THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 8, 1967-5
Young Dems Urge U.S. Give Arms to Israel
MIAMI (JTA) The national con-
vention of the Young Democrat
Clubs of America unanimously
adopted a resolution calling on
Jewish Agency Honors Dr. Fabregat
President Johnson to issue again
a clear and unqualified statement
of U.S. policy expressing this gov-
ernment's determination to guar-
antee the continued political exis-
tence of Israel as a state and to
take "substantial steps to imple-
ment this policy."
These steps, the resolution
stated, would include the immed-
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Prof. Enrique R. Fabregat, former Uruguayan representative to
the United Nations and a member of the UN Commission on Palestine
(UNSCOP), was honored by American Zionists on the occasion of
the 20th anniversary of the adoption by the UN of the partition
resolution which gave international sanction to the creation of a
Jewish State. Shown are (from left) Ambassador Joel Barromi,
alternate representative of Israel to the UN; Dr. Fabregat; Dr.
Emmanuel Neumann, chairman of the Herzl Institute, which sponsored
the celebration; and Dr. Joseph B. Schechtman of the Jewish Agency.
ROME (JTA) — The secretary
of the Christian Demecratic Party
said at the opening of its congress
in Milan that a solution of the
Middle East crisis was the task of
the United Nations and could be
achieved only if Israel's rights to
American Jewish Congress Study
Refutes Charges Against Israel
By what right did the Jews cre-
ate a state in the Middle East in
1948?
Who are the Arab refugees and
what are Israel's responsibilities
to them?
Has U. S. support of Israel
caused the Arab countries to turn
to Soviet Russia, thus compromis-
ing American foreign policy?
These are some of the issues
dealt with in "Hard Questions and
Answers on the Middle East," a
29-page study of the region and its
people published by the American
Jewish Congress.
The report was written by Phil
Baum, director of the American
Jewish Congress' commission on
international affairs, and Carol
Weisbrod, staff associate.
Commonwealth Restored
On the issue of Israel's claim to
the land and right to create a
state in the Middle East, the study
asserts:
"The iSolitical history of the
Middle East discloses a little-
known fact: the Arabs of Palestine
never had a government and never
comprised a separate political or
social entity. On the other hand.
the national association of the
Jewish people with the land of
Israel—politically as well as spirit-
ually—goes back to time immemo-
rial.
"Palestine was never in its his -
tory ruled by the country's Arabs.
The present State of Israel, on the
other hand, is a restoration of the
ancient Jewish commonwealths
which existed on that land for
more than a thousand years."
"The land acquired by the
Jews was purchased, dunam by
dunam, at artificially high prices.
by the concerted effort of Jews
the world over. Moreover, title
to these lands was never vested
in private persons but was held
in trust by the world Jewish
community. More than 70 per
cent of Palestine was public land
which passed from the Ottoman
Empire to the British Manda-
tory government, and which ulti-
mately vested in the government
of Israel. The bulk of the terri-
tory of Palestine did not belong
to individual Arabs at all. It was
in the public domain, land which
passed from government to gov-
ernment."
The report notes that the Gaza
Strip. the West Bank of the Jordan
and the Old City of Jerusalem —
all presently occupied by Israeli
forces — until 1949 had not be-
longed to the states now claiming
these areas as their own.
Arab political leaders bear major
responsibility for the flight of na-
tive Arab populations from Israel
territory during the 1948 war, the
report charges.
On the issue of Arab friendship
for the USSR as a result of
American support of Israel, the
study declares that U. S. help to
the Jewish state has been based
"less on altruistic regard for that
state's well being than on the hard-
headed assessment that Israel is
America's only dependable ,ally in
the area."
The report concludes with the
statement that its is "disouieting
to many American Jews that Israel
should be subjected to intense
criticism from sources that are
normally thought to be sympa-
thetic and friendly. Suddenly there
seems to have erner.ed an image
of Israel as bristling. bellicose and
swaggering, bent upon expansion
and conquest.
"ironically, the characterization
of Israel as brutal aggressor is
frequently advanced by the same
neople who disparaged the Jews
for not having resisted Hitler
enough and now reprove them for
resisting Nasser too much.
"Israel suffers from the penalties
of success. A military victor is
never popular, and while it is bet-
ter to he liked than. disliked, one
most share the Israeli view that
it is vastly preferable to receive
stern and hitter rebuke from one's
friends in the aftermath of victory
than to receive the free-flowing
exnressions of helpless condolence
which surely would have followed
in the event of defeat and Israel's
demise."
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room school was named in mem- ,
ory of Mr. Levy, who was known
as "Mr. Torrance," for his wide-
spread support and leadership in
many phases of the city's civic and l
Jewish activities.
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