Golda Warns Stern Action; Find Crash Clues

LONDON (JTA)—Premier Gol-
da Meir warned in a BBC televi-
sion Interview that Israel would
take its own measures against Ar-
ab terrorists who sabotage airliners
if the international community fails
to take immediate and stern action.
She refused to say what Israel
would do, remarking, "Even if I
.new I would not tell you."
The Israeli Defense Ministry re-
ported that it had "undisputable
evidence" of an Arab terrorist
campaign against air traffic to
Israel. According to a ministry
spokesman, a postcard depicting
an attack on an El Al airliner and
the inscription, "Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine," was
received at the ministry several
days ago.

The card was mailed from Sar-
agossa, Spain. The PFLP
claimed credit for the fatal crash
for an Israel-bound Swissair jet
Feb. 2, a claim subsequently de-
nied by spokesmen for the Arab
guerrilla coalition in Amman.
The postcard reportedly received
in Jerusalem claimed that the
organization would "tear out
Zionism by the roots" and re-
store Palestine to the Arabs.

An Israel Foreign Ministry
spokesman said that evidence un-
covered by Swiss authorities con-
firmed that Arab terrorists were
responsible for the fatal crash and
the mid-air explosion that forced
an Austrian airliner to make an
emergency landing at Frankfurt on
the same day.
Both planes were bound for Is-
rael and were believed to have
been carrying time bombs in their
mail compartments. The crash of
the Swissair plane took the lives of
47 passengers and crew members,
including 16 Israelis and eight
Americans. The foreign ministry
statement was prompted by re-
ports from Zurich linking the Au-
strian and Swissair explosions.
West German police in Frank-
furt have arrested a Palestinian
Arab, 27 year-old Jaser Qasem on
suspicion of having helped mail
the bomb that exploded in the Au-
strian airliner. Qasem and an ac-
complice picked up with him, Issa
Abdullah Taboul, 30, of Jerusalem,
were linked with two other Arabs
suspected of masterminding the
Austrian and Swissair bomb plots.

The International Federation
of Airline Pilots Associations
(IFALPA) threw its support be-
hind calls for an emergency in-
ternational air safety conference
to take up not only the technical
means for preventing aerial hi-
jacking and terrorist attacks
against civilian aircraft "but
ways of tackling the political sit-
uation which provokes such
atrocities."

ervations to Israel.
government to call such a confer-
Planes leaving Israel are booked
ence or to participate in it. The
federation also urged the most to capacity. Incoming planes are
stringent security precautions by leis than full. This was attributed
all national authorities to ensure to the seasonal lag, although the
the safety of their own aircraft. An ministry of tourism announced that
IFALPA spokesman said that pi- a record number of tourists arrived
lots' repiesentatives all over the in Israel during the first six weeks
world will be able to assess prac- of the new year.
Lydda Airport reported that in-
tical security measures taken by
various governments as well as coming air freight and mail was
steps on a political level by the about normal despite the suspen-
time its annual conference opens sion of cargo and mail service. Air-
port officials said that strangely
Wednesday.
enough, airlines that had an-
He said if by then progress in
nounced a ban continued to deliver
the two areas was deemed inad-
freight and mails while others that
equate, IFALPA delegates would
discuss independent action by made no announcement suspended
airline pilots, including a 24- deliveries.
Israel made strong representa-
hour international strike. Mean-
while stringent security measures tions to the International Postal
Union
against any delays in for-
prevailed at virtually all British
eign mail deliveries. The Israeli
and Continental airports. A num-
ber of international airlines, in-, spokesmen pointed out that IPU
all signatory
statutes require
eluding the largest British car-
countries to forward foreign mails
rier, BOAC, maintained bans on
with the greatest possible speed.
cargo and mail service to Israel.
A spokesman for the British Air-
Arkia, Israel's domestic airline,
line Pilots Association said Sunday
has suspended the carriage of mail that the organization might de-
to the town of Eilat on the Gulf of clare the entire Middle East a
Aqaba until it is satisfied that ade- "hostile area" and refuse to let
quate security measures have been its members fly there. He said
taken against possible sabotage.
they were still "unhappy" over
The airline acted apparently af- security measures taken at Lon-
ter consultations with Israeli inter- don Airport since the fatal Swiss-
al security services, but the mail air crash.
ban took postal authorities by sur-
A ban would affect British Over-
prise. Arrangements were made to seas Airways (BOAC) which has
ship the Eilat mail by truck. In- 22 flights a week to and from Tel
ternal air freight and passenger Aviv and Cairo and British Euro-
flights were not affecetd by the pean Airways (BEA) with 14 week-
ban.
ly flights to and from Tel Aviv and
The Israeli public learned of it Beirut.
in a terse radio announcement
The ban on such service was
which was not repeated on later
widely denounced in Israel and
newscasts. There was no official
by pro-Israel elements in most
explanation. But sources here spec-
countries. But Dr. Nahum Gold-
ulated that internal security agents
mann, president of the World
may have warned Arkia after spot-
Jewish Congress, said in a state-
ting a potential weak link in the
ment here that "The present
domestic postal service or may
emergency measures by some
have learned of a plot to blow up
national postal authorities and
airlines regarding the transfer of
a plane.
mail and freight to Israel may
The Knesset legislative commit-
have been required on under-
tee meanwhile is preparing a draft
standable grounds of security."
law that would put air piracy in
the same category as piracy at sea.
Dr. Goldmann added, "The con-
Under the law, anyone suspected tinued interruption of these serv-
of air crimes against Israel's air- ices would in effect be surrender
lines or aviation centers anywhere to and encouragement of Arab ter-
in the world would be tried in Is- orists and would harm only the
raeli courts under Israeli law, even victims of their criminal acts."
though the act was committed
Expressions of shock and de-
mands for protection against ter-
abroad.
assaults against civilian air-
rorist
The draft law reportedly pro-

Such a conference convened by
the International Civil Aviation
Organization was urged by the
Swiss and Austrian governments.
IFALPA is an umbrella organi-
zation comprised of airline pilots
groups in 51 countries with a total
membership of 45,000. Its top lea-
dership met here under the chair-
manship of Capt. Ola Forsberg, of
Finland. A statement was issued
urging the emergency air safety
conference to discuss methods of
preventing "politically motivated
attacks on aircraft whether by hi-
jacking, sabotage or armed ag-
gression."
The IFALPA statement said that
if such a conference is to be ef-
fective, it must have the full par-
ticipation of governments, airlines,
airport authorities and aviation
ern ployes' organizations.
Each of IFALPA's constituent
associations was asked to press its

poses a maximum sentence of life
imnrisonment of air pirates.
But in the long run, Israel is de-
pending upon vigorous interna-
tional action by governments
and civil aviation authorities to
end what has been described as a
wave of terror against commer-
cial aviation.

Jewish passengers — 16 of them
Israelis—who died in the Swiss
air disaster on Feb. 21, were lower-
ed into a common grave here Tues-
day.
Attending the burial were Presi-
dent Zalman Shazer, Premier Golda
Meir, who delivered the eulogy,
cabinet ministers, the Kneset
speaker and Knesset members.

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and the Arab states who became
partners in their crimes by aid-
ing and sheltering them."
Memorial services for the vic-
tims were conducted at the Inter-
national Synagogue at Kennedy
Airport in New York and simul-
taneously at the airport's Catholic
and Protestant chapels. About
1,000 persons attended the serv-
ices at the synagogue, which is
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Rabbi Eugene J. Cohen, the air-
port suspended all takeoffs while
Cantor David Koussevitzky chanted
the Kadish—prayer for the dead.
He said a message of condolence
was received from Dr. Walter
Berchthald, president of Swissair
in Zurich. The congregation was
addressed briefly by Capt. John
Ferguson, chairman of the air
safety committee of the American
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"calm and responsible attitude
adopted by the Swiss government"
in the wake of the tragedy.
In Washington, D.C. Rep. Jacob
H. Gilbert, a New York Democrat,
urged Secretary of State William
P. Rogers to seek United Nations
action on an international agree-
ment barring any nation from as-
sisting or giving asylum to any
person or group committing acts
of sabotage in international com-
merce.

No airmail from Europe arrived
in Israel last week despite assur-
ances from several airlines that
deliveries would continue. At least
a dozen international carriers sus-
nended mail and cargo service to
Israel.
The airlines said the measure
was temporary, and several an-
nounced that they were rescinding
the ban. But planes of the West
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Passenger traffic to and from
Israel was unaffected by the air
transport crisis. Local agents for
major airlines, solicited by the
ministry of transport, said there
was no rush to cancel flight res-

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craft continued in several coun-
tries. In Buenos Aires, the DMA,
central representative body of Ar-
gentine Jewry, sent a message of
condolence to the Swiss ambassa-
dor, Antonio Janner. It praised the

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