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The Detroit Jewish News, 1970-02-06

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of Jews In Moslem Lands Reported Growing" —



Misery

TEL AVIV (JTA)—A tourist who
just arrived from Baghdad and
Beirut reported that the situation
of Jews in Iraq was grave and that
the condition of Jews was deteri-
orating in Lebanon, the only Mid-
dle East country where Jews have
not been subjected to restrictions
or otherwise mistreated by the
authorities. The informant said
that Jewish commerce has come
virtually to a halt in Lebanon. He
said that El Fatah guerrillas visit
Jewish shops at closing time and
demand that the owners turn over
their daily yield.

-

The tourist said that at least 60
Jews remain in prison in Iraq
without any formal charges against
them, that Iraqi Jews generally
live under constant strain and have
been the victims of street violence,
and that Baghdad youths have at-
tacked Jews with sticks and stones.
(A committee of French jurists
meeting in Paris heard first hand
accounts of the plight of Jews in
Iraq, Syria and Egypt. The testi-
mony was given by Jewish refu-
gees from those countries at an
international conference attended
by delegates from 26 countries.

$20,000,000 Desalination Aid Approved
Over Protest of Senator Fulbright

WASHINGTON (JTA)—The Sen- Lechinuch Ichud, $1,900,000; Beth
ate on Jan. 28 approved a foreign Yaacov Avat Girls School, $1,200,-
appropriations bill containing a 000; Educational Center of the
$20,000,000 grant for a desalination Galilee, $800,000 and Amana Ulpe-
program in Israel and sums for nat B.A. $600,000.
the iladassah medical facility and
other Israeli institutions. The bill
now goes to the White House for
the President's signature.
Sen. J. W. Fulbright of Arkan-
sas, chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, protested
against the sums for Israel. He
said such grants were "practically
MONTREAL (JTA)—Mohamed
dictated by various special interest Choucri, the Egyptian ambassador
groups." He said the grants result- to Canada, beat a hasty retreat
ed from manipulation by "lobbyists from a lecture hall at the Sir
for special interests and foreign George William University as vio-
governments." The senator charged lence erupted between a group of
that "we no longer have a foreign Arab students and Jewish students
policy. We have a collection of for- supported by non-Jewish Israeli
sympathizers, during a speech he
eign policies."
The desalting grant was advo- was delivering several days ago.
cated in the Senate by Sen. Gay- Fighting broke out when the Arab
lord Nelson, Wisconsin Democrat. students started chanting El Fatah
It was initiated in the House with slogans.
joint Democratic-Republican spon-
No injuries were reported and
sorship. The sum originally re- the scuffle was subdued by uni-
quested was $40,000,000 over a five versity security guards. In his
year period. This was reduced to speech, the envoy charged Israel
half and will be made available with "ruthless and racist political
this year for immediate use. The aggression," comparing Israeli al-
concept behind the desalting ,grant leged persecution of Arabs with
was that Israeli expertise would be Nazi practices during World War
made available to other nations H. He said "Zionist colonialism Is
with similar problems involving distinguished by three main fea-
water. Israeli institutions granted tures: racism, addiction to violence
funds included Hadassah Hospital and expansionism," that "Jews
(expansion of facilities) $4,850,000; may very well be God's chosen
Weizmann Institute, $2,500,000; people but Arabs refuse to admit
Merkaz Ulpanat B.A. Merkaz the hand of God is guidiing them
to dissemination of violence, hatred
and destruction."
Histadrut Approves Wage
He was frequ•ntly shouted down
Package; Some Increase during his spee,1 by angry pro-
Israeli
students and beat a quick
to Be in Israel Bonds
exit through the basement garage
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Histadrut of the university, declining to make
central committee agreed last any comments. He finished his
night to a proposed wage package planned address.
deal that will pay part of the an-
• s *
nual across-the-board wage in-
crease in government bonds. The French Canada Daily
trade union's executive committee
will meet Sunday to act on the cen- Usually Anti-Israel,
tral committee's recommendation.
The proposal originated with Is- Critical of El Fatah
raeli industrialists and was strong-
MONTREAL (JTA)—Le Devoir,
ly endorsed by Finance Minister
Pinhas Sapir. The measure is ex- an influential F r e n c h-language
pected to have a restraining effect daily that is generally considered
on price increases and, it is hoped, anti-Israel, said that "in order to
will help hold down inflation. Hista- restore peace in the Middle East,
drut agreed, albeit reluctantly, to it is absolutely necessary that the
a seven percent wage increase for Arab countries accept the exist-
the current year, four per cent of ence of Israel and respect its in-
which will be paid in government tegrity in a territory to be deter-
bonds and the balance in cash. mined." The long article on the
Employers, on their part, will pur- Middle East conflict was signed
chase a like amount of bonds. The by Paul Sauriol, editor-in-chief of
government in turn will not raise the center-right paper.
sales taxes and tariff levies except
Sauriol referred to a statement
on certain luxury items such as by Canadian Foreign Affairs Min-
automobiles and electrical appli- ister Mitchell Sharp in Tel Aviv
ances.
last November that -affirmed Is-
rael's right to exist and live in
security. "This seems an incon-
Jewish Labor Committee testable
truth," Sauriol said. He
Hits Carswell Nomination called El Fatah's demand for a
NEW YORK (JTA) — Charles S. binational state "unacceptable, be-
Zimmerman, president of the Jew- cause this would ultimately mean
ish Labor Committee, expressed the destruction of Israel as a
opposition to the confirmation of state." He said that with the help
Judge G. Harrold Carswell to the of the Arab countries the Palestin-
Supreme Court. He said his opposi- ian guerrillas can "continue for an
tion was in line with that of the indefinite period of time . . . no
AFL-CIO and several civil rights matter how serious the damage in-
groups which have also opposed flicted by Israel." Sauriol charged
the confirmation. Zimmerman also that the Big Four were responsible
had called on Congress to override for the explosive situation in the
President Nixon's veto of the region, and he called for them f3
$19,700,000,000 billion health, educa- take strong steps for its pacifica-
tion, welfare and anti-poverty bill. tion.

Montreal Lecture
Marked by Arab,
Jewish Scuffle

The sponsoring committee was
headed by Main Poher, president
of the French Senate. He shared
the podium with Arthur J. Gold-
berg, former United States Ambas-
sador to the United Nations.
(Refugee informants said the
three Arab countries forbade their
Jewish inhabitants from emigrating
and severely curbed their liberties.
The witness from Egypt said that
out of 600 Jews remaining there,
81 are still in prison in a camp at
Tura where condtions are poor and
no impartial inspection has been
permitted. He said however that
Tura was a great improvement
over the beatings and torture in-
dicted in other Egyptian prisons
during the months following the
June, 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
(A Syrian refugee said the 2,000-
4,000 Jews in that country were
barred from leaving the cities and
were confined to the Jewish quar-
ters by frequent curfews. He said
Jews have been barred from em-
ployment in government enter-
prises and some professions, have
been denied credit by banks and
have not been allowed to col-
lect their debts. According to the
witness from Iraq, at least 19 Jews
were executed there last year. He
said at least one Jew was among
the 44 Iraqis executed this month
in an alleged plot to overthrow the
government. He identified him as
Albert Nounou who has been in
prison since 1967 and could hardly
have been involved in plotting a
coup.)

'Agenc;"11eifiii—Sitiili -"—
of Young Drug Users

DALLAS (JTA) — The Jewish
Children's Service of New Orleans,
which serves an area of several
states, has started a study of the
characteristics of young drug users
and their families, according to a
report to a special area meeting
of JCHS board members. Sanford
Weiss, executive director, said the
meeting, the first of its kind in the
agency's 115 years, represented an
effort to involve communities in
the planning of regional services
for children and youth. The meet-
ing was attended by board mem-
bers from Louisiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and Texas.
A session on drug use by Jew-
ish teenagers was told by Dr. Mer-
lan De Bolt of Dallas that in 16
cases known to local Jewish agen-
cies in the area, it appeared that
problems in addition to drug use
existed in the Jewish families and
that drug use appeared to be only
one symptom of individual and
family instability.

Psychologist Hits Adults
for Alienation of Youth

MONTREAL (JTA)—A Montreal
psychologist, speaking at a sym-
posium on the drug problem held
at the Saidye Bronfman Center
here, placed the blame for the
alienation of youth squarely on the
adult generation. The symposium
was organized by the Montreal
chapter of the National Conference
of Jewish Communal Service.
Psychologist Sidney Locker, di-
rector of the Mental Assessment
and Guidance Clinic at the Mon-
treal Children's Hospital, told the
115 communal workers that "the
world as we have created it is an
alienating force" and that "sensi-
tive, idealistic adolescents have to
reject our value system." He as-
serted that drug use was only a
sympton of the alienation and
conflict of youth and adult cultures
and he predictted that drugs were
here to say "with their attendant
problems." He urged adults to
allow teenagers "access to power"
where decisions affect them but he
added this should be on the basis
of "participation, not domination."

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200 Christian Clerics
Urge Release of Jews
From Arab Countries

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Peti-
tions signed by nearly 200 Catholic
and Protestant clergymen of the
Washington area calling for the
release of the Jews still living in
Egypt, Syria and Iraq have been
presented to the India and Paid-
stani embassies which represent
Egyptian, Syrian and Iraqi inter-
ests here.
Copies of the petitions also were
delivered to President Nixon, Sec-
retary of State William P. Rogers,
the American mission to the United
Nations and the UN Human Rights
Commission. The petitions, circu-
lated by the Jewish Community
Council of Greater Washington,
charged that the Jews remaining
in the three Arab countries have
been deprived of their civil liber-
ties and are not allowed to emi-
grate. Many of them have been
deprived of their jobs or had their
property confiscated or have been
imprisoned without trial, the peti-
tions charged.
Among the signers of the peti-
tions were Bishop William F.
Creighton of the Episcopal Diocese;
Bishop John Wesley Lord of the
United Methodist Church and Pat-
rick Cardinal O'Boyle, archbishop
of Washington.

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