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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
12—Friday, July 23, 1971
Bar-lian Trustees OK
Expansion Budget
President Nixon confers with Secretary of State William P.
Rogers (left) and U. S. security affairs adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger
aboard Air Force One en route to Washington. Kissinger flew to Red
China to start arrangements for a Nixon visit to Peking, a plan that
stunned the diplomatic world.
Nixon's China Policy: What It Means for M. E.
Eastern conflict in which it has
By EDWIN EYTAN
played, up to now, a waiting game
JTA European Bureau Chief
with
the U.S.
Nixon's
;
PARIS (JTA)—President
forthcoming trip to Peking signals
China's entry into the game of in-
ternational summit-politics. The
two Superpowers now have become.
three.
One of the immediate effects of
this change is that the new role of
the Chinese People's Republic will
influence Middle East develop-
ments in numerous, sometimes con-
tradictory ways. One must expect
some favorable and some unfavor-
able changes in the Middle East
conflict.
China opposes a political or
peaceful solution. Although Israel
recognized the People's Republic
as long ago as Jan. 7. 1950, Peking
has never tried to hide its deep
hostility toward the Jewish state
for well-known ideological and
practical considerations.
China has supported the Arab
positions in the Mid East conflict
and intensified its support of the
Arabs after the June 1967 war.
China actively supports the Pal-
estinian guerrilla movements,
trains and assists such organiza-
tions as the Popular Front for
the Liberation of Palestine and
the even more radical Demo-
cratic Popular Front. Some lead-
ers of these bodies have visited
Peking repeatedly.
True to its ideological premises,
and in order to support the Arab
cause, the People's Republic offi-
cially opposes any political solu-
tion and asks for a "military and
revolutionary solution" in the Mid
East.
China maintains diplomatic rela-
tions with 11 of the 14 members of
the Arab League. Only Saudi
Arabia, Lebanon and Jordan are
not on speaking terms with Peking.
Even such avowedly anti-Commu-
nist states as Kuwait have recog-
nized the Peking rulers.
Arab leaders, on the other hand,
do not fear the Chinese, who have
had little influence in the Mid East,
up to now. For one thing, China is
distant. For another, almost all
Arab Communist parties (which
are considered dangerous by the
Arab governments) are bitterly
anti-Chinese and ardently pro-
Soviet. This is especially evident in
Sudan, Egypt and Syria.
The People's Republic is now
bound to adopt a more responsi-
ble international position. Nixon's
projected Peking visit shows that
the Chinese leadership has
stopped looking at the world in
black and white if, indeed, they
ever did—and now regard it in a
much more graded way in order
to forego the possibility of a
united Soviet-American front.
The main supporter of the Arabs,
the Soviet Union, now finds itself
outflanked on the east by China
and may find it necessary to find a
nonviolent solution to the Mid
all states int the area will she be
able to attain that goal."
sky, editor of "Frei Israel," the
Communist Party's Yiddish
organ in New York. Lipsky, he
said, was approached by a Russian
UN delegate, Tchurillin, who was
also once stationed in Israel.
U.S.
RAMAT-GAN—The global board
of trustees of Bar-Ilan University
recently approved a budget of more
than IL 57,000,000 ($16,000,000)
with about 25 per cent of that ear-
marked for expansion.
The action w a s taken at the
board's annual meeting, attended
by more than 50 members from all
over the world. __/
Expansion plans call for a new
synagogue, a cultural center, addi-
tional dormitories, a campus for
science-based industries, possibly
a medical school, an Institute for
Teachers' Training for the Diz"
pora and an Academic Instit
for Rabbinical Studies.
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Reviewing Israel's position in
world affairs, Eban said, "If we
Installed and
analyze the balance of our achive-
ments we shall see that the Arab
Serviced
offensive, despite its strength, has
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not achieved a single one of its
objectives. Israel has remained in identical questions, how relations
the cease-fire positions without between Israel and the USSR could
political pressure having been ex- be improved.
erted to force her out. She has
found, and is finding, ways to
strengthen her defenses. She is re-
ceiving massive economic aid. In-
stead of being isolated and cut
off from her world-wide contacts,
she is expanding them in every
field and on every continent and
has become a focal point for world
interest."
Meanwhile, Dr. Moshe Sneh,
MR. & MRS. GROUP and the New Horizons Chapter
leader of Maki, the independent
Communist faction, confirmed that
several of its members have been
Eban Speaks on Relations
the objects of "feelers" from Soviet
With China and USSR
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diplomats as to Israel's attitude on
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Foreign improving relations with the Soviet
Minister Abba Eban discussed Is- Union.
rael's relationships with the Peo-
Sneh's faction is not oriented
ple's Republic of China and the toward Moscow or any other
Soviet Union Monday and indicated Communist capital. He said that
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Finally, President Nixon's visit
to Peking will in all probability,
open an era of relaxation of inter-
national tension. For Israel, any
international de-escalation can
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On relations with the USSR,
the Israel foreign minister said,
"We may assume that the USSR
government will review its policy
in the light of the situation in
our area and changes on the
international scene. If her aim is
to play a positive role in the area
to prevent a major conflagration,
to ensure her legitimate inter-
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