U.S., Britain Urge
Israel- OK Return
of Displaced Arabs
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—The
United States called Monday upon
Israel to enact a "greatly expand-
ed program" for returning to the
West Bank Arabs who were dis-
placed by the Arab-Israel war of
1967.
Appearing before the United Na-
tions' special political committee,
the U.S. Ambassador J. Russell
Wiggins expressed the hope that
Israel, "in advance of permanent
peace," would make possible the
return of "most of the persons dis-
placed by the 1967 war." The com-
mittee Monday resumed delibera-
tions on the question of renewing
the mandate of the United Nations
Relief and Works Agency for Pal-
estine Refugees (UNRWA), due to
expire next year.
"As another winter descends
upon the refugees, surely their
plight will touch the hearts, move
the minds and overcome the fears
of Israel and inspire an act of
generosity and confidence that will
give the whole world an example
of humanity and magnanimity,"
Wiggins declared.
Wiggins said that the June
1967 war had resulted in some
175,000 UNRWA registered refu-
gees fleeing - their homes and
camps. He said further that 350,-
000 persons were also displaced
for the first time.
Both Wiggins and Great Britain's
Ambassador to the UN, Lord Cara-
don, who also appeared before the
committee, urged the renewal of
UNRWA's mandate.
Israel's Ambassador Yosef Te-
koah was given permission to ap-
pear to reply to an attack on
Israel by Ambassador Adnan Tar-
cici of Yemen. Tekoah, in the
course of his reply, told the com-
mittee that "had there been no
Arab war of aggression in 1948, in
defiance of the UN, there would
have been no refugee problem..
Had there been no continued
Arab warfare against Israel ever
since 1948, the refugee problem
would have been solved a long
time ago. Had there been no
Arab aggression in 1967, there
would not have arisen the prob-
lem of persons displaced by the
renewed • hostilities. Had Arab
warfare ended with the ceasefire
of June 1967 and not continued
unabated in the Jordan Valley,"
its population "would not have
become the victims of renewed
Arab aggression."
The Israeli envoy said the Arabs,
"having caused the refugee prob-
lem," cannot now shirk the re-
sponsibility for solving it by termi-
nating the war and making peace
with Israel."
The committee followed its pro-
cedures of 1966 and 1967 and grant-
ed permission to four members of
the "Palestine Arab Delegation" to
appear at its hearings. It made
clear that such permission did not
imply recognition of that organiza-
tion. The request on the delega-
tion's behalf bad been made by
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Pakistan
and Saudi Arabia. The Arabs were
recognized as private individuals.
Beth Yehuda Gives Golden Tora
Traffic Safety Sabbath Stresses Moral Duty
For the 18th consecutive year, fess a love of our neighbor in our
Traffic Safety Sabbath is being ob- houses of worship and to disregard
served in Detroit churches and the safety of our neighbor when
synagogues this weekend in an we are behind a wheel, constitutes
effort to emphasize the moral re- a betrayal of the religion we lion-
sponsibilities involved in driving. or and serve. Not the least of the
tests of our religious faith is the
The Jewish Community Council way we utilize the extended pow-
is again participating with the er the automobile makes avail-
Detroit Police Department, Traf-
able to us."
fic Safety Association, Metropoli-
tan Detroit Council of Churches THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
and Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Friday, November 22, 1968-17
of Detroit.
The Jewish Community Council
has distributed leaflets to each
of the rabbis in the Detroit area
plus presidents of Council-affili-
ated organizations.
At the annual dinner of the Businessmen's Council of Beth
Yehuda Schools Sunday evening at Cobo Hall, Meyer Weingarden was
presented with the Golden Tora award in recognition of outstanding
service to Yeshivath Beth Yehuda and to Jewish religious education.
With Mr. and Mrs. Weingarden, are Hillel L. Abrams (left), president
of Yeshivath Beth Yehuda, and I. W. Sherr, chairman of the dinner.
In addition, Silver Tora awards were presented to David J. Cohen,
Norman Cattier, Sol Nusbaum, Alex Saltsman and Nathan Soberman.
First Arab Newspaper in E. Jerusalem
Since War Calls for End to Occupation
Wire
re
JTA Tele I
(Direct
to T he Je wi sh News)
JERUSALEM — The first Arab
newspaper to be published in Eist
Jerusalem since the June 1967
Arab-Israel War ran into trouble
Wednesday when a member of the
Knesset objected to an editorial
appearing in its inaugural edition
which called for an end to the
Israeli occupation of the West
Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza
Strip.
The newspaper, Al Kuds, soften-
ed its editorial somewhat by add-
ing that Jerusalem should no long-
er be divided by barbed wire and
mines and by praising the free-
dom of the press, which it said
prevailed in Israel, more than it
did in Jordan. Before the 1967
war, Al Kuds was published by
the Jordanian government.
Detroit-area rabbis, In speaking
out about the moral obligation of
each motorist, have said, "To pro-
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In an editorial Wednesday, the
paper called for the return of all
West Bank Arabs who were de-
ported to Jordan since the war.
Shlomo Cohen-Zidon, an inde-
pendent MK, maintained in the
Knesset Wednesday that the dis-
o f anti - occupation
semination
views by the paper could incite to
riots and resistance. He demand-
ed to know on whose authority Al
Kuds was licensed. The paper said
in a policy statement that its col-
umns "will be open to decent
writers, sons of our nation which
is tired of the cheap political de-
ceit which has led us from one
shameful defeat to another more
shameful defeat."
An Arabic daily, A Anba, be-
gan publication in West Jerusalem
three weeks ago.
Nobel Prize Winner,
Dr. Nirenberg, Gets
1968 Lasker Award
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NEW YORK—Dr. Marshall W.
Nirenberg, 41-year-old molecular
biologist, who shared this year's
Nobel. Prize in medicine, was one
of five winners of this year's Las-
ker Awards. The awards were
pr e s e n t e d here at ceremonies
Thursday.
Dr. Nirenberg, chief of the la-
boratory of biochemical genetics at
the National Heart Institute, won
the Nobel award with Dr. H. Go-
bind Khorana for their work in
elucidating the genetic code. The
two scientists also shared the $25,-
000 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
last month for outstanding re-
search in biochemistry.
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