Haber Reports Israel Desires Peace, Urges Great Powers Not to Obscure It THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Dr. William Haber, who headed necessities of daily life are already a delegation of five to Israel to opening the mouths and ears of JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli officials began work this week on procedures to permit the return of West Bank Arabs under new liberalized regulations approved by the cabinet. An earlier order permitting their return up to Aug. 10 was liberalized with the an- nouncement that while the Aug. 10 date was the deadline for filing applications, there would be no time limit for the actual return. The applications will be dis- tributed in Jordan by the Inter- national Red Cross. Former West Bank residents who fled to areas other than Jordan may also ap- ply for re-entry to the West Bank but their return will be subject to Israel's regulations for re- unification of families. Israel will not admit persons considered to be security risks or criminals likely to disturb the peace. Israeli officials expressed the hope that the return of the Arabs will begin soon after Aug. 10. In Geneva, the International Red Cross said Monday it had named delegations in four Israeli-held Arab areas to aid the Arabs. Is- rael has given the Red Cross free survey ORT activities and ORT needs in the post-war obligations, expressed confidence that there can be a lasting peace if the in- ternational community of nations will stop fishing in troubled waters. He said "the great powers would be making a tragic error if they allowed their rivalries to obscure this possibility." Harry Platt, president of the De- troit ORT Men's Chapter, was a member of the delegation of five headed by Dr. Haber as president of American ORT Federation, Describing the several days' visit in Israel as "both ecstasy and agony—ecstasy is everywhere, the agony is for the dead youth," Dr. Haber reported that "the exulta- tion arises less from having van- -- DR. WILLIAM HABER quished the enemy or the relief of having destroyed the noose that had been choking Israel for two decades . . . but it is Jerusalem that gives meaning to the event" He described the emotion over the reunion of the entire city of Jerusalem. Describing the Hebrew University convocation on Mount Scopus, when Gen. Itzhak Rabin was among those receiving honor- ary degrees, he said it "etched in my memory." Dr. Haber said four questions now stand out. He described them as "The Arab Refugee, The Dia- logue That Has begun, A New Epoch for the Nation, Can the Peace Be Won?," and he outlined his views as follows: "I am convinced that if they have three to five years, Israel will solve the problem of the Arab refugees. I am certain Israel is ready and eager to try. The object would be to rehabili- tate the refugees and restore them to a productive existence. The main aim would be to teach skills and to involve them in use- ful economic activity that would restore dignity and put an end to their refugee status. Whether Israel will be given the time and the freedom to act, only time will tell. When the walls of separation came tumbling down, suddenly, at those Arabs who are within the areas held by Israel. At least in Jerusalem, confrontation has been transformed into dialogue. "It happened that I was in Israel in early May, just before the crisis broke, the first visit in several years. I was struck by the expansion of the cities, the marvelous new roads, the rapid advances in every sphere, especially in education. I was startled, for example, by the amazing development of the ORT schools, their number, their size and the growing sophistication in what was being taught and bow it was taught. But economically, Israel was still in recession, al- though Pincus Sapir, finance min- ister, and others in authority were assured that the direction was up. "Now, at least for this moment, economics does not get first atten- tion. To the extent that Israelis' minds are sufficiently free to think of such matters at all, they take for granted that they can make a go of things, once the larger ques- tions of war and peace are settled. "What dominates now, in place of the former concern with econo- mic development, is an almost his- toric feeling of new possibilities, as if the cumulative events and heroic deeds had produced a mira- cle that transcended the sum of the parts. No one is ready to spell this out concretely. But there is, for example, real hope that a large new immigration will arrive, some from the West and some from the Jewish communities still remaining in Arab countries. The literally thousands of youth from America and Europe who came as volun- teers in the wake of the war has raised hopes that they are the har- bingers of a new wave. After all, it is a rare thing not often repeated in human history, to have thou- sands of people fly to a war zone of their own free will. Immigration would be a tremendous stimulus to every phase of Israeli life. "The greatest domestic chal- lenge that Israel faced in recent years was the absorption of the mass of people who had come from backward societies in North Africa and Asia, the "Second Israel". It is no secret that many Oriental Jews felt alienated, discriminated against, left out of the progress and good things of life enjoyed by Jews of European origin. That they lack- ed the skills for better jobs and higher earnings, that they carried in their psychic makeups sets of values and response that were out of tune with modernity, offered small consolation. And, it must be said, there were some Israelis, although I never met one in author- ity, who felt unsure that the Orien- tal Jew was really assimilable. The problems of material pov- erty and of educational deficien- cy have not been overcome by the war. They remain Israel's most pressing internal necessity. But they have taken on a new form. The approach to the prob- lem, when it emerges on the agenda of concern once more will have a new shape to it. "I was struck, for example, by the extraordinary proportion of officers killed and the even larger proportion wounded. In explana- tion, I was told, that the Israeli military language does not use the terms advance or forward, which is an order for others to go. The word is acharai, which means fol- low me. The Moroccan who is a sweeper in a shop and whose sis- ter is a maid in the home of an Ashkenazi Jew, saw his officer lead the way and take the first bullet. The leadership was earned by the hazard taken. In turn, the officer who went out front knew that his chance of coming back de- pended on that Moroccan of lowly place following loyally and depend- ably. A bond of mutual dependence and respect was forged on the bat- tlefield. It will not be broken easily. And the movement toward equality of education and advance- ment for the Oriental Jews will have to move a lot faster. I do not think it will be possible to speak of the Second Israel any longer be- cause Israel has found a new unity among all her people. Perhaps the way to express the change is to say that Israel is no longer a con- glomeration of immigrant groups, but that all are now Israelis. "The answer on every Israeli's Israel Prepares for Return of Refugee to West Bank With Red Cross Help American Export Line Canadian National Steamship Cunard Steamship Co. French Line Greek Line Italian Line Moore-McCormack Line North German Line Home Line a nation that had been forced into a garrison existence since birth, is that even in these days right after the bloodshed, they define peace in terms of the advantages that would accrue to the Arab peoples. Nothing proved more dramatically the effectiveness of the Israeli mastery of modern technology as the Six Day War, while the reverse was only too evident among the Arabs. The technical, cultural and human skills possessed by Israel could become a great reservoir for progress for the entire Middle East. Everything I learned convinces me that Israel would participate un- stintingly' in such a development, because it recognizes that its own w security and economic growth would be spurred in consequence." 0 Establishes Seminary Talmud Chair one stroke, the possibility for dia- 1 "It would be naive to think that enmity will vanish overnight, or mutual distrust and fear. The re- lationship is much too overladen with the events of two decades and the dead of three wars. But if the Arab states remain adamant, the ,Peccatdift g 1,1. , F0 ...OS • 717i10, t S A . 4: Pa 001 (313) 272-2400 JACK'S SUMMER SALE! 50% UP TO i• ti GREAT SAVINGS ON MEN'S AND BOYS' SUITS AND SPORT COATS SPORT COATS SUITS .1! ■ 1 . /$ OFF FANTASTIC SAVINGS ON • SHORT SLEEVE DRESS SHIRTS • SHORT SLEEVE SPORT SHIRTS • SWIM WEAR • WALKING SHORTS • MEN'S AND BOYS' SLACKS AND JACKETS ; BOYS 5 5 t.. 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A spokesman said no decision had yet been made regarding West Bank residents who left for the East Bank on business or for similar reasons before the war broke out on June 5 and were stuck there. BOOK NOW see the Six Day War very largely the reunification of Jerusalem has in reality opened the discussion. When the Arab multitudes poured into Israel in the days after the destruction The Red Cross officials have been authorized to collect family messages freely in all areas under Israeli control and to transmit them to Arab coun- tries. They also will undertake individual inquiries and re- unification of families. CRUISE HEADQUARTERS FOR as a step toward achieving it. "But what is most astonishing for pending, access to the areas without spe- cial permission. DON'T BE LEFT ON SHORE lips is that it must be. They are prepared to give up a great deal indeed to gain it. No one thinks peace is around the corner, but neither did I find any wish for military conquest. 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