The Jewish News to Serialize `Between Hammer and Sickle', Revealing Story of USSR Jewry Major Problem: The Fears That Have Invaded Our Communities Editorial Page 4 VOLUME LI—No. 21 Why is Russia persecuting its three million Jews? What is the true state of affairs affecting Russian Jewry? Is there any hope for the large community of Jews under Soviet rule? How do Jews react to the oppressions? "Between Hammer and Sickle" by Ben Ami—the assumed name of a highly informed authority who has covered the entire scene more thoroughly than any one ever before has scrutinized the situation — published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, will be serialized in The Jewish News beginning with the first installment to appear in next week's issue. HE JEWISH NEWS 1-4 of Jewish Events I=)E R C=to I NA IC I-11 GA A Weekly Review Public Reactions to Israel's Problems: Christian Libertarians Commentary Page 2 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle *S17,7.0,.„ 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit — VE 8 - 9364 — August 11, 1967 $6.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Soviet Anti-Israel Attacks Mark Revival of Fictitious 'Protocols' Israeli Basic Rights Upheld in Republican Policy Statement: Eisenhower Plan for NC E. Cooperative Harmony Approved WASHINGTON (JTA) — A policy statement demanding an adminis- tration stand against Arab extremism and Soviet attempts to penetrate the Middle East was adopted by the top-level Republican Coordinating Com- mittee and released by the Republican National Committee. Entitled "The Middle East — Crisis and Opportunity." the paper emphasized that in recent developments "the administration never said whether our sympathies were with Israel or the Arabs. By contrast. the declared Soviet position was 100 per cent pro-Arab." The Republicans held that "the United States should make a determined effort to expose and isolate the radical troublemakers in the Middle East. We should aid only those states following non-aggressive, non-Communist policies." The committee that approved the sweeping new stand on the Middle East included such leaders as former President Eisenhower, Richard M. Nixon, Thomas E. Dewey, Alf M. Landon, Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen, Chairman Bourke B. Hickenlooper of the Republican Policy Committee, Chairman Margaret Chase Smith of the Republican Conference, House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford, Chairman Bob Wilson of the National Republican Congressional Committee, Chairman Ray Bliss of the Republican National Committee, Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York, Gov. George W. Romney of Michigan. Gov . John A. Volpe of Massachusetts, Gov. Raymond P. Shafer of Pennsylvania, and many others. The thrust of the Republican position was that the Israeli victory provided - an excellent opportunity" to deal with Arab extremism and the Communist maneuvers in the region by bold action. The Republicans charged that instead of exploiting the situation, the administration dis- played "confusion" and "still has no policy for the Middle East." The policy advocated by the Republicans would "expose and isolate the radical troublemakers in the Middle East" and withhold aid from any Arab nation that follows irresponsible policies. The Democratic adminis- trations were criticized for increasing aid to the Nasser regime. A demand was made for an "alert, firm and resourceful" policy "to prevent extension of Soviet imperialism into the Middle East and North Africa." The foremost Republican individual recommendation was that "the United States should exert its influence to secure a Middle East peace settlement which will confirm Israel's right to live and prosper as an independent nation." The Republicans said that "stability and peace require the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict to agree upon permanent boundaries for Israel. Such territorial arrangements as are determined must provide security for all and permit the disengagement of opposing military forces. The United States should be prepared to join other powers in guaranteeing borders that are confirmed." Israel's rights to innocent passage in the Suez Canal and the Strait of Tiran were strongly asserted. A formula on the holy places of Jerusalem was advanced in a manner that appeared compatible with the expressed Israeli position. The Republicans called for cooperation by the Arab states and the United States in the rehabilitation and resettlement of the Arab refugees. The so-called old "Eisenhower Plan" was advanced to establish Arab- Israeli harmony through regional cooperative development of nuclear desalination. This was seen as a possible means of providing an Arab refugee solution. The administration was charged with ignoring warnings that President Nasser of Egypt had been plotting aggressive moves against Israel. Even after it was obvious that war was imminent and Nasser's role was seen, the Republicans said "the administration floundered about." The State Depart. ment's assertion that the United States was "neutral in thought, word and deed" was criticized along with subsequent expressions that fell short of taking a firm position while the Russians lined up with the Arabs. Violent attacks on the Zionist movement. charges of Jewish international control that are tantamount to revival of the atrocious fabrications that have been spread widely as "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" and pro-Arab and anti-Israel activities instigated in Moscow marked the Communist program emphasizing the anti-Semitic stand of USSR officials. The danger of Soviet propaganda was revealed in charges at a UNESCO meeting in Geneva, and reports received in Washington and in London point to an extension of Soviet anti-Jewish acts. "A heavy cloud of foreboding hangs over the Jews in the Soviet Union," the United Nations Economic and Social Council was told Monday by Mordechai Kid- ron, Israel's representative to the UN headquarters in Geneva. "The anti - Jewish overtones of the unbridled Soviet campaign of incitement against Israel cannot but fill the hearts of men of good will everywhere with deep trepidation," he warned. Declaring that Soviet Jewry "is also feeling the lash of Moscow's incitement against Israel," Ambassador Kidron told the session of the council: "The venomous campaign was not directed at Israel alone. Another principal target was and still is the long-suffering Jewish community of the Soviet Union." He added that the Economic and Social Council "was aware of the state of this unfortunate minority. deprived of its national, cultural and religious rights and subject to gross discri- mination in many walks of life. - He told the session that, for many years. the press. radio and television in the Soviet First Direct Contact Union had served as a "faithful echo" of Arab propaganda against Israel, and that the With Arabs Hastens campaign of vituperation had reached a peak at the outbreak of the Middle East war on Return of Refugees June 5. He said that charges had been made JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel and "without limits between the bestial crimes Jordan agreed Sunday night—in the first of the Nazis and Zionism, a noble movement direct contact between representatives of national liberation." of the two states—to the form of an application blank which will facilitate He accused the Soviet Union of being the return to the Israeli-held West Bank "gravely implicated" in the Middle East arms of the Jordan River of many Arabs who race and in the responsibility for the misery' fled to the Jordanian side during the and distress caused by "reckless adventures." June war. He declared that the Soviets had instigated Israel had announced last month the Middle East arms race in 1955 and that that it would permit many of those re- billions of dollars which otherwise might fugees to return to the West Bank if have been invested in economic and social they filed applications by Aug. 10. show- ing that they had been residents in the development had been sunk into accumula- West Bank areas. Jordan had refused tion of weapons of death and destruction, "a efforts by the International Red Cross gruesome trade that still goes on." to circulate those application blanks be- The envoy also raised the issue of the cause the documents bore the imprint treatment last June of Jewish nationals in of the government of Israel. Egypt. Syria. Iraq and Libya where, he said, Late Sunday night. Joseph Tekoah. assaults on Jewish communities had resulted deputy director-general of Israel's for- eign ministry. met near the Allenby in many deaths. incarceration of Jews in con- Bridge over the Jordan River with Dr. centration camps. and sacking and piilage of Yussuf Zehny. secretary-general of the their possessions. Jordanian Red Crescent. Also participat- The Soviet Union, fearing a diplomatic ing in the conference was a representa- defeat. has backed way from a showdown tive of the International Red Cross. vote over a demand that Israel pay repara- Tekoah and Dr. Zehny agreed that the tions to the Arabs for damages done in the application forms would be reprinted to recent conflict. carry the imprints of both the Jordanian The Russians had demanded at the government and the Israeli government. as well as the symbol of the Interna- ECOSOC meeting here that a Soviet reso- tional Red Cross. Tekoah agreed that lution be approved to require an assessment Israel extend the deadline for filing ap- of damages caused by Israel and payment of plications from Aug. 10 to Aug. 31. (Related Stories on Pace 10, 11) (Continued on Page 71 B-G, Labor Chief Differ on M.E. Peace Chances Syrian Charge Reminder of Damascus Blood Libel JERUSALEM (JTA) — Conflicting views regarding the chances for peace between Israel and the Arab states were put forth here in addresses Sunday night by former Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and by Minister of Labor Yigal Allon. Both addressed the Congress of the World Association of Jewish Students. Ben-Gurion held that only the intervention of the Big Powers could bring peace to this region. Direct approaches to the Arab states, he maintained, are "doomed to failure." Alton, on the other hand, told the students that chances for peace with the Arabs "are great." Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nasser, he declared, is "a clever UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (JTA) — Israel labeled recent Syrian accusations of atrocities and alleged intimidation of its population by Israel as "most shocking statements, reminiscent of the darkest period of medieval times and of the 'Damascus blood libel' of a century ago." A letter to Secretary-General U Thant from Ambassador Shahtai Rosenne. Israel's acting permanent representative, refuted and rejected Syrian allegations, made in previous communications to the UN, as "false." Dr. Rosenne said: "There is not and has never been any intimidation of the local population which is being provided with food. There is a plentiful supply of foodstuff in the shops. All cases of pilferage which come to notice are brought before an appropriate court martial man" and it is possible that he may have realized by this time that he had been attempting to implement a policy that "exceeded the sociological potential of his nation." or military court."