Arabs Shift Blame for Sen. Kennedy s Death,
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trial. The material was said to also
reflect extreme anti-Israel and pro-
; Paris Paper Succumbs Communist views. Sirhan had re-
portedly written "Long Live Nas-
nto ‘1World Zionism '
ser."
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Israel
The United States attorney-
But the Arabs also feel that "it
The Department of Justice and lenged if they are Jewish, they general was asked Tuesday to
government is angered over an should be taken as an indication-
editorial which appeared. in the of the depth of feeling against intelligence agencies are assembl- said.
investigate Arab activities in the
Paris newspaper Le Monde last American policies in the Middle ing the facts pertaining to possible
Officials of the Southern Cali- U.S., in connection with the as-
links
between
Sirhan's
activities
in
sassination
week and seemed to excuse Sir- East."
the Organization of Arab Students fornia Civil Liberties Union have
han Sirhan, the Arab accused of
Rep. Joel T. Broyhill, Virginia
expressed
concern
that
Sirhan
There is a general feeling that and El Fatah or other extremist
assassinating Sen. Robert F. Ken-
groups or Arab governments. But might not be receiving his proper Republican, told the House that
America
is
less
likely
than
ever
nedy, because as "one of hundreds
"the assassination was in obvious
the aim is for internal security
of thousands of Palestinians who "to take a just and honest view of purposes rather than an indict- constitutional rights. They said the conformity with the stated aims of
the
Arab-Israel
conflict,"
the
paper
had been forced to leave their said.
statements by Los Angeles Mayor the pro-Communist Arab terrorist
The Guardian dispatch how- ment of Arab terrorism.
homes and find refuge in a
Samuel W. Yorty about discovery
ever quoted Lebanese workman as
Some legal authorities in Wash- of a notebook detailing an apparent organization known as El Fatah.
strange land" he was incensed by saying "if this Palestinian (Sirhan)
This group has advocated the
the late Senator's friendly attitude wanted to help his country -why ington predicted that Sirhan would intention to kill Sen. Kennedy be- emulation of the Viet Cong and
toward Israel.
didn't he go. back and join the El seek to turn his murder trial into fore June 5 may have prejudiced the assassination of Israelis and
Foreign Minister Abba Eban said Fatah?" That, said the Guardian, an anti-Israel propaganda show. the rights of the accused to a fair others who dare support Israel."
June 8 that the Le Monde editorial is probably as good a summary as Prospecti!ie jurors might be chal- 36—Friday, June 14, 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
was the "most shocking literature any of Arab feeling.
of incitement." Replying to ques-
Robert Kennedy Yarhi was the
tions at a press conference, Than name given the infant son of Sa-
said that the basis of the Le Monde adya Yarhi who was born in the
editorial is "appalling." • •
Beersheba hospital maternity ward
The paper claimed that the Ken- on Thursday, the day Sen. Ken-
nedy murder by a Palestinian na- nedy died. American Ambassador
tionalist had a "symbolic value" Walvvorth Barbour has been in-
one year after Israel's victory and vited to the child's circumcision
ceremony.
20 years after its establishment.
In New York, the Jewish Na-
Israeli intelligence and police
to benefit the
authorities were reported Friday tional Fund announced plans to
to be preparing a dossier for the create a forest of 500,000 trees in
FBI following a request by the Israel in memory of Sen. Kennedy.
U. S. Embassy in Tel Aviv for any Herman L. Weisman. JNF presi-
information available about the dent. said the forest would be
By : Levine, Shahn, Soyer, Dali, Evergood, Culver, Picasso, Jules,
accused assassin of Sen. Kennedy. planted in the John F. Kennedy
The dossier may include informa- Peace Forest area in the Judean
Epstein,
Kollwitz, Chagall, Renoir, Florsheim, Wald, Miles, Cas-
tion on possible El Fatah involve- mountains south of Jerusalem. Bnai
satt,
Glocker
and others . . .
Zion will plant a grove of 1,000
ment- in the assassination.
trees
in
memory
of
Sen.
Kennedy-
Sirhan was born in East Jeru-
in the John F. Kennedy Peace For-
salem in 1944 when Palestine was est. president Raymond M. Patt
under British Mandate rule and announced.
moved to the U.S. with his family
Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath,
in 1957. His father still lives in
president of the Union of Amer-
20208 Livernois, Detroit.
the West Bank town of Al Tabiyeh.
ican Hebrew Congregations (Re-
The elder Sirhan announced
form), called for immediate leg-
Monday that he was going to the
•
•
islation "which will not only
United States soon to help his son
severely limit sale of arms to
whom, he had said earlier, de-
midifies, cleans and quiets your home.
The solution to summer heat may be
private citizens, but which go
served to be hanged. He also was - further and follow the British
For less money.
right at your feet. All you need to do
quoted as blaming the Senator for
precedent by having American
cool
and
dry
the
air
in
your
home.
is
That's right. Electric air conditioning
his own death because of his "anti-
citizens turn in their arms." He
If you have a forced air heating
costs less to buy, less to install, less
Arab statements." The former said "America cannot pose - as
system, you have ductwork. And a
Jerusalem civil servant did not
to operate than the flame type.
a society of peaceful intent when
explain why he had abruptly
furnace blower. So you're already
its citizenry acts as though it
Electric cooling works efficiently,
changed his mind regarding his
can gun its way through frustra-
moving and filtering air.
like your refrigerator. Cools *a 1,200-
son and the late Senator he had
tions and 'disagreements."
That's a big part of an electric
square-foot house for as little as
formerly extolled, nor did he say
The Wall Street Journal edi-
central air conditioning system. All
who was providing the funds for the torially
$24.00 per season.
rejected contentions that
that's left is to cool the air and wring
journey from his West Bank vil- the assassination was a further in-
Call an air conditioning contractor,
lage to Los Angeles. He charged dication of moral collapse in this
the steamy dampness out.
right away. He'll give you a free
Sunday that Mr. Kennedy had "in- nation and termed the contention
Add two compact units—cooling
estimate and show you how electric
sulted the Arabs enough."
"nonsense." The paper said "it is
coil and condenser—and, presto, your
central air conditioning is well within
Christian Science Monitor cor- particularly strange since, as it
heating system becomes a cooling
respondent John K. Cooley report- happens. Robert Kennedy was
your
reach.
system too. A system that cools, dehu-
ed from Amman that E41 Fatah killed by an alien, an Arab fanatic
terrorists have been collecting living here. The assassination was
funds from the Arab community a gruesome act of violence bred of
in L-os Angeles where there is. violence — but it was a violence
"much sympathy and support" for primarily of the Middle East, not
their cause.
the United States.
Hugh D. Auchincloss, Jr., pres-
The information was contained
ident of the Holy Land Center, de-
in several personal letters re-
plored, in a letter to the New York
ceived by Jordanians from Los
Times the "unfortunate implica-
Angeles, Cooley wrote. He also
tion that this beastly act had some
quoted the Algiers bureau of El
connection with the Arab-Israeli
Fatah as having said about the
Kennedy assassination that "all conflict."
He expressed concern that the
hypotheses about the identity of
assassination had been followed
the criminal are only -Machiavel-
lian maneuvers. The murderer by many anti-Arab statements on
the streets of New York and said
can only be an instrument of
"we cannot and should not gen-
world Zionism, of capitalism, of
eralize the guilt, neither toward
the CIA, aimed at the most ab-
the people of Jordan and the
ject political goals."
In London, the Guardian :re- Arabs." The center promotes Mid-
ported from Beirut June 8 that dle East tourism and is primarily
Arabs are torn between human supported by Jordan.
Mean-while, the Johnson adminis-
and political considerations in the
assassination of Sen. Kennedy. tration is- reported deeply con-
They are distressed by the tragedy, cerned lest the assassination affect
and the fact the accused assassian American relations with the "pro-
is an Arab has caused serious em- Western" Arab regimes of Jordan,
barrassment /on high government Tunisia, 'Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
and Kuwait. Efforts are being made
levels, the Guardian said.
at the highest levels to protect
Arab diplomats from possible re-
MOTOR
prisals and to play down the fact
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linked with the Arab-Israel issue.
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