Drew Pearson in Israel — 4th Article in Series Ben-Gurion Says Russia, U.S. Hold Arab-Israel Peace Key; Israeli Arabs' Mistreatment Admitted; Military Rule Tough priation of Jewish farmlands was only 5 per cent. Under military government reg- ulations, authorities m a y ban Arabs from entering certain places. The military can also de- clare any place in Israel "closed" on an hour's notice. The military government has sometimes closed areas valuable to Arab farming, thus making it impossible for Arab peasants to reach their own land. So they have to sell. On one occasion the high court of Israel ruled that the in- habitants of Ghabsieh in the Gali- lee had a right to return to their village and lands. The military government, however, ignored the high court, declared the area closed, and the village was aban- doned. On March 31, 1962, both Jews and Arabs planned to hold a con- ference in Bane to protest against the expropriation of 5,000 dunams (about 1,250 acres) of farmland to be expropriated for building a new When I talked to ex-Prime town, Carmel. They maintained Minister Ben-Gurion as to how that the government owned huge there could be peace between areas of land just a mile and a Israel and its Arab neighbors, he replied: "When Russia and half away suitable for the same purpose and that this good farm- the- United States decide there land did not have to be taken. But will be peace. They have been sending arms to the Near East, the military government moved in, "closed" the area of Bane and Dier and any time they get together Al-Asad. Thus the protest meeting they can bring peace to us." could not be held. Nobody was This is true. Furthermore, the permitted to go inside the closed amount of arms sent by the Rus- area. sians to Egypt and the amount of Military Crackdown arms sent by the United States to The military government has nearby Jordan and Saudi Arabia cracked down on various meetings is so great that Israel faces some- connected with civil rights as well what the same situation as it did as land expropriation. On Aug. in 1956, when, threatened by a 23, 1963. Tayibe was declared a preponderance of Egyptian arms, closed area in order to block a the Israeli army took the initiative meeting called to protest military and penetrated to the Suez Canal. government. Simultaneously Ab- While I found no positive indi- del-Hamid Abu-I'Tah and Saleh cations of such a repetition, un- Baranci, members of the "Jewish- questionably the Israeli-Arab sit- Arab Committee to Protest Mili- uation is just as dangerous as the tary Rule," were arrested. Pakistan-India controversy over Yuri Avnery, a Jew and editor Kashmir. It could flare into open of the magazine "This World," was war overnight. By DREW PEARSON NAZARETH—This city, where Christ grew up, today is the stronghold of an Arab population, largely communist. Though citi- zens of Israel, they are general- ly critical of the Israel govern- ment. When I talked about this with the former may- or of Nazareth, Seif Eddine Z u bi , I found that his wife had a brother and a Pearson cousin in the cabinet of Jordan just across the boundary. Both the ex-mayor and his wife were very pro-Israel. But only seven weeks ago the mayor had been defeated for reelection by his cousin, who had teamed up with the Commu- nist party. Both the Communists and the cousin were elected. Mistreatment of Arabs Meanwhile, many Jews inside Israel told me very frankly that their government had been remiss in not improving the lot of the Israeli Arabs in order to show the Arab world the benefits of Israeli- Arab cooperation. They main- tained that the military rule for Arabs, continued for nine long years, ever since the Suez war of 1956, was unnecessary and that one motive was to facilitate the confiscation of Arab land inside Israel. There are 210,000 Arabs inside Israel, and they hold some of the more fertile areas of the country. Figures available in the Ministry of Agriculture show that, from 1950 to 1963, Arab farmlands had been reduced 31 per cent by Is- raeli expropriation. The expro- SJULSUULSLQ A REAL STEAL! See one of the JAMES BOYS GUS at Krajenke Buick Gus will lease for the least and put a Buick on your driveway at an un- believable price! Corral the Best Deal at Krajenke Buick See Gus James 12801 JOS. CAMPAU 2 Blocks S. of Davison I 891-2700 Stronger Ties for Negroes, Other Groups Are Urged NEW YORK—New and stronger alliances between Negroes and oth- er groups in the community are the next great need of the civil rights movement, the American Jewish Committee states in a lead article titled "The Negro Revolution: Act II," in the latest issue of its bi- monthly Newsletter. Recalling that non-violence has sporadically given way to riots,-the article declares that "like labor in the 1930's, Negroes today can suc- ceed only in concert with groups having related interests: parties needing votes, unions bent on gain- ing members, corporations looking, for new markets or talents, reli- gious and ethnic organizations seeking a significant social role, the white poor longing for secur- ity and dignity—and citizens who simply want a better society." The article points out: "As yet, not many Negroes appear to de- spair of America. Responsible lead- ers still control the movement." But it suggests that "relations be- tween Negroes and their allies are strained," and adds a recent warn- ing by Charles E. Silberman, For- tune editor and member of the American Jewish Committee's civil rights and civil liberties commit- tee, that the nation would do well to "beware the day they (the Ne- groes) change their minds." The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.—Chinese proverb. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8—Friday, February 18, 1966 prevented from entering Taibe, though not arrested. Later he ran for the Knesset on a platfrom of bettering the position of Arabs and was overwhelmingly elected. Dr. Y. Yeredor and M. Roditty, Jewish lawyers, were also refused entry to the village of Qalansawe to speak during a protest against military government. They were not, however, jailed. Few Jews have been jailed for violation of military government infractions, though many Arabs have. Two Arabs were sentenced to jail when they entered Taibe after it was suddenly declared closed. They had proceeded with their protest meeting despite the military and got 45 days in prison. Further south, in the Negev, a total of 18,000 Bedouins are liv- ing under military rule, and must have military permits in order to leave their living areas. Yet the Bedouins have been the strongest friends of Israel among the Arab groups. These are some of the inequities which many Jewish citizens of Is- rael protest against but which are still in force. They are one rea- son for suspicion against Israel in the Arab world. * * * UNEF Force Cut to 3,959 UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—(JTA) —The United Nations Emergency Force, the police group that guards the relative peace between Egypt and Israel, is being cut down further by the reduction of its strength from the present 4,560 men and officers to 3,959, it was announced officially by the United Nations Secretariat. UNEF's former strength had been 7,000 men and officers. The reduction of the present strength by 600 men, it was stated, is being, carried out as the result of recom- mendations made recently by a survey team that examined UNEF's operations for Secretary-General U Thant. The report had been adopted by the- last General As- sembly, which also approved a serious reduction in the UNEF budget. The 1966 budget had been set at $18,519,000, down by about $3,500,000 from the 1965 expendi- tures. Prior to Israel's war against Egypt in 1956-57, those Sharm el- Sheikh heights held Egyptian artil- lery which prevented Israel from Arab-Israel Relations The Israeli government has just taken important steps to improve the position of the 300,000 Arabs living inside Israel. Eventually this could help improve the diffi- cult, dangerous deadlock between Israel and the Arab states. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, de- livering his "state of the union message" to the Knesset, Jan. 12, lifted the ban on the move- ment of all Bedouins in the south and almost all other Israeli Arabs, except in the north where Israel is extremely narrow — only seven miles in one place — and where the Jordanian-Israeli border is un- marked and almost undefended. "It is our plan to arrive in the course of a year at the abolition of the military government ma- chinery," Premier Eshkol said. The military government hither- to has restricted the movement of most Arabs inside Israel so they could not travel without written permission. This was a hangover from the Suez war when Israeli Arabs moved back and forth over the Jordanian border. But last week, Israel's powerful labor organization, the Histadrut, corresponding to the AFL-CIO, took a further important step to- ward bettering Arab relations. It changed the name of its annual conference from "the General Con- fel ence of Hebrew Labor" to "the General Conference of Labor." This was because, for the first time in the 45-year history of Histadrut, Arab delegates attended the labor conference. Arab work- ers in Israel have long been full members of Histadrut but not delegates. Meanwhile the Arab population inside Israel has increased faster than any Arab population any- where else in the world — 45.4 per cent since 1948 — three times faster than the Jewish population. This is due to Jewish birth control on one side, plus excellent Jewish hospitals, doctors and health ser- vices supplied to Arabs by the Is- raeli government. Many Jews believe that more could be done to assimilate the Arab population inside Israel, and the Eshkol government has now taken an important step in this direction. PENN REALTY CO. Practical wisdom benefits man hereafter, while worldly wisdom extends not beyond this transient world.—Arabic proverb. 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