6 Friday, July 28, 1967
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jordanians' Trek Back to Israel
Romania Refuses to Support Arabs' Attempt to Destroy
Israel; Blackbook Exposes Soviet Backing of Belligerency
LONDON (JTA) — In a major
foreign policy speech before the
Romanian National Assembly Mon-
day, Nicolae Ceausescu, the Ro-
manian Communist Party chief,
served notice on the Arab states
that Romania recognized the ex-
istence of the state of Israel and
would not support Arab attempts
to destroy Israel in any new war.
Romania is the only country in
the Soviet bloc that did not follow
the lead of Moscow in breaking
off relations with Israel last month
on the outbreak of the Arab-Israel
war and its foreign minister made
at least one attempt during the
recent emergency session of the
United Nations General Assembly
to secure agreement on a resolu-
tion that would commit the Arab
states to recognition of Israel's
existence.
The Romanian Communist
leader said that while Romania
had always manifested friend-
ship for the Arabs, "we wish to
tell our Arab friends that we do
not understand and do not share
the position of those circles who
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He added that "we do not wish
to give advice to anybody, but the
lessons of history show that no
people can achieve their national
and social aspirations against the
right of existence of another
people." He made it clear that
Romania would continue to pur-
sue a policy of friendship towards
Israel and would not adhere to
the anti-Israel line advanced by
Moscow.
Foreign Minister Abba S. Eban
of Israel expressed hope that the
Soviet Union would reevaluate
its position in the Middle East
following what he termed the
United Nations General As-
sembly's "positive rejection of
a charge of aggression against a
member state, Israel." He told
a press conference that "I hope
the Soviet Union will now re-
appraise its attitude and look at
things from the center rather
than from one wing. There were
faint signs of such reappraisal.
There was an impression that
the Soviet delegates had been
pleading with the Arabs for a
modification of their position.
But perhaps it was only a tactical.
move. It will be necessary to
wait and see how things de-
velop."
The Israeli foreign minister told
newsmen in response to questions
that "Israel is not writing off its
relations with France" and hopes
to restore the old Franco-Israeli
relationship. He said the General
Assembly session had shown that
world opinion clearly wanted a
radical remedy in the Middle East,
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Atlanta Catholic Organ Amazed
by Pope's Demand on Jerusalem
ATLANTA, Ga. ( J T A )—The it said, "in the effort to extermi-
publication of the Roman Catholic nate Israel."
Archdiocese of Atlanta declared
The editorial added that "now
in its current issue that pressures the defeated Arab world expects
on Israel to internationalize Jeru- the United Nations to side with
salem including those from the it and pressure Israel. At the same
Vatican. were not justified be- time the Arabs absolutely refused
cause "the Israel government will to negotiate with Israel."
preserve Christian and Moslem
The editorial indicated agree-
shrines and permit free access" to ment with Eban's rebuke to the
them.
UN "for not expressing dismay
It declared editorially that "the because Jews could not visit their
call to internationalize Jerusalem holy places for almost two de-
is not only 19 years too late, it cades." The editorial noted that
ignores the history of the Jews."
"those who are now so concerned
The Georgia Bulletin, publisher about free access have been silent
for
19 years."
of which is Archbishop Paul J.
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Hallinan, approvingly quoted a
Regular
Flights Are Started
statement by Israel Foreign Min-
ister Abba S. Eban warning the From New Jerusalem Airport
JERUSALEM (JTA) —Regular
United Nations General Assembly
to "ponder long and hard" before scheduled airflights began Mon-
it recommended a division of day from Jerusalem Airport, for-
Jerusalem "which would deny merly the Kalandia Airport link-
Jews access to their holy places ing Jerusalem by air with Tel
as has been the case for 19 years." Aviv, the Galilee and Eilat. The
The editorial said the "warnings airport is only four miles from the
and admonitions against Israel" by city, and the Israel government
the Vatican and others "amaze intends to develop it as an inter-
national airport.
us."
The return trek of Arabs from Jordan into Israel-occupied ter-
ritory was marked by a flow which included more than 200 on the
first day of the movement. Part of the throng is shown above. The
lower photo shows an Arab refugee woman and her children crossing
the Allenby Bridge from Jordan into Israel territory.
Egypt Reported Using Poison Gas in Yemen
LONDON — Egypt has used
poison gas against the Yemeni
Royalist villages if they did not
surrender to Egypt, several London
newspapers have reported.
The Daily Telegraph reported
July 20: "Following reports reach-
ing Aden of a gas raid on Haija,
a large town and important Islamic
religious center, fifty people are
reported to have been killed and
370 injured, of whom 170 are said
to be unlikely to survive."
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Shadow
Foreign Secretary, and leader of
the opposition, spoke of the raids
before the House of Commons, call-
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ing it a "scandal" that the Labor-
ite government was not initiating
action at the United Nations in the
matter.
In a letter to the London Times,
Lord Dalkeith, a member of Parli-
ment, wrote: "And where does
Egypt obtain her supplies of this
diabolical weapon? Does she make
it herself or is it provided for her
by the same friendly power that
provides her with the means for
its delivery?"
In the same issue, the Times
stated editorially: "The behavior of
Egypt, always so quick to accuse
others of atrocities, needs deter-
mined investigation."
The editorial noted that "Is-
rael has lived a threatened
existence since 1948 and did not
start the recent war" which was
provoked by Egypt. Jordan,
Syria and Iraq joined Nasser,"
The oldest capital city in the
world is Dimashq (Damascus), the
capitol of Syria. It has been con-
tinuously inhabited since c. 2000
BCE.
not a restoration of the pre-June
situation that led to war. He said
it was becoming clear that world
opinion was "getting fed up with
Arab belligerence."
The Soviet Union Informed
the British government Wednes-
day that it still holds that the
UN Security Council must deal
with Israel's alleged aggression
against the Arab states, and that
Israel must withdraw its mili-
tary forces from the areas it
occupied as a result of the June
war.
The Moscow policy was reiter-
ated when Soviet Ambassador Mik-
hail Smimowsky called on British
Foreign Secretary George Brown.
The envoy was understood to have
read to Brown the letter submit-
ted to the president of the UN
Security Council in New York by
Dr. Nikolai T. Fedorenko.
Israel Publishes Blackbook'
on Soviet Encouragement
of Arab Belligerency
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Is-
rael Foreign Ministry issued a 78-
page "blackbook" showing how
the Soviet Union has consistently
supported Arab belligerency
against Israel despite the knowl-
edge that the Arabs sought the
total destruction of Israel.
The book reproduces speeches
by Arab and Soviet leaders, letters,
briefs submitted to the United Na-
tions, published government state-
ments and similar documents
attesting to the close identification
of Moscow with the Arab anti-
Israel cause.
The theme of the volume is that
the Soviet Union identified itself
unreservedly with the Arab de-
signs against Israel, gave the
Arabs full political backing and
supplied them with slogans and
arguments they knew to be un-
true. The book is being published
in English, French and Spanish
and will be distributed by Israeli
embassies and consulates through-
out the world.
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