New Trials of Iraqi 'Jelin Feared '
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PARIS (JTA)—The situa-
tion of the tiny remnant of
Iraq's Jewish community has
worsened in recent months.
According to A. S. Karli-
kow, European director of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee, two Iraqi Jews were
arrest - ( in November and
three ..tore at the end of De-
cember, bringing to 14 the
number of Jews incarcerated
in Baghdad's notorious Kasr
el Nihaya prison.
Karlikow said that infor-
mation from Iraq indicates
that two or three of the eight
Jews arrested last Septem-
ber may have died in prison
and may have been victims
of torture.
Another Jew, Akran, Behar,
has been imprisoned since
1969.
Karlikow reported: "The
latest arrests and certain
parallels with the situation
in January 1969 — when the
Iraqi government hanged
nine Jews In public squares
—point to the chilling pros-
pect that Baghdad again is
preparing trials in which
Jews will be made the con-
venient scapegoats for inter-
nal Iraqi difficulties and pow-
er struggles."
He said that one ominous
sign was the Baghdad gov-
ernment's swift confiscation
of the assets and properties
of the recently arrested Jews.
In the past, such actions
were taken only against
Jews who left the country or,
as in December 1969, against
Jews who were jailed pend-
ing trials that resulted in the
mass
hangings,
Karlikow
said.
He noted that the recent
moves against Iraqi Jews
were unexpected inasmuch
as the Iraqi authorities had
been following a more mod-
erate line toward Jews since
May 1971.
Although under surveil-
lance and control, Jews were
being permitted gradually to
leave the country and local
harassment of them was
muted.
As a result of the more
moderate emigration policy,
only 500 Jews now remain in
Iraq, Karlikow said, "a piti-
ful remnant of what was,
some 25 years ago, one of
the most important Jewish
communities in the Middle
East, 120,000 strong."
The AJC's European direc-
tor said the situation began
to deteriorate last Septem-
ber, when eight Jews sud-
denly were arrested and a
prominent member of the
Jewish community, Abraham
Zayeg, was found murdered
in his Baghdad home. The
murder remains unsolved.
Karlikow said that reports
early in December that the
eight Jews had been freed
proved to be premature. He
said the reports had been
based on assurances from
Iraqi officials which turned
out to be worthless.
"Today, every Jew in
Baghdad lives in fear of ar-
rest, according to informa-
tion reaching us," Karlikow
said.
He said the sudden rever-
sal of policy toward the Jews
in Iraq was a consequence of
a power struggle within the
Iraqi leadership, economic
difficulties and unresolved
troubles with Iraq's Kurdish
minority.
According to Karlikow,
"rumors of forthcoming trials
(of Jews) to appease the
population are rife."
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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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many of the Jews who passed Benjamin Franklin.
through Iraqi jails prior to
May 1971, were subjected to
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conveniently "disappeared."
The reputation of Kasr el Ni-
hays prison ("The Palace of
No Return") is a particular-
ly grim one, Karlikow said.
He identified the Jews ar-
rested last September as Dr.
Ezra Azzam, Jacob Abdul
Aziz, Victor David Ezra, Ja-
cob Rajwan, Shaoul Rajwan,
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Azouri Shemesh, Shaoul She-
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tively identified but probably
Salis Ishayek from Basra.
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vember are Salim Sadka and
Naji Chitayat.
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Dock Slowdown Over; Postal
Workers Take Their Turn
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Dock- the bonuses paid aviation
workers ended a crippling workers.
The slowdown was begun
work slowdown at Israel's
in the midst of negotiations
three seaports Tuesday.
and caught postal officials by
They accepted a govern-
surprise.
ment offer of a 42 per cent
Baruch Rohald, Tel Aviv
wage hike, originally prof-
erred Sunday, after a meet- postmaster, said the slow-
ing with Histadrut represent- down was worse than a strike
because it created complete
atives Tuesday morning.
chaos in mail handling.
The agreement followed an
Another development on the
ultimatum Issued at an
emergency session of t h e docks was a decision by se-
curity
authorities to allow
cabinet which ordered the
longshoremen to end their Arab workers from the West
slowdown by Wednesday or Bank to unload a cargo of
Turkish cement from a ship
face serious consequences.
at Haifa port.
While officials were trying
The cargo was consigned to
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by the week-long dock slow- the Gaza Strip but was di-
down, another slowdown was verted to Halls when the
ship's captain refused to
begun by 6,600 postal work-
anchor Is Gaza's open road
ers and cab e and telex stead.
employes.
The slowdown at Haifa cre-
The issue is a demand for sted a further delay and the
"special allowances" for consignee claims he has al-
postmen along the lines of ready lost IL 40,000 ($10,000).
U.S. Jews Told to Stay Out
of Israel's Election Campaign
NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr.
Judah J. Shapiro, president
of the Labor Zionist Alliance,
said Sunday that many vital
issues facing Israel will be-
come exaggerated during the
heat of the 1973 election cam-
paign and that many candi-
dates will find themselves
under increasing pressures
to seek compromises a n d
shifts in policies in response
to this situation.
Addressing the LZA's na-
tional executive committee,
he urged that the Amer:caul
Jewish community view the
fluctuations in its proper
political context. "Every Am-
erican Jew," he said, "must
always remember that it is
the Israelis who must de-
termine the structure of their
government, the distribu-
tion of power and the policies
for their nation.
The close ties between Am-
erican Jews and Israel does
not provide American Jews
with a franchise in Israeli
internal affairs."
Dr. Shapiro also warned
that the overwhelming activi-
ty of American Jewry on be-
half of Israel has not miti-
gated the crisis in American
Jewry as represented by the
increased rate of intermar-
riage and the decrease of
total enrollment in all types
of Jewish schools.
He noted that ''Zionist
groups must recognize that
by narrowing their commit-
ment to Jewish life by re-
garding their support of
Israel as the limit of their
activity, do an injustice to
the American Jewish scene."
The Labor Zionist leader
warned American Jews that
with the growth of the ener-
gy crisis in the U.S. and the
desperate need for oil, there
is always the danger that
American interests will be
acted on in such n way as to
be harmful to Israel.
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