Russia Could Play Peace Maker in M.E. Nixon

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Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the 18th day of Adar 5729, the following scriptura selections will
be read in our synagogues:
Pentateuchal portions, Ex. 30:11-34:35, Nunt. 19:1-22. Prophetical 1: , ,,rtion, Ezekiel
36:16-38.

Candle lighting, Friday, March 7, 6:02 p.m.

VOL. LIV. No. 25 •

Page Four

March 7, 1969

El Fatah, Nasser, Hussein and. e Terror

So much confusion is being encountered have inflicted considerable losses on the enemy. Most
important of these is the enemy's loss of the feeling
in the coverage of world news involving
security which he thought he secured by his cheap
Israel, the Middle East and world Jewry that of
military victory in June 1967 . . . The UAR appre-
the obligation to clarify the facts grows in
ciates the resistance organizations' stand in rejecting
immensity.
the 22 November 1967 Security Council resolution
A basic fact — Israel's and world Jewry's
which the UAR has accepted. It is the Palestinian
organizations' right to reject this resolution. This
appeals for peaceful negotiations with the
Arabs—is being ignored or belittled. An in- resolution may be adequate to eliminate the conse-
quences of the June 1967 aggression but it is inade-
terview with Nasser while the Egyptian dicta-
quate to fulfill the Palestinian destiny."
tor holds tongue in cheek is interpreted as a
Thus, the parity of purpose between the Egyptian
sanctimonious declaration, in spite of his sup-
President's policy and that of the terrorist groups:
port of El Fatah and the other Arab terrorist
the Security Council resolution of Nov. 22, 1967, is
groups. When Israeli and Jewish spokesmen
important to the extent that it can be used to bring
reaffirm a desire to discuss peace terms with
about an Israeli withdrawal. The bombs at Zurich
the Arabs (who else should they be discussed
and in a Jerusalem marketplace are likewise im-
portant because they express the Arab governments'
with, Charles de Gaulle and the Kremlin?),
determination to work towards and facilitate Israel's
there are suspicions and denigrations.
destruction. This is the two-stage thrust of Egyptian
All along, Nasser, Hussein and spokesmen
policy—Israeli withdrawal to the old, insecure armis-
for other Arab countries have been issuing
tice lines, to be followed by the ultimate goal of
statements supporting El Fatah leaders, have
Israel's total destruction to be launched from the
released photographs with their arms around retrieved bridgeheads.
the terrorists who threaten Israel's destruc-
Everything Egypt has said and done since June
1967 has been consistent with this attitude. It is
tion. and when a propagandist in the cloak
reflected at this very time in the news emanating
of a university professor appears before an
from Arab capitals. Western newsmen and visitors
audience of intelligent people at a forum of
are being subjected to a calculated propaganda cam-
a great Michigan university he is honored as
paign designed to inculcate the view that a full-scale
an authority. Meanwhile he adopts the Adolf war
is imminent. An atmosphere of immediate war
Hitler method—The Lie—to malign Jews.
(the propaganda organs of the Soviet Union are help-
Israelis and Americans who know better than
ing it along) is being artificially generated.
to accept his distortions as facts. Have we
The intended audience of this particular exercise
sunk so low as students of world happenings?
are Western capitals, Washington in particular. The
The facts regarding the most recent hap - purpose is to create a climate of impending all-out
hostilities preparatory to the planned four power dis-
penings and especially the Nasser position
cussions on the Middle East. What President Nasser
must be made known. An authoritative corn
his Communist allies hope to achieve is to panic
piler of the basic facts has collected the recent - and
the U.S. government into a hasty and precipitative
Nasser statements and has incorporated them action in support of an imposed Mid East plan, one
in the following statement of actual quota - that would accept the Arab-Soviet dictates of a poli-
tions from the dictator's speeches: , - tical arrangement, not a peace settlement. The aim

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It is not Israel that is threatened by the excesses is an Israeli withdrawal without peace. The raucous
of Arab terrorism. The real victim is the cause of voices and gun-fire from across the Middle East
peace in the region. Arab governments have it in cease-fire lines, the renewed Egyptian provocations
their power to restrain the terrorists groups.-They do along the Suez Canal, the belligerent declarations of
the opposite because they see them as military and Soviet commentators, the urgent communiques di-
psychological instruments of their own policies. Ter- rected at Western newsmen, and the murderous
rorism is represented as the continued warfare of attack at Zurich are all instruments of this Arab-
Arab States which consider their regular armies Soviet design.
incapable of resuming the fight at this stage. A
Full-scale war is not imminent in the Middle
double-barreled policy is pursued in attempting to East. President Nasser is the only one in the area
disclaim legal responsibility for terror activities potentially capable of launching such a war and
while praising. arming, financing, training and sup- there is much to indicate that he is not ready for
plying bases to the terrorists. broad military action at this stage. There is also
Day by day, the terrorist groups state that what reason to believe that the Soviet Union is anxious to
they seek to achieve ultimately, is the destruction avert a major military confrontation now for fear
of Israel and of its people, hence, their adoption of that the Egyptians would again lose. What is hoped
methods that know no restraint. "The important and intended is that a measured heightened cres-
thing is that Jews are being killed," stated an El
cendo wil proyide a background to the preliminary
Fatah communique following the bomb explosion at
exchanges now taking place between the four pow-
the'Mahaneh Yehuda market in Jerusalem on Nov. ers, assertive enough to quell the advocacy of a
22, 1968. An El Fatah statement over Radio Cairo,
genuine peace settlement, directly negotiated and
Oct 19, 1968, declared:
contracted. It is the Israel view that this war of
"All peace solutions produced in the forum of the nerves has to be appraised first for its motive, and
UN, the resolution of the Security Council, and Jar- only then for its content.
ring's mission, are but bargaining for the rights of
The facts enumerated here should not be
the Palestine people. We reject and oppose them
ignored. We don't seek controversies, and
with all our might since they constitute an attempt at
there is such great need for peace and for
peaceful coexistence with the Zionist existence . . .
amity! No rational person desires a continua-
The problem is the liberation of the whole countr y
,
tion of the war. Let us strive for a measure
and not eradication of the results of the aggression.
of unity — but let it come on the basis of
"In talking about the forces of the Arab struggle,
truth and not through misunderstandings
I must stress the glorious actions carried out by the
that , ,merely prolong the state of war.
Palestinian resistance forces . .. They fulfill a vital

task in sapping the enemy's strength and spilling its
Had there been -c ooperation, acceptance
blood . . . In pursuance of this policy, the UAR places
of the United Nations decision of Nov. 29,
all its resources at the disposal of these organizations 1947, there might have been a very small
without condition or reservation."

'Ben-Gurion in His Own Words'
Depicts Statesman's Philosophy

David Ben-Gurion always makes good copy, and another book about
him certainly draws renewed attention to the architect of the Jewish
State.

Amram M. Ducovny, who is an American Jewish Committee public
relations expert, is the author of "David
Ben-Gurion—In His Own Words," pub-
lished by Fleet Press (156 5th, NY10), in
which he has compiled the basic sayings
by the•Israeli leader, excerpts from his
speeches, noteworthy declarations re-
garding Israel's status and a number of
anecdotes.

The book does not limit itself to
mere assertions on public policies and
world affairs. It includes B-G's views
on the Bible, on cultural and scientific
matters, on history and politics.

Adding value to his work is Du-
Ben-Gurion
covny's 14-page biography of Ben-Gurion
which provides a better understanding of the Zionist labor leader who
rose to world fame. Ducovny states about him: "Statesman, soldier,
poet, Israel's 20th-Century David strikingly recalls his biblical name
sake. Both cast giant shadows on their times."

This collection of B-G's sayings commences with him as "The
Philosopher" in which there are comments on religion and science as
well as history, and there is this note entitled "Meditation Is Not
Religion":

"In 1961 Ben-Gurion visited President U Nu of Burma. While there
he announced that he would spend eight days meditating in Buddhist
fashion at the house of the Burmese premier. To critics who claimed
he was compromising his Jewish religion, he said: 'I have read much
about buddhism and now I wish to experience the act of meditation.
Those who confuse meditation with a Buddhist religious rite demon-
strate how little they understand of both.' "

As the revolutionary and as the lover of the Bible, Ben-GurIen
emerges here as a leader whose views are rooted in an apprecia-
tion of strivings for liberty for mankind and for the Jew and the
perpetuation of his heritage on the high levels of prophecy. There
is his declaration: "I regard myself first and foremost as a Jew
and only in the second place an Israeli, and I say what I think
as a Jew who is well aware of the fact that there have always been
controversies among Jews on the ideals, position and the future Of
the Jewish people."

His comments on other leaders will be found most interesting. lie
is quoted
t Truman,
tifie
Einstein, Eisenhower, Churchill, Kennedy,

de G

Historians will find much of value in the collected sayings of Ben-

Gurion, and for the record there is his statement explaining what the

Eichmann trial accomplished. There also is included in DucovnYt
accumulated excerpts from B-G the Israeli leader's letter to President
B rictuh rmo aF
nn
rondizi of Argentina in which he affirmed Israel's right to trY
ghetto-reduced Jewish state and there would A

President Nasser went on to say that Egypt has
have been peace. But the Arab states were so
accepted the Secdrity Cduncil resolution of Nov. certain
Jews would be driven out of Pales-
There is special delight in the section quoting the humor of Ben-
22, 1967, since it may be useful in compelling Israel
tine that they advised their people to leave
Gurion, and his deceased wife, Paula, also figures here. There is a
to withdraw from the occupied territories. However,
story
entitled "A Fast Switch": " 'Why are you Jews in such a
the land, believing they would acquire
this is but a first stage. The ultimate aim, that of
• hurry to proclaim a state?' Ben-Gurion was once asked. 'Would son
everything by means of war.
eliminating Israel, cannot be satisfied by the Council
call waiting 2,000 years hasty?' he replied."
resolution. This is how he pift-it: "They (the Pales-
Later, having lost the war in 1948. they
tine organizations) are entitled Ao reject this resolu-
were willing to accept the 1947 decision. Novi,
For
him the Bible points the way, as indicated in this quote: "The
tion, which may serve the purpose of eliminating the
Nasser informs the New York Times inter- Bible is a very important guide to use in finding resources 311 the
consequence of the aggression carried out in June
viewer that he is willing to go back to the Negev. It said there is copper in the rocks and iron in the mountahrt
1967, but is inadequate for determining the Pales-
June 4, a
firm boundaries. Can he be trusted I knew it was true because the ancient Israelites knew this countrYg
1967,
tinian fate."

On Feb. 1, 1969, the Egyptian president again

reiterated his sanction of the terrorist organizations
and their aims. He told the opening session of the
Palestine National Council:
',`By their active operations, the organizations

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peace agreement? The record corn IpnldeeteedB, ohoek.loves the Bible, and
speaks of the Book of Books as a
shows that he can not and Israel must hold
on to every advantage until there is a guar-
Ducovny's book, besides containing a biography of Ben-Gurion, alt0
antee that terrorism will not turn into another includes
udaens
d athlom
h"
roeungdhcih
e rroensoelaorgey
his life. The book reveals thorough`
Holocaust.
commendable research
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(Continued from Page 1)
The value of the Four Power
talks, the President told some 200
newsmen, is that they "can indi-
cate those areas where they be-
lieve the parties directly involved
in the Mid East could have profit-
able discussions. At the present
time, they are having no discus-
sions at all. And second—and this
is even the more important part
of it—from the Four Power con-
ference can come an absolute
settlement . . . and that is a major
essential to any kind of a peaceful
power guarantee of the settle-
ment."
He noted however that Israel
and the neighboring Arab nations
cannot be expected < to concur
in a settlement unless "they
think there is a better chance
that it will be guaranteed in the
future than has been the case in
the past." The President, noting
that the Soviet rearming of the
Arabs was responsible for - the
"crisis," said he believed Mos-
cow nevertheless wanted to
avoid a "confrontation" with the
U.S. that could occur if events
in the Mideast got out of control.
His "cautious conclusion" was
that "the Soviet Union will play
possibly a peace-making role in
the Mid East" as well as in Viet-
nam. "I say a cautious conclusion
because I base this only on talks
that have taken place up to this
time, but we are going to explore
the road all the way that we can,
because, let's face it,, without the
Soviet Union's cooperation, the Mid
East is going to continue to be a
terrible dangerous area . . ."
(Prior to his departiure for Wash-
ington to confer with President
Nixon, Israel Foreign Ministei Ab-
ba Eban said in Jerusalem that
Russia's participation in Big Four
talks on the Middle East will be
"suspect.")
He said that "We are far away
from the time when the Arabs
and the Israelis can sit at a ne-
gotiating table."
The President went on to say:
"I believe that by the time we
very carefully go down this road
of bilateral consultations first: —
Four Power consultations --(and,
incidentally, we're going to con-
sult with the Israelis when, they
come here—Mr. Eban is going. to
be -here—there will be, I am sure,
consultations on the other side as
well.
"I think that when we complete
our course of action and come up,
if we can; with a Four Power
recommendation for proceeding,
that then it might be possible to
bring both sides to a conference
table. That is our hope."
The President also said that the
Mid East would be the first subject
of formal talks between the U.S.
and Russian governments on the
highest level, if they took place.
He said that the U.S. is not tell-

Cologne Official Charged
in Munich for Killings

ing Russia that there are any pre-
conditions—such as show of good-
will on the Mid East issue — for
talks it wants on strategic arms
limitations.
"Our attitude toward the Soviet
is not a high handed one of trying
to tell them that you do this or
we won't talk. Our attitude is very
conciliatory . - ."
Mr. Nixon pointed out that as a
result of his meetings in Europe
with President Charles de Gaulle
and Prime Minister Wilson, the
French and British positions are
closer to America's than ever be-
fore.
Asked by a reporter, whether
he would visit Israel (as suggested
by Health, Education and Welfare
Secretary Robert Finch in Israel
last week) Mr. Nixon sidestepped
any commitment on such a trip.
The reporter also cited Latin
America as a possible destination
for a future Nixon trip.
The President said he had no
current plans for any additional
overseas junket, noting with a
smile—apparently alluding to the
Finch comment—that this was the
case although "other travelers
have committed" to various trips
abroad. •
He apparently reinforced his op-
position to any enforced Mid East
settlement when he said that
Europeans had expressed concern
that a U.S.-USSR "condominium"
would make decisions affecting
their future without consulting
them. This, he said, will not hap-
pen.
A question was raised in the
mind of observers concerned with
the Jerusalem issue when he com-
mented that the U.S. was studying
establishment of formal diplomatic
relations with the Vatican. He said
Washington wanted to maintain
contact with the Vatican on for-
eign policy matters in which it
hUs a "very great Interest" and
"influence"—and this' could mean
the future of the Holy Places.
The meeting of President Nix-
on with French President Charles
de Gaulle did not change the
American stand that bilateral
talks should , precede any Four
Power talks on the Middle East,
State Department spokesman
Robert J. McCloskey said. He in-
dicated that the U.S. position re-
mained the same on the Mid East
as before the Nixon trip.
McCloskey said, "We are still in
the round of bilateral conversa-

MUNICH (JTA) — The Munich
war crimes prosecutor has brought
charges against Theo Lipps, a high—
ranking police official in Cologne
after the war, who is accused of
participation in the murder of -thou-
sands of Jewish civilians in Russia
during 1941.
In Bonn, the municipality turned
down a request by the extreme
right-wing National Democratic
Party (NPD) to rent the city hall
(Beethoven Hall) for a meeting of
the party's chairmanship. The city
authorities got around a court rul-
ing that they could not deny the
hall to any renter by pointing' out
that the request was not for a
local meeting but one of the na-
tional chairmanship of the reputed
ly neo-Nazi NPD.
The NPD is seeking its first seats
in the Bundestag in this year's
federal elections. Adolf von Thad-
den, the party leader, has predict-
ed it would send 50 delegates to

Bonn.

tions." Ambassador Charles Yost,
U.S. envoy to the United Nations,
has been talking with his opposite
numbers from France, Britain and
the Soviet Union.
State Department sources said
meanwhile that the Middle East
figured prominently in Mr. Nixon's
discussions with European leaders.
They said that it was generally
understood by the European gov-
ernments that preliminary bilat-
eral talks would precede a Big
Four conference.
White House sources said today
that Mr. Nixon would publicly de-
fine his latest thinking on the Mid
East situation during his Tuesday
night press conference which will
be devoted to foreign policy. State
Department officials said t h e
President was apparently review-
ing the U.S. stand in the Arab-
Israeli conflict in light of his meet-
ings last week with President de
Gaulle and other West European
leaders.
A State Department spokesman
said he - knew of no plans for
early Four Power talks on the
Middle East which diplomatic
reports from London said would
begin early next week. The offi-
cial, Carl Bartch, said he had
no information to support the
London reports.
He noted that the U.S. is still
engaged in bilateral conversations
at the United Nations with the
representatives of Soviet Russia,
Britain and France. The purpose
of those talks is to ascertain
whether sufficient common ground
exists for multilateral or Four
Power discussions to seek a solu-
tion of the Middle East crisis. So
far nothing has emerged from the
bilateral talks, it was indicated.
The Washington Post reported
that President Nixon agreed to bi-
lateral talks between the U.S. and
the Soviet Union outside the frame-
work of the UN discussions to see
if there were any areas of agree-
ment on the Middle East.
The head of the Czechoslovakian
Journalists Union was attacked
for alleged "Zionist" connections
in the latest issue of the Soviet

raeli military service and later
took part in "Israeli aggression."
Russian troops helped distribute
the newspaper to factories and
elsewhere.

occupation newspaper, "Zpany,"
according to reports received here.
The Soviet periodical said that
Vlado Kaspar, union chairman,
helped train Jewish youths for Is-

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