Magen David Adorn, Aids Pakistan; Cholera Cases Grow
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Magen David Adorn, Israel's official Red Cross agency, shipped 514,235 worth of medicines and first
aid equipment to East Pakistan for the victims of the cyclone and tidal wave that may have taken as many as 300,000 lives.
The Israeli government said it would continue to send aid to the stricken area in response to appeals from the Interna-
tional Red Cross and United Nations Secretary General U Thant. Cholera has broken out in the flooded province.
A new outbreak of cholera was reported in Israel-occupied territory and 15 cases were registered as cholera suspects in the
Gaza Strip. A father and his 5-year-old son live in a refugee camp. The other suspects are from urban real.
Health authorities expressed anxiety that the cholera outbreak might spread further in view of the rather poor health
conditions existing in the refugee camps where sewage water is used for irrigation of vegetable plots. For the time being, how-
ever, authorities have expressed no intention of closing up the area or vaccinating the population but are urging the population
to drink only boiled water and to wash fruits and vegetables prior to use.
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Hijacking; Firmness Demanded
Dayan Ignores 'Hush' Demand,
Renews Urging That Israel
Resume Talks With Jarring
TEL AWV (JTA) — Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan continued Monday night to urge Israel to
enter into peace talks with the Arabs in order to
prevent a renewal of hostilities.
Without mentioning the Jarring talks, Gen.
Dayan called for an Israeli initiative that would
lead to a dialogue with the Arabs.
"It is our duty to do everything to reach a
political agreement if only to prevent the renewal
of war which threatens us," he told 800 Labor Party
members in a speech in Ashkelon.
Gen. Dayan's recent public statements advocating
Israel's return to the Jarring talks and a mutual
disengagement of forces along the Suez Canal has
aroused the ire of many of his cabinet colleagues,
especially Foreign Minister Abba Eban.
They exacted a promise from Dayan at Sunday's
cabinet meeting to refrain from making any public
statements that run counter to government policy.
But goverment policy has been stated only in gen-
eral terms so far. Premier Golda Meir told the
Knesset a week ago that Israel was prepared to
return to the Jarring talks "if the proper conditions
for this are created. What those conditions will be
is still being debated by the cabinet."
Gen. Dayan warned Monday night that the
present peaceful situation along the cease-fire lines
cannot last indefinitely, "if we take no action to
create some sort of framework wherein the dispute
could be solved by way of talks."
He said it would not be to Israel's advantage
to antagonize the Russians who are manning mis-
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By unanimous action, the United Nations this week strongly condemned hijacking and the holding
of hostages which resulted in the destruction of several planes in the Arab guerrilla terrorists' attempts
to intimidate Israel. Israelis and Americans were held captive for more than a month, and only an
Israel El Al plane succeeded in escaping the terror.
Demands are now being made that nations which condone hijacking should be boycotted by the
free nations of the world in order to inflict proper punishment on terrorist hijackers and to prevent
repetition of the criminal acts of three months ago.
Calling the new UN action "Hijack Backlash," the New York Times stated editorially under
that heading:
"The epidemic of hijacking that has hit 8,000 air travelers from 88 countries has finally gen-
erated the worldwide concern that could lead to effective control.
"A sharp backlash against hijackers is reflected in the 99-0 General Assembly vote for a new
United Nations resolution which strongly condemns hijacking and the taking of hostages. Even the
Soviet Union, recently the victim of two successful hijackings, vigorously supported the measure. Three
Arab nations—Jordan, Lebanon and Egypt—also voted affirmatively, signaling their rejection of the
extremist tactics of Palestinian guerrillas who shocked the world with their mass hijacking operation
last September.
"The assembly's call on governments to suppress acts of piracy and to punish hijackers, or
extradite them for punishment, imposes an obligation on every member state, including Cuba and the
handful of Arab states abstained from the resolution. It also greatly enhances the prospect that
this moral duty will be reinforced by strengthening international law at a conference to be held at
The Hague next month.
"The legal committee of the International Civil Aviation Organization has already drafted a con-
vention on the punishment of hijackers to be submitted to The Hague conference. Unfortunately that
draft convention in its present form is a weak one which allows some discretion to governments as
to whether hijackers should be punished. The General Assembly action serves notice that the world is
fed up with this kind of pussyfooting in dealing with a crime that can mean life or death for any air
traveler, regardless of race, creed, or nationality."
The measure, co-sponsored by 32 nations. was first introduced in the Sixth Committee (Legal)
of the General Assembly. Among the nations cosponsoring it were Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Britain,
Canada, Denmark, Iran, Japan and the Netherlands.
Although many nations had been outraged by guerrilla hijacking tactics, it had been impossible
until now to get any concerted action to put a halt to air piracy. Many airlines were forced to take
independent security measures, following the lead of El Al Israel Airlines, whose security officers
foiled a hijack attempt aboard a plane en route to New York.
Leningrad 'Show Trial' of 12 Postponed to Dec. 15 • e
World Protests Mount Against USSR Persecutions
LONDON (JTA)—Soviet authorities have postponed until Dec. 15 the trial of 12 persons, most of them Jews, charged
with the attempted hijacking of a Soviet airliner at Leningrad airport last June, it was learned here. The trial was sup-
posed to have begun last Friday. The postponement was not officially announced but was reported from Jewish sources
people, all but two of them Jews. The 19 others were arrested
which said it would be one of four trials involving 31
in secret police crackdowns in four Russian cities after the alleged hijacking attempt. They are reportedly charged
with antiSoviet activities.
Jewish sources said all 31 were being prosecuted for their desire to emigrate to Israel and to strengthen Jewish
culture in the USSR. It was not clear whether the trials would be held concurrently or at intervals.
A Russian Jew arrested on the U. S. Embassy steps in Moscow two weeks ago was freed last Wednesday after
spending seven days in jail. Leonid G. Rigelman, 30, was prevented by police from entering the embassy where he
was charged with resisting an officer. Rigelman, who is Russian-born,
had filed a claim for American citizenship. He
claims U. S. citizenship on grounds that his mother was born in the U. S. and his father is a naturalized U. S. citizen.
Jewish student representatives from several countries met here Sunday to discuss measures they would take in
meeting was convened by the world executive of the World
connection with the Students.
forthcoming
of 31 Russian
Jews. The worldwide action to call public attention to the trials.
On trials
the agenda
was coordinated
Union of Jewish
proceedings will be "show trials" intended to intimidate other Soviet Jews who have
According to Jewish sources the
Publicly demanded the right to emigrate to Israel and who have protested the cultural repression of Jews at home.
In addition to arousing world opinion, the students plan to express their concern directly to Soviet authorities.
to keep up their courage and continue to struggle for their rights.
The meeting issued a call to Soviet Jews
National Lawyers Committee Being Formed to Represent Soviet Jews
(JTA)—Leaders of the American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry, at a meeting with officials
NEW YORK
of Major American Jewish Organizations, decided to go ahead with plans for a national
of
the
Conference
of
lawyers' committee Presidents
which would attempt to represent Soviet Jews facing trial. Rabbi Herschel Schacter, chairman
Telegraphic Agency that the committee will be headed by the
of the American Jewish Conference, told the Jewish
lawyers would seek to appear in the Soviet court Conceding that there
conference vice - chairman, Stanley Lowell. The
was not much
chance of- success in that effort, Rabbi Schacter added that the lawyers could gain publicity for the
Plight of Soviet Jews through press conferences. He said his group, with its "limited, almost nonexistent staff" aided
organizations, had set a budget of $100,000, which he was "quite confident" of raising.
by personnel from constituent
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UN Assembly President
Gets 291 Georgian Jews'
Appeal for Emigration
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA)—Israel Am-
basador Yosef Tekoah discussed on Friday the
plight of Soviet Jewry with General Assembly
President Edvard I. Hambro of Norway, and pre-
sented him with an emigration plea signed by 291
Jews of Kulashi, Georgian SSR. The letter, address-
ed to Dr. Hambro, asked him for aid in emigrating
to Israel and appealed to him "to do everything
that is possible so that the principles of freedom
and all the rights of man should spread over all
the Jews who wish to go to their historical Home-
land."
The signers said that "for several years" then
had unsuccessfully been "trying to attain our in-
alienable right to live with our people in the Jewish
state," but are rebuffed by Georgian authorities
"without giving any explanation for the refusal."
Continuing their plea, the writers said that while
they did not know what the future would bring them,
they were "convinced" that "forced assimilation
faced their children, "and we declare with all our
strength: We don't want to assimilate."
When Dr. Hambro received a similar letter
recently from Israeli Premier Golda Meir, it was
understood that he would follow up on it behind
the scenes, and it is expected that he will do the
same in regard to this new letter. It is understood
Dr. Hambro feels a public statement by him on the
subject would be counter-productive.