2W3N BZIWit io • so,r yr:rt WI 1 THE JEWISH NEWS - err d . f. July 20, 1951 Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of Member American Asso ciatin of Elish-Jewish Newspapers. Michigan Press Association. National Editorial Association ng News Publishing Co.. 17515 W. Nine Mile. Suite 865, SouLhfield, Mich. 48073. o Published every Friday by The Jewish Second-Class Postage Paid at Southfield. Michigan and Additional Mailing Offices. Subscription $8 a year. Foreign 39. CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ PHILIP SLOMOVITZ B usi ness M Editor and Publisher CHARLOTTE DUBIN City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the 11th day of Shemit, 5731, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: portion, Judges 4:4-5:31. Pentateuchal portion, Exod. 13:1747:16. Prophetical Candle lighting. Friday. Feb. 5, 5:33 p.m. Page Four VOL. LVIII. No. 21 February 5, 1971 Dignity From Our Aid. to Kinsmen In her stirring appeal for support to Russian Jewry in its request for freedom to go to Israel and to regain the status of kinship with fellow Jews, Dr. Esther Aisenstadt, who had just come from Israel on her mission of mercy, after leaving the USSR only two months ago, said: "We pay exorbitant. costs for exit visas and the right to go to Vienna. There we are met by the Jewish Agency and suddenly we feel like human beings. Suddenly we become free people. Then we are on our way to our homeland like liberated people." No better appeal could possibly have been uttered for generosity toward the major fund for assistance to the liberated in the new Exodus—the United Jewish Appeal, whose income is derived from Detroit's Allied Jewish Campaign. Fantasies Endanger Israel's Realities In all sincerity, propagators of a move- ment for the recognition of the claims of the Palestinians—the reference is to the Arab refugees who have come from territories that are now part of the state of Israel—to state- hood believe that any solution of the Middle East situation must involve this vital element. It is now urgently advocated that a separate state be set up for these refugees, that the West Bank be utilized for that purpose, that it should, if possible, be linked with Jordan, thus replacing the monarchy in exchange for a valid democracy to accommodate the mil- lion or more Arabs who can thus be provided with citizenship in an area they can admin- ister for themselves. There are conflicting attitudes on the sub- ject among the Israelis. Logic seems to re- dound in support of such a plan. Yet it be- comes necessary to take into consideration the many obstacles that stand in the way of such a solution which, hopefully, might solve the major problems and solve all injuries that may have been inflicted by both ele- ments in the controversy. An account given in this issue, in an an- alysis of attitudes of students and their ideas regarding Israel, from one of our special cor- respondents, throws light on the beclouded issues that remain so difficult to solve be- cause the ideas that have permeated into Arab minds are based on distortions of facts and are imbedded in such ignorance that so- lutions become too difficult to arrive at. Some of the fantasies are so grotesque, the misinformation is so deplorable, that the path toward an accord is blocked and all efforts to clarify the issues have become all- too-complex for rationalization. Making matters worse is the fact that the more educated the Arab, the more ready he has been to accept the propaganda directed against Israel. All that seems to matter is hatred for Israel and the intent to destroy the state. There is no reasoning, no rational- izing and no pleading for justice for the homeless who found refuge in the ancient homeland Israel. A member of the editorial board of the New York Times, James-P. Brown, in a spe- cial article aimed at emphasizing that there can be "No Peace Without the Palestinians," gives due credit to Israel for having created better living conditions for Arabs in the oc- cupied territories. He makes these comments on existing conditions and on- developments since the 1967 war: -- During a recent confrontation between King Hnssein's bedowin troops and some guerrillas occupying a Palestinian refugee camp. user Amman, a group oi refugees attempted to elk- tie camp and march toward the Israeli-ocespiod areas west of the Jordan River. They are reported to have declared they would rather live .ender the Israelis than endure more of the harsh tyranny of the Hashemite'. Similar sentiments are expressed by many of the 1,11011,9011 Palestinians who are living in the West Bank and Gaza, 'although they are by no meats reconciled to the occupation, as some Israelis like to believe. The Arabs in the occupied areas are unques- tionably materially better off than their fellow Palestinians across the Jordan. Sham Israel seized their leads in the June 1967 war, personal income has increased by about one-third and as..717%. unemployment, which had been about 26 per cen of the work force, has shrunk to 3 per cent. Tens of thousands cross daily into Israel to work for wages- that are three to four times what they received before, and the work is steady as it had been in the Hashemite past. As one Israeli occupation official proudly put it to a visitor History at its best, presented in all its facets relating to the recently: "The West Bankers never had it so Israel-Russian relationships since the rebirth of the Jewish state, is presented in a valuable work by a man who writes authoritatively. good." But economic benefits and a military regime In "Moscow and Jerusalem," published by Abelard-Schuman, Avigdor that is generally enlightened and inconspicuous, Dagan, who has held important Israeli diplomatic posts and who had except in the overcrowded and rebellious Gaza worked closely with Czechoslovak leaders, presents an historical Strip, have not won the hearts and minds of the analysis that serves as a reminder of the years of better relationships Palestinian Arabs, as the Israelis once hoped. and the present era of discord. West Bankers remain bitterly anti4sraell. Given Realistically, Hagan commences with the "Soviet surprise" of 1947 the opportunity, they will assail a visitor for when -the Soviet representatives at the United Nations, especially hours with denunciations of the occupying power, Andrei Gromyko, supported the Partition Plan. Referring to Gromyko's , particularly of such practices as the demolition speech, in which he rejected the Arab speakers' "attempts to cast of houses where suspected saboteurs have lived, aspersions on the foreign policy of the government of the Soviet Union," the seizure of Arab property and the jailing or Dagan quotes what he terms the "prophetic statement" of Gromyko: expulsion of real or Potential opposition leaders' "The Soviet delegation is convinced that Arabs will still, on more than They are as vehement as Palestinians anywhere one occasion, be looking towards Moscow and expecting the USSR. to in asserting the Palestinian national conscious- help them in the struggle for lawful existence . . ." And Dugan corn- ness and their demand for Palestinian statehocid. ...,_,_ The occupation has, however, begun to create •"`"';'' 'This statement would seem to support the somewhat Machia- some striking differences between the Palestinians vellian thought, later expressed by certain political analysts, that the who have remained on their lands under Israeli Rnncians, in fact, supported the establishment of the Jewish state Bank merely to force the Arabs to 'look toward Moscow.' The idea is not ' - rule and those who have fled tri—the East and other parts of the Arab worsa. If the West borne out by Russian behavior at the _time, but of course it can be Bankers have not learned to love the Israelis, neither proved nor disproved. they have come to respect them. Having exPe‘• "One more delicate point should be mentioned here. Gromyko enced the efficiency of Israel's Intelligente sys- delivered his speech only one day after Pravda asserted that 'the time tom and military power, they an longer harbor- ___ was coming when- the people of the Iranian province of Azerbijan, illusions about pushing the lavaelia,,Mte bordering the Soviet Union, would regain their freedom.' If there was or of forcing them through gue rrill a action. a `.."''' ... need for further demonstrating the necessity of seeing the Soviet' accept the dismantling of the Jewish date. Many decision in the wider context - of Moscow's increased interest in the Nefarious - USSR - Role Told in Dagan s Moscow Expose sot West Bank Palestinians have become pragmatists, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern area at the time, here it is." recognizing at last that If they want to realise Meanwhile, for years after the UN action, Russia cooperated their own aspirations for statehood they will with.lsrael. There is proof in Degan's story of how Russia aided have to accept and deal with the fact of Israel. Israel la the 1548 War of Independence, the subsequent friendly diplo- tills momentous change is the made relations that began with the ambassadorial role of Geld* lick Ctm pled attitude of with West Bankers toward Israel has been as Israel's envoy to the Kremli n. the The good relatioos between Israel and Russia in the years that 111 .,..„,1111112e ..A 4,., 11° ,1 shetill , „te _m"reject "Lael_A si a , Sl jre ,..ading „,..a.T ocael preceded the 1967 war are told in the chronological account, in numer- cl."711,..,'''."' ... ",°X.74„,,,,T, 7.,,,,,Z7,./ "''''.,,,.7 _ our photos of USSR representatives with Israel's leaders. .„,",--„...... -- ,.._-- '''''__ -- -, _„" rule, like Israeli --„, Much But while an the surface there continued friendly relations, within `"-`"`" """'"' `" "'`.7 di s West Bankers will concede that it has been in Runt* there commenced the accelerated antizemitte policy. Adoption many a, " i ..reLSI.I___V of the Arab views on Israel in the Middle East became the Russian A .a.....g. " inn be21g. wa".... ' '`""''' and nine years after giving endorsement to sovereignty for , ":,_____ " ”" ,_ slogan, -"" Bank '"'..._, = -- ' ,..._7 ""`°"'-' ,„ _,.., ___ . .. Israel the antagonisms began to grow until they developed into its ''' ''"'"' ""` group "` "`"' referred ruu... and Intellectuals recently to as that present s tate with the breams of diplomatic relations with Israel "tribal redline - • • which paved the way for defeat several days after the Six-Day War. (and) has Pim as far as trying ' • to allandlate The major documents in the conflict, the Israeli statements, the our relatives sad nation." Russian attacks, the eiti-Semitie trends within the Soviet Union are These observations are important. They Irony documented -in _this thorough study. Dagan- points out that the emphasize a basic fact: that those who live one .silied Soviet policy has Aram, opposition in Communist countries. among the Israelis and who are confronted The ,hanger of a conflagration with China is considered a possibility with elevated standards for which Israel- is that could make Russia seek to mend its fences with the West. -it becomes more and mitre &Mesh to believe... bag= writes, ..that soviet responsible readily admit the benefits at- leaders a laiM to should, even in the present eireumataaess, brim awar.obi, lard alma ors rained. But these do not fully contribute seam. es "Jeans, imam net amaa n mostl e tw esMullte Stielehe=r toward a solution of the painful - problem. Mae IMO, tUM Ire= the &agar There still are the elements in Cairo and sioroossom. ge the ammo au* Peoattatt, saw wombs belt ,was lhe _e 016‘. 11!Prhesk maa awaraaa ar rjhlel, eh°01a OR ther= ee.nhgla"°•. Amman and Beirut; there still are the guer• nibs to contend with. But Hagan himielf wonders whether the USSR cheriidlea logic. - and. If Israel were affected by a more whole- Lsrael -Foreign Minister Abbe Eban, in an introduction conemendieg -Whet some situation in the U.S. State Department, Datimis -"Moscow -and Jerusalem" also poses a oddities . . the British Foreign Office, the Quai d'Orsay fo i l the blen;e . // s ol der may arraign:Tent. It Piss much a sober .7tals bet X_ and at the United Nations, and especially at relatimsit mishit have developed Istrash-So obtiquide. haw, the Kremlin, the conflict would have been skew*, might brine to change ha Soder ogler ova. still w., ab. • over long ago. But these diplomatic areas are noel • East. soviet peace, it =sit.d • Us power •ar from helpful either in solving the prob. • sows= to aatoerdel security and. p.a.., r.-••1 has u viitt ma Union 81 , tp- m/„. „mum/ T=7; se to eorrt v igre= cliti:nLltAsto leer or in assisting in ending the refugee probe ri:„.`177.0.1. will that 04 Smite °atm it te• auich te h ope " m t. is leer with the aid of Israel or through the crea- links -loth jar the of a se will toward Israel and torte/Mum now stow Dim*, • ^ Cut by halting the tide of arseebeents. io••atthio tion of the Palestinian-Jordanian state, also true witiMre of put wt the Arab Oates to join hands with Israel n 1 r fiet="11- with Israel's consent and encouragement. ' These obstacles are known. Perhaps they can It: is to be- hoped thai Jews and: pro Israelis will not be alone in study be overcome. In any event, the situation as reading Dagan's book, that Soviet officials and diplomats will a genuine it exists is fairly well known -and would not- it ii' well,in the hope of &Melling the desired unity for lasting Middllf-East peace. . be muddied either by hatreds or fantasies: and - - .