Events, Personalities Reviewed
Communist Backing of Arab
2-Volume Zionist-Israel Encyclopedia
Plan to Destroy Israel Exposed Fulfills Needs for Information-Seekers
by Maki Leader Moshe Sneh
By MOSHE RON
Jewish News Special Israel
Correspondent
TEL AVIV—For the first time
the Israeli Communist Party, Maki,
was not invited to the 24th con-
ference of the Russion Communist
Party. Only two leaders of the pro-
- Moscow Israeli Communist Party,
Meir Wilner and Emil Habibi, at-
tended.
Wilner announced on his return
from Moscow that he had brought
with him a peace program, which
consisted only of the Egyptian an-
swer to the proposals of Dr. Gun-
nar Jarring, that Cairo was ready
to conclude a peace treaty with
Israel, if Israel would withdraw
from all occupied territories and
agree to a solution for the Pales-
tinian problem.
Wilner declared that it was a
historic chance for Israel which
should be used. The leader of
Maki, Dr. Moshe Sneh, described
Wilner's report and proposals as
a hypocritic maneuver. Dr. Sneh
pointed out that three days after
Sadat's declaration that he was
ready to consider peace with Is-
rael, he said in the conference of
the Palestinian Council that his
first aim was to bring about an
Israeli withdrawal from the terri-
tories occupied in she Six-Day War
and then the Palestinians could
continue their struggle for the lib-
eration of the whole of Palestine.
Also, Egyptian Foreign Minister
Mahmoud Riad stated on German
TV that even if Israel were to
withdraw from the occupied terri-
tories, Egypt would not recognize
the state of Israel, as Egypt only
recognizes an Arab Palestine in
which the Jewish population should
ference between Rakah and Fatah
is that Fatah proclaims a priori a
wish to liquidate the state of Is-
rael and establish a Palestinian
state, whereas Rakah thinks that
first there should be an Israeli
withdrawal to the lines of June 4,
1967, and then there should come
the demand for the return of hun-
dreds of thousands of Palestinian
refugees to the smaller Israel,
which would endanger the Jewish
character of Israel. Wilner was
certainly surprised that the organ
of the Italian CP published the
contents of his informal talk with
leaders of the Italian CP.
Dr. Sneh also reveals details
about the speeches of Arab leaders
at the Moscow conference, and
states that they did not attack only
the Israeli government but also Is-
rael and its people as racists, co-
lonialists, imperialists, etc., though
not mentioning leftish groups and
Rakah . . . None of them men-
tioned the possibility of peace with
Israel and the right of an Israeli
existence in the Near East. The
most extreme attitude was adopted
by the secretary of the Jordan CP,
Fuad Nasser, who revealed that
his party has created its own ter-
rorist organization, which plays an
important role in the activities of
terrorists in the occupied territo-
ries, especially in the Gaza Strip,
where up till now many Jewish
soldiers and civilians, as well as
over a hundred Arab civilians,
among them women and children,
were killed by terrorists.
Dr. Sneh said that his talks
with leaders of the Italian CP in
Rome gave a new definition on
who should be considered as a
leftist functionary: only a person
have equal rights. Therefore, the who sees in the June 1967 war an
so-called Egyptian peace plan, imperialistic aggression on Israel's
which Wilner brought with him part, and advocates a total Israeli
from Moscow, constitutes only the withdrawal from the occupied ter-
first step of the complete liquida- ritories. As Maki and Mapam con-
tion of Israel.
- sider the Six-Day War as a war of
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defense for Israel and are against
Dr. Sneh revealed the details of such a complete withdrawal, these
a talk which Wilner and his col- parties should not be considered
leagues had with leaders of the as leftish, Wilner argued. He men-
Italian CP in Rome. In this talk, tioned certain leftist groups in Is-
Wilner made it clear that the dif- rael like "Siach," led by the for-
Many questions asked about
Inspired by Dr. Emanuel Neu-
mann, chairman of American Sec- Israel and subjects related to
tion of the Jewish Agency for the Jewish state in Zionist and
Israel, Herzl Press, together with Jewish history are answered
McGraw Hill Book Co., has just here succinctly. The two vol-
issued the voluminous two-volume umes undoubtedly will be among
"Encyclopedia of Zionism and Is- the most used in dealing with
rael." Edited by Dr. Raphael Pa- Middle East issues as they af-
tai, the director of research at fect the Jewish people.
Herzl Press and presently pro-
They were published under the
fessor of anthropology at Fair- patronage of President Zalman
Shazar of Israel who, on his re-
cent visit in this country, was
presented with first copies to be
made available of this encyclo-
pedia.
Of special value are the biog-
raphies of perhaps 1,000 or more
Jews who played vital roles in
Zionist and Jewish history and
in Israel's creativity.
While there may be many short-
comings—the two volumes in es-
sence are a compilation of mate-
rial that will be found in many
other biographical compilations,
Jewish Who's Who editions and
other works the fact that both
the sketches of Jewish leaders
and the events in which they were
involved appear in a single work
elevates the encyclopedia to a
high rank in available informa-
tional data about the most impor-
tant subject in Jewish life today.
—
DR. EMANUEL NEUMANN
leigh Dickinson University, the
new work is the result of several
years of labor. It is, as the title
states, encyclopedic, and its 1,292
pages contain valuable informa-
tion about events, personalities,
Zionist history and Israel accom-
plishments in many spheres.
Dr. Neumann, whose guidance
has encouraged the publication
of this and other valuable works
by Herzl Press, made an inter-
esting comment when he said:
"It is particularly appropriate
that the 'Encyclopedia of Zion-
ism and Israel' be published now
when Zionism is being used by
the Arabs, the New Left and
other enemies of Israel and
Jewry as almost a code word
for 'anti-Semitism.' The truth
is that today Zionism is rec-
ognized as one of the great
libertarian movements of the
20th Century."
Dr. Neumann points out aptly
A Conversation Series
Mapam leader Jacob Rifkin,
and "Haolam Hazeh," led by -Uri
Avnery.
Dr. Sneh states that Rakah has
no partisans among the Jewish
population of Israel. Its only in-
fluence is . among Arab national-
ists. He expressed his regret that
the former Mapam leader, Jacob
Rifkin, tries to influence certain clopedia that it "combines the
Here the reader who seeks in-
leftist circles in Israel to support history of the Zionist movement formation on Zionist parties and
the extreme line of .Rakah and with the history of Israel since their ideologies will have the defi-
those who identify a leftist policy its establishment in 1948, since nitions he seeks. All the countries
with one of hatred for 'Israel and
in the world that had any share
its people.
By Shiomo Kodesh
TARBUTH FOUNDATION
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OFIRREW.PULTURE
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special in the heavens. He seems very tense.
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it will be a "kosher" saucer. You can depend on TZAHAL.
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Reuven: Excuse me. I don't understand. What flying saucer arc you talk-
saucer in the sky?
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raised my head in order to stop the bleeding...
your nose, you stand (here) all the time and confuse people who
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S. Z. ABRAMOV
settlers in the Palestinian col-
onies that were established in 1882,
with the Hibat (Love of) Zion
movement and the various Aliyot.
The brevity of the 1,000 or
more articles adds significance
to the work that becomes a pop-
ular source of information on
the various aspects of the Zion-
ist movement and its achieve-
ment—the emergence of Israel.
in his foreword to the new ency-
ISRAEL'IS ► ILE 7rni innwit
Released by
be asked in connection with the'
Zionist movement—questions about
its history and ideologies, its party
formations, its institutions and or-
ganizations; and the men and
women who created it. It deals.
not only with its Diaspora phases
but also with its ramifications
in Palestine and, after 1948, in
the state of Israel."
The 285 scholars from 34 coun-
tries who labored for six years .
to Compile the facts for the en-
cyclopedia concerned themselves
with political issues and cm?.
rences, with towns and villa'
1 in Eretz Israel. They concernea
themselves with the first Jewish.
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Excerpted from the book "Israel With A Smile", published by Tarbuth Foundation, 515 Park Ave.,
N. Y. C. 10022
Zionism and Israel are but two
aspects of the same process in-
extricably woven together. In re-
building its National Home the
Jewish people, still dispersed, has
been rebuilding itself, no longer
a conglomeration of individuals,
of seperate groups and communi-
ties, but one People united in
its diversity and firm in its col-
lective determination to reshape
its destiny."
Dr. Patai's introduction also ex-
presses the hope that the new en-
cyclopedia will "contain the an-
swers to questions most likely to
48—Friday, May 28, 1971
in Zionism and in aiding Israel,
are represented here through their
leaders, rabbis, Zionist workers
and the aims they attained.
Member of the Israel Knesset
S. Z. Abramov assisted Dr. Patai
as associate editor. Consulting ed-
itors included the late Dr. Oskar
K. Rabinowicz and Dr. Joseph B.
Schechtman. Gertrude Hirschle•
and Prof. Tovia Preschel, both'
of New York, were assistant ed-
itors. •
The editorial advisory commit-
tee headed by Dr. Neumann com;
prised 11 scholars, seven from New
York and four from Israel. The
New York members were Dr. Sid-
ney B. Hoenig, Dr. Patai, Prof.
Marie Syrkin and the late D'
Samuel K. Mirsky, Dr. Oskar
Rabinowicz, Dr. Joseph b.
Schechtman and C. Bezalel Sher-
man. The Israeli members of the
committee were Arye A. Pincus,
Prof. Nathan Rotenstreich, Dr.
Hayim Yahil and the ,late Zvi
Lurie.
There are more than 600 photo-
graphs, charts and maps in the
new encyclopedia.
As a reference work it emerges
of immense value and its appear-
ance is traceable to the encour-
agement given the project hy. Is-
rael's President Shazar who, when
he was director of the department
of education and culture of the
Jewish Agency for Israel, gave
his blessings to this immense work.
P. S.
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