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The Candidates: Their Views on the Middle East
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
2—Friday, June 16, 1972
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The battle for the Democratic nomination for the Presidency is
and modern languages, is establish-
on in full force, and the constituency asks many questions about the
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candidates attitudes en all the issues that concern us. In Jewish ranks
in order to make better use of the
there is anxiety about the positions of the Presidency•seekers on
university's linguistic talent. •
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Israel's role and the Arab situation_
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President Nixon's position has been stated quite clearly. His
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Secretary of State ( William Rogers) has been judged as rather
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NEW JDC TURN: A new and important chapter in its work
uncertain There have been vacillations. Of late he appears to have
rected by Dr. Raphael Nir.
in Israel is now being opened by the Joint Distribution Committee.
adhered to the Nixon position one of assurance of security for
According to Prof. Chaim Rabin,
For almost a quarter of a century, the JDC has been providing
Israel. From the time when Mr. Nixon was a candidate, in the
initiator of the project, there are
early months of 1968, he has avowed friendship and has made
care for thousands of aged immigrtants in Israel through its Malben
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pledges not to let Israel down. It is an established fact that during
stitutes at universities throughout institutions there. Local needy aged residents did not come within the
his administration — thanks to a friendly Congress — Israel was not
the world. He notes that transla- scope of Malben because they are hot'in the category of immigrants.
betrayed.
tion can be an "export business" The newcomers found new homes in the Malben institutions, feeling
It is safe to say that most of the Democratic candidates are
and quoted Finance Minister Pinhas very secure for the best of their lines, happy with their environment,
friends of Israel, with the possible exception of Mrs. Shirley Chisholm_
Sapir who stated that Israel ex-
aria endlessly grateful to the JDC for not being foresaken in their old
The other candidates can be quoted positively, and it is nec-
ports over 51,000,000 in translated
age. The Israeli aged remained the responsibility of local municipal-
scientific literature annually, as ities in the country where institutional care for non-immigrant aged
essary that we all become fully informed on what they advocate,
well as in printed material in is not a first priority area under present conditions because of insuf-
what they believe, what is to he expected from them.
languages other than Hebrew.
After all the Middle East is crucial in the American foreign
ficient funds.
The finance minister, urging the
policy programs What happens there may he as vital to America •
JDC has always been aware or the need of developing programs for
university
to
set
up
a
professional
as it is tee world Jew ry and to Israel Therefore, let the facts be
all the Israeli aged, not just for immigrants. Toward this end it
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known
initiated
discussions with various g wernment ministries to establish a
would mean a substantial increase
Let us start with George McGovern. There were occasions when
non-governmental association to plan and develop a country-wide
of this export commodity.
Le spike about 'an internationalized Jerusalem. about a withdrawal,
The following 20 modern langu- network of comprehensive—institut onal and community—services for
etc. It may have been a temporary view, and it may have been
ages are taught at Hebrew Uni- the aged.
exaggerated Rut his present position is a positive one. lie is a
versity: Albanian, Amharic, Arabic,
As a result, a national voluntary organization was formed under
friend I Iv believes there should be all-out assistance for Israel's pro-
Chinese, English, French. German,
the name Association for Planning and Development of Services for
tection and that the United States should assist -in securing just rights
Hebrew,
Hindi,
Italian,
Japanese,
the Aged. Malben institutions, now open only to new immigrants, will
for Russian Jewry and should make available means for Soviet Jews
I adino, Persian, Portuguese, Rus-
to settle in Israel. or in the United States when they choose to be
be available to all residents of Israel in need of the service, under an
sian, Spanish. Swahili, Turkish, agreement just signed between Jr*: chairman Edward Ginsberg and
reunited with relatives in this country. The McGovern position is:
Urdu and Yiddish.
Israel's Minister of Finance Pinhas Sapir. The agreement provides that
Firm support for Israel to preserve Mideast military balance
Classical languages taught at
the Malben Institutions, with mores than 2,000 beds for the aged, be
. Supports U.S neutrality on Mid East boundary settlement.
the university are: Akkadian, An- i
transferred
by April 1, 1973 to the new association, which will also
Hubert NI Humphrey is critical of the administration's "incon.
glo-Saxon, Aramaic, Armenian,
set up an additional 800 beds in a netw'or'k of regional institutions for
sistencies" in the Middle East for encouraging Arab "intransigence''
Avestan, Church Slavonic, Coptic,
a variety of services to all elderly people in Israel.
as 1 hindering a negotiated settlement .
Egyptian. Ethiopic. Gothic, Greek,
He favors strong U.S. military and economic support for Israel.
THE JDC TRADITION: The hew association — which will be
Iturrian, Latin, Mandaic, Modern
Senator Edward Muskie has conic out for stronger I' S. military
Aramaic (Kurdish), Old Persian, governed by a board of six membdrs, three of Malben—was initiated
sapp.rt
for Israel
Palestinian Christian Aramaic, by the JDC in line with its traditional policy of establishing relief and
Governor George Wallace is hard to judge. Since he considers
Parthian, Pehlevi. Phoenician. Pro-
rehabilitation programs, and train staff of experts for them, with a view
all foreign aid to be wasteful. he has not even considered Israel,
vencal, Samaritan, Sanskrit, South- to transfer them later to the locat communities. The JDC then con-.
although he has made flattering remarks about his Jewish friends and
Arabian, Sumerian, Syriac, Tadz- tinues to provide financial support ifor them until such time when the
clainis Jewish kinship through his wife's relative , .
hik. Tigrigna and Ugaritic.
local community is in a position to fully maintain them.
Then there is Wilbur Mills He favors strong I'.S. support for
This has been the JDC tradition in the years between the two
Israel to maintain a Mid East balance of poster to prevent World
world wars, when it conducted s ibstantial relief and rehabilitation
War Ill.
programs in Poland and other East European countries. This has also
Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson continues to be the most
been its policy in the years after World War H in countries like
outspoken supporter of Israel. He has consistently advocated aid
Germany, Austria, Italy., Holland, Belgium and other lands where it
for the little state.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Western helped to rebuild Jewish communal life which the Nazis had destroyed.
Mrs Chisholm's position has become well known. She speaks of
sources said here that the Soviet
In the case of Israel, it is being realized that the country is deeply
neutrality but in actuality has become an advocate for "Palestinians: -
Union asked President Nixon to
and it is difficult tee know whether she fully understands the issue.
involved in defense needs. The JDC'agreement therefore provides about
adopt their plan under which Is-
she favors resumption of diplomatic relations with the Arab states
53,000,000 a year to the association over a period of eight years. In
rael would withdraw from all the
and the question arises who doesn't' The answer: the Arabs.
addition, it also provides that the JDC covers a half of the development
administered Arab territories,
In the main, the picture is an encouraging one. The blessing is
budget of the association. This amounts to more than $8,300,000.
with the Arab countr ies signing a
that support for Israel is a to partisan matter. Except for a handful
Care for aged immigrants in Ithtael has been a JDC responsibility'
peace pact after the first stage of
of Senators and Congressmen, Israel has overwhelming Congressional
since 1949. The American Jewish relief organization moved into Israel
the withdrawal.
backing Assurance of peace in the Middle East is in the interest of
The sources said the suggestion in response to the fledging state's'; dire need for an expert authority
the United States, and a strong Israel provides such an assurance.
was made to Nixon in Moscow that would shoulder the burden cif providing aid to aged, sick and
There is no doubt that elimination of the Middle East as a polit
but that he rejected it, contend- handicaped newcomers. Maimed in limb or mind, these newcomers
ical issue would he the wisest approach, since nearly all candidates
ing the conflict should be decided were referred to the medical and welfare services of the Malben Insti-
understand and hack Israel's position But since all is fair in love,
by negotiations between the two tutions which the JDC established and maintained. About 250,000 such
war and politics. there is no predicting what will happen in the
unfortunate persons have received help ranging from shelter in old age
parties.
corning months
homes, treatment for long-term illnesses, practical help for the blind
and other institutional and extra-mural services.
Sources Say Nixon'
Vetoed Soviet Plan
Itzhak Rabin Assails
ashington Post Report That
Ile Expressed Preference for the Re-Election of Nixon
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sailor Itz.hak Rabin angrily assailed
unnamed Israeli officials and the
Jerusalem correspondent of the
Washington Post for a dispatch
published on the front page of the
Post Sunday- alleging that the Is-
raeli envoy favored President
Nixon's re election
Addressing a special press con-
ference called for Israeli journal-
ists at the Israel Embassy. Raton
declared that statc . nents he had
made in an interview he gave re
eerily in Washington for the Israel
State Radio on the occasion of the
was
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mismioted and out of context
in Washin4tori he said. he had
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certain circles in Israel who are so
cowardly that they use an Israeli
who serves as a reporter for an
American newspaper to put such an
interpretation" on Ambassador
Rabin's "actions and words."
Rabin said that he was quoted
correctly in the dispatch as saying
that no other American President
had made such a far-reaching state-
ment cornnuttin4 the U.S. to sup-
port Israel's existence as the dec-
laration made by President Nixon
in his address tee Congress upon
his return from the summit con-
ference in :Moscow.
In that address. Nixon said, "Our
stnunit conversations about the
Middle East situation were also full.
est in s.c
I reiterated
the American people's commitment
to the surs,al of Israel and tee a
set:lc:n•m just to all the countries
frank an.I
the anon. mous Israeli nffie ials
tueen the %merit an and Israeli
people and h•tu ern the .less ash
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He stressed that the policy of
the Israel gosernm•nt and its em
tlassy I. not to Interfere in any
domestic affairs of the l' S In
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words we are getting from one
camp, We Mast prefer support in
the form of deeds from the other
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said that in the original interview,
conducted in IfebrelA, he hail in-
deed distinguished between sup-
port by Words and support by' deeds
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NEW JDC PROJECTS: While', transferring Malben institutions to
the association, the JDC is embarking on a SI0,000,000 project in its
programs for the aged in Israel.] It will establish a Gerontological
Institute in Jerusalem to study all facets of the problems of the aging
and provide training opportunitieS for professional personnel work-
ing with the aged. It also will establish geriatric departments at gen-
eral hospitals. It also envisages other programs on which more than
$35,000,000 will be spent until the end of this decade. At present, the
JDC spends about $10,000,001 a year on its work in Israel.
Care of the aged immigrants iS only one aspect of the JDC work
in Israel. Its relief and rehabilitation programs reach out also in
other directions.
Few' in the United States, for instance, are aware of the fact
that the JDC subsidizes 137 yeshiviath in Israel to the extent of about
S1.300.000 a year. There are about 19,00 students in these yeshivoth.
It is also worthwhile noting that the JDC generously helps the ORT
with an annual grant. a half of which is spent in Israel to support
schools for about 36.000 students. This year the JDC grant to ORT is
close to $3,000,000.
The JDC also contributes a great deal to the training in Israel of
professional social workers for with the country has great need. It
maintains the Paul Baerwald Sch of of Social Work at the Hebrew
University fur training of community center directors and senior per -
It finances the School fo Occupational Therapists in Jeru-
sonnel.
salem. and the training of volunte •r social work aides for Tel Aviv.
Arcong the programs
Which
e ' joy subventions from the JDC in
are those for retarded chi!, rein for the blind. I.4i- deaf mutes
;inii %arum-. other sect„ medical sf rvices Helping needy Jews is the
JO( - has done more than merely
burden of medical rehabilitation through its
ore than a complex of social and
Malben program. It contrihuted
welfare services of which Israel h ad been so woefully short at its
birth It has provided the care v daily needed by thousands of im-
migrants to make their lives mean ngful Its present agreement paves
or all aged in Israel not only- On-
the way for institutional services
migrants. This is a great achieven (mt.
hallmark of the' ilk'. In Israel. th
shoulder a tremendous