American Jewish Congress Scores Ignorance
of Black Nationalist Attacks on Israel

Black nationalist attacks against
Israel were described last weekend
by the American Jewish Congress
as demonstrating "vast ignorance"
of Middle East history and "a
complete disregard of the facts of
Israel's close and positive rela-
tions with the countries of Africa."
In a sharply worded statement,
the Congress charged the Student
Non-Violent Coordinating Commit-
tee (SNCC) and other "extremists"
with "inciting primitive anti-white
and anti-Jewish sentiments" while
supporting the Arab cause.

In recognition of the spirit of The African diplomat replied:
cooperation and affection that
"The honorable representative
characterizes governmental rela-
from Saudi Arabia is no doubt
tions between Israel and many
an expert on buying and selling
African states, the American Jew-
people since his compatriots still
ish Congress noted, "gr'eat num-
engage in the slave trade among
bers" of African students at Is-
the poorer tribes of my own
raeli universities "volunteered for
country. I shall not brook such
civil defense work in order to
vile allegations on the floor of
assist Israel in its struggle against
a building dedicated to world
the Arab attackers."
peace."
In contrast to Israel's role as
The AJCongress in its statement
friend and partner of newly-inde-
pendent African states, the state- also noted that Israel had been
ment noted, "the word 'Arab' is, active in supporting the various
in fact, used to evoke fear and independence struggles of the
The statement, entitled "Israel,
hostility in many African coun- African states—most recently in
Africa, Colonialism and Racism
Rhodesia—and had been "in the
tries.
— A Reply to Certain Slanders."
"The antipathy of many African vanguard" of those UN members
expressed confidence that "black
that have condemned apartheid
nations
to
the
Arab
states,"
the
racists in America will not be
statement noted, is due to "the in South Africa.
able to separate Israel from its
experience of the African nations
In taking issue with what it
friends in Africa.
"Neither will they separate the with the Arabs as slave traders." termed SNCC's "flagrant distor-
tions
and misrepresentations of
Jewish co m m u nit y from its The Congress statement illus-
brothers in the great American trated this antipathy by citing a the facts of the Middle East situa-
verbal
exchange
between
the
Saudi
tion,"
the AJCongress statement
struggle for racial justice," the
Congress declared. Arabian and Ivory Coast delegates noted that Israel had "never re-
In a foreword to the statement, at a political committee meeting ceived military grants or aid from
which is being distributed nation- at the United Nations in 1965. The the United States, while several
ally in pamphlet form, Rabbi Ar- Arab representative charged the Arab governments have received
that J. Lelyveld of Cleveland, ambassador from the Ivory Coast such direct gifts of American
president of the organization, re- had been "bought" by the Israelis. military equipment."
called his association with SNCC
while serving as a minister-coun- `Many Volunteers Seek to Remain in Israel'
selor to civil rights groups in
TEL AVIV (JTA)—At least a teers still remained in the country.
Mississippi in 1964.
"I was proud to join in its cam- third of the volunteers who came Of these, 4,000 were working in set-
paign of non-violence; and I re- to Israel from abroad during the tlements around the country. The
gard it as a deep privilege to have pre-war emergency last May and remaining 2,000, he said, were em-
been among those who had a who have not yet left the country ployed by the Jewish National
chance to affirm these precepts are interested in making a long Fund on several development pro-
even in the face of brutality on stay here or in settling permanent- jects or were working at civilian
ly, the central committee oF,His- occupations in new border outposts.
the other side," he wrote.
tadrut, the Israel labor fedoeation, He announced plans for a series of
(Rabbi Lelyveld suffered head
special rallies for the volunteers
was informed.
wounds when attacked by a
Abraham Bankover, chairman of to be held during the next few
white segregationist during a
weeks
in various parts of the coun-
the
organization's
volunteers
com-
protest rally.)
"But it is a matter of record mittee, reported that 6,000 volun- try.
that SNCC is no longer representa-
tive of these principles."
In its reply to SNCC and what
it termed other "black racists,"
the Congress declared:
"It is evident that the charge
accusing Israel of being a creature
and agent of colonialism is utterly
without substance.
"Israel's relations with the new
nations of Africa . . . have been
unusually warm and mutually
helpful.
"The record is clear: Israel has
been accented as a friend and
colleague by the independent
African states; it has not been
preceived as a 'colonialist tool' by
those immediately involved."
The Congress quoted a state-
ment by President Jome Kenyatta
of Kenya to Israeli Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol on June 15, 1966,
declaring:

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"Israel and Kenya are bound
Ogether by common interests
"Mid common aspirations. Our
relations have been based on
friendship, understanding and
mutual respect. I should like
to express our appreciation of
the assistance which your gov-
ernment and people have ex-
tended to this country.
"Your people have shown
what a smdtl country can do for
itself through hard work and
faith in its destiny. The good
example of Israel has been a
useful lesson in which other
developing countries are trying
to follow. In this country, we
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same belief in labour and self-
reliance."
Similar expressions of friendship
for Israel were cited in the docu-
ment from President Houphouet-
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