Fear Reiurgen - ce of Anti-Semitism
Resulting From Protests to Pompidou
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The Apologists: Neturei Marta
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Neturei Karta, ultra-Orthodox Jews who
opposed the state of Israel on religious grounds, apologized to France
for the Jewish demonstrations in the United States against French
Mid East policies. The group has only a few hundred followers here
but it also has adherents among Orthodox Jews in the U.S. Its leader,
Amram Blau, handed a note of apology to the French consul general.
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PARIS (JTA)—The controversy onstrations against him as "a stain ! with Le Monde, he said the Tunis-
government will do whatever it
over France's Middle East policies, on the face of America." They not-
I ian
.
inflamed by the protest demonstra- ed that demonstrations aga.ns can "in order to further the fight
Palestinian
nationalists and sup-
Lions that greeted President ; French Mid East policy were ex- of
Georges Pompidou on his Amer- pected before the President un- port their stand to recover their
ican visit, has aroused widespread dertook his journey and that heads occupied homeland." He stressed
fears here of a recrudescence of of state are expected to exhibit Tunisia's close ties with the West
anti-Semitism. I coolness in face of such outbreaks. but insisted that this would not
The French Jewish Students The rightwing daily L'Aurore ob- alter its stand in the Mid East
Federation issued a statement I served pointedly that "American conflict.
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warning that "declarations imply- Presidents know how to appear
ing that Jews are agents of foreign stoic even when pelted with to- THE AWFUL VIEW—
powers can easily create a ren- matoes." The paper also remarked EXPOSED BY WHITE
naisance of anti-Semitism." The that when President Pompidou
The "gad-wasn't-it-awful view"
statement referred to remarks at- criticized Israel he should bear in taken by those who were shocked
tributed to Pompidou that Israeli mind that "calls for a holy war did by the demonstrations during the
was using its racial and religious i not come from the temples of Pompidou visit in this country was
ties abroad to further its policies. I Jerusalem but from the mosques debunked by columnist William S.
Jewish and non-Jewish groups are of Cairo."
White who stated in part:
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The fact that groups of pro-Is-
! rael Americans did a bit of pro-
' testing here and there is treated
as though this were some uniquely
ugly thing that would and should
"backfire" upon the participants.
The logic of all this seems to
this observer to be odd, indeed.
In the first place, France among
all the nations of the Western
world is the quickest to condone,
in some
i stances
- n
actual' to
if
encourage, abuse of the United
States in general and, on occasion,
the public desecration of the Am-
erican flag.
In the second place, it is quite
wrong to present the anti-Pompi-
dou manifestaticuis occurring in
such cities as New York and Chi-
cago as solely the work of Amer-
ican Jews.
Plenty of people in this country
who are totally non-Jewish are
sensible enough to object most
strongly to a French role in the
Middle East that's both profound-
ly dangerous and mischievous ...
Congratulates
Jordan Pollack
Andre Bergeron, secretary
general of the Confederation du
Travail-Force Ouvriere, one of
the three French labor federa-
tions, expressed disagreement
with the government's policy in
Serious concern was express-
the Middle East. In a telegram
ed that President Georges
to the Jewish Labor Committee
Pompidou's reported remark in
in the United States, M. Ber-
Chicago that Israel was using
geron stated: "It is not neces-
Robert W. Bogart, Manager of- Great-West Life's Detroit
racial and religious ties abroad
sary for me to inform you that
Branch is pleased to announce that Jordan Pollack has
to further its policies might
like millions of Frenchmen—as
qualified as a member of the Masters Section of his
cause latent anti-Semitism in
confirmed by recent polls—I do
Company's 1970 President's Club.
France to "break out in the
not approve of French govern-
open." Such fears were express-
ment policy in the dramatic
Membership in thet Masters Section is reserved for the
ed in both Jewish and non-
Middle East conflict. Recently,
In the third place, if most of
Company's leading representatives in the United States
Jewish circles. Editorials in two
at the Histadrut congress in Tel the protesters were Jews, then so
and Canada who arranged in excess of $1,000,000 of new
leading newspapers, Le Figaro
Aviv, I declared the Force
what and why not? It has never
and Le Monde, implied that
life, health and , group insurance protection, and annui-
Ouvriere cherishes the friend-
seemed to this columnist a shame-
Pompidou's remarks may unwit-
ties for their clientele in 1969.
ship that binds us to the work-
ful thing to stick up for one's re-
tingly have created a "Jewish
ers of Israel, to that great trade
ligion or culture or heritage or
This indicates something more than sales ability. Such
problem" in France. Some
union organization, and how op-
tradition. Certainly and especially
an achievement requires a combination of business fore-
commentators here said that
posed we are to steps that will
it is not shameful in this case, hav-
whatever the President's intent,
sight, unparalleled service, innovation and an under-
aggravate the dangerous tension
ing in mind the long travail of a
his words might be interpreted
standing of his clients' needs.
in the Middle East, which are
small pro-Western country men-
in a way to give anti-Semitism
prejudicial to the only democra-
aced day and night out by Com-
in this country "an aura of re-
tic country in that region of the
munist-trained guerrillas working
spectability."
R. W. Bogart and Associates
world." French Middle East pol-
at the same kind of "war of liber-
icy will again come before the
ation" under which South Vietnam
In an editorial titled "Pompidou
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has so long been tortued.
and the Jews", Le Monde rapped
the demonstrators. But it also de- ' , , Ouvriere when it meets in
In the fourth place, why should
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plored the President's words
Georges Pompidou, alone among
Romain Gary, well known all the statesmen of the Western
"which risk causing, even in
France, polemical discussions on author and former French diplo- world, demand or expect total
racial and religious origins of in- mat, revealed that he has received immunity in an era in which the
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dividuals which, to say the least, hundreds of letters from French street demonstration has become
will not contribute to national un-! Jews urging him not to take a a way of life?
ity." Le Monde, however, agreed stand on France's dispute with
with Pompidou's analysis that Israel in order to avoid possible
"Israel is a state apart which uses anti - Semitic repercussions. Gary,
and abuses various pressure who is half Jewish, said in a
groups throughout the world which letter published in the weekly
are formed by religious and racial ! Figaro Litteraire that French
afinity." Le Figaro warned that Jews who raised the specter of
"behind anti-Zionism lurks the anti-Semitism over support of Is-'
rael were themselves cooperating
ever present anti-Semitism."
with anti-Semitism and encourag-
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Most French newspapers ap-
ing racist feelings. He said the let-
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plauded President Nixon's flight ters he had received were in re-
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to New York to attend a dinner in sponse to his letter, published in
honor of Pompidou. But the press .1 Le Monde last week, urging re-_
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generally pointed out that demon- spect for everyone's right to an
were
a
sacred
part
of
strations
opinion. "To refuse to take a stand
American democracy. Sever al so as to avoid complications is the
newspapers objected to Pompi- surest way to invite grave compli-
dou's characterization of the dem- cations," he said. He said persons
who used the threat of anti-Semi-
tism to stifle opinions were them-
selves anti-Semites. "I cannot be-
lieve there are many of this sort,
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for to •believe that anti-Semitism
can exist in France is not to be-
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lieve in France itself," Gary wrote.
Prime Minister Bahi Labgham,
of Tunisia declared that his
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country was "in complete solidarity
with the Palestinians and will not
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change its line from that of any
other Arab state." In an interview
examining the situation. French
Jewish organizations plan to hold
an extraordinary joint meeting
next week to discuss the possible
consequences.
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