Thant Plight of Jews in Arab States Outlined to U ages, Passover relief, fuel and released only after paying a high UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) — Israel's ambassador to the ransom. In one such case a girl United Nations, Yosef Tekoah, con- was arrested and repeatedly ferred with Secretary-General U raped in prison, the source said. Thant on the situation of Jews in Jewish students have been ex- Syria, Iraq and Egypt and report- pelled from universities and edly informed Thant that the plight schools, and Jews have been dis- missed from their jobs. of Jews in those countries is ex- tremely grave. Meanwhile, in Geneva, delegates The visit came against a back- to the International Labor Organ- ground of a planned special UN ization (ILO) conference here, who envoy's visit to study the situation charged Israel with violating the of civilian populations in the war human problems. "Surely peace zones. Israel has assented to the cupied territories, were told that mission and has asked that the those territories are open to inspec- condition of Jews in Arab states tion by visitors and that any fair- be investigated also. Thant has not minded person could see for him- self that the charges were pure yet appointed the envoy. According to an Israeli source, fabrication. The speaker, Aharori Becker, authorities in Egypt, Syria and Iraq are responsible for anti-Jew- secretary-general of Histadrut, Is- ish measures in their countries and rael's labor federation, added that have carried on a campaign of the federation stood ready "in the anti-Jewish incitement in their spirit of labor solidarity to extend state-controlled press, radio and any assistance and encouragement which the ILO may request" in television. - Some 250 Egyptian Jews, all connection with an inspection of heads of families, are still in pri- the territories. Becker addressed his remarks son, the source said. Last Decem- ber they were transferred to Al- to the Arab delegates and, specifi- Thawra prison near Cairo. They cally to the delegate from Poland are said to be close to starvation, who he accused of repeating and have been deprived of all "trumped-up charges" against Is- sources of income, employment rael "wholly in line with the hate propaganda in Poland where a and property. No charges have been brought handful of Jews who remained against them. "Their only crime is after the Nazi massacre is now being Jewish," the source said. b e i n g vilified, condemned and The Jewish community of Egypt hounded from their jobs." Becker also spoke of the plight numbers a little less than 2,500— about 1,500 in Cairo and 1,000 in Alexandria. They are either state- 3 Honorary Degrees less or Egyptian subjects, but all live in misery, the source said. Conferred by Technion Egyptian authorities released HAIFA — Honorary degrees of some Jewish prisoners, who had doctor of science and doctor of been imprisoned during the Six- technical sciences were conferred Day War last year, in December by the Technion, Israel Institute and expelled them with their fam- of Technology, on Lord Victor ilies. They had to sign statements Rothschild from England, A. W. waiving Egyptian nationality and Schwimmer and Col. Manes Pratt, property rights. Upon leaving both from Israel. Egypt they were permitted to take The board of governors of the only personal belongings. The Jew- Technion decided to confer the ish community was permitted to honorary degree of doctor of allocate to each deportee the sum science on Lord Rothschild "In of five Egyptian pounds. recognition of his outstanding The Israeli sour c e said that achievements in the ifeld of hydro there are some 3,500 Jews in Syria. dynamics in biological systems About 2,000 live in Damascus, a and in appreciation of his active little over 1,000 in Aleppo and the interest in the development of the rest, are in Kamishli. Most possess Technion". Syrian nationality, and a few are Al. W. Schwimmer, general stateless or are Iraqi or Iranian director of the Israel Aircraft nationals. "The Jews of Kamishli Industry, was awarded the and Aleppo are on the verge of honorary degree of doctor of starvation," the source said. technical sciences "In consider- "The condition of the Kamishli ation and recognition of the Jews is particularly serious be- national and historical impor- cause the town lies near the tance of his life work in an en- Syrian-Turkish frontier and its terprise of outstanding achieve- Jews are constantly harassed on ments. the pretext of security." Be- The doctor of technical sciences tween last August and Septem- was conferred on Col. Pratt "In ber a curfew was imposed upon consideration and recognition of the national and historical im- them and they suffered "great hardship and privation." Their portance of his life work in build- religious objects were publicly ing the Nuclear Research Center— Negev". burned. Syrian Jews are not allowed to leave the country and the Interna- ADL Official Reports tional Red Cross, as well as several diplomatic missions, have tried un- Bias Up Among Negroes successfully to get exit permits for WASHINGTON (JTA)—Although those who wish to leave, the source Anti-Defamation League studies said. The Syrian Jews have been four yearS ago found less anti- confined to ghettoes "where they Semitism among Negroes than are subjected to constant pressure white, "the pendulum has swung and extortion." They are obliged the other way" and a marked rise to carry identity cards with the in Negro anti-Semitism has emerg- word "Jew" in red on it. ed during recent tensions, accord- Some Damascus Jews have been ing to Jason Silverman, regional impris,oned. There have been cases director of the Bnai Brith ADL. of attacks, stoning and threats. Silverman spoke on a special The Damascus Jewish cemetery CBS-TV program which examined has been desecrated and a paved the problem emerging from the road laid t h r o ugh it. A Syrian riots here following the assassina- Army circular recently circulated tion of Negro civil rights leader contains a "partial list" of Jewish Martin Luther King Jr. last April. shops and addresses, and forbids Silverman said that Jews were all Army personnel to deal with singled out although they tried to them, on pain of severe panalties, help Negroes because the Negroes expected something from them and the source said. Since the Six-Day War, Iraqi they became the targets of Negro Jews have been subjected to ever frustrations. He said that Negro greater restrictions and depriva- anti-Semitism is dangerous and tions. Laws have denied them civil must be rooted out. A Negro spokesmen interviewed liberties, freedom of movement and employment. Many Jews live in on the program said that "absentee fear of their lives. Authorities in- landlors" and "absentee mer- cluding the secret police, have chants" were no longer welcome in the ghetto. They charged thaat threatened them with murder. The source said that telephone white business men exploited the Negroes and that ghetto businesses lines into their homes have been must be take over by Negroes. cut, many have been arrested and of Jews in the Arab countries. He said that while many speakers dwelt eloquently on the subject of Arab refugees, none of them had a word to say about Israel's appeal to the Arabs for peace, which so far, have fallen on "deaf ears." He reminded the gathering that the ILO is not a political platform but a forum for the discussion of human problams. "Surely peace must be a basic tenet for the very existence of the ILO," he said. Over 20,000 Jews have fled from North Africa since last June, with more than 16,000 of them finding a haven in France, the Joint Distribution Commit- tee reported earlier. Samuel L. Haber, executive vice chairman of JDC, said in his semi- annual report to the board of di- rectors that events in France, "w here the new refugees have crowded into communities already swollen with refugees who came in prior waves, have worsened al- ready difficult conditions." Analyzing problems in France, Haber said that recent nationwide strikes have driven the cost of liv- ing up and thus will increase fi- nancial pressure on the French Jewish welfare organizations and on the JDC, which receives funds for its health and welfare pro- grams from hte United Jewish Ap- peal. Haber's report indicated that de- spite hardships, the North African refugees in France are better off than Jews who remained in the Arab countries since last June's Six-Day War. Haber reported on the expansion of JDC programs in Romania dur- ing recent months. JDC will spend $1,000,000 there this year. The program includes monthly cash grants for relief purposes, kosher kitchens, supplementary food pack- clothing distribution. In Israel, JDC programs are aid- ing over 90,000 men, women and children. Malben, the JDC health and welfare agency there, is aiding some 40,000 aged, sick and handi- capped immigrants. JDC is also operating 118 yeshivot and ORT vocational schools in the Jewish State, Haber reported. Dr. Frederick Tavill, former di- rector of the JDC medical pro- grams in Iran and Morocco, told the JDC board that "socially and healthwise, the distance between the mahallehs and mellahs (ghet- toes) of Iran and Morocco and the urban ghettoes and rural slums of this country is not so great as we might imagine." 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