P Authors Expose Terroirist Aim s of Fedayeen Terrorism is a menace to Israel and to the peatce of the Middle Fast. But it is not a mystery. It is well understood by, the people whose destruction it seeks. Its leaders are well known. New in a thorough study of the major factors in the guerrilla warfare, against Israel, it is even better understood. Two well trained newsmen, Zeev Schiff, member of the editorial board of the Israel daily llaaretz, and Raphael Rtithstein, member of the New York Times news service and a former correspondent for the Washington Post. in "Fedayeen—Guerrillas Against Israel," pub- lished by David McKay Co., provide most thorough research into the organizational structures of the terror-inciting groups, expose their commanders, show pictorially the form of murderous plans that are being formulated and analyze intentions and the future outcome of the destructive forces. DAMASCUS 1.-ler ,, o^ Al 7/71(' r7 a /7 t' a II Wei SYRIA D r, e uz Haifa ,.,,nt. •-- - 4 I Tibenas Gera C.:wash Nablus 0 ou, Tel Av v AMMAN JERUSALEM* Cr) I Hebron 0 O cc ISRAEL — OCCUPIED O SINAI r- 0 ■ SEEN 1 2. 0 40 Sce , 4 of Wee ELatf The accompanying map 'pro- also provide a record of Ilagana vided by the authors of this most its leaders, the assistance and valuable work reveals additionally teachings to Israel's defenders by the locations of the fedayeen Orde Wingate. groups in Syria and Lebanon The authors have included in It will be seen here that while their study the role of the Is- some fedayeen operated in the raeli Arabs, the activities of Israel-administered Gaza Strip. "the enemy within," and they most of the terrorist locations are assert that "most of the Arabs m Syria and Lebanon. This ex• on the West Bank were unlikely plains some of the recent Israeli prospects for recruitment by the attacks on fedayeen strongholds fedayeen but some youths were within Lebanon. attracted to the Palestine lib- eration movement and crossed The background material incor- to the East Bank where they porated in this revealing column were trained by several guer- offers material relating to the rilla and terrorist groups." rise of the so-called Palestinian movement. It shows that the Pal- It was in Gaza that fedayeen estinians are new to Israel, that: were successful: "Israeli author- "Those who reject the validity ities found that as many as 80 per of the Palestinian claim to nation- cent of those youths approached hood correctly point out that there by the fedayeen responded affir- never was a nation known as matively." Palestine and that most of those Punishments for terrorism are who fled the section of Palestine listed, and it is pointed out that granted by the United Nations to destruction of property rather than Israel had lived in the land for taking lives was considered the less than a generation. Indeed, lesser evil by Israeli authorities. much of the land in dispute had Soviet and Chinese relationships never belonged to individual Arabs with the terrorists are reviewed, but to rich Arab landowners who, and the authors express the view more often than not, spent most that Russia looked with contempt of their time in comfort in Paris, upon some of the guerrillas, stat- Beirut or Cairo while Palestinian ing: "If it had not been for the peasants worked their land as success of Communist China in sharecroppers. Furthermore, a wooing the Palestinians. it is like- good deal of the land the Jews ly the Soviet Union would still be had settled had been purchased treating Yasir Arafat and other • from Turkish and Arab landowners Palestinian leaders with the con- from 1880 to 1948 by the Jewish temptuous condescension powerful ational Fund." and confident adults reserve for Mile describing the tradition of obstreperous infants." .1* and the emergence of Arab Various positive planning ' -rs, Yasir Arafat, George schemes for Arabs, including the and others, the authors Alton Plan for future autonomous economic and cultural rule, are described in evaluating the Israel- Arab relationships. An interesting account is giv- en of a secret meeting King Hussein of Jordon and Yigal Alton conducted in October 1970 on the Israel-Jordanian border. They embraced, ex- changed greetings, and Allon con- gratulated the Jordanian king on his successful operations against the threatening Syrians. Describing that meeting, Schiff I and Rothstein state that Hussein confided to the Israeli deputy prime minister: "Often we would wonder why you would be bomb- ing a certain area. But afterward we would find fedayeen tunnels and fortifications. I can now see what fantastic intelligence you have. - Alton appealed to the king for peace and explained his plan for autonomy for Arabs. Schiff and Rothstein say the fedayeen activities were precipit- ating factors that led to the Six- Day War. They also suggest rifts that arose between Nasser and the fedayeen. They also describe Lebanon's role as a "non-belligerent dedicat- ed to the preservation of the deli- cate arrangement that carefully divided offices and power between Christians and Moslems." "The fedayeen have failed so far in their war against Israel and their struggle tc reform reac- tionary Arab regimes," the au- thors declare. But they conclude by indicating a need for a settle- ment between Israel and the Pal- estinians, and they add: "Perhaps some day there will be understanding between the Palestinian people and Israel, but the history of the Middle East does not nourish hope or sustain illusion. The state of Arab and Jewish relations today offers lit- tle more than bloodshed in the future. The fedayeen can never hope to regain Palestine by de- stroying Israel. They can only con- tinue to harass and to kill. Many of their victims will be Jews, but even more will be Arabs." THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW 12—Friday, Jely 21, 1972 HARRY THOMAS FAMOUS' ANNUAL CLEAN-UP SALE!! 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Community Calendar July 24—Camp Maccabee Day Camp Third session, at Temple Beth El. 28—Young Leadership Sab bath Picnic, at Ballen ger Park. c $2,195 McDONALD FORD FARM 14240 W. 7 Mile Mon. & Thurs. till 9 p.m. 341-3800 Closed Sat. (More Flint News Page 13) 200 Oakland County Attorneys endorse Julian A. Cook for the Oakland Circuit Court The latest GROSSMAN, STEVEN GRUBBA, JOHN L. GRUBER, FRED HOLZMAN, SHERIDAN V. HUBER, HARRY S. 10 are: HYMAN, J. LEONARD JANOVER, ROBERT H. KARP, RONALD KAUFMAN, DAVID KLIMIST, SHELDON L. Cook for Oakland Circuit Court 1 1