With Eshkol on a Torpedo Boat at Sharm-el-Sheikh ' Karen Gold to _1Iarri.
By MOSHE RON
political and some embarrassing ilies should be brought here for _lIn Blackman in Fall
a few days. Let them enjoy it as

Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
does not rest or slow down. On a
very hot day (over 40 centigrades)
he undertook a whole days trip
through the desert, v-here he spent
most of the time with the soldiers
under the scorching sun.
We took a plane with Levi
Eshkol to Sharm-el-Sheikh where
the trouble started for Nasser,
when he demanded that the UN
soldiers stationed there withdraw
immediately. Until this day, no-
body can understand why he took
that step.
Our plane landed at Sharm-el-
Sheikh. It was not the same air-
field as 11 years ago, when we
visited it after the Sinai campaign.
It looks as if the Egyptians built
another airfield in the desert. We
go in command-cars along the
shore and have a chance to ob-
serve the high mountains which
have been turned into huge forts
by Nasser's army. On the road
we see a lot of overturned and
burned tanks, armored cars and
broken telephone posts. The spe-
cially built barracks for the "Peace
Army" of the UN are empty. In
one of the barracks sits a young
armed Israeli soldier.
We come to the other water-
passage near the island Snapir.
Vice Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev
asked the sailor to let him sail
the boat for a while. He simply
wanted to try if he still was good
at it.
Eshkol talks to almost all the
sailors asking them about their
families and homes, their origin
and how they liked to be on the
sea. The soldiers look as if they
were ready to be filmed. Part of
them wear Mexican hats, others
wear Texan hats. They make them-
selves comfortable on the island,
but their most important task is
to be on guard and ready for
every eventuality.
Before we entered the tent for
the "festive meal," the prime
minister started a conversation
with the soldiers standing around.
"Kinderlach "children" he said,
"this time you will ask and do
the talking and I will listen and
answer. Don't hide anything and
talk to your heart's desire. Say
whatever you feel like saying,
let's have a talk like children
with their father."
The soldiers started asking ques-
tions without hesitation, many

ones.
First question: Mister Prime
Minister, do tell us the truth,
does the government intend this
time, too, to withdraw from
Sharm-el-Sheikh like it happened
11 years ago?
Eshkol: One does not give back
areas so quickly without any guar-
antees—not simply written on a
paper as it was last time, but with
lasting guarantees, written and
properly signed.
Another young soldier talks
openly. as if be were amongst his
fellow-soldiers: Dear Prime Min-
ister, why did you let us wait for
19 days before we started the
"job" on the fronts? We could not
stand it any more.
Here Eshkol held a defensive
speech: They way we see the
things now it was worthwhile wait-
ing 17-19 days, because the world
could see that we did not want
the war, we waited and hoped that
Nasser would change his war
plans. During those 19 days he
brought 100,000 soldiers and 1,000
tanks into Sinai, and that caused
his great defeat, thanks to Zahal
and the good preparations.
A thin fellow with a black
beard, a Texan hat on his head and
with white shining teeth, jumps
up. His eyes are clever and he
"shoots" a question: Mr. Prime
Minister, I would like to know
what is Israel going to do with the
occupied areas and with the Arab
population? Has the Government
in mind to give it back? Yes or
No ?
Laughter arises after this "ulti-
matum." Eshkol takes the soldier
under his protection and answers
him with a smile: Young fellow,
have a little patience. Am I right,
children, that there is no need
to hurry? It is better at the mo-
ment to talk less about these
matters and to act more.
The soldiers applaud the Prime
Minister for his good answer.
Eshkol continues: I thought your
questions would be about the salty
water of the sea, when will you
be released, etc.
The answer came in a shout
from all the soldiers: We drink
and eat the same food as our com-
manders and officers. We feel here
as if we were born sailors, but it
would be good to get a few days'
leave and meet the family. But
even better, our wives and fam-

Try and Stop Me

By BENNETT CERF---
/-6,

"VARIETY," the theatrical weekly, tells bta harassed
V father, badgered into obtaining some popcorn for his
youngsters, who could only think of a theater as the nearest
place to purchase same.
NOW
He bought two heaping
bags of it in the theater
lobby, then assured the
manager, "If the pop-
corn's OK, my wife and I
will come back tomorrow
night to see the movie."
•
• •
When Benjamin Disraeli
was Britain's prime minis-

ter under Queen Victoria,
he had to face up to com-
plaints, notes his biogra-
pher, Robert Blake, that do
not sound too unfamiliar

today: the failure to con-
tain Russia, the prevalence
of wars, the iniquities of colonialism, the neglect of the aged

and ailing, the failure to properly educate the young ... .

AIL few observations of Disraeli's: "A practical politician is one
Who capitalizes on the errors of his predecessors"; "Every woman

nhould,marry—and no man"; "Mr. Gladstone seems to think that
posterity is a pack horse, always ready to be loaded"; "When I
Want to read a novel, I write one."
Queen Victoria liked flattery; Disraeli laid it on with a trowel.

Knowing that Her Majesty was an inveterate diarist, he fre-
quently addressed her with "We authors, Ma'am."
•
•
•
A. history professor at a university in Philadelphia is so meticu-

lously fair that before marking an examination essay, he always
turns back the outside blue cover so he cannot know the stu-
dent's name, and possibly be unconsciously influenced in some
way. His wife, however, taking his course, knows his habits
backwards and forwards. She signs every examination at. the
bottom of the last page, "I love you. Sue."
Army,- pr lIesinett Cert.. Distributed. la 'Nisi' Postures 'Sradlcate . .

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 28, 1967-23

Speak softly and carry a big
stick, you will go far. —West Afri-
we do. They will be proud of us
can Proverb. Made popular by
and see with their own eyes how
Theodore Roosevelt.
well we guard the State of Israel.
There were other questions:
PRESENTS
Why is General De Gaulle now
against Israel? And what hap-
pened to the leadership of Soviet
Russia, that it became so brutal
towards us?
The Prime Minister: I would
like to express my hope that the
BIG BAND OR SMALL COMBOS
president of France, General De
Gaulle will see how wrong his
UN 3-8982 UN 3-5730
policy towards Israel has been
and let us hope that he will change
his unfavorable attitude towards
Israel and become again a friend
Now . . .
of the State of Israel. As to the
There Are
second question about Soviet
Russia: We have to hope that she
Two
MISS KAREN GOLD
will change her terrible attitude
Corners .
Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Gold of
towards Israel and will start a
On
new constructive policy in the Curtis Ave. announce the engage-
Middle East. I can not understand ment of their daughter Karen to
Livernois
the inimical policy of Soviet Rus- Sidney David Blackman of Clover-
With
sia, who does not want to absorb lawn Ave., Oak Park, son of Mr.
Internationale
the fact that the Arabic countries and Mrs. Hyman Blackman of
had in mind to murder us and we Tucson.
Fashions!
were forced to defend . ourselves
The prospective bridegroom is
and now they accuse us as ag- presently working on his CPA cer-
gressors.
tificate. Miss Gold attended Wayne
00
At lunch, Eshkol repeated his State University.
appeal towards the Arab Leaders:
A November wedding is planned.
"I am ready to meet the Arab
Leaders at any moment and in
The largest metropolitan census
every place.
area in the world is that of New
"We wish to be of use to the York and Eastern New Jersey,
whole area and to renew the days which included the cities of New
when Jews and Arabs gave to- York, Jersey City and Newark. It
19301 Livernoi5 nr. 7
gether an example to the culture has a population of 14,759,429 in
EMILY BROWN, Bridal Consultant
of mankind. There is a great future 1960 and an area of 4.409.4 square
ahead of the Middle East, if there miles.
will be peace and common work.
We should not let this opportunity
pass. Nobody should think that it
is possible to turn back the clock.
Orchestra
gut and
"I appeal to the Arab Leaders
for common work in all the eco-
Lincoln 5-8614
nomic and cultural spheres. I am
ready to meet anywhere, because
this is the only way out for solv-
ing the crisis in the Middle East. I
I.hope that all the nations striving
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY:
for peace will help us."
* • •
say
in
note howl beautiful you made our wedding—
I
can't
On our way to Tel Aviv we
I never saw anything like your flowers . . . it was all so
stopped in the Arab village A-Toor.
beautiful ... the greatest time of our lives . , . we're both
Only one Arab, on guard of the
very grateful to you ...
Monastery of "St. Katherina." who
remained there with his family.
We visit some houses, the beds
are not made, in the children's
room the toys only remained. In
Party Flower Specialists
some places there are still pictures
Bet. Sussex
of Nasser. We take a drive across
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the village and we pass a huge
camp surrounded by a high elec-
trified barbed wire fence. The
arrangements of the camp remind
the concentration camp in Buchen-
wald.
The commander in charge of
Zahal leads us into the camp and
tells us that Nasser used to send
there his political enemies. Also
the soldiers who came back from
the Yemen were held there for
a while, they used to go through
brain-washing and were prepared
for their returning to Egypt, what
they should say when meeting
their friends and families.
This time, too, Nasser kept there
the soldiers who fought against
Israel and before they were al-
lowed to enter Cairo they were
properly prepared how to tell
about the "great victories" over
Israel. There is also another is-
land for this purpose. The soldiers
who were saved during the battles
and wandered around in the desert
day and night without food or
drink, had—in addition to all that
—to go through a concentration
camp as well. This has been or-
dered by the Leader of the Nile—
Nasser.
Nasser still claims to be the
victor . . . He still does not want
to sit at the same table with Is-
rael and start thinking about find-
ing a solution for peace and once
and for all make an end to the
wars and the terror against the
State of Israel !

Hal Gordon
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Vanquished Are Demanding

Israel Foreign Minister Abba
Eban: "It was the only war in
history where the victors sued for
peace and the vanquished de-
'nianded 'unconditional suriender."

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