6—Friday, March 27, 1970
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
A One-Sided Resolution Condemns
Israel for Rights Violations, Fails to
Note Jews' Condition in Arab Lands
(Continued from Page 1)
This was a reference to the
mission of Nils Gussing to the
Middle East with instructions to
report on the treatment of the
Arabs in the areas occupied by
Israel and on the treatment of
the Jewish minorities in the
Arab states.
Gussing was given free rein to
study conditions in the areas oc-
cupied by Israel but was denied
the right to study the situation of
the Egyptian Jews and limited in
access to the Syrian Jews.
The United States, Mrs. Hauser
declared, "believes the protection
of the human rights of all peoples
in the Middle East should be a
subject of concern to this commis-
sicn. Those living in occupied ter-
ritories have surely faced loss of
liberty .of person and property; so
too have people living elsewhere
in the Middle East, in nonoccupied
territories, faced certain losses."
The American delegate told the
commission that "it is my govern-
ment's view that the minority pop-
ulations, including Jews of Syria
and Iraq in particular, have su!-
fcred grievous denials of many of
these and other rights and that
accordingly, we here owe these
minority populations our interest
and concern, just as we have in-
terest and concern for the Arabs
living in territories occupied by
Israel."
Before the vote by the commis-
sian was taken, the representative
of the World Jewish Congress,
which has consultative status with
the UN's Economic and Social
Council. was stopped by the UAR
delegate when he tried to present
to the commission evidence relat-
ing to the character of Israel's ad-
ministration of the territories °c-
c!: Jied after the Six-Day War.
Max Melamet said his organiza-
tion had not hesitated to be criti-
cal of certain actions of the Israel
overn nent, but unlike some of the
critics on the commission had not
focused exclusively on possible
crimes or isolated excesses but
had endeavored to see the picture
in its entirety.
Melamet said the Israeli occu-
pation had to be judged by com-
parison with other occupations and
not by the criteria of peace time.
He referred to the fact that in
spite of the sense of outrage caused
by the nature of some of the ter-
rorist bombings, the death sentence
had not been imposed in a single
case. He said that not only had
material benefits been brought to
the Arabs in the occupied terri-
tories, but they also enjoyed free-
dom of expression.
He cited the example of Al
Kuds, an Arabic paper published
in Jerusalem which had a wide
circulation and which was very
critical of the Israeli government.
It was at this point that the
UAR delegate said that a non-
governmental organization had no
right to speak on the nature of
Israel's occupation but should con-
fine itself to the subject of viola-
tion of human rights in the occu-
pied territories. Morocco support-
ed the UAR and said that the
World Jewish Congress was de-
ending Israel which was represent-
ed by its own delegation.
Melamet replied that if he were
not to be permitted to present evi-
dence he had collected which he
though was ,relevant and of in-
terest to the commission to show
that all wrong was not on one side
and all right on the other, he
would abide by the opinion of the
commission.
He concluded by saying that his
organization was "convinced that
sooner or later, and we earnestly
hope it will be sooner rather than
later, Jews and Arabs in the Mid-
dle East will have to accept that
the history that joined their des-
tinies demands that reciprocal de-
struction must yield to reciprocal
recognition and peaceful coopera-
tion . . . we do not believe that
the cause of peace is advanced by
addressing oneself to the vexed
problem of the Middle East as if
the Arab states were completely
without responsibility for the strife
in that area and it were only from
Israel that conciliation and acccrn-
modation must come."
To Dedicate Northville Chapel
The Jewish chapel at Northville
State Hospital will be dedicated 2
p.m. Sunday, it was announced by
Mrs. Louis Brown, president of
Women's Bicur Cholem Organiza-
tion, which provided the chapel.
Rabbi Solomon Gruskin, chap-
lain at the hospital, will conduct
the service, assisted by Cantor
Hyman Adler of Cong. Bnai David.
A coffee hour, with hamantashen,
will follow.
identity in familiar surroundings."
Women's Bicur Cholem, whose
name means "visiting the sick,"
devotes its efforts to helping the
needy ill. Funds for its many pro-
jects are raised at an annual
donor luncheon, to be held this
year on May 4 at Raleigh House.
Mrs. Abe Bookstein, chapel
chairman, said the project took
three years to complete and
drew the volunteer efforts of
many people.
"It is very gratifying," she
said, "to see the enthusiasm of
the patients, some of whom never
used to come to services but who
now come eagerly and look for-
ward to all the activity in the
chapel. It does not only satisfy
their spiritual needs but is very
good therapy. It is a place to pray,
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