Arab Incursions
Met With Force
THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
Friday, September 12, 1969
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Pilots Threaten Strike
Over Hijacking Issue
(Continued from Page 10)
killed and his companion re-cross-
ed the Jordan River.
Israeli planes attacked the
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Council meeting on the AI Aksa
Jordanian position that covered the
government sources declined to I mosque fire in East Jerusalem.
escape of the saboteurs on the East
Bank of the Jordan River. Israeli comment on United Nations Secre- By continuing to hold the Is-
raelis, the Syrians might preju-
planes bombed and strafed the tar- tary General U Thant's plea to
gets in two attacks, one lasting 35 international airline pilots not to dice the Arab case in the meet-
strike in protest against the hi-
lugs, the Russians are said to
minutes and the second lasting 15
jacking of planes and detention of believe.
minutes.
two
Israelis
by
the
Syrian
govern-
Meanwhile, at the United Na-
Three Arab saboteurs were kill-
tions, differences between Arab
ed and a fourth captured in a ment.
Of 52 affiliates in the Inter- I and non-Arab Moslem countries
combined operation of army and
border police units near the vil- national Federation of Airline . over political exploitation of the
lage of Djamyin near the Nablus- Pilots Associations, 51 have agreed ' mosque fire has still prevented
to participate in a 24-hour strike agreement on the form of a draft
Samaria district.
Israel Air Force jets blasted of 44,000 pilots within the next resolution to be presented to the
targets in Lebanon and Jordan. two weeks if the Security Council council ii it convenes.
The targets in Lebanon were doesn't take strong action against
In Washington, the State De-
three guerrilla bases on the the hijacking of foreign carriers. partment Sept. 4 was confronted
No non-Syrian has been permit- by a demarche by 13 Moslem na.
southeast slopes of Mt. Hermon
ted to visit the Israelis despite re- itions ranging from radical to con-
from where a Katyusha rocket
attack was launched last night quests by Trans-World Airline per- servative who joined in a demand
at the Israeli border village of sonnel, the International Red Cross !for the United States to pressure
Kiryat Shemona. A nine-year-old
and the Italian ambassador in Israel out of the Old City of Jeru-
boy and a 26-year-old man were Damascus. it was learned. salem because of the mosque fire.
killed and five other civilians
Thant tried last weekend to The Moslem envoys met with Un-
were injured.
dissuade the international air- dersecretary of State Elliott Rich-
A military spokesman said jets
lines pilots organization from
ardson and other officials. They
attacked Jordanian military posi-
calling the 24-hour worldwide
said that the 13 Moslem nations,
tions opposite the Beisan Valley
pilots strike over aerial hijack-
some of which are very friendly
after an Israeli patrol came under
ing. But Ola Forsberg, of Finn-
to the U.S., were "shocked by the
bazooka and automatic weapon
air, president of the IFALPA,
"incredible act of arson" for which
fire east of Ashdod Yaacob. All
said that the strike would be
they held the Israeli occupation re-
planes returned to their bases.
canceled only if Syria released
sponsible. The diplomats repre-
Blame Security Council
the Israeli nations who were
sented Pakistan, Iran, Maldive,
Censure for Continuing
aboard a TWA airliner hijacked
Malaysia, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia,
Attacks From Lebanon
to Damascus by Arab com-
Morocco, Somalia, Lebanon, Jor-
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Last
mandos Aug. 29.
dan, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Ni-
month's Security Council resolu-
At the request of IFALPA, Thant ger.
tion censuring Israel for its Aug
11 air raid on terrorist bases in met with a four-man delegation of • (Richardson told the delegation
pilots
in Geneva. lie reportedly that the U.S. shared the wide con-
Lebanon was blamed by Israeli
diplomats today for continued suggested that they raise the mat-Icern the fire had aroused and in-
guerrilla attacks from Lebanese ter directly with the Security Coun- dicated that the State Department
cil or General Assembly or prevail i would "weigh carefully" the views
soil.
Diplomatic sources said the Kir- on their governments to take such i expressed by the. Moslems. Rich-
yat Shemona victims bear witness action. He said the proposed ardson also reiterated and review-
to the fact that terrorists operating strike "would not produce the de- ed previous expressions of con-
from Lebanese soil have taken sired results" and would "only cern by the U.S. over the fire.)
license from the Security Council's cause serious inconvenience to air- In- Jerusalem, Mrs. Naomi
resolution to continue their at- line passengers throughout the Samueloff, wife of Prof. Shlomo
tacks. The sources also referred world." Samueloff, a teacher at the Ile-
Forsberg said afterwards that brew University-Hadassah Medi-
to a meeting of guerrilla organiza-
tions in Cairo which decided to the meeting with Thant had been 1 scat School and one of the Is-
-very
informative" and encouraged raelis held in Syria, appealed for
up
operations
against
Israeli
step
civilians. One diplomat said the the delegation to the extent that world public opinion to apply
Israeli public cannot accept mur- it now knew how to proceed to get pressure for release of the pair.
der from across the border as the the hijacking issue raised in the She said, "I think a big govern- .
natural order of things even if UN. He said it would be brought ment like America can find a
the Security Council remains indif- before the Security Council rather way to obtain the release of the
than the General Assembly be- two," and said Israel should not
ferent to it.
Gideon Rafael. director-general cause of the council's "greater exchange Arab terrorists for the
of the Israeli Foreign Ministry. strength." Israelis as such action would set
told U. S. Charges d'Affaires Owen
A United Nations spokesman a dangerous precedent.
Zurhallen that the Israeli public said Friday that Thant's office is
(In a letter to The New York
is growing increasingly impatient maintaining contact with the Syr- Times Sept. 4, Mrs. Faye L.
over the continued detention by ian government on the question of Schenk , national president of Ha-
Syria of two Israeli citizens who the release of the two Israeli pas- dassah, said there was irony in
were aboard the TWA airliner hi- sengers. Syria's detention of Prof. Samuel-
jacked by Arab commandos Aug.
Arab guerrilla leaders meeting eff. She noted he has "been in-
29. Zurhallen said the U.S. was
in Cairo reportedly refused to vestigating man's acclimatization to
continuing its efforts to secure the
support activities such as aerial desert environments . . . research
release of the two Israilis without
hijacking that would endanger likely to benefit the Arabs
delay.
the lives of innocent civilians.
themselves.")
The Israeli Air Force has car-
But the Arab Pilots Association
The Israeli Cabinet Monday en-
ried out nearly 1,000 sorties over ' in Cairo threatened to take un-
dorsed ratification of the 1963
Egyptian territory since July 20,
specified retaliatory action if the Toyko Convention against aerial
Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Haim
IFALPA went through with its hijacking and other forms of crime
Bar Lev disclosed in an article
proposed strike.
against civilian aircraft. The Knes-
in Bamabane, the Israeli armed ! The Arab pilots claimed that
set is expected to ratify the con-
forces weekly. He said the aerial
Western pilots were "making this vention when it reconvenes after
action apparently convinced the
Egyptians that they are not pre- threat because two Arab coalman- !next month's national elections.
pared for large scale attack and dos launched a daring act toward The cabinet has already approved
liberation of their usurped home- la draft bill that will make Israeli
bad the effect of limiting Egyp-
tiara military activity along the land." They added that the West- law conform to the provisions of
Suez Canal front. em pilots had ignored numerous the Tokyo convention.
Gen. Bar Lev's article, a re hijackings of American planes to The convention has been ratified
view of the military situation at Cuba. . so far by 10 nations. It requires 11
the end of the Hebrew calendar ' The Arab guerrilla chiefs at- ' ratifications to make it binding on
year, stated that Israel's armed !tending a meeting of the Palestinian all members of international civil
Cairo report- aviation associations. Action by
forces have been strengthened on
land, sea and in the air. He said edly feared that hijacking airliners the Knesset would automatically
rts
had
only
hinted
could
turn
world
opinion
against put it into force. The convention
published repo
at the extent of this strengthening, the Arab cause. The three-day chapter dealing with hijacked
adding that certain information meeting was called to coordinate planes provides for the immediate
cannot be published. He confirmed strategy against Israel. A state- return of the aircraft, its passen-
plans for a reserve call-up in the ment issued by the council said it gers and crew and punishment for
coining year and said more settle- would neither "condone nor con- the hijackers.
According to reports from Paris,
Meats would be established in the demn such spectacular attacks as
the French government will pro-
occupied territories. airplane hijacking."
Meanwhile,
the
Soviet
Union
has
pose
that Parliament ratify the
Israeli Air Force jets raided
guerrilla positions in southern Le- told U. S. State Department offi- Tokyo convention. French Foreign
Minister
Maurice Schumann has
banOn Sept. 5, following up an Is- dials that the Soviet Foreign Min-
raeli infantry assault on Halta vil- istry has recommended to Syria reportedly urged ratification at the
'age which the guerrillas had used that it release the two Israelis still earliest possible time.
Meanwhile, the Yugoslavian daily
assi base. It was the second Israeli being held in Damascus, the news-
Politika has warned that Arab
ground attack on Lebanon in three paper Haaretz reported.
Quoting "well-informed commandos who hijack airliners
year. Five guerrillas were report-
are seriously damaging the Arab
ed killed. A large quantity of arms sources," Haaretz said the So-
in
viet
Union's recommendation had cause before world opinion, which,
and ammunition was discovered
it claimed, has already shifted
buildings occupied by the guer- been connected with the pos-
away from Israel.
sible forthcoming UN Security
rillas.
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