Action Is Demanded to Curb Terrorists' Blackmail
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One of the airline passen-
gers was from New York. -
The Lufthansajet was
seized in the air by three ter-
rorists while on the Beirut-
Ankara leg of a flight to
Frankfurt, West Germany.
The plane also landed and
refueled at Nicosia, Cyprus.
The three Munich terror-
ists were flown to Zagreb
in what was described as a
small business plane. They
had been captured during
an abortive attempt by West
German police to res -on
nine Israeli Olympic athletes
kidnaped from the Olympic
Village in Munich and held
hostage.
The plane and its occu-
pants were released in Tri-
poli, Libya, Monday night.
Israeli Ambassador to the
United Nations Yosef Tel-
oak declared that the release
of the three Arab terrorists
was ."shacking."
WILLY BRANDT
many "surrendered" to the
hijackers when it released
the Munich terrorists in ex-
change for the plane's pas-
sengers and crew.
Von Wechmar said at a
press conference that Israel
had "missed the point" that
20 lives were at stake. He
said that was the reason Ba-
varian state authorities re-
leased the terrorists.
In a letter to Security
In Frankfurt, the chairman
Council President Louis de of Lufthansa, West Germa-
Guiringaud of France, which ny's national airline, and the
he asked to be circulated pilot of the hijacked plane
among United Nations mem- took responsibility for the de-
bers, Tekoah said "the grave cisioft to release the three
responsibility of the Arab terrorists before the hostages
governments for the contin- and the plane were freed by
uation of the terror warfare the hijackers.
which is directed against in-
Lufthansa chairman Herb-
nocent civilians under the
ert Culmann said that it
banner of Israel's destruc-
tion and the wresting from
its people of the right to
freedom and sovereignty is
clear and unpardonable."
The American Jewish Con-
gress demanded that Luf-
thansa and other airline
pilots and managements "an-
nounce immediately that they
will no longer fly to any
country that gives refuge to
air terrorists or allows them
or their cause to benefit
from this use of blackmail."
Other statements were is-
sued by the American Jew-
ish Committee, the Confer-
ence of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions, Central Conference of
American Rabbis and the
Zionist Organization of
America.
West German Chancellor
Willy Brandt's scheduled vis-
it to Israel may be postponed
or canceled because of
Bonn's decision to free the
three Munich terrorists Sun-
day, Jerusalem sources said
Tuesday.
Brandt's visit was tenta-
tively set for December on
the assumption that he wins
the general elections in West
Germany Nov. 19. The visit
was arranged before the re-
lease Sunday of the three ter-
rorists from West Germany.
According to reports from
Munich, Chancellor Willy
Brandt decided with his cab-
inet's approval to yield to the
terrorists' demand for a
trade. He has rejected Is-
rael's accusations that West
Germany capitulated to ter-
rorism. He said Israel's "pas-
sionate" reaction was under-
standable, but his govern-
ment had to give priority to
the protection of human life.
Israel has lodged a stiff
protest with the Bonn govern-
ment and has demanded that
West Germany clarify its pol-
icy on terrorists.
In Bonn, the deputy gov-
ernment spokesman, Rudiger
von Wechmar, rejected Isra-
el's charge that West Ger-
49—Friday, Nov. 3, 1972
would have "sealed the fate
of the people" on the plane
if the hijackers' demands
were not met.
The pilot, Walter Claus-
sen, said: "Our fuel was at
the end and the patience of
the air pirates was at an
end" when the decision to
comply was taken.
Britain's new ambassador
to Israel, William Bernard
John Ledwidge, said Tuesday
that "stern international ac-
tion was needed to end once
and for all plane hijackings
and air piracy." He said that
was the view of his govern-
ment.
The Knesset adopted a res-
olution !Tuesday night ex-
pressing the nation's protest
and dismay over the West
German government's re-
lease of the three surviving
Munich terrorists.
The Knesset resolution de-
clared that Bonn's action
only "d eepened Israel's
anger over the Munich blood-
shed."
Foreign Minister Abbe Eban
praised the U.S. govern-
ment for having urged Bonn,
as Israel did, not to let the
three Munich terrorists go.
Eban said the U.S. has con-
stantly fought to secure in-
ternational action against
terrorism and hijacking. The
foreign minister warned that
the Arab terrorists have the
power to commit political
and diplomatic sabotage as
well as murderous actions.
He confirmed that Ambas-
sador Eliashiv Ben Horin has
been recalled from Bonn for
a few days for consultation.
The Israeli envoy called on
West German Foreign Min-
ister Walter Scheel Tuesday
night to Find out what Ger-
many's position is with re-
gard to action against inter-
national terrorism. Eban said
that his questions about Ger-
man policy conveyed through
Bonn's ambassador in Tel
Aviv, Jesco von Putkammer,
have still not been answered.
Hahn Landau of the Gabel
faction urged the govern-
ment to order a military
strike at Libya, which Lan-
dau charged was a base and
financial backer of the Pales-
tinian terrorists.
Lands, advocated hitting
Libya, a country where "the
hatred of Israel is strong but
its power is weak." He ad-
mitted that the 'inexact was
no place for suggesting mili-
tary operations but claimed
that a strike at Libya was
well within Israel's capabil-
ities.
Landau also advise. cl
Brandt to postpone his
planned visit to Israel until
early next year in view of
the bitter feeling here.
Hahn Zadok of the Labor
Party, chairman of the Knes-
set's foreign affairs and se-
clarity committee, told the
Knesset that Israelis were re-
volted to learn that West
Germany has publicy thanked
Libya for its humane treat-
ment of the hijacked Luft-
hansa passengers who were
landed in Tripoli.
Zadok said he feared West
Germany was trying to ex-
ploit Sunday's events to im-
prove its relations with the
Arab states which were set-
back when German police
shot it out with the Munich
terrorists Sept. 5.
Zadok said Israelis have a
serious charge sheet against
Germany and that it was im-
portant for the German gov-
ernment to know how Israelis
like himself who favored nor-
mal relations with Bonn felt
about the surrender to the
hijackers.
The role of non-contiguous
Arab states such as Libya
in terrorists acts against Is-
rael was one of the items
discussed by Defense Minis-
ter Moshe Dayan, who briefed
the Knesset foreign affairs
and security committee Tues-
day.
The details of his brief- mg
remained classified, but a
handout put out by the com-
mittee afterward said the
day's topics also covered the
military situation, Sovie t-
Egyptian relations and Isra-
eli air strikes at terrorist
bases in Syria.
'The Cousinhood'—British Jewry's Noteworthy
Families Chronicled and Fascinatingly Defined
Chaim Bermant is highly
qualified to write about the
illustrious pioneers of Brit-
ish Jewry. He has authored
books and essays related to
the subject in "The Cousin-
hood." the very interesting
account of the activities of
England's most illustrious
Jewish citizens. In his book,
published by Macmillan, he
presents, as the publishers
state, "a vivid account of the
English-Jewish aristocracy-
Cohens, Rothschilds, Gold-
smids, Montefiores, Samuels,
Sassoons."
In the process, Bermant
has given an important ac-
count of British Jewish his-
torical events, with the re-
sult that his chronicled events
serve as chapters not alone
in British but extensively in
world history.
While the theme in "The
Cousinhood" is similar to
Birmingham's about Ameri-
can Ashkenazi and Sephardi
Jewries, Bermant's is more
extensive, embracing rela-
tionships with spheres other
than England. There is the
beginning, the era preceding
Cromwell, and there are the
events that were marked by
the messianic involvements,
the British interest in the
Bible, the Zionist alignments,
the Palestinian struggles, the
inner Jewish controversies
over the nationalist Jewish
movement.
Bermant commences with
the pioneer merchant prince
Levi Barest Cabe. who came
to London from Amsterdam
is 17711. The story proceeds
to delineate the relationships
among the families listed in
the book's subtitle, the mar-
riages among them — they
held their financial strength
thereby—and the eventual
drifting away and their flight
into mixed marriages.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NIWS
While the Rothachilds have
always been among the very
glamorous world families,
their roles as depicted by
Bermant do not necessarily
predominate. The Montefio-
res—especially Sir Moses
Montefiore and Lady Monte-
fiore—certainly gained fame
among the most important
and most interesting of the
Jewish personalities of the
last century.
Because the Jews of Eng-
land were so vital in the
past half century, in the
British interest in Palestine
and the Middle East, and
especially since the Balfour
Declaration in Zionism, the
roles of Theodor Herzl and
many other world Jewish
figures are impressive in this
work. Bermant's thorough-
ness in the research of ma-
terial for his book gives his
readers an especially induc-
ing reason for reading and
studying his splendid work.
Thus, in "The Cousin-
hood" we have a chronicle
of history, especially with
regard to Jewish families,
an closely inter-related, who
often influence world affairs
because of their financial in-
terests during world crises,
and because while providing
loans to the governments of
which they were citizens
they also were concerned
about social welfare, peace
and other human interests.
Transformations have taken
place. Strict religious adher-
ence began to decline. Kash-
rut was strictly observed by
the pioneers, only to see its
flight together with the earl-
ier emphasis on marriage
within the fold.
Nevertheless, as history
has recorded, the contribu-
tions to Zionism—in spite of
the inner struggle with an-
tagonists of the nationalist
movement—and the strength
with which "the cousinhood"
sion. As the latter eased,
the former weakened, but the
assimilation of the cousin-
hood followed a unique path.
They did not seek to become
as the English, but like them,
and through the later years
of the 19th Century the Jews
were in the main kept Jew-
ish by the fact that Gen-
tiles were Christian. English
gentlemen believed in be-
• lieving, and so did they.
'4 They were patrons of the
Church and upholders of
tradition; so were they.
"But few English gentle-
men today are believers.
They have moved so far
from their faith that they no
longer even feel that others
‘-l•ftsinm **Yr)
should believe. And as Chris-
tians go, so do the Jews,
only they go a little further
MOSES MONTEFIORE
and faster. The Jewish house
at Clifton which was estab-
had led efforts in behalf of lished virtually for the edu-
refugees, sufferers from per- cation of the cousinhood has
secutions during czarist days not a single cousin among
in Russia, the Damascus Af- its boarders today, never a
fair in which Montefiore was Waley-Cohen, a Mocatta, a
a leader to demolish the Montefiore. a Goldamid, a
blood libel scares—these and Montagu, a Samuel, a Frank-
many other factors contrib- lin, none. The house is burst-
uted towards glorifying the ing at the seams with the
strong Jewish community in sons and the grandsons of
which "the cousinhood" was the immigrants. The older
Predominant
families have sought out
Besmears story also se- older schools with, as one
meats for some sad experi- of them put it, "no damned
ences like the Marconi Scan- nonsense about a Jewish
dal In the main, the Jews
have come through well.
Therefore, British Jew-
There were many other lead- ish experiences, assimilation-
ing families—the Moods, the wise, equate to those of
Montagu:, the Readings. America. Many of the Brit-
This book is also their story. ish Jewish experiences are
Bermant points out that like ours. That's why a study
while there have been con- of "The Cousinhood" is so
versions of Jews to Chris- important for an understand-
tianity they "have been rare ing of Jewish trends in the
and are getting rarer." He Western world. In the mean-
makes there interesting con- time the reader will be fas-
cinated by an unusually in-
cluding observations:
"In the very early years teresting chronicled story
of the cousinhood Jews were about important families in
kept together by internal co- a great Jewish community.
—P.S.
besion and external exelu-
In Paris, the Black Sep,
tember organization warned
West Germany Tuesday that
it would "strike again at
German targets inside and,
outside" of German territo
in the aftermath of Sunday'
hijacking.
The Black Septem
warned that Bonn's compli
ance with the hijackers' do
mends to release the
surviving Munich term
"did not settle our accounts.'
The warning was given b
an anonymous caller who
telephoned the French new;
agency
Agence France
Presse Tuesday afternoon,
claiming to speak for the
Black September. But the
Palestine liberation office
here issued a statement later
denying the authenticity of
the warning, calling it "the
work of Zionists."
The Black September
message laid down five con-
ditions for the improvement
of Arab-German relations.
They included "the halt of
German-Israeli collusion in
the military, political and
economic fields" and the
"punishment of those respon-
sible for the Munich mas-
sacre."
The latter was obviously a
reference to the West Ger-
man police who shot it out
with Arab terrorists.
The Black September also
demanded that West Germa-
ny halt the expulsion of Arab
residents and permit those
already ousted to return. It
demanded payment in com-
pensation for the inconveni-
ence they experienced.
Airline Pilots Ready
to Act on Hijackers
LONDON (JTA) — The
secretary general of the As-
sociation of Scientific, Tech-
nical and Managerial Staffs
said his union would support
members at airfields who
denied service to planes of
the Libyan State Airlines.
The British Airline Pilots
Association said it would con-
duct a referendum of its
5,000 members to a:certain
what protest action they are
willing to take against hi-
jacking.
The pilots will be asked
if they would support a
worldwide strike or bans
against countries hartoring
hijackers.
Members of the Nether-
lands Parliament have called
on the government to take
the initiative to revise inter-
national laws governing dip-
lomatic immunity.
They acted after the arrest
and release last week of an
Arab in the employ of Al-
geria who was caught at the
Amsterdam Airport with
suitcases containing
letter
bombs and other lethal
weapons.
More than 2,000 policemen
demonstrated in the Hague
several days ago to protest
the increased bomb scares.
letter bombs and the greater
risks Dutch police are being
asked to take.
A fake bomb was discov-
ered last Tuesday in front
of the Amsterdam El Al of-
fice.
Last Saturday night police
arrested three young Dutch
men on suspicion of having
placed a fake bomb at a
Jewish wedding party. The
bride-to-be was the daughter
of the chairman of the Jew-
ish National Fund in Am-
sterdarm, Simon G. Engtis-
man.