THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 30, 1968 7
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Fact Finder Learns Arab Educators
Are Perpetuating Hatred for Israel
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would make the slightest differ-
ence."
Dr. Pollack's grim prognosis fol-
lowed acceptance by him and three
colleagues of an invitation from
the governments of Egypt and Jor-
dan to visit these countries in be-
half of the newly-formed Ameri-
can Professors for Peace in the
Middle East, of which he is the
national secretary.
"The Arabs," Dr. Pollack said,
,"have a fantastic sense of history,
'which they say only the Jews can
fully understand. If the Jews were
able to wait thousands of years to
reclaim Israel, they say they, too,
can wait indefinitely until they are
able to retake Palestine. They are
prepared to lose another war—and
another. Eventually, they say, they
will win the war that really counts,
regardless of the horrendous loss
in lives and treasure."
For the Arabs, Dr. Pollack said.
the Six-Day War provided valuable
military experience, plus a pan-
theon of martyrs who help to heigh-
ten Arab hatred and determination.
Moreover, many Arabs indicated
they count on the eventual loosen-
ing of bonds between Israel and
the Diapora, which would reduce
support from world Jewry.
Particularly disheartening, the
American scholar said, was that
"irrationality" on the subject of
Israel—including paranoic belief
in the myth that Jews control
American society — afflicts vir-
tually the entire intelligentsia,
"the one group we had expected
to be reasonable."
Even more alarming, he added,
is that at all levels of Arab school-
ing, from the elementary class-
room to college, a major subject of
study is Palestinian history, with
unremitting emphasis on the his-
toric responsibility of every Arab
to be willing to die, if necessary,
in the "inevitable" war against Is-
rael.
Peace, said Dr. Pollack, is not
even assured with the passing of
present Arab leaders, since they
are fanatically engaged in passing
on their hatred to the next genera-
tion.
As a result of his findings, Dr.
Pollack said he believes all
Americans must urge the gov-
ernment not to slacken its sup.
port for Israel after the Novem-
ber elections, a possibility that
many Arabs apparently antici-
pate.
"If they are convinced that Is-
rael is vulnerable, the Arabs will
lose no time in launching another
attack," he said.
Acrimony Leads to Consensus
ea Root Cause of Prejudice
Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion of the Philadelphia-Camden
area.
Discussing the problem of ur-
ban violence, the Jewish young
people, many of them sons and
daughters of merchants whose
businesses had been destroyed or
damaged in recent riots, sharply
attacked black "anti-social beha-
vior." Their attack was met by
equally acrimonious responses from
the Negro group. '
A consensus report later drawn
up by six whites and six of the
black visitors pointed out that the
root cause of urban riots was in-
justice and discrimination prac-
ticed against black people in
society as a whole. Urban riots
will end, the report stated, when
poverty and anti-Negro oppression
are ended.
The report also stated that any
white person who sincerely wants
to help black people today must
do so "anonymously." Negroes,
the report said, after centuries of
oppression, are deeply resentful of
the "great white father': role as-
sumed by some would-be benefac-
tors.
Both groups joined in a tribute
to the late Martin Luther King Jr.,
whose name was enshrined on a
plaque at the camp's memorial
grove.
Pravda Urges That UN Use Prestige to Pressure Israel
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
The Soviet Communist Party
newspaper Pravda has called on
the United Nations Security Coun-
cil to "bring the full power of its
prestige to bear in order to make
Israel abide by the decision s,
taken."
The Pravda article, by Leonid
Medvedko, hailed the Security
Council's Aug. 19 resolution con-
demning Israel for its Aug. 4 air
attack on terrorist bases near the
Jordanian village of Salt, but said
that the resolution, while welcome,
was "not enough."
The article was summarized in
the "Review of the Soviet Press,"
a compilation by Novosti, the offi-
cial Soviet news agency, which was
distributed here by the Soviet Mis-
sion to the UN.
The writer contended that t h e
efforts of UN Secretary-General U
Thant and the special peace en
voy, Gunnar V. Jarring, to make
Israel abide by Security Council
decisions are "too little. All the
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