Israel's China Policy a Fiasco

By MILTON FRIEDMAN

(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)

WASHINGTON. — In the early
1950's, Israel realized that actual
Chinese power was centered in Pe-
king and offered diplomatic reco-
gnition to the Communist regime
Israel felt she had to live in the
world with all peoples and try to
co-exist with emergent nations. But
Peking harshly rebuffed Israel as
a "stooge of the imperialists, a
neo-colonialist American creature."
- Peking identified with Arab hopes
of overthrowing Israel as consist-
ent with dynamic world revolution.
China militantly opposed the
seating of Israel at the Bandung
Conference of Asian Nations. This
took place when some Israel sup-
porters in the United States were
insisting that China should not be
isolated from the world community
but given the right to representa-
tion at the United Nations.
Israel's China policy proved a
fiasco. The Nationalist Chinese
regime of Chiang Kai Shek took
petty vengeance. Formosa op-
posed Israel at the United Na-
tions, partly in revenge but main-
ly to curry Arab favor and follow
U. S. State Department pro-Arab
strategies.
But Arab states, especially Egypt
and Syria, grew closer to the
Chinese Reds. The fanatical "Pale-
stine Liberation Organization" was
invited to open a permanent office
in Peking. The PLO organizes ter-
rorist raids against Israel, sabot-
age attacks, and dreams of im-
plementing Peking's suggestions
for a "war of national liberation"
against the Jews.
PLO leader Ahmed Shukairy's
policies are so volatile they trou-
ble even the belicose Arab rulers.
Most Arab leaders realize that
China is fishing in troubled Near
Eastern waters. They know Peking
is less interested in Arab aspira-
tions than in creating an inflam-
matory diversion to Viet Nam that
would tie down U.S. Mediterran-
ean forces and NATO reserves.
Egypt's Nasser, for instance, re-
cognizes Israel's military strength.
He is dubious that Russia would
rush to join a Peking-fomented
"liberation war" in the Near East.
This would jeopardize the precari-
ous Soviet-American stand-off in
the region; Neither Washington nor
Moscow wants it. Egypt could lose
aid from both America and Russia
and gain nothing but a beating.
Nasser also fears that Chinese
influence might spread among
the emotional Arab masses. This
could unseat present Arab heads
who would be overthrown by "lib-
erationist" extremists exploiting
the frenzy to gain power.
When Jordan recently criticized
the PLO office established in Pek-
ing, Shukairy said: "It is there for
the sake of the Palestinian strug-
gle. We, the Palestinian Arab peo-
ple have nothing to give the
Chinese People's Republic, but the
Chinese People's Republic can give

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a great deal to the Palestinian
Arab people."
Mao Tse Tung advocates not
only containment but extinction of
Israel. He told Shukairy: "When
you deal with the
Israel problem,
you should also
look at the map,.
and then you will;
know how to
evaluate your
strength. It is ab-
surd for one hun-
dred million
Arabs who encir-
cle little Israel to
stand by passive
ly."
Mao
Peking reportedly pledged arms
aid to Shukairy and offered to train
experts in commando and sabot-
age operations.
In mid-January, a Chinese cul-
tural mission visited Syria. The
delegation's leader said "The
Chinese support the Arabs fully
in the conflict with Israel just as
you support us fully in the Viet
Nam struggle."
Syria's new Chief of State, Nur-
eddin Atassi, has just echoed
Chinese cries for an immediate
"liberation war" against Israel as
"the best way of achieving Arab
unity." Syria is the most extreme
activist against Israel, and displays
closer ties with the Communist
world. Border incidents recently in-
creased.
The Viet Cong leadership wish-
ed the Arabs "success in their
struggle against Israel, the ag-
gressive tool of imperialism, and
the realization of their hope of
returning to Palestine." How-
ever, Saigon's Premier Ky has
accepted Israeli gifts of medicine
while refusing to enter normal
diplomatic relations with Israel.
Israelis had indicated willing-
ness to train South Vietnamese in
agricultural and development tech-
niques. But Saigon appeared dis-
interested. Some observers said
Premier Ky was mindful of Arab
votes at the United Nations. Others
recalled that he had voiced ad-
miration of Adolf Hitler as his idol.
In any event, Americans who
share devotion to the aims of peace
and justice in both the Near East
and Southeast Asia are hoping for
new thoughts and tendencies to
solve the enigma presented by
China's Communist revolution.

Tel Aviv Suburb Strays
Away From Its 'Parent'

RAMAT AVIV (ZINS)—Today it
is known by the name Ramat Aviv,
but 10 years ago the area was
wasteland, with only two solitary
shikunim amid a sea of arid soil.
Today Ramat Aviv is a city by
itself, although it is officially part
of Tel Aviv.
The number of residents of Ram-
at Aviv is approaching 30,000 and
adjacent to it, on the other side of
the Yarkon, another settlement for
10,000 residents is gradually emerg-
ing.
This means that the neighbor-
hood of Ramat Aviv will develop
into a community of 100,000 souls,
which will hasten the day when
Ramat Aviv will become indepen-
dent of its mother city Tel Aviv.

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NEW YORK—The failure of the
Federal Equal Employment Op-
portunity Commission to include
Jewish workers among the minor-
ity groups whose job status is being
studied to determine fair employ-
ment patterns, was scored by the
Jewish Labor Committee.
Taking note of the newly issued
"Equal Employment Opportunity
Employer Information R e p or t
EEO-1", Adolph Held, president of
the Jewish Labor Committee, said
the questionnaire seeks to deter-
mine • statistics only in regard to
Negro, Oriental, American Indian
and Spanish American workers, de-
spite the representations that Jews
be included made by the JLC to
the commission at its hearing in
Washington, D. C., Dec. 16.

Auschwitz Doctor Goes on Trial in E. Germany

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