Cairo Cuts Off Emigration of Jews, Is Holding Them
as Hostage, American Jewish Committee Charges
Slain Syrian Infiltrators
to Be Returned to Syria
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 11, 1968-5
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — Israeli authorities
I said Tuesday that the bodies of
o Syrian soldiers killed in a
clash Saturday with an Israeli
border patrol will be returned to
Syria at a point near Kuneitra.
The Syrian government claimed
that the soldiers had strayed into
Israeli-held territory by mistake.
Israeli military authorities said
they were saboteurs and had pene-
trated so far into Israeli territory
as to obviate the possibility of a
mistake. The troops were killed
when they failed to respond to a
challenge by the patrol.
PARIS (JTA) — The Egyptian after the Six-Day War, but most of Thant "not to repeat the conspiracy
government, in a decision report- them have since been freed, ac- of silence that prevailed during the
edly made by President Nasser cording to the AJCommittee report. annihilation of our European breth-
personally, has decided to ban the
Since the war, the Iraqi govern- ren."
At the United Nations, Thant was
departure from Egypt of all Jews ment has staged a house-to-house
still in Egypt, thus apparently search of all Jewish homes and informed that Israel is willing to
holding them as hostages, the has drawn up a register of all accept a United Nations 'humani-
American Jewish Committee re- occupants. Jews have been forbid- tarian' emissary to investigate the
ported here.
den to emigrate and cannot sell or conditions of Arabs living in the
About a quarter of the remaining otherwise dispose of immovable Israeli-held areas, in accordance
with Security Council resolutions,
estimated 1,000 Jews are still in property.
prison, having been detained since
In Syria, the report said, Jews provided the emissary's mandate
the June 1967 war, though they are held virtual prisoners in their also covers a similar investigation
have been neither charged nor own homes, being forbidden to of the situation of the Jews in Arab
found guilty of any offense, the travel more than a mile and a half countries.. The Israeli view was
report said. from their residences without spe- contained in a letter from Ambas-
The report said that the decision cial permits. They must carry spe- sador Yosef Tekoah to Thant.
applied to Jews holding Egyptian cial identity cards and may not
citizenship, to Jews nominally sell or otherwise dispose of their
stateless and even to Jews holding property.
Palestinian Arab refugees have
foreign nationality if that national-
ity was acquired after the Six-Day been resettled -in homes in the
-
War. The report said this was the former Jewish quarters, posing a
first such decision adopted by continual threat to Jews in Damas-
Israel's
Egypt and that it constituted a cus and Aleppo, where incidents
gross violation of basic human have already occurred, the AJCom-
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Al-
rights. In the past, Jews were al- mittee reported.
lusions to Iraqi Jews by Israel in
Meanwhile, the Association of
lowed to leave Egypt after being
recent Security Council discussions
Immigrants from the Arab States
"denationalized" by authorities.
about sending a humanitarian I
Anti-Jewish actions also have has cabled an appeal to United
emissary to the Middle East has
been taken by the governments Nations Secretary - General U drawn criticism from Iraq. Ambas-
Thant
to
investigate
the
fate
of
sador Adnan Pachachi complained
of Syria and Iraq against their
to September's Council president,
remaining Jewish nationals, the Jews in the Arab countries and
George Ignatieff of Canada, about
AJCommittee report said. It as- to intervene with Arab govern-
meats
so
that
the
Jews
will
be
permission
granted to Israel's
serted that the Egyptian govern-
meat had not even bothered with permitted to emigrate.
Ambassador Yosef Tekoah to speak
message
to
Thant
was
draft-
The
about the situation of Iraqi Jews.
the pretense that the detained
Pachachi reiterated previous
Jews were guilty of any offense. ed by the spokesmen for immi-
grants from Egypt, Syria and statements defending Iraq's treat-
"They are being held prisoners
simply because they are Jews," Iraq following a meeting held un- ment of its Jewish minority against
der the auspices of the World Jew- Israeli criticism and claimed that
the report declared.
The Jewish prisoners, numbering ish Congress. It charged that Tekoah's comments constituted "il-
an estimated 223 to 240, have been "Arab authorities persecute the legal and unwarranted interfer-
transferred to the Tourah prison Jewish remnants, confiscate their ence" in his country's domestic
near Cairo after initial detention property and hold them as hos- affairs.
at the Abu Zaabal jail, where they tages against all international law
(In Bombay, the Central Jewish
were the target of odious treat- and morality."
Board of India appealed to the
The message noted that "the
ment, including torture, the report
Indian government and United Na-
Arab states refuse to allow inter- tions to investigate conditions of
said.
In Iraq, 26 Jews out of a remain- national bodies such as the Red Jews in Arab countries and take
ing community of 2,500 also are Cross to investigate the condition steps to restore human and civil
being held in prison without of Jews but prevent Jews from rights and their right to emigration.
charges being placed against them. leaving the countries and use them The board referred to Jews in
At one time, more than 100 heads as scapegoats for the anger of the Egypt, Syria and Iraq. The appeal
of Jewish families were jailed masses." The message appealed to was announced at a press confer-
ence by H. Cynowicz, president of
the board, who noted that the In-
dian Jewish community includes
many Jews from Arab countries.)
In Jerusalem, Deputy Prime
Minister Yigal Allon said on
a television interview that the Is-
A request has been addressed who were in the synagogue yester- rael government will not receive
to Commissioner of Baseball Wil- day were shut out — and I don't an emissary of United Nations
liam D. Eckert that Word Series mean to pun — from either witnes- Secretary-General U Thant's unless
games be planned so they should sing the game personally or listen- his terms of reference permit him
not occur on the Jewish Holy Days. ing to it on radio and television or to investigate the conditions of
Rabbi Harold H. Gordon, execu- reading about it in the early after- Jews in he Arab countries as well
tive vice president of the New York noon newspaper. It seems to us as Arabs in the Israel-occupied ter-
Board of Rabbis, in his request, that fair play, which is the very ritories. Ile said that would be the
which was accompanied by an of- heart and symbol of baseball, reply giVen to Thant should he pro-
fer to supply Eckert with Jewish would require consideration by or- pose sending an emissary- in com-
calendars even for 100 years, point- ganized baseball not to have a pliance with Sept. 27 Security
ed to the great interests in the rec- World Series game on Yom Kip- Council resolution that called on
ognized American sport of base- pur. In addition to the avid base- him to do so. Gen Allon added that
ball, to the sanctity of the Holy ball fans, there are innumerable "anyone Fan come here as a tour-
Days which kept Jews in syna- sports writers and sportscasters on ist."
gogues on the day , of the first the various communications media
World Series game which coincid- who are Jews and who thereby
ed with Yom Kippur, and stated: find themselves in a difficult situ-
"In effect, the millions of Jews ation — the conflict of their own
religious commitments on the holi-
est day of the Jewish year with
the requirements of their voca-
Shandels has
tions. No American should ever be
over 1500 gowns
for Bar Mitzvahs,
put in such a position."
H
Iraqi Ambassador
Complains About
Protest
Baseball Commissioner Eckert
Asked to Void World Series
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WASHINGTON (JTA)—Dr. Israel
Goldstein, rabbi emeritus of Con-
gregation Bnai Jeshurun in New
York and now a Jerusalem resi-
dent, delivered a prayer opening
the Oct. 3 session of the House of
Representatives.
Dr. Goldstein, world chairman
of the Keren Hayesod-United Israel
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