Legal Experts Reported in Dotibt About Validity of UN's Mid-East Actions UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — (JTA) — Legal authorities on in- ternational affairs have begun to express doubts about the juridical validity of United Nations resolu- tions on the Arab-Israel conflict, according to Yosef Tekoah, Israel's UN ambassador. These authorities have also ex- pressed doubt about the "moral and political import" of such reso- lutions, he said, adding that the authorities "point out that many of the resolutions on the Middle East situation lack in equity and fail to take into consideration Israel's legitimate interests and rights." These statements were made by Tekoah in a speech in Washington at a dinner of American Friends of the Hebrew University. The speech was delivered on his behalf by Mrs. Tekoah because the am- bassador was obliged to stay in New York to deal with the El Al hijacking issue. Tekoah made the point that the pursuit of peace in the Mid- dle East depends not only on a permanent balance of arms be- tween Israel and the Arab states but also upon a "moratorium on General Assembly and Security Council debates and decisions concerning the Israel-Arab prob- lem ... as long as Israel is de- nied in the UN the right of full equality with other member states." Tekoah observed that the inter- national law specialists said the UN resolutions did not treat Israel equally or consider her "legitimate interests and rights" in "the past" and are not likely to do so in the "future.'' "It is obvious for instance, that a resolution which would deny Israel the right to end the 20-year Arab war by a treaty of peace, or insist that Israel should surrender to the Arab boycott and acquiesce in the Arab refusal to negotiate with it on the basis of equality, would be devoid of legal effect," he said. Tekoah asserted that "for some years now Israel has been deprived of the basic right of UN members -- the right to equality. Barred by Arab pres- sure from elected office in the General Assembly, deprived of its right of representation on the Security Council, Israel's inter- ests have frequently been un- ceremoniously dismissed as a result of Arab numerical pres- sure and the Soviet veto. "The Security Council, for in- stance, has reached a point at which it has become incapable of censuring even the murder of Is- raeli civilians by Arab attackers," he said. It is these circumstances, Tekoah said, that have led interna- tional law authorities to question the "juridical validity" of UN res- olutions. If Israel cannot ensure a "full balance of arms," the Arab states, Tekoah said, "might become en- couraged in the thought that the time has come for another round in the war against Israel. In any event they would be encouraged in their hostility toward Israel and strengthened in their refusal to make peace with us. "This would happen also if Israel were con- fronted by inimical international action," he said, alluding to the Arab strength at the UN that en- ables it to muster effective anti- Israel support and action. Only agreement between the parties to the Middle East conflict can bring peace about Tekoha said. "De- bates in the UN organs and reso- lutions adopted by them have tended to deepen the conflict and heighten the tension." THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 8—Friday, August 2, 1968 IF YOU TURN THE b. INSIDE DOWN YOU WOW! FIND A FINER WINE THAN 'Milan Wineries, Detroit,' Mich, Golda Meir Says She Fears Assimilation in the West More than War in the Middle East (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) TEL AVIV — Mrs. Golda Meir told a convention of North Ameri- can Labor Zionists here Monday that she was more worried about the threat of assimilation of Jews living in the West than she was about another war by the Arabs against Israel. The retiring secretary-general of the Israel Labor Party remarked in reply to questions about whether another such war might happen, "One can never know when the Arabs will lose their heads and plunge into another war though they are not ready for it" and that she was convinced that if this did happen, "We will win as we won previous wars." Declaring that the main task of the Labor Zionist movement was to fight assimilation, she added that "I wish I could be as certain as this in the war against assimila- tion because it is in this war that the prospects of aliya and the guarantee of our victory are de- pendent." Yitzhak Koren, the general sec- retary of the World Labor Zionist Movement, called for a "heartfelt Thant Still 'Considering' Probe of Civilian Status in Mid-East Countries (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) UNITED NATIONS — Secretary General U Thant still has "under consideration" his plan — an- nounced several months ago — for the sending of a special United Nations representative to deal with the "humanitarian" issues affect- ing the civilian populations in the Middle East. A spokesman for Thant made that statement here Tuesday in response to a question on the mat- ter at a news briefing. Since Thant's original announce- ment about the special envoy, Is- rael requested that such a repre- sentative be authorized to exam- ine the situation of Jews imprison- ed and otherwise harassed since the June 1967 war in Egypt, Jor- dan, Syria and Iraq. However, the Arab bloc at the UN has obtained a ruling from the UN legal department to the effect that, under a General As- sembly resolution adopted last July, any UN envoy probing this situation must restrict his activi- ties to the former Arab areas oc- cupied by Israel during the war. search," for a realistic evaluation of Jewish life in America "and the challenge we are faced with, so that we can prepare the tools to deal with these challenges and win them." 900 American's to Study at Hebrew U. in '68-'69 HY SHOULD /SAVE AT GUARDIAN SAVINGS? NEW YORK (JTA) — More than 900 new students — the largest number of American sturents ever enrolled in an Israeli institution of higher learning — will partici- pate in study programs of the He- brew University at Jerusalem during the coming academic year, the °Mc_ of academic affairs of the American Friends of the He- brew University announced. The largest category of Ameri- can students will be in the one- year study program in which 478 U.S. college sophomores, juniors and recent graduates will partici- pate. The students come from 134 United States and Canadian insti- tutions. Seventy-seven master's and doctoral candidates have been ac- cepted for the graduate programs. In the freshman-preparatory year for selected high school graduates, there are 55 candi- dates from 15 states. Among the university's regular undergrad- uates seeking their degree from the Hebrew University are 38 American students from 16 states and 30 colleges. About 250 students qualified for the 1968 summer courses in Eng- lish, of whom about half are en- gaged in professional or graduate studies. Participating in the world seminar for Jewish service, a pro- gram given by the university's Institute for Contemporary Jewry, are eight executive directors of Jewish community centers, four executives of the American Jewish Committee, a field representative of the American Jewish Congress and a representative of the Phila- delphia Federation of Jewish Agen- cies. 1. Because it pays you to — a. you'll earn on your money. b. you'll have savings available when you need money. you can eliminate costly carrying charges on c. credit purchases by using your Guardian savings. 2. At Guardian your business is appreciated. We welcome your account . even if you can only save a little at a time. 3. Our people are selected for their warm friendli- not just their efficiency. 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