Quoting Richard J. Cardinal Cushing: "The State of Israel is not just a 110:lieland for the persecuted and oppressed, it is not world has abused — just a refuge for a people tht it is for the Jews the fulfillment of prophecy, the return to the Promised Land, the realization of the divine covenant, the answer to the prayers of the Chosen People." For full statement read Commentary, Page 2 HE JEWISH NEWS The Pope, Israel, Jerusalem and the Arabs Importance of City of Hope's 'Normal Living' Plan Commentary Page 2 DETROIT A Weekly Review NelI of Jewish Events The Middle East: The Injected Fears and the New Peace Possibilities Editorials Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME LVI—No. 4 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364—October 10, 1969 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Eban Views Effort to Clarify Israel's Role to Pope Paul As 'Highly Symbolic' Mission Families of 2 Detainees Ask General Assembly Head to Press Release JERUSALEM (JTA) —The families of two Israeli *annals held . prisoner in Syria since Aug. 29 appealed Monday to Miss Angie Brooks of Liberia, president of taii• United Nations General Assembly, to take measures to secure their prompt release. The cable was sent to Miss Brooks by the wives and children'of Prof. Shlomo Sant- ueloff and Sallah Nluallem who were passengers aboard a TWA airliner hijacked to Damascus by Arab com- mandos Aug. 29. Their appeal asked Miss Brooks to inter- "as a woman and a mother." Prof. Samueloff is a fa- culty member of the Ilelirex vene University-Iladassaii Medical School. Muallem is a travel their were agency employe. Official quarters reported here that measures to obtain the release of two Israeli na- tionals held by Syria since TWA airliner was hijacked to Damascus Aug. 29 discussed by Premier Golda Meir and U.S. Secre- tary of State William P. Rogers. that . According to the report, Rogers asslired her or ettergetic action will be taken to ensure the release also -reportedly the detainees at an early date. Rogers no change in the basic told Mrs. Meir that there has been Soviet position on the Middle East. Jerusalem newspapers reported that Israeli officials of are thinking of setting a deadline for conclusion are - other diplomatic efforts to free the pair. There used to liberate Means at Israel's disposal" that might be them if they are not freed by a certain date. the papers said. The foreign ministry denied that any deadline was Ander study. (At the United Nations, on Oct. 1, Dutch Foreign Minister J. M. A. H. Luns told the General Assembly his government would ask that an urgent item dealing with hijacking be put on the agenda. He said the UN should recommend measures for the safety of air traffic and the lives of passengers. Luns said steps should also be taken to prevent hijackers from going free.) • • • AJ Congress Appeals For Pressure to Release Hijacked Israelis NEW YORK (JTA) — A move to spur efforts to by attain the freedom of two Israeli passengers held hijacked Syria since their Trans World Airlines plane was American 29 to Damascus is being made by the h Congress with a public appeal for a massive tt of any country involved in such hijackings. The appeal let ,...t is made in a half-page advertisement in the New Times. (Continued on Page 50 LONDON (JTA)—Foreign Minister Abba Eban met with British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart here Monday in what was officially described as a a general discussion encompassing the whole range of Middle East problems and Anglo-Israeli relations. According to authoritative sources, Israel's request for Chieftain tanks was discussed but was not the main item on the agenda. Other matters taken up reportedly included Britain's vote at the Security Council in connection with the Al Aksa Mosque fire which implicitly blamed Israel and which urged Israel to rescind legislation affecting Jerusalem. They also discussed Mrs. Golda Meir's visit to the United States. Eban arrived here for a two-day private visit before returning to Israel. He told newsmen at the airport of his audience with Pope Paul VI at the Vatican Monday and disclosed that he had asked the pontiff to intervene on humanitarian grounds to help secure the release of two Is- raeli nationals held captive in Syria since their TWA airliner was hijacked to Damascus Aug. 29. The Israeli foreign minister described' his audience with the Pope as "highly symbolic" in view of past relations between Judaism and the Catholic Church. He stressed that his audience was the result of a letter of invi- tation from the Pope and that he Golda Thanks Nixon for Hospitality; was received not as a private visi- for but as the foreign minister of Pleased With American Friendship the state of Israel. TEL AVIV (JTA)—Premier Golda Meir returned home Tuesday Eban said it appeared to him apparently well satisfied with the results of her 11-day visit in the that the pontiff had an unclear im- United States and with warm words for President Richard M. Nixon. age of Israel. He said the atmo- Several hundred persons . greeted her at Lydda Airport. Speaking sphere of their meeting was cordial to newsmen she described Nixon as a man "who listens and under- and that the Pope listened atten- stands our problems." She said he "is prepared and willing to pursue the same policy he is pursuing now—mainly to see to it that Israel's tively as he outlined Israel's views ability to defend itself will not fall short." Mrs. :Weir was reported on various issues. These included to have asked the President for more American arms and for U.S. the Middle East problem general- economic aid to help pay for the weapons. ly, prospects for peace and Israel's She said that Americans generally did not doubht the sincerity relations with the Holy See. The of Israel's quest for peace and had no fear that Israel might initiate last meeting between a Pope and a new war. She attributed President Nixon's "understanding" of and Israeli diplomat occurred in Israel's problems to the fact that he twice visited the country, once 1952 when Pope Pius XII received following the June 1967 war. the late Moshe Sharett. then for- When she left the U.S., Mrs. Meir sent a cable from her plane (Continued on Page 28) Plea for Better Understanding Made by Cardinal Cushing BOSTON (JTA)—Richard Cardinal Cushing, Arch- bishop of Boston, told an audience here that Christians must develop a better understanding of the unique relationship between the Jewish people and Israel if Christian-Jewish dialogues are not to become "strained and ultimately fruitless." "Israel is not just a home- land for the persecuted and oppressed, not just a refuge for people the world has abused." Cardinal Cushing said. "It is for the Jews the fulfillment of prophecy, the return to the Promised Land, the realiza- tion of the Divine Covenant, the answer to the prayers of generations of the Chosen People." Cardinal Cushing spoke at the 10th annual "good neighbor night" dinner of the Temple Mishkan Tefila brotherhood in Newton, Mass. He addressed an audi- ence of 700 which included Gov. Francis Sargent. He noted that some commentators have suggested that religious understanding between Christians and Jews is likely to be severely strained so long as the Mid East conflict remains unsettled. To prevent such a develop. ment, he said, "Christians in our country and every- where must learn of the relationship of these people with their land. They must come to see it not just in (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 6) Arsonist Admits Guilt in Al Aksa Mosque Fire JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Al Aksa Mosque fire trial took a predictable turn when the accused arsonist, Michael Denis William Rohan, reversed his plea of innocence and admitted to all of the charges against him except premeditation. Yitzhak Tunik, the Tel Aviv criminal lawyer defending the 28-year-old Australian sheep-shearer, entered a plea of temporary insanity on behalf of his client. Tunik asserted that Roban could not be held punishable because at the time of the offense he was mentally ill. The reversal had the effect of an anti-climax. The hall in the Binyanei Mauna Convention Center, packed to capacity when the trial opened Monday. was only partly filled Tuesday morning. On Monday, Rohan pleaded innocent to two charges of arson and two charges of violation of a holy place, offenses which according to Presiding Judge Henry E. Baker carry an aggregate penalty of 44 years in prison. In switch- ing to a guilty plea, the accused took exception to only one fact on the charge sheet—that he had "made up his mind" to set fire to the mosque because of his "extreme religious convictions." Police officers who (Continued on Page 21)