UN Suppresses Report About Iraqi Prejudices 8—Friday, February 10,
By SAUL CARSON
JTA Correspondent in the UN
(Copyright. 1967, JTA, Inc.)
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. —
Among the loudly ardent cham-
pions of human rights at the
United Nations, none is more en-
thusiastically articulate than the
Soviet Union and the Arab States.
Ignoring — or denying — that their
governments violate Jewish human
rights in the religious, cultural,
economic and social fields, they
serve on the Human Rights Com-
mission, participate in the studies
conducted by that Commission's
SubcomMission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities; always beat the drums
for human rights. Among the Arab
states, none is more energetic
in those respects than Iraq.
Recently, when an effort was
made in the subcommission to
present certain facts about dis-
crimination in a number of coun-
tries, the Soviet Union intervened
and. after an argument. had one
section of the lengthy report killed,
so that that section does not even
appear anywhere in the United
Nations records or achives.
The USSR's objection was un-
derstandable. First, the mur-
dered section referred to anti-
Jewish, human rights violations
in the Soviet Union. Secondly,
the man who had drawn up the
entire report, including the of-
fending section. was an Israeli,
Tel Aviv District Judge Zeev
W. Zeltner — and Israel is al-
ways fair game for Soviet
attacks here. But many observers
failed to understand why an
Iraq representative—not a mem-
ber of the subcommission —
supported the Soviet call for sup-
pression of one section of the
overall report. Since that section
had been totally erased. the rea-
son for the Iraqi's stand seemed
mysterious. I t is a' mystery no
longer. The section included
some stringent reports about
Ira q's legal discrimination
against its Jews. --
A memorandum dealing with dis-
criminatory legislation and prac-
tices affecting Iraqi Jews with re-
spect to citizenship, property and
travel rights," fell into this corres-
pondent's hand's. The memoran-
1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
On July 14, 1964, the government Group Formed to Restore Sephardic Works
nationalized all the banks in Iraq,
NEW YORK (JTA)—A newly-established committee to foster
and, from that date. Jews were Spanish-Jewish culture will seek financial backing for the publication
forbidden to use credit facilities. so of English translations of works by Sephardic scholars of the 17th,
that any Jew wishing to establish 18th and 19th centuries, it was announced Sunday" by Dr. flair Jose
a letter of credit is obligated to Bernadete, retired professor of Spanish at Brooklyn College.
pay to the bank 110 per cent of
Prof. Bernadete, an expert on the history of Spanish Jewry, told
its value, while non-Jewish Iraqis a luncheon conference of American Sephardic leaders that many
pay only 20-25 per cent.
valuable works, translated into English during the 19th Century,
have been lost. Sephardic Jewry in the United States, he declared,
No Jew is permitted to hold
"must restore this intellectual treasure to the Jewish people."
any official or semi-official post.
Jose Fauer, assistant professor of Jewish law at the Jewish
With the preponderance of
Theological Seminary, will assist Dr. Bernadete in selecting books
nationalized industries, this has
for publication.
become a great problem.
The committee will act on behalf of American museums and
Jewish students in universities the Spanish government in arranging for the shipment of Sephardic
and colleges outside Iraq are un- art works from Spain to the United States.
able to • visit their parents as,
once they return to Iraq, they will
be forbidden to leave again. As Triumph-Based Auto to Be Made in Israel
the Law of Denationalization
against Jews is still in force, such TEL AVIV OTA) — Israel Auto- ' in total volume by some $10,520,000
students outside Iraq lose their cars Co., which assembles and in the first 11 months of 1966, as
nationality if the local Iraqi consul manufactures automobiles a n d compared to the previous period
refuses for any slight or unjusti- trucks, announced Monday it had in 1965 and Israel succeeded in
reached an agreement with the reducing the unfavorable trade
fied reason to renew their pass-
British Standard Triumph Co. for balance by nearly $780,000 accord-
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ports. As a result of this, many
modern
the
name for Jewish Iraqi students have lost production of vehicles in Israel ing to figures made public here
Mesopotamia and ancient Bab- their nationality, and are thus pre- based on the Triumph chassis. i Monday.
During the first 11 months of
The Triumph is a small sports
vlonia. had 101,000 Jews in 1941. manently separated from their
In a few years, the Iraqis having families, who have no passports car which, in recent years, has 1966, Israel's imports from Brit-
been gaining great popularity in ain were valued at 50,104,000
joined their fellow-Arabs in war- with which to leave Iraq.
the American market. Israel Auto- pounds sterling ($140,291,000).
fare against Zionism and against
The Iraqi constitution clearly
Israel, the number of Iraqi Jews states that there shall be no dis- cars will not produce a sports car Britain's purchases from Israel
decreased to 6,000. Nov the Iraqi crimination, and that all Iraqi but a special, heavy-duty vehicle during the same period were 24,-
Jewish population numbers no citizens are equal, irrespective of built on the Triumph chassis. The 640,000 pounds sterling ($68,990,-
of the Triumph 000) leaving Israel with an ad-
more than about 3,000 souls. An religion, race, etc., but this un- Israeli version
fiberglass body and verse trade balance of 25,464,000
ancient, highly-learned, wealthy fortunately bears no relation to will have a -
Jewish community. including many the true state- of affairs at present. four-wheel drive, making it partic- pounds sterling ($71,299,000).
of the country's leaders in com- A mass of data shows that the ularly suitable for agricultural
and industrial purposes. Produc-
merce and finance, had been more discriminations by Iraq are di-
tion is expected to start in April
than decimated by Iraqi persecu- rected against Jews and Jews only,
"I can get it for you wholesale"
tions, expulsions, and voluntary not against other people under or May.
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emigration (sans worldly goods, Iraqi jurisdiction. The anti-Jewish
Morris Buick Co.
14500 W. 7 Mile
most of the time) to Israel. Now discriminations are strictly in the Hike in Israel's Business
at James C.ouzens
here is what has happened in more Nazi tradition.
With Britain Reported
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recent years:
LONDON (JTA) — Trade be-
This correspondent knows that
A series of restrictions from Iraq is well aware of the League's tween Britain and Israel increased Classified Ads Get Quick Results
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March 1964 in the Iraq Passport showing clearly that Iraq acts
against Jews in contravention of •
• Office's refusal to grant any pass- the Iraqi constitution. It has been •
ports to 'Iraqi Jews. From that pointed out to Iraqis here at least,
day to this, no Jew has. been al- if not indeed to the government at •
lowed to leave Iraq for any pur- Baghdad, that the discriminations
(Trimmed-Rite Priced-Rite)
pose whatever, except for five are being directed against Iraq's •
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or six personal friends of some own Jewish citizens — and not •
ministers. This has of course merely against "Zionists." Some •
barred them from any adequate official Iraqis have, in fact, con- •
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medical treatment, and many ceded that they are aware of their •
deaths have needlessly occurred. violations of their own Constitution, •
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No reason has ever been given for when it comes to Jews. There •
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(Just W. of Evergreen, corner Kentfieid)
the ban, which has never been is an obvious parallel here with the •
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Russians.
openly acknowledged
dum had been the work of the
International League for the
Rights of Man, of which the
American Jewish Committee is an
affiliate. The League, which has
consultative status in the Human
Rights Commission and in the
subcommission—entitling it to a
voice but not a vote—has Jan
Papanek as chairman. He was a
Czechoslovakian diplomat in the
Massaryk-Bennes republic, chair-
man of the Czech delegation to
the United Nations, and president
for a time of the United Nations
Economic and Social Council which
has jurisdiction over the Human
Rights Commission, parent body of
the subcommission where this
matter of Iraqi persecutions
against Jews had been reported.
The honorary chairman of the
League is Roger N. Baldwin, the
veteran American civil rights ad-
vocate.
Javits Seeks Study Into Arab Boycott
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A would not work toward this end
Senate resolution authorizing a but, on the contrary, would be
study of laws designed to protect highly detrimental to our over-all
American business from the Arab national and commercial inter-
boycott was introduced last week ests."
by Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New York
Republican, and Sen. Harrison German Captain Accused
Williams Jr., New Jersey Demo- ,
crat. The resolution would author of Failing to Aid Israeli
ize a study by the Senate-Banking 'Ship in Distress Nearby
and Currency Committee of the
effectiveness of the anti-boycott • HAMBURG (JTA)—The German
amendment incorporated into the shipping firm of Rudolf A. Oetker
has relieved the captain of a tanker
Export Control Act in 1965.
Sen. Javits said that, since of his command, pending investi-
Congress moved against the Arab gation of charges that he failed to
boycott in 1965, there has been aid an Israeli freighter which sank
increasing evidence that large as only a few miles from his ship.
Captain Paul Eggart of Ham-
well as small American businesses
are still being adversely affected burg will face interrogation by
by these restrictive trade prat- officers of the shipping company
I when he returns here. Eggart is
tires."
Sec. of Comerce John Connor charged with failure to go to the
has infornied Sen. Javits that rescue of the Israel freighter
the aim of the anti-boycott mea- "Hashlosha" which sank two weeks
sure has not been achieved to ago in the Mediterranean Sea, near
any appreciable degree." Con- Sardinia.
Israel had asked Bonn to probe
nor stated the Arab boycott had
a "long history and deep roots reports that the 45,000-ton German
in protracted political problems vessel "St. Michaelis" failed to
and deeply held national senti- respond to flares and SOS signals
ments, neither of which can be from the "Hashlosha" only six
nautical miles away. The Israeli
expected to yield easily."
"Our best hope," Sec. Connor ship was bound from Sicily to
said, "is that the boycotting coup- ,Marseilles with 20 persons aboard.
tries will ultimately recognize that No survivors were found.
The captain reportedly said he
restrictive trade practices and boy-
cotts are in conflict with their own saw flares, but thought it was some
sort. of naval exercise. He said his
economic self-interest.
ship heard the radio distress sig-
"Although
I believe
be nals
that they
were garbled
premature
at this
point it to would
draw and
not but
dispatched
properly.
any final conclusions . about the
A shipping company spokesman
effectiveness of this aspect of the
present amendment," he said, "it said the 47-year-old captain was a
remains my conviction that amend-, highly experienced seaman and his
ing the regulation to impose .a pro-' fault "must have been one of
hibition on American businessmen` human error."
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