Civil Disobedience Nothing New; Prophets First,
According to Bible Scholars Samuel, Van Doren
Israelis Warn Lebanon at Meeting;
Soviets Press for Big Four Talks
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Middle East
Oil Interests'
Pro-Arab Role
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The U.S. in the
Current Crisis
Commentary
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Inexcusable
Double-Standard
Operations
Against Israel
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France's 'Total Embargo' Stirs
Worldwide Protests; Demand
Immediate Phantoms Shipments
Rabin to Speak
to Pacesetters
Here on Jan. 23
Shocked by the actions of Charles de Gaulle in declaring a "total embargo" not only on the planes Israel paid for 18
months ago but also on parts for French Mirage planes now in operation as part of the Israel Air Force, worldwide protests
have been lodged against the French action.
Meanwhile, concern is being expressed over the attitude of President-elect Richard M. Nixon, and there are
unconfirmed reports that his administration will pursue a cooling-off policy. There are repeated reports from Wash-
ington that Nixon's meeting in New York in December with Israel Defense Minister Moshe Dayan was in deference
to the next President's deep friendship for Detroiter Max M. Fisher.
have joined in statements expressing concern over the one-
While prominent members of both houses of Congress
sided United Nations Security Council action condemning Israel, there appears to be hesitancy to act for immediate
shipment of the Phantoms pledged to be sold by the U.S. to Israel. These Phantoms are now considered as especially
urgently needed in view of the growing imbalance of strength in the Middle East, with the Arabs receiving vast arms
supplies while Israel has been cut off from all available means of securing military assistance.
(Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News)
PARIS—France indicated Wednesday that use of helicopters it had earlier provided to Israel in the Dec. 28 reprisal
raid against Beirut International Airport was a factor in President de Gaulle's decision to slap an embargo on shipments
of war material to Israel.
Information Minister Joel le Theule made this statement after a two-hour cabinet meeting and also told the
press that, contrary to rumors, that Paris had no intention of breaking diplomatic relations with Jerusalem.
The French government expressed apparent indifference Wednesday to the barrage of criticism of the embargo
leveled against it by France's press and politicans. He commented, "It has been noted that Israeli influences make
themselves felt in certain ways in circles close to the press."
Top-level Gaullist sources said that Gen. de Gaulle had ordered the embargo without consulting his cabinet or
General Yitzhak Rabin, Is-
rael ambassador to the U.S.,
will speak at the Pacesetters
meeting of the 1969 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign-Israel Emergency
Fund Jan. 23, at the Sheraton
-Cadillac Hotel.
- Maxwell Jospey, chairman of
the 1969 drive, said that Am-
baisador ° Rabin's appearance
in Detroit, "would be a key
event in our efforts to raise
the funds to alleviate the dis-
tress of Israel's people and
would be an inspiration to
higher achievement by the De-
troit Jewish community."
Aiding in the organization of
the meeting are Pre-Campaign
Chairmen Meyer M. Fishman,
Samuel Frankel and Barney L.
Keywel 1, and Pre-Campaign
Vice-Chairmen Lewis S. Gross-
man, Milton J.. Miller and
DiVid Mondry.
. General Rabin had an im-
portant role in Israel's long
struggle for independence.
After graduation from Kadoorie
Agricultural School, Rabin en-
listed in the Palmach, the crack
unit of Hagana. Because his
eountry never found that peace,
ize remained in uniform, com-
mitted to the welfare and
security of his people and ris-
ing from underground fighter
to chief of staff of the Israel
Defense Forces and commander
of the Israel Army in the Six-
Day War.
Rabin began his military
easier out of necessity. He has
looked on his military service
as a national service. He was
appointed ambassador to the
:United State last year, succeed-
big Avraham Harman who be-
came. president of the Hebrew
University.
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;
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parliament and that cabinet ministers first heard about it by Israeli radio.
Le Theule said that "To say French politics has been hostile to Israel for a long time is incorrect." He noted that
France has sold Mirage V jet fighters for
defensive purposes, adding that they had
79 Members of Congress Concerned
become a "symbol of aggression" in the
About One-Sided Anti-Israel Action
Six-Day War and thus were embargoed in
1967.
Senator Philip A. Hart of Michigan joined with 15 other 'U.S. Senators in a bi-
The minister said France imposed the
partisan statement expressing concern over the disproportionate measure of blame
latest embargo because it wants permanent
that was leveled at Israel by the United Nations.
At the same time, 63 members of the U.S. House of
peace in the Midle East.
Representatives issued a joint statement voicing concern lest
"This can only be found upon the ap-
the UN resolution censuring Israel for the attack on the Beirut
plication of the unanimous United Nations
,airport without a simultaneous condemnation of Arab terror-
Security
Council resolution (of Nov. 22,
ism and provocation should serve to "encourage the Arabs to
1967) — that is to say, the evacuation of
intensify their terrorism."
conquered territories, establishment of
Prominent in the list of 63 Congressmen who sponsored
the statement in Israel's defense was Congressman William
frontiers that would be certain and recog-
nizable, freedom of navigation for all, and
Broomfield of Michigan.
The statement by the 16 U.S. Senators noted that the
a statute for refugees," he said.
UN condemned Israel for its Dec. 28 reprisal raid at the Bei-
Le Theule said the UN measure would
rut International Airport but made "no reference to the direct
"bring to Israel recognition, guarantees
threat to Israel's survival posed by the continuing raids into
and freedom of navigation."
Israel — with their mounting toll in live and property — by
He said that the French government
Arab guerrillas operating from the Arab states — states that
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Senator Hart
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Pontiff Regrets 'Misunderstanding' of His Mid-East Remark;
World Jewish Congress Acts on Issues Affecting Israel, Poland
ROME (JTA) — Pope Paul VI granted a half-hour audience to Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, Monday and re-
portedly expressed regrets that his recent statements on the Middle East were
"misinterpreted" by many Jews as taking sides against Israel. With Dr. Gold-
mann were Dr. Joachim Prinz of Orange, N.J., chairman of the governing coun-
cil, and Dr. Gerhard M. Riegner, WJCongress secretary-general.
Dr. Goldmann, who was attending a meeting of the WJCongress' govern-
ing council here, reported at a press conference on his talk with the head of the
Roman Catholic Church. He said the Pontiff emphasized that he opposed. all
acts of violence no matter who was responsible for them and pledged support
for "the achievement of a peaceful solution based on justice which would enable
all the peoples in the Middle East to live together in peace and harmony."
The Pope aroused anger in many Jewish circles when, after Israel's Dec.
28 reprisal raid on Beirut International Airport, he sent a letter of sympathy
to President Charles Helou of Lebanon. Some Jewish leaders took this as ev-
idence that the Pope was biased because he implicitly condemned Israel's re-
prisal but said nothing about the Arab acts of terror that precipitated it.
Dr. Goldmann said the Pope had expressed "his esteem of the Jewish
people" and his hopes for Catholic-Jewish cooperation. He said the Pope's
New Year speech condemning all violence in the Middle East had "clarified"
the impression created by his previous statement. But "it could have been
more useful if his position had been clear from the beginning," Dr. Goldmann
said. He added that there had been "satisfaction" in Israel in the past at the
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Dr. Nahum Goldmann (left) and Dr. Joachim
Prinz et World Jewish Congress session in Rome.