We Salute Our Col/fin/lands,
Consecrants and Graduates
Jo Weiner—Cultural
Heritage.
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Hadassah —Autopsy
Charge.
List of 1967 Confirmands, Consecrants and
Graduates on Pages 24 and 25
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Moods
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Showdown With Washington
Sought by Nasser, Experts Feel
fear they said he felt was confirmed by "Washington's economic squeeze
against him."
The noted American military analyst, Hanson W. Baldwin, likewise
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by accident or deliberate design, President
Nasser of the United Arab Republic has put himself in the position of
directly challenging the United States and the Western powers, and the
crisis in the Middle East has mushroomed into a far greater issue than an
Arab-Israeli confrontation.
This view, expressed with increasing frequency in recent days at the
United Nations and in Washington, was reported by Earl W. Foell, UN
correspondent with the Christian Science Monitor.
He said Wednesday that "President Nasser's showdown move against
Israel at the mouth of the Gulf of Aqaba is read here as a direct challenge
to the United States and other Western powers." Until a few days ago, he
noted, most UN observers credited Nasser with "a brilliant tactical move"
aimed at relieving pressure on Syria. Now, he said, "they feel he is de-
termined to force a showdown with Washington as well.'
His motivation, according to these UN observers, is Nasser's "fear
that he might be next in a line of coups against anti-Western leaders"—a
NEW YORK
Whether
—
Israelis Do Not Frighten So Easily,
Either by Nasser or by Recessions
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
TEL AVIV.—There are heartening factors in the spirit
of Israel that should give courage to Disapora Jewry. There
was a matter of another war scare this week. Nasser had
asked that the United Nations remove the emergency force
from the Gaza border. That meant a massing of troops on
both sides of the crucial area. Had Nasser moved too deep-
ly, had the El Fatah infiltrators caused additional damage
on the Syrian border, it might have meant war.
Indeed, there were ominous signs of an impending dan-
ger. It accomplished one thing: it reaffirmed the people's
unity in time of crisis.
For those who have studied developing conditions, the
saw more in the developing crisis than an Arab war against Israel. He said
Wednesday in an article in the New York Times that "Yemen, Aden and
oil—rather than war with Israel—appear to be the objectives of Nasser
in the new crisis. He added that "military men familiar with the statistics
and the intangibles of military power in the Middle East suggeg)that
neither a general Arab attack upon Israel nor a major Israeli attackAipon
the Arab states is planned. President Nasser's moves, it is agree'd, are
keyed to political conflicts that have always plagued the Arab states, and
to his ambitions in the Arabian peninsula.
After comparing the military assets and liabilities of both sides. Arab
and Israeli, Baldwin concluded that the Arab superiority in manpower and
equipment was largely offset by the persistence of the basic weaknesses
demonstrated in the 1956 Sinai Campaign, though to a lesser degree: their
limited capability for maneuver or mobile warfare and their geographical
separation. A comparison of the tangibles and intangibles of military power
in the Middle East, he concluded, "would seem to indicate that neither side has enough
superiority to court all-out war."
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The New York Times associate editor and commentator,
James Reston, excoriated
Nasser in an article Wednesday and warned him that he was heading for "the same
unhappy destiny" that befell other "strutting dictators"—Sukarno in Indonesia, Nkrumah
in Ghana and Ben Bella in Algeria.
"Nasser," he said, "overreached himself in threatening to close the Strait of Tiran and
invade Israel. Everybody is talking soflty here for the moment in the hope of giving
Nasser a diplomatic retreat, but nobody should be fooled," he declared. "The United
States has quietly reassured the Israelis that it will meet its commitment to oppose an
Arab invasion of Israel, and it will soon become apparent that the United States and
the other major maritime powers will not permit their ships to be searched or seized on
Nasser's orders."
Reston reported that Washington "is a little edgy' at, the moment. It still does not
believe in a war in the Middle East and it is confident that it will get help in restraining
Nasser, but it is still more concerned about what the Soviets are doing than it cares to
make clear in public."
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rumblings have appeared as another bluff. It is true that
Nasser did, indeed, mass many troops. But past experiences
already have indicated that Israel does not frighten: there is
only an alert to assure that the state remains prepared; and
there are all indications that because Israel is so certain of
being able to defend its borders the war-mongering neighbors
neither want nor will they risk it.
Then there is the economic scare. So much concern has
been expressed for Israel's status, especially in view of re-
ports of a growing unemployment, that the Israelis' kinsmen
abroad became worried. There is, indeed, a recession, but the
new economic policy introduced here carries with it an as-
surance that new strength will be acquired from the pro-
gram introduced to increase productivity, to reduce the im-
balance in imports and exports, to create new industries.
An interesting factor, related to productivity, is a point
In proof of the workability of the new program. Kupat Holim
reported that the claim of sick leave has declined in the
last few weeks by 60 per cent. It is a clear indication of
workers' readiness to cooperate in increasing productivity, in
assuring a dedication to a national effort to reduce the indif-
ference that had been charged to labor in recent years.
Also: for the first time in Israel's 19-year history, labor
has yielded to a program of sacrificing a wage increase.
Fear over the effects of a recession and an impending
economic crisis is more rampant in Detroit than it is in
Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Knowledgeable Israelis pooh-pooh the
fear that the decline is more than a temporary experience.
Not only Israelis, but noted authorities like Prof. Wil-
liam Haber are much less panicky. Dr. Haber was on a visit
in Israel last week. He made a study of conditions and he
was optimistic. He felt as many others, both in government
and in industry, feel, that the recession is temporary and its
effects will be less serious than many feared. In fact, there is
hope that the planned new economic policy will redound to
Israel's benefit.
TURKEY
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0
0
AR RAPQAPI
NOMS
0
OAN NABK
Mediterranean
Sea
JERUSALEM
Cairo
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SINAI
PENINSULA
190.000 150,000
IN YEMENI PLUS
120.000 RESERVES
SYRIA
61,000
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Tel Aviv 0
EGYPT
DYR AZ ZAWK
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0
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0 AMMAN
JORDAN
40,(100
SAUDI
ARABIA
30,000
Here is how the army manpower situation adds up in the Middle East. The Arabs under arms
far outnumber the Israelis. Israelis are given a big, big edge in morale and ability.