50 . SOviet Jews Reach
Israel; 100 in Sit-In
Demand Exit Permits

JEWISH NEWS

Urgent Need for
an End to
M. E. Pressures:
Lessons Provided
by Sadat's
Negative
Decision

Editorial
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TEL AVIV (JTA)—Fifty Soviet Jews—the largest contingent of Jews from Russia to arrive in Israel
—landed at Lydda Airport March 4 after a stopover in Vienna. They included families, young couples, single
men and women and youths from Moscow, Riga and Kishinev. They appeared visibly moved as they
stepped on Israeli soil for the first time, telling reporters that they had waited two or three years for
their emigration applications to be approved.
Meanwhile, 110 Soviet Jews engaged in a sitdown hunger strike in the reception room of the Supreme
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Soviet Presidium, demanding the right to emigrate to Israel.

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Russian
Sensitivities:
Permits for
Emigrants Who
Learn Their
Identities
Editorial
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Commentary
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March 12, 1971

U.S.-Israel Differences Abating;
New Negotiations Are Hopeful

Crisis in Argentina:
Anti-Semitic Threat
to Jewish Community

Argentina's 500,000 Jews are threatened by pro-
liferating, violent anti-Semitism encouraged by the
indifference of government authorities, the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai Brith warns.
Rabbi Morton Rosenthal, director of ADL's Latin
American affairs department, reports that an or-
ganized campaign of bombing and burning Jewish
communal structures in Argentina began in 1969,
reached an average of one assault per month in 1970,
and is continuing. The incidents are particularly
serious, Rabbi Rosenthal said, because Argentina
government authorities have not taken necessary
measures to apprehend those responsible and to pre-
vent further attacks.

"The government attitude," Rabbi Rosenthal said,
"seems to be that it can't grant special protection
to Jewish institutions."
There were 14 separate incidents of attacks, most-
ly bombings, duHng the 12 months beginning Feb-
ruary 1970.• This- year began with an attack on the
"Sabra" supermarket - in Cordoba. A message at-
tached to -a brick burled through the front window
urged killing the *Jews and was signed "Tacuara."
Tacuara, neo-Nazi terrorist group responsible in the
early 1960s:for: the - most critical outbreak of anti-
SernitistnelifIliigentine history, split into leftist and
rightieSt inctiOns'iln 1960. The right-wing splinter
group, Guardlisiltestauradora Nacionalista, claimed
responsibility:4er many of last year's bombings,
scrawling its-teals on the walls and leaving leaf-
lets at the scene urging support for the organiza-
tion's-goal of "Argentina for the Argentines."

The most serious assault during the year was the
explain at a bomb oa May 16 at the Jewish Corn-
novelty Csatse-sf -La Plats, capital of Buenos Aires
Province...The:bomb, made of plastic explosives
avalialble44.40She military, caused $20,101 dom-
age. t..thaqesistcs: itself and broken windows in
." structures tio4iiim Meek away.
ADL noted , that it was not until three months
later,..when osoldier at the army base near La Plata
voluntarily disclosed the complicity of officers atm-
- tioned there•nd of civilians known to be anti-

.:: Semites, thatlthe garrison commander was removed

• from his ,post and four officers and eight soldiers
were reportedly detained. But no further details of
the -"investigation" have been published.
Other bombings in 1970, using conventional tar
explOsives,-included the following:
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Reli-
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel's seesaw relations with Washington are on the upswing again.
able sources said the improvement was the result of recent developments which disillusioned American
officials about the sincerity of Egyptian protestations that it is ready to make peace. It was learned that

Foreign Minister Abba Eban will go to the U. S. early next week to meet United Nations mediator Gun-
nar V. Jarring and administration leaders, possibly President Nixon. What one cabinet minister
described last week as a "strenuous argument" between Israel and the U. S. on the issue of withdrawal
from occupied territories appeared to have abated for the time being. Government officials reportedly
learned that the U. S. tried to persuade UN Secretary General U Thant to "tone down" his criticism of
Israel in last Friday's progress report to the Security Council which urged the Israelis to make an
advance commitment on withdrawal. If the Americans did not succeed, it was not their fault, one Israeli

official said.
Eban is expected to try to persuade American officials to understand why Israel refuses to return

to its pre-June 5, 1967, borders and to exploit what foreign ministry offiicals think was a tactical
mistake by President Anwar Sadat of Egypt when he refused to accept a cease-fire extension. Wash-
ington's alleged disenchantment with Sadat was said to have been re-enforced by the latter's secret visit
_. officials recalled that when the late President Gamal Abdel Nasser went to
to Moscow last week. U. S
Moscow in January 1970, the result of his trip was a more massive Soviet military buildup in Egypt.
Menahem Begin, leader of the opposition Gahal faction, continued to demand new elections be-

White House Visit
Gratifies Shazar

WASHINGTON (JTA)--President Zalman
Shazar of Israel and President Richard M.
Nixon met Monday morning at the White
House for 35 minutes in what was described
as an unofficial courtesy call. There was
no official statement from the White House
on the content of the discussion between
the two presidents. Shaul Ben Haim, press
attache at the Israel Embassy, said after
the meeting that Shazar "was most grati-
fied by the cordial reception." Itzhak
Rabin, Israel's ambassador to Washington,
accompanied - Shst7.r during the meeting
with Nixon. Although the visit by Israel's
President was unofficial, he received a
military honor.
Detailed story on Shamir

visit in the U.• S. on Page 3

fore Israel makes any decision on the withdrawal question.
He told 1,000 cheering students at the Haifa Technion Sunday

night that new elections would bring into office a new govern-
ment that would not need to endorse the decisions of the
previous government.
Eban dclared in the Snesset Wednesday that there was
neither a "confrontation" nor a cooling off of relations between
Washington and Israel. He praised President Nixon's "firm
stand" against an imposed Middle East peace settlement. He
disclosed that the President bad reiterated that stand at his
White House meeting Tuesday with President Zalman Shazar
of Israel. He charged that Egypt's desire for an imposed settle-
ment was the main stumbling block to peace.
Speaking in reply to Haim Landau of the opposition

Gahal faction, Eban conceded that there were differences of
opinion between Israel and the U. S. on the question of borders.
He said the U. S. never concealed its view that any border
changes should be only minor ones.
Eban sharply criticized the Soviet Union and France
for refusal to join in a four-power appeal for an extension of
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Israers Position: Text of Message to Jarring

The follotiing document, dated Feb. 26- was submitted
to Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring, in English, by Israel UN dele-

gate Yosef Tekoah:

Pursuant to our meetings on Feb. 9 and 17, I am
instructed to convey to you, and through you to the
UAR, the following:
Israel views favorably the expression by the UAR of
its readiness to enter into peace agreement with Israel
and reiterates that it is prepared for meaningful negotia-
tions on all subjects relevant to a peace agreement be-
tween the two countries.

The government of Israel wishes to state that the
peace agreement between Israel and the UAR should—
inter alia—include the provisions set out below.
A. Israel would give undertakings covering the fol-

lowing:
1. Declared and explicit decision to regard the con-

flict between Israel and the UAR as finally - ended, and
termination of all claims and states of war and acts of
hostility or belligerency between Israel and the LIAR
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Allied Jewish Campaign Opening Date Set for April 1

The official opening of the 1971 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund will be held 6:30 p.m. April 1 at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Meyer M. Fishman and Max M. Shaye, campaign chairmen, announced.
Martin Agronsky, nationally known journalist and television commentator, will be the featured speaker at the

dinner.

Palestine Post, Israel's English-language daily, and he has retained
Agronsky began his career as a reporter for the
his interest in the affairs of the Middle East during his entire distinguished career.
He covered the last days of the Spanish Civil War for American and British papers and in 1940 joined the na-
news for ABC and CBS, as well as

tional Broadcasting Co. as its Balkan correspondent. Since then he has covered the
NBC. He is presently with the Washington Post-Newsweek television and radio network.
preparation for the official opening of the campaign will conclude during the coming
Pre-campaign activities in
week with guest speakers and specially arranged division functions.
last Sunday and will con-
the major undertakings is the Women's division Phonogift which commenced
Among telephone
clude witkthe
solicitations next Sunday. A volunteer force is contacting 10,000 women with requests for double.
giving ta:the Allied Jewish Campaign in this year of mounting emergencies for Israel.

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(Detailed story on Page 5)

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Martin Agronsky

