12,000 Newcomers to Israel in 1971... 12,000 From USSR

JERUSALEIC(JTA)—The Central Bureau of Statistics
reported that 42,000 persons arrived in Israel during 1971
as immigrants or potential settlers compared to 36,800
in 1970. The category of potential immigrants was defined
as persons from Western countries who arrived on tourist

or temporary resident visas and have not yet changed
their status. The number of persons in that category in
1971 was. 15,800, according to the statistics bureau.
There were 26,200 permanent ,settlers during the
past year, nearly half of them from the Soviet Union.

According to reports last month, more than 12000 Jewish
emigres arrived in Israel from the USSR during 1971.
The statistics bureau reported that 12,100 persons immi-
grated to Israel during the last quarter of 1971, com-
pared to 9,700 during the corresponding period of 1970.

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JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel Galili, labor minister
withoWAJOrtfolio, said Monday night that the resumption
0f-.4tUgelcItU..tfeliveries of Phantom Jets to Israel is in
no way linked lirtolitital concessions by Israel. Galili,
who is close to Premier Golda Meir, is one of a number
of high-level Israeli figures who regard President Nixon's
remarks on a U. S. television interview Sunday night as
a statement of his decision to supply the supersonic fight-
er boMbers to Israel.
Speahffig on a radio interview here, Galili expressed
hope .that Nixon's statement would be put into practice
soon.
Galili said the Israel government was open to discus-
sion on an interim agreement to reopen the Suez Canal
and an over-all agreement, the sole condition being that
these discussions are held without prior conditions. Re-
garding the return of UN Mediator Gunnar V. Jarring
to an -active -foie in Mid East peace efforts, Galili said:
"The - Egyptians have decided on war but for the present
refrain from opening fire and have declared their will-
ingness to try_the political course. Israel must therefore
be readyfixr - waew beginning." He added that Israel must
remain on the_salert for a possible renewal of hostilities
which "mnliek-it 'vital not to miss any political oppor-
tunities." • • •

Nixon .Reaffirms U. S.
Commitments to Israel

WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Nixon reaffirmed
Monday night that the United States has made a commit-
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PARIS (JTA)—President Georges Pompidou told assembled foreign diplomats Monday night
that "fighting in the Middle East may break out anew at any moment" and that "a just and
lasting peace" in that region was nowhere in sight. Pompidou addressed the diplomats who had
come to the Elysee Palace to present their good wishes for the new year. Among them was Israel
Ambassador Asher Ben Natal with whom Pompidou was to meet Thursday to try to break the dead-
lock over Israel's 50 embargoed Mirage Jet fighters.
The French president mentioned the Middle East as one of the world's areas of tension and
gave a somber appraisal of the situation. Walking among the ambassadors later, he spoke briefly to
Ben-Natan, saying-he wished-kmael--"peace - for 1972:- Re also talked at length to_ the Egyptian am-
bassador and other Arab displomats.
Pompidou's planned meeting with Ben-Natan on Thursday was to be over reimbursement to
Israel for the 50 Mirages embargoed since the Six-Day War. Israel agreed in principle last year to
accept monetary reimbursement for the planes, but after three months of negotiations on an am-
bassadorial level the two sides were reportedly far apart as to terms. French sources said Pompidou
intends to use the talks with Ben-Natan as an opportunity to normalize Franco-Israeli relations on
a broader scale in all political fields. Their talk was to be in private. Sources said the issues to be
raised include the European Common Market and the over-all Middle East situation. Israel has
asked to be included in the EEC's list from any new diplomatic initiatives in the Middle East.

LONDON (JTA)—Vice-Premier Li Hsien-Hien of the People's Republic of China, - that coun-
try's new strong man, has accused the Soviet Union of sabotaging "the just struggle of the Pale-
stinian and other Arab peoples against aggression." Speaking in Peking at a banquet given for the
Iraqi delegation, headed by Abdul Khaliq Al Saarra, the Chinese leader said that "without .he
support of American imperialism, Israel cannot survive.
"On the other hand," he continued, "social imperialism (the Soviet Union), which is con-
tending and colluding with American imperialism at the same time, has tried in 1,001 ways to
sabotage the just struggle of the Palestinian and other Arab peoples against aggression."
The vice-premier said "the Palestinian and other Arabs have become increasingly aware
as to who are their friends and who are false ones. The 100,000,000 Arab people are experiencing
a new awakening." He asserted: "We firmly maintain that the legitimate rights of the Palestinian
people to return to their homeland and to national existence must be restored."
At the same time, Hsien declared that "the Israeli Zionist aggressors must withdraw from
all the Arab territories they have invaded and occupied."

Terrorist Activity Injures 7 in Israel; New
Wrinkle Emerges: Booby-Trapped Packages

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Six persons were injured by terrorist bomb explosions in Natanya and Kfar Saba
Wednesday.
The- new eruption of terrorist activity against civilians coincided with a flood of booby-trapped par-
cels arriving in the mail from abroad during the past three days.
An Israeli bomb disposal expert was seriously injured when one of them exploded Tuesday.
Four persons were injured and hospitalized in Kfar Saba Wednesday morning when a device con-
sisting of two band grenades and an electric detonator exploded in a trash can near the bus station on the
of the town. The explosion occurred at 8:20 a.m. About an hour earlier, a grenade exploded under
street
a peddler's cart in Natanya, injuring the 71-year-old peddler and a woman bystander. Both were hospi-
talized. Police are investigating the incidents.
Platanya, a costal town, and Kfar Saba are frequented by hundreds of Arabs from the nearby
West Bank_ towns of Tulkarem and Halkilya.
- Israeli authorities believe the bomb parcels are the work of an Arab terrorist organization headed
by Ahmed- Jubrill, believed responsible for a midair explosion that destroyed an Israel-bound Swissair

jet in 1970.
The Jubrill group split from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Dr. George
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Habash; and is believed to have among its members former Syrian army officers who are explosive ex-

peals.

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Host of the booby-trapped parcels intercepted in the last few days were mailed from Vienna. Some,
however) came from Yugoslavia, a country which has no diplomatic ties with Israel and is known to
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harbor Arab terrorists.

Encyclopedia Judaica Coming
Off Press; Available on Jan. 24

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Completion of the new Encyclopedia
Judaica—the first in 70 years—was celebrated with a champagne
party here Dec. 30. The 16-volume-plus-index work that was five
years in the making was hailed by its promoters as the largest
Jewish publishing project of the century. The encyclopedia will
be distributed in the Western Hemisphere by the Macmillan Co.
for $500 a set.
The official publication date is Jan. 24 when President Zalman
Shazar of Israel will receive a complimentary set. Mayor Teddy
Kollek will proclaim Encyclopedia Judaica Day in Jerusalem.
The project was begun under the editorship of the late Prof. Cecil
Roth, who was succeeded after his death last year by Dr. Geoffrey
Wigoder. The encyclopedia contains contributions from some 2,000
scholars, about 1,200 of them in Israel and 600 in the United States.
A complete set contains over 11,000,000 words in more than
13,000 pages. There are 8,000 illustrations, maps, charts and dia-
grams. The encyclopedia was printed by Keter Ltd., a subsidiary
of the Israel Klal Holding Co.
The idea for a new Encyclopedia Judaica was first conceived
by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress.
Keter plans a shortened version of the encyclopedia in -Russian
for immigrants from the Soviet Union.

