Amnesty's American Unit Splits Over Israel Issue
;, gators have visited Israel "at
will and have been given free
and complete access to all pris-
oners."
(The Amnesty report took note
of the fact that Israel offered to
grant safe conduct to the com-
plainants and provide them with
Arab lawyers of their choice pro-
Benenson said the American
vided that an inquiry into the
section of Amnesty decided last charges was conducted along for-
mal legal lines with the right of
Dec. 9 to dissociate itself from
cross-examination. The proposal
the report.
was conveyed to Amnesty by Is-
After its initial questioning of rael's ambassador in London,
prisoners, Amnesty submitted a Aharon Remez. But the Amnesty
four-part report to the Israel gov- report said it was "insufficient"
ernment last May. By August, the and insisted that an investigation
latter gave Amnesty a detailed be conducted by an outside inde-
account of its investigation of one pendent agency empowered to pro-
part of the report that contained duce documents and subpoena wit-
the names of the complainants nesses. The Daily Express re-
and gave details of their charges. marked editorially that it believed
It said its investigation showed Amnesty's charges should be in-
the claims to be unsubstantiated. vestigated by an international in-
Israel did not reply on the other quiry. "It would be to Israel's
three parts of the report which it everlasting credit if it invited in-
said contained unspecific and un- ternational scrutiny of its handling
documented charges by anonymous of Arab suspects, and if there is
complainants.
nothing whatsoever in the charges,
Martin Ennels, secretary general the Arab campaign of atrocity
of Amnesty International, said in mongering would be brought to an
Switzerland that he had informed abrupt halt," the Express said.
the Israel government last January Friendly wrote however that no
that the report would be published country would permit an inter-
in three or four weeks. He said national tribunal to "sit within its
the final decision to publish it , borders investigating the workings
was made March 21. He denied of its own judicial system." He
that a "pro-Arab lobby" influenced said he doubted that Britain would
the decision. Ennels said he would accept such a commission to
apologize for the "administrative probe suggestions of violent treat-
error" in failing to furnish the ment of Catholic prisoners in Ul-
Israel Embassy in London with a ster.)
copy of the report before it was
The Israel Foreign Ministry
released.
expressed "astonishment" that
Washington Post correspon-
the organization "has permitted
dent Alfred Friendly reported
itself to be the vehicle for spread-
from London that pro-Arab mem-
ing unfounded allegations, having
bers of the Amnesty Internation-
al board were partly responsible
their origin in a campaign of atroc-
for publication of the report ac-
ity propaganda carried - on by the
cusing Israel of torturing Arab
Arab states and their supporters."
prisoners. Friendly cited a state-
The foreign ministry said the
ment Wednesday by Christopher
allegations were originally part of
Mayhew, an MP who is leader
a four-section Amnesty Interna-
of the pro-Arab faction in the
tional report submitted to the
Labor Party, as saying on a
Israel government last May. It
radio 'interview that members
of Amnesty who like himself said that one section containing the
"take a balanced view" of the names of the complainants and
Middle East had been "very detailed complaints was investi-
gated and the allegations found
worried" that Amnesty would
to be unsubstantiated and that the
not publish the report. Friendly
other sections involved "unspecific
remarked that the nature of
and undocumented charges by an-
Mayhew's "balanced view" could
onymous complainants." The pre-
be found in the fact that he
never complained that Amnesty amble to the Amnesty report said
had not been able to investigate ' it was being published with "deep-
the treatment of Jews in Arab est regret" because Amnesty "ack-
countries. Israel, on the other nowledges the general liberal na-
hand, has cooperated fully with ture of the regime within Israel."
the organization whose investi- The report said that the Israel
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the impression that Israel gave
no satisfaction" on Amnesty's
charges when that was not the
case. He said it did not mention
many cases the group brought to
Israel's attention that Israel
checked out and responded to.
Technion Gives Boost to Gifted Teens
Gifted high school students from Haifa gather around the big
elecirbh microscope at the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology.
They are participating in a new program designed to introduce
above-average teen-agers to advanced training in scientific subjects.
Courses are being offered in computer science, math, physics, metal-
lurgy, biology and even aeronautics. Students in each course meet
weekly for two hours on the Technion campus. Faculty members pro-
vide the instruction, utilizing sophisticated and expensive scientific
equipment.
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government had repeatedly re- 1969 and saw no signs of discom-
jected its proposal for an inde- fort or unhappiness among the
people.
pendent inquiry.
The foreign ministry statement
said that "At this juncture all
that the Israel authorities know
about the report is what is appear-
ing in the press. In this connection
it is not clear whether Amnesty's
report includes the texts of the
official communications it re-
ceived from the Israel govern-1
NEW YORK (ZINS) — An ac-
ment and which the government count of how Israel is aiding the
specifically requested should ac- Arab population in the occupied
company the report. The govern- territories is given by journalist
ment of Israel regards this as an Roy Wicker in a leading article
extraordinary way for Amnesty that appeared recently in the Wall
to behave towards a government Street Journal.
which has gone out of its way to
The author relates the story of
cooperate with it. In the light of the 355,000 Arabs of Gaza, of
this experience it is difficult to whom approximately 180,000 are
see how the government of Is- , so-called "refugees."
rael can place its trust in the
Basing his account on an inter-
good will and sense of fairness of
! view with Chaim Segau, director
this organization."
of
the Gaza Labor Exchange,
The report was released five
days before the three-member Wicker writes that prior to the
Six-Day
War there were only 100
team of the United Nations special
committee investigating human students in Gaza's local trade
' school.
rights in Israeli-occupied territories
was scheduled to arrive in Bierut
Today, under Israeli control,
and then continue to other capitals
there are already 1,200 Arab
in Arab nations to continue their
youths in trade schools and by
hearings. Between the time they
next month their number will
left New York and their arrival
climb to 2,000. In addition, ac-
in Beirut Sunday, the team was
cording to the Journal report,
1,200 Arab students from Gaza
related.
and other administered areas
UNITED NATIONS, NY (JTA)—
are now enrolled as students at
The chairman of the United Na-
the
universities of Cairo and
tions special committee investi-
gating human rights in Israel-oc- ' Alexandria, their fees being paid
by
the
government of Israel.
upied Arab territories has ex-
pressed hope that the Israel gov-
Throughout Israel some 25,000
ernment will relent in its refusal Arabs from the administered areas
to the civilian population in the are now gainfully employed and
occupied areas. It is scheduled to, an additional 5,000 Arab workers
visit Amman, Cairo, Damascus and' will soon enter the Israel labor
Geneva prior to returning to UN 1 market.
headquarters here to render its
Israel is investing this year some
i report.
10 million dollars in the economic
I Hamilton Amerasinghe, the Cey- development of Gaza and other
I Ion ambassador to the UN who in points in Sinai. In Gaza and in El
heads the investigating body, said Arish 26 scohols and 4 hospitals
Beirut that the committee will have been opened recently. These
make further approaches to Is- buildings are the product of Arab
rael to allow a visit to the occupied labor, paid for by the Israel gov-
territories and hopes that Israel
will cooperate in this vital matter."
Re said the committee declined to
characterize in any way Israel's re-
fusal so far to cooperate with it
or to characterize the evidence
' heard so far. The committee's
view is that all evidence must be
in before commenting on any part
of it, Amerasinghe said.
How Israel Aiding
Arabs in Gaza Told
in Wall St. Journal
Witnesses at the final hearings
in London last week were Mayhew,
Mrs. Leila Mantoura, described
as a British subject of Palestinian
origin, and Richard Slotover, 22-
year-old British law student.
Mayhew admitted that his per-
sonal knowledge of conditions in
occupied territories was limited to
a five-day visit last January to
East Jerusalem, Gaza and Ramal-
lah. But he claimed that tension
and fear were unmistakable. Ac-
cording to Mayhew the fear in
Gaza is of physical confrontation
with the occupying forces while
in East Jerusalem there was phy-
chological tension because intel-
lectuals were afraid of deporta-
tion or detention without trail.
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Mrs. Mantoura claimed she had
been spat upon by Israelis in
Gaza in 1968 because she wore a
cross, and when she spat back she
was forced to stand in detention
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Mayhew said he had not first-
hand knowledge of force being
used during the questioning of
Arab prisoners but cited the report
published, of his urging, he said,
by Amnesty International.
Slotover said he visited the oc-
cupied territories in 1967, 1968 and
ernment. Out of 3,150 governmen-
tal employees working in the liber-
ated areas, only 150 are Jews; all
the rest are Arabs.
Meanwhile a far-reaching plan
drafted by Shimon Peres, minis-
ter without portfolio, for improv-
ing the lives of Arabs in the
occupied territories—mainly those
living in the depressed Gaza Strip
—was adopted by the cabinet.
No specific sum was ear-
marked but each of the minis-
tries involved will be asked to
appropriate the necessary funds
to carry out its phase of the
program.
Details of the plan were dis-
closed by cabinet secretary Mich-
ael Arnon.
It specifically refrained from
mentioning "refugees" in any con-
text but referred to the intended
beneficiaries of the plan as "in-
habitants of the territories."
This was taken to mean that
the measures would apply equally
to refugees residing in camps and
the general population. The plan
calls for improving employment
opportunities, establishing centers
for industry and marketing, en-
larging the scope of vocational
training and vocation schools, im-
prove agricultural production
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