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Warfare' Danger Alerts
it t o Meet With Nixon,

Israeli Tribunal Upholds
WZCongress Vote by Mail

JERUSALEM (JTA)—A high Zionist tribunal has upheld
the method selected by the American Zionist Federation to
choose delegates to the next World Zionist Congress.
In a ruling handed . down here Monday night, the WZC
"court of honor" decreed that mail ballots were a proper means
of election, thereby denying a challenge brought before the
court by the Zionist Organization of America and the United
Zionist-Revisionists of America. --
The tribunal also endorsed the AZF's plan to select 55 per
cent of the delegates by ballot and 25 per cent by party nomi-
nation;'but it voided an interparty agreement on the distribu-
tion of delegate seats whieh-the ZOA and the Revisionists claim
was exclusionary.
The. court ruling criticized the ZOA for having agreed

ment under which seats were to be distributed between Hadas-
sah, the Labor Zionists and Mizrachi without regard to their
respective memberships.
The ZOA charged that the deal, made at a caucus last

September,. was designed to get the Mizrachi faction to vote in
favor of the AZF's election plans. There will be 152 American
delegates to the 28th World Zionist Congress, scheduled to
open here Jan. IL
Under the rules agreed to by 75 per cent of the AZF's area

elections committee, no _party will receive more than 40 per
cent of the seats regardless of its numerical strength and none
will get less than 3 seats. Numerically, Hadassah accounts for

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about half of the AZF's meinbership.
The court ruling criticized the ZOA for having agreed
only lately -to have its membership lists checked by auditors
from Jerusalem. It also criticized reluctance of the various
parties to open -their - membership _lists to one another's in-
spection.
The tribti-nal ordered the appellants—ZOA and Revisionists
—to refrain from making public accusations in the future with
respect to its decision and called on them to cooperate in a
spirit of good will to ensure that the elections will be carried
out smoothly.
The tribunal was headed by Israeli Supreme Court Justice
Moshe Landau. Its members were four lawyers—Dr. David
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Special to The Jewish News

Recognizing the danger that Egypt may inaugurate a "limited warfare" campaign
against Israel in order to exonerate President Anwar Sadat's threats, which were reiterated
several .times during- the past 'weekend, Israel requested opportunities to meet with Ameri-
can officials on the highest level to discuss the general Middle East situation
It was revealed in Washington on Tuesday that Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's prime minis-
ter, will-meet with President Nixon and Secretary of State Rogeis next week for a review
of the entire situation. It was indicated that the planned meeting is not for the purpose of
renewing requests for immediate sale of Phantom jets by the United States to Israel„.Ind to
explore the dangers that may explode in the event Sadat lives up to his appeal - to his troops
"fight-fiercely" in an impending war against Israel.
Abandoning for the time being the negotiations for the reopening of - the- Suez Canal,
State Department officials said - further action will await results of -the debate on the Middle
East at the United Nations General Assembly, -Which may begin Wednesday. But it was empha-
sized that neither Israel nor Egypt have closed their doors to a possible interim agreement.
Charles Bray,- State Department spokesman, refused to confirm reports that there have
been visible Egyptian troop movements along the Suez Canal. He also declined to comment
on Sadat's war-threatening speeches.
The Senate Tuesday. adopted a bill, introduced by Sen. Henry Jackson; entitled "Aircraft
and Other Equipment for Israel as Authorized by Public Law 91-441," as an amendment to H.R.
11731 providing for Defense Department appropriations. Acted upon immediately and adopted
by overwhelming vote, the amendment provides:
"For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to finance sales, credit sales and
guarantees of defense articles and defense services to Israel, as authorized by Section 501

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of Public Law 91441 (84 Stat. 909), $500,000,000, of which amount not less than $250,000,000
shall be available to finance sales, credit sales and guarantees of F-4 Phantom aircraft to Is-
rael." The Washington senator urged adoption of this provision in a speech on the Senate
floor Tuesday afternoon.
Le Figaro of Paris reported that 13 Soviet military advisers were expelled from
Cairo for making critical remarks about the Egyptian army. Le Figaro said the advisers
were supervisors of anti-aircraft defenses in Alexandria's port area.
Israel Foreign Minister Abba Eban said in Jerusalem Sunday that 'Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat's speech last Saturday calling for war against Israel deserves strong international
criticism and "shows a blatant disregard of the aspirations and interests of peace-loving peoples
everywhere."
Israeli officials studying Sadat's text described this as his most belligerent so far that
left him almost no possibility for retraction.
Addressing Egyptian troops along the Suez Canal Saturday, Sadat said, "I have come to
tell you that the battle is at hand." He said he had made a decision to fight Lirael because
there .`Ys no longer any hope whatsoever of a peaceful settlement." Sadat • exhorted the

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Eye-Witness Tells Syrian Barbarism;
- Airs Plight uf 5;000 Surviving Jews

State Department Modifies Assessment of M.E.
Power Balance; Reveals New USSR Aid to Egypt

NEW YORK (JTA)=A story of harassment, imprisonment, the -forced com-
mission of unnatural acts, beatings and other barbarous tortures was revealed by a
17-year-old Jewish youth who escaped four months ago from the terror under which
he says the Jews of Syria now live. -
- The youth, who uses the fictitious name of Eli Levy to protect friends and rela-
tives still in Syria, spoke in Arabic and had the services of an interpreter as he answer-
ed questions put to him by Gen- (Bet.) Lucius D. Clay, chairman of the Committee
of Concern, a nonsectarian group concerned about the plight of minorities in Arab
countries. -
Levy stated that the Jewish community- in Syria numbers about 5,000, with
about 3,500 living in the capital city of Damascus, 1,000 in -Aleppo, and 500 Is Kamishlie.
He said each city's Jews live in a segregated community, and there is no con-
tact between the communities. Jews are barred from leaving the country and may
not -travel outside a three-mile radius of their homes.
Other harassments described by .Levy Include the requirement that Identity
cards carried by Jews have the word "Jew" prominently written across both the face
and back of the card in red ink.
A photostat of what was said to be a Syrian Jew's identity card was displayed
at the press conference:
Also, according to Levy, Jews are subjected to a variety of economic restrictions
and are kept under constant surveillance by the• secret police.
The young man said he was arrested three times, though once his offense was
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WASHINGTON (JTA)—The State Department revealed that since Nov. 1, the
Soviet Union had added up to 10 TU-16 Badger jet reconnaissance-bombers to its "in-
ventory" in Egypt: The planes, which carry Egyptian markings, are being flown by
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•Soviet crews.
Department spokesman Charles Bray refused to confirm or deny that the planes
were supersonic or that they would ultimately be turned over to the Egyptians. Bray
did say, however, that this was not the "first indication" that Egypt had received other
- defensive weapons.
In announcing-- the arrival of the Badger jets in Egypt, the State Department
apparently modified its assessment of the Middle East situation when Bray told news-
- men that based on information available - as of Nov. 1, the Soviet Union is showing
"remarkable restraint" in the shipment of arms to Egypt.
Bray said the U. S. would, in the course of its continuing review of the Middle
East situation, "look to- see" if these- deliveries may not have opened a gap "in what
• we have described as Soviet restraint." But he would not say if the shipment of
planes had affected the _balance of power in the area.
Bray did say that the TU-16s were the planes used by the Soviets to keep the
American fleet in the Mediterranean under surveillance..
Rep. Bella S. Abzug (D., N. Y.) and seven Jewish organizational and congre-
- gational leaders on Nov. 18 told Assistant Secretary of State Joseph J. Sisco why
Israel needs more Phantom jets. Mrs. Abzug said later that Sisco told them "that
despite widespread interpretations of recent State Department statements, no decision
to discontinue the sale of Phantom jets to Israel has been made."

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