and Cyp-
rus, tightening of the anti-Israel
economic boycott, continuance
of the "struggle" for repatria-
tion of the Arab refugees to
Israel, measures to be taken
against Israel's alleged plans to
divert Jordan River waters and
a proposal that met with resist-
ance from Jordan calling for
the establishment of a "Pales-
tine entity."
The latter is envisaged as an
organization similar to the FLN
the Algerian independence
movement. Jordan, with an Arab
population comprising about
half of the country's total popu-
lation, is cool to the "Palestine
entity" idea because such a
set-up could affect Amman's
jurisdiction over the refugees.
Abdulah El Zuqairat, Jordan's
representative on the 13-nation
League objected to the "Pales-
tine entity" proposal on the
grounds that no representative
of the Palestine Arabs was pre-
sent at the meeting. The politi-
cal committee then decided to
invite Ahmed Shukairy, former
Saudi Arabian delegation head
at the United Nations, to join
the body as a Palestine "ex-
pert."
Shukairy was fired from his
UN post by the Saudi Arabian
government last winter after
some Arab representatives felt
he had gone too far in his dia-
tribes against Israel by calling
upon the UN to encourage for-
mation of anti-Semitic organiza-
tions similar to the Tacuara
movement in Argentina.
LOS ANGELES, (JTA) —
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
will make one final effort to
establish full West German-
Israel diplomatic ties before he
retires this fall, the Los Angeles
Times reported from Bonn.
The report quoted sources in
the Chancellor's Christian Dem-
ocratic Union and in the For-
eign Ministry at Bonn as saying
that such recognition was one
of the Chancellor's "fondest
hopes." The report also said his
chances of succeeding were "re-
garded as good." The report
cited the large group of West
German Parliamentarians who
favored the move, both in be-
half of improved West German-
Israel ties and to increase trade
with Israel.
The opposition was reported
stemming from another large
Judge Shiffman
to Address Leaders
of L andsmanshaf ten
Judge Burton L. Shiffman
will tell of his tour of Israel
to representatives of Landsman-
shaften at a breakfast 10 a.m.
Sept. 22 at the Jericho Temple.
The meeting will hear re-
ports of Detroit Landsmanshaf-
ten achievements during the
past year. Stress will be laid on
the new security project which
the societies have adopted as
their share of the new Detroit
development project of rebuild-
ing and developing Mishmar
Mayarden and Gadot settle-
ments in Israel.
Shiffman went on a study
mission to Israel- as a member
of the newly formed JNF
Younger Leaders Conference.
group, mostly in the Foreign Of-
fice, which feels that establish-
ment of diplomatic ties with Is-
rael would wreck a basic West
German policy of refusing to
recognize any regime which rec-
ognizes East Germany. The ar-
gument, the report said, was
that, the moment Bonn recog-
nized Israel, most of the Arab
states would recognize East Ger-
many — thus imperiling West
German ties with the Arab
world.
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International Body
of Social Work Holds
Conference in Israel
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — The execu-
tive of the International Con-
ference of Social Work, a non-
governmental organization with
branches in 44 countries, opened
Tuesday a three-day annual
meeting in Jerusalem.
Twenty-five members of the
executive from overseas, in ad-
dition to the Israeli participants,
are attending the meeting. The
conference was founded in 1928
to provide a global forum for
discussion of social work and
its place in the development of
nations. Prof. Lester Granger
of New York City, who retired
recently as director of the Ur-
ban League, is president.
Draft Boards Will
Give Consideration to
Jews on Holy Days
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
National Jewish Welfare Board's
Commission on Jewish Chap-
laincy was officially advised by
the Selective Service Commis-
sion that all draft boards have
been asked to give "favorable
consideration, whenever possi-
ble" to requests from Jewish
registrants for postponement of
physical examination or induc-
tion into the armed forces dur-
ing the Jewish High Holy Days.
This word was received by
Rabbi Israel Miller, spiritual
leader of the Kingsbridge
Heights Jewish Center in the
Bronx, the Commission chair-
man, from Brig. Gen. Lewis B.
Hershey, Selective Service Sys-
tem director,
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