Purely Commentary Land of Achievement Where Peace Is More Than Salute and Slogan By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ (Continued on Page '2) THE JEWISH NEWS Atrocity Propaganda: Imagery of Spreaders of Lies in the Middle East Michigan Weekly Commentary Page JERUSALEM, Israel—A nation whose ears are unendingly attuned to news broadcasts out of the necessity of being prepared for any eventuality on its borders and within its inL:rnal settlements might weil be con,:id- ered a people at war. Yet, Israel is far from it. Whether you are there a week or stay on and on, the impres- sion that is left indelibly is that it is land of peace. It is not only the salutation or the nation's slogan that is shalom. Its very life is one of peace. Nowhere, at no time, does any one ever hear a reference to hate, a desire to destroy, an aim at conflict. The prayer and aspiration is for peace with the neighbors. Yet there is shooting, from ground forces and in the air, and in the world's headlines it spells war. It is all of that in the neighbor- ing lands which have proclaimed war. From Israel's point of view, whatever shooting is done into Egypt, Syria, Lebanon or Jordan is part of the absolute necessity to destroy the military bases whence come threats to put an end to Israel. It doesn't take much studying of the facts to realize that terrorism has declined drastically, that Israel's firm steps to wipe out the nests of infiltrators have met with a measure of success. It is costing Israel sonic resentment, especially from the sources that both exaggerate the extent of demolition of Arab houses as well Review of Jewish News 2 World Leaders' Concern Over American Jewry's Ability to Survive Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. LVI, No. 19 $67'27 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 — 356-8400 January 23, 1970 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c All Faiths Join in National Parley to Defend Israel Role Unprecedented 55,170,000 Raised at Campaign Event: Telstar Function on Feb. 1 An unprecedented response at the pacesetters meet- of the 1970 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund last week brought $5,170,000 in pledges, Maxwell ing Jospey, chairman, reported. Michael Comay, deputy foreign minister of Israel, addressed the meeting at the Great Lakes Club. Jospey said "the gifts received so far include gener- ous increases over past years, and our present total is more than a 25 per cent increase from the same con- tributors in 1969. There is every indication that Detroit will surpass its own record of generosity set in last year's Campaign." Comay spoke of Israel as "A nation at work and a under arms . . . a small but immensely strong people, deeply rooted in their homeland, who will be there for a long, long time." Prime Minister Golda Meir, Foreign Minister Abba nation Elm and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan will appear via Telstar at the black tie pre-campaign dinner of the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund Feb. 1, at Cong. Shaarey Zedek, it was announced by Maxwell Jospey, campaign chairman. The reception begins at 6:30 p.m., and the dinner is at 7:30. (Continued on Page 6) Spokesmen for all faiths and races, representatives of all political parties and leaders in many walks of life have joined forces to consider means of protecting Israel's position at the National Emergency Conference on Peace in the Middle East, to be held in Washington this weekend. This conference assumes additional importance because of the statement by Secretary of State William 0. Rogers to U. S. News and World Report that Israelis as well as Arabs and Russians op- posed the new U. S. Middle East policies "because our position is fair and balanced." Rogers listed the Arab-Israel conflict with Vietnam at the top of the list of the most worrisome foreign problems. He termed the Middle East "very explosive." lie thought it was possible that Chinese- Russian differences might have some effect on the Soviet attitude toward the Middle East and he defined American Middle East policy as based on responsibility to promote a settlement and "to act as a catalyst to bring the parties together, to work through the UN machinery to see if it's pos- sible to work out a peace in the area." Explaining the new U.S. Middle East policy, Rogers said "We have a good many friends in the Arab world, and we have wanted to make our position known." At the two-day National Emergency Conference on Peace in the Middle East, 500 delegates representing 24 constituents of the Conference of Presidents of Major American American Jewish Organizations, as well as leaders of Jewish communities throughout the country, will meet to ex- press their "deep concern and apprehension" over recent U.S. policy statements on the Middle East. During the parley—scheduled to open at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Statler-Hilton in Washington, they will be joined by legislators, clergymen and others concerned with what has been described by Jewish spokesmen as a "serious erosion" in State Department policy on Israel. Rabbi Herschel Schacter of New York, retiring chairman of the Conference of Presidents, will chair the two-day meeting. Dr. William Wexler of Savannah, national president of Bnai Brith, the newly-elected chair- man of the Presidents Conference, will open the conference. Other speakers who have already accepted invitations to address the conference include: Senator Fred Harris of Oklahoma, Rev. (Continued on Page 7) Canards Debunked, ISN•ael's Role Defined By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JERUSALEM, Israel—As long as Nas- ser prefers tanks to tractors and keeps his people's standards down by resorting to war, there will be little chance for peace in the near future. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir made that quite clear to the visiting Jewish editors last week. The brilliant woman leader echoed the as- sertions of her foreign minister, Abba Man, who, a few days earlier, speaking to the same group, emphasized the negoti- ability of Mid East issues if Arabs will con- fer directly with Jews. But Golda Meir did not limit her ob- servations to the elementary facts of life as they affect her nation. She also re- ferred to the nonsense about the proposed Palestinian Arab state as a 15th Moslem entity in the world. There is something very real in her explanation that she, too, is a Palestinian. Having lived in Pales- tine since 1920 she is perhaps more natural to her environment than many of the Arab spokesmen. Valid to the discus- sion is the fact that there never was a Palestine Arab state, that proposals for it were contained in the United Nations partition plan which called for both Jew- ish and Arab states, that the Arabs re- jected it and that now those who were in Palestine are to be found In both Jordan aim Egypt—the latter in the Gaza Strip. In Jordan they were given citizenship; in Gaza they are stateless, having been de- prived of citizenship by Egypt. The former retain Jordanian rights, and under Israeli rule they have the freedom to travel at Should Arabs have a 15th state, now that they have sovereignty in 14? Even the terrorist leader Arafat does not have a plan for such action, and the announced motivations, to send Jews back where they came from and to retain only the "natives," poses the danger that Jews returning to the Moslem countries they stem from will be confronted by a wholesale massacre. Mrs. Meir pointed to Biafra as an ex- ample of what could happen to Israel and Israelis: once defeated, which is the Arab aim, there would emerge the sympathy that now goes to. Biafra—a sympathy that is accompanied by genocide. The day after she realistically outlined the ixisting situation and stated firmly that under no circumstances would Israel sub- mit to destruction, Dosh had the accompany- ing cartoon on the United Nations and the Big Powers' big talk, small action and failure to take proper steps to prevent calamities. Prime Minister Meir is plagued by many concerns in her government. There are poli- tical problems. Strikes demand her atten- tion as much as the actions of the UN and the U.S. State Department. Yet, her major worry, in her discussions with the Jewish editors, was the status of American Jewry. She pleads with American Jews to give new meaning to Jewish cultural efforts, to strive for knowledgeability, to place cul- tural values above all else. Naturally, American policies, arming of the Arabs by the French and British gov- erments and the hesitancy with which Israel is given the hardware necessary for self-defense irk the people. But the average Israeli refuses to abandon hope that the American-Israeli friendship will continue and will not be reduced by pressure either from Russia or from the Moslem countries. • • • Israel's military leaders are very help- ful to those who participate in study tours and to students of '.fiddle East affairs. They are factual, they know the score. And they are not hateful. They know that they must be vigilant and ever active i: pre- venting infiltrations, attacks, threats of destruction. But they do in the hope that peace can be made attainable. Therefore they speak respectfully of the enemy, with sympathy for their neighbors. There are no hateful words for the Arabs from children or adults, and while the Arab textbooks are filled with venom against Israel, Israelis and Jews, expres- sions of hate would not be tolerated in the Jewish schools even if there were such a tendency among teachers and children. Ancient sites are being uncovered, and diggings that are conducted by Ilebrew University archeologists under the direc- tion of Prof. Benjamin Mazar keep reveal- ing old synagogues and settlements. The dig at the Western Wall is especial- ly exciting. New layers under the wall have been uncovered, and excavators are con- stantly at work finding the structures that have been hidden by the debris for many .generations. Regular workmen have been assisted in this task by many volunteers, and there were, according to Dr. Mazar, more than 500 of them last year, from many lands. The workers sift the dirt, find hundreds of old coins as well as ancient crockery and other items of historic importance. Two weeks ago, Israeli soldiers discov- ered a 5th Century CE synagogue near Jericho at Naharan, the Arabic village of Ein Duk. It had been found after World TERRIBLY SAD By Dosh Drawn for Manly War I and was covered up again, to be rediscovered by accident a few days after the 1970 New Year. Visiting American Jewish editors were the first to be shown the new and unusual find, which now is being guarded carefully in preparation for the synagogue's reconstruction.