Friday, September 1, 1967-5
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
UN May Intervene in Defense;
of Jews in Egypt, Syria, Iraq
.
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) — Secretary-General U Thant
is considering "the use of his good offices" in the matter of persecu-
tion of Jews in some Arab countries, as requested by the permanent
representative of Israel, Ambassador Gideon Rafael, who met with
him on this subject, it was learned here.
Thant brought up the matter at a meeting he held Tuesday with
the Egyptian ambassador to the United Nations, Mohamed el Kony.
(In London, the World Jewish Congress received a letter from
I.D.M. Reid, director of the British Red Cross department of inter-
national affairs, stating that Jewish civilians in Egypt, Iraq and
Syria, who are victims of Moslem oppressions as a result of the June
war, are being aided by the International Red Cross.)
Rafael requested Thant to "take appropriate measures" for action
in regard to the "persecution and degrading treatment, of the Jews in
certain Arab countries," naming specifically Egypt, Syria and Iraq.
Rafael. who was accompanied by his deputy, Shabtai Rosenne,
told the UN chief that Israel's government views the mistreat-
ment of Jews in the Arab countries as a matter of "grave humani-
tarian concern."
An Israeli spokesman said that his government has recently
received from most reliable sources authentic reports about the de-
plorable conditions of Jews in those countries. The reports concerned
imprisonment of Jews, some held incommunicado; deprivation of de-
cent livelihood and physical threats.
Negro Black Power Organ Features
Judaism Council's Attack on Jewish
Groups; Atrocity Photographs Used
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A lead- mentary training for Negro
ing organ of the Negro black power youths," "a nation-wide buy black
extremist movement, a monthly movement," and "a black national
known as the Liberator, has pub- holiday to honor such heroes as
lished an attack on American Jew- Malcolm X."
A statement issued on Monday
ish groups written by Dr. Norton
Mezvinsky, executive director of by the anti-Israel-anti-Zionist Coun-
the anti-Zionist American Council cil for Judaism "explained" that
for Judaism. The Mezvinsky ar- its attack on American Jewish
ticle was accompanied by atrocity groups published in the Negro
photographs purporting to depict black power organ was a general
alleged Arab victims of "Israel's press release "which the Liberator
napalm bombing" and Arab refu- had seen fit to reprint." The at-
gees fleeing Israeli-held territory- tack was written by Dr. Norton
Dr. Mezvinsky wrote in the black Mezvinsky, executive director of
power publication that his group the anti-Zionist Council for Juda-
noted "with concern the propagan- ism.
The Council statement "deplor-
da activities of an organization
which calls itself the Conference ed" the fact that the Liberator
of Presidents of Major American published atrocity photographs in
Jewish Organizations." Assailing conjunction with Dr. Mezvinsky's
this group of Jewish leaders, the attack. These photographs pur-
anti-Zionist charged that "it is a ported to depict alleged Arab vic-
Ziomst-inspired a n d controlled tiros of Israel's napalm bombing
amalgam of the presidents of some and Arab refugees fleeing Israeli-
organizations of American Jews. held territory. The Council empha-
Most of these organizations have sized in its statement that the Lib-
been chartered for purposes other erator accompanied Dr. Mezvin-
than such direct political action in sky's attack with photographs of
the interests of another country." its own. "It did so without any
The same issue of the Liberator manner of consultation with us
lauded the black power revolution whatsoever," the Council's state-
and such undertakings as "parlia- ment said.
Socialist International to Hear Report
on Soviet Jewry at Annual Parley
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
for the creation of a strong, uni-
to The Jewish News)
fied labor party in Israel.
LONDON — A working group of The International Council of So-
the Socialist International announ-1 cial Democratic Women informed
ced at the meeting here of the : the bureau that it is sending an
world organizations bureau, top 1 official delegation to Israel to
policy-making body, Tuesday, that ' study the situation there resulting
it is making concrete plans for a from the Six-Day War.
full-fledged report on the situation 1 In Canberra, Australia, Jewish
i university students from Mel-
of Jewry in the Soviet Union.
According to the working group. bourne and Sydney staged. a dem-
the report will be submitted pub- onstration T u e s d a y in front
licly at the international's annual of the Soviet Embassy, protesting
council conference, to be held in against Russian anti-Semitism and
Zurich next October. demanding that the USSR permit
its Jews to emigrate. The placards
At the bureau meeting Tuesday. ' carried by the students proclaimed
the leaders of the international also a number of slogans including:
discussed the Middle East crisis "Let My People Go," "Down With
and heard a confidential
report
a Russian-Arab Fascism," "End So-
Anti - Semitism" a n d "Stop
on the subject from the interns-
tional secretary of the Swedish Arming Arab Fascists."
I
Labor Party who had just returned
Vt'ittr the doors of the embassy
from New Delhi, where he dis- locked and bolted, a delegation
cussed the
Israeli-Arab
India's
Prime
Minister issues
Indira with
representing the 120 students was
barred from entry. However, Allan
Gandhi. India has fully. supported Leibler, a student at Melbourne
the Arab side in the issue since University and spokesman for the
the Israeli-Arab war broke out in group, managed to get to the So-
June. At the council meeting in viet consular desk, leaving there
October, it was decided by t h e a petition on the issues addressing '
bureau, the Middle East situation to Soviet Premier Alexei N. Kosy- ,
gin. An angry Russian came out
will also be on the agenda.
The international as a whole of the embassy and returned the
has been traditionally extremely petition to Leibler, declaring "We I
friendly to Israel. At Tuesday's don't want anything to do with you
meeting, the bureau voted a mes- people."
sage to Mrs. Golda Meir, secre-
tary - general of Israel's Mapai
party, congratulating Mapai on
having obtained approval from
two other Israeli Socialist
parties, Ahdut Avoda and Rafi,
I
The longest recorded cadenza in
operatic history occured in 1815,
when Crivelli. a tenor, sang the '
words "felice ognora" for 25 min-
utes.
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