UNEF'S Status in Middle East Endangered . . . Arab Force Threatens Israel By SAUL CARSON JTA Correspondent at the UN (Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Is there a danger that UNEF may be closed down? The United Nations Emergency Force, acting as a po- lice buffer between Israel and Egyptian-dominated area s, h a s been in existence now for more than nine years. It was formed in 1956, during the height of the Sinai-Suez crisis, and has been the only beneficial result of the United Nations intervention in that series of developments. Due to UNEF, there has been relative tranquility on the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip. Due also to UNEF, Israel has en- joyed freedom of shipping to and from its port of Eilat, since UNEF is on 24-hour duty at Sharm el- Sheikh, a Gulf of Akaba promon- tory overlooking the Straits of Tiran. Until UNEF took up that post, Egypt had artillery on those Sharm el-Sheikh bluffs, ready to shoot down any shipping of benefit to Israel through the Straits or the Gulf. Now UNEF is there—and Ei- lat is a busy, free port—growing busier month by month, giving Israel freedom of shipping to Asia THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18—Friday, February 18, 1966 and Africa. If UNEF were to be that the solution is simple — all removed, Israel would have one that has to be done is for the Rus- way to keep its port of Eilat open sians and the French to pay up. —by bombing any possible re-es- The French have their own rea- tablishment of the Egyptian guns sons. But the Russian reasons are at Sharm el-Sheikh. That, of clear: they don't care whether the course, would mean war—possibly peace is kept or not. involving not only Israel and the The committee of 33 had recon- Arabs but the rest of the world as vened on the very day that the well. world learned of Russia's success- * * * ful soft landing of Luna 9 on the The Soviet Union has always op- moon. That venture has cost the posed the establishment of UNEF USSR many millions—possibly bil- and has consistently refused to lions—of dollars. But even while help pay for its operation. UNEF it was being congratulated by the is now one of the two most im- world on the Luna 9 success, Mos- portant of the UN's peace-keeping cow was still mute about paying up operations; the other is in Cy- for the UN peace-keeping opera- prus. It is due to the stubborn- 1 tions. ness of the Soviet Union, France Meanwhile. UNEF is being whit- and several other countries that tied down, little by little. Its 1966 the 1964 financial crisis threatened budget was cut to $18,519,000, a the very existence of the United reduction of about $3,500,000 from Nations. While a modus vivendi the preceding year's expenditures. was worked out, so that the 1965 Its strength has been reduced gra- General Assembly could function dually from a total of about 7,000 again, the fact is that the financial men and officers to about 4,000. situation has never been solved. True, UNEF has assured the Right now, member states—includ- United Nations that it plans to ing the USSR—still owe the United continue its work, despite the loss Nations about $125,000,000 for the of money and men. by streamlin- operation of peace-keeping forces. ing its operations and by other Right now, too, a committee of economies. But the fact is that 33 UN members—including Egypt the whittling process has begun. and the Soviet Union, but not Is- , How far will it go? As far as the rael—is still trying to solve the Russians are concerned, men and financial crisis. Everyone knows i money might as well go down to L111011111 111101 1115 1111111101 I , 1011 IN IMO St. Louis Residents Get Anti-Jewish Newsletter zero. The Russians would not at ST. LOUIS (JTA) — Numerous all mind if the Egyptians took over. St. Louis residents were reported A recent UN report showed to have received anti-Semitic mat- that, smack up behind the UNEF erial from Gerald L. K. Smith's lines, in the Sinai Desert, the Christian Nationalist Crusade of- Palestine Liberation Organiza- fice in Los Angeles. tion has troops on duty. Every- The material is a two-sheet one knows that the PLO has one "newsletter" which alleges that purpose — to attack Israel. If UNEF should be dissolved, the many American notables have been PLO forces would come right active in recent years in the fight "to rid the world of Judaism." up to the frontier facing Israel. Would they stop there—voluntar- The St. Louis Anti-Defamation ily? Or would Israel's armed League office said that some of forces have to deter them — the persons here receiving the mat- either defensively or offensively? erial were getting it as contrib- Nasser could answer some of utors to Smith's activities and that those questions. But so could the ADL had the names of such Moscow. If the Kremlin could only contributors. Other recipients, the get its head out of the lunar ADL said "are innocent victims of clouds, it might answer whether it happening to be on a random mail- wants open Israeli-Arab conflict to ing list." start along the UNEF vacuum — possibly to be followed by World War III. Moscow Agriculture Fair to Draw 30 Israelis ISRAEL-15 DAYS Complete from Detroit $799 (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) TEL AVIV—Thirty Israeli manu- facturers will participate in the forthcoming International Agricul- tural Fair in Moscow. 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