Charges of 'Mistreatment' Branded as 'Horror Fiction' by Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) —A foreign ministry spokesman said that allegations of
Israeli mistreatment of Arab civilians and prisoners in the occupied territories was
"horror fiction" that is contradicted in every detail by the facts known to thousands
Of tourists, journalists and photographers who visit those areas.
The spokesman referred to testimony given in Beirut before a
committee
established by the United Nations Human Rights Commission to investigate the treat-
ment of Arab civilians in Israel occupied territory. He said the picture drawn by
the "witnesses" was "a gross example of the cynical way the Arabs are using an
international organization for their propaganda purposes." Among those who appeared
before the committee so far are a Lebanese professor of international law, a Pales-
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Arab announcements of "imaginary" military victories. He said Arab life in the
occupied territories was "an open book," and that tourists, journalists and pho-
tographers have free access to the local population and know the truth which is at
complete variance with "the theatrical affair in Beirut." The spokesman cited a
letter Israeli authorities received from Amnesty International stating that they are
"fully convinced that there is no mistreatment of prisoners under your (Israeli)
administration." Amnesty International is a private organization that intervenes on
behalf of political prisoners.
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tinian student leader and the American wife of a Lebanese doctor living in Grosse
lie, Michigan.
The foreign ministry spokesman said that those stories were of a kind with
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UN-Drafted Resolution Proposes
Action Against Nazism, Race Hate
UNITED NATIONS—A draft resolution detailing measures to be taken against Nazism
Platform Agreement Effects
Amity in Israel Labor Party
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Leaders of the embattled Israel Labor
Party hammered out an "armistice" with its rebellious Rafi
faction at a meeting which began Saturday night and continued
into the early hours of Sunday. ‘sa a result. there will be no
split by Rafi from the party ranks, barring unforeseen difficul-
ties, well-informed sources said.
- Participants in the meeting included Premier Golda Meir,
Foreign Minister Abba Eban, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan.
leader of Rafi. and Minister-Without-Portfolio Israel Galili who
heads the government's information services. The agreement
they worked out appeared partly to satisfy Rafi demands for
more independence and greater representation in party councils.
It was agreed that Gen. Dayan would retain the portfolio
of defense minister in the new government to be formed after
the October elections. In addition. Rafi will be given another
ministerial post, not counting the labor ministry currently held
by Rafi member Yosef Almogi. Rafi was also assured a pro-
portional representation in the party's various bodies on an
equal basis with the Ahdut Avoda faction.
The Rafi faction voted 39-6 against splitting away from the
Labor Party in secret balloting. The vote came after Dayan
urged party unity in view of Israel's "grave political and mili-
and racial intolerance has been placed on the provisional agenda of the General Assembly on
the recommendation of the Economic and Social Council. The draft stems from resolutions
adopted by the General Assembly in December 1967 and December 1968, condemning racism,
Nazism, apartheid "and all similiar ideologies and practices which are based on racial intol-
erance and terror as gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms."
The draft resolution, noting that "Hitlerite Nazism" started World War II, warned that
Nazism," including its present-day manifestations . . may jeopardize world peace and the
It expressed "profound disquiet" that not all states are responding
security of peoples."
to appeals to observe the principles contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
It would have the General Assembly "urgently call upon those states . .. to take immediate
and effective measures . . . for the complete prohibition of Nazi, neo-Nazi and racist organ-
izations and for their prosecution in the courts."
The draft resolution also calls on all states to observe a day each year "in memory of
the victims of the struggle against Nazism and similar ideologies and practices based on
terror and racial intolerance."
Zuckerman Assigned
Important UJA Post
NEW YORK
— Paul Zuckerman
of Detroit, h a s
ritories was acceptable to Rafi and that the faction achieved
been appointed
national chairman
for the United
Jewish Appeal Op-
and would not vote for it in the elections. But a majority was
1970, it was an-
nounced Tuesday
by Edward Gins-
berg of Cleveland,
UJA general chair-
tary
situation."
Gen. Dayan said the agreement hammered out with Labor
Party leaders over the weekend on policies in the occupied ter-
eration Israel :
organizational gains.
Not all Rafi members were satisfied. In addition to the six
votes cast for a split there were six abstentions. Some members
claimed the agreement with the party leaders was a "trap" to
silence Rafi and a few said they would resign from the party
apparently convinced by Dayan's assertion that the Labor Party
offered the "best prospects" for solving Israel's problems.
The major points of contention between the Rafi faction
and the Labor Party leadership concerned future policies in
the occupied Arab territories and future boundaries. In these
areas Gen. Dayan's view of what should appear in the party
platform clashed with the views tof Deputy Premier Yigal Al-
Ion, Foreign Minister Eban and party Secretary-General Pinhas
Sapir. The agreement worked out Sunday generally rejected
Dayan's proposals. But the party's policy was couched in terms
vague enough to permit their acceptance by all factions.
On the question of the occupied territories, the party
stated that "permanent settlement" should be hastened, and the
government, when deciding in sites for settlement, should be
guided by the security needs of the state. The term "perma-
nent" is opposed by Mapam, the left-wing labor faction which
has joined in a political alignment with the Labor Party. But
inasmuch as the platform does not refer specifically to the
Occupied territories, it is assumed Mapam will accept the
plank. Galili and Israel Barzilai, minister of health and the
Mapam leader, reviewed the subject Sunday.
man.
Announcing the
appointment, Ginsberg stated: "It is with
Zuckerman
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Iraqi Jews Are in More Danger;
UN Gets Eban Plea for Help
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel asked the United Nations
Wednesday to intervene on behalf of two Iraqi Jews and 10
others facing trial—and probably the gallows—in Iraq for al-
legedly spying for Israel. Foreign Minister Abba Ehan appealed
to Secretary General U Thant to use his good offices with the
Baghdad regime to prevent a repetition of last January's public
hangings of Jews and other alleged spies in Baghdad and Basra.
He said the charges brought against the accused, which Bagh-
dad Radio announced earlier this week, were "absolutely
groundless and slanderous." made by a "regime whose policy it
is to persecute religious and national minorities, primariiy
Jews."
The announcement in Baghdad that a revolutionary court
will try 12 men and women, including the Jewish brothers, Meir
and Sassoun Abdou, has aroused anger and alarm in Israel.
The chairman of the Association of Iraqi Jews in Israel, D.
Pattell, called on the United Nations Human Rights Commission
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Israel demands Red Cross arrange detained pitch's return . .
Many casualties in escalated battles.—Story on page 15
Report Another Russian Jew's Plea to Podgorny
For Visa to Israel, Yielding USSR Citizenship
LONDON (JTA)—A Jewish doctor in Riga has appealed to Nikolai Podgorny, president of the Su-
preme Soviet, for approval of his petition to renounce Soviet citizenship and for an exit permit so that he can
emigrate to Israel, it was reported here. The letter, attributed to Dr. Mendel Gonochovitch Gordin. of 12-17
Skolas Street, Riga, was the second such appeal by Soviet Jews to come to light in recent weeks. Earlier this
Gen. Dayan's suggstion that Israeli law be applied to the
•Ccupied territories was turned down. Instead the platform will
month, of a Jewish family of five in Moscow was reported to have asked. President Podgorny to Intervene on
security reasons, for economic reasons or for social improve-
ment, the existing laws (in the occupied areas) may be amend-
ed pr replaced by orders issued by the (military) governors."
grant him an exit visa to go to Israel. According to a copy of his purported letter which reached here, he
wrote: "In compliance with the international convention concerning the abolishment of all forms of racial
read:. "In every matter in which it might be required for
Likewise, Gen. Dayan's advocacy of the economic integra-
tion of the occupied territories with Israel, was rejected. The
platform will say that the government should be empowered
or merge the basic economic
to - coordinate, integrate, unify
networks of Israel and the occupied territories in accordance
the
various
regions.
with the requirements of
behalf of their application for emigration which had been rejected by local Soviet authorities.
Dr. Gordin allegedly asked for release from Soveit citizenship because Soviet authorities refused to
discrimination, part one, chapter five, paragraph one, ratified by the Supreme Soviet on 22 January, 1969,
in Moscow, any citizen is entitled to leave any country. On Feb. 5, 1969. I lodged with the visas and reg-
istration office (a department of the interior ministry) an application for an exit permit to Israel, which
was denied to me on March 28, 1969. I categorically declare that it is my will to live only in my motherland,
as such I regard Israel. Taking into account- the. aforesaid, I. give up my Soviet citizenship. I enclose here-
with my passport—series XX-UYU, No. 642423."
.
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