Iraqi Terror Stirs Wide Protests Devaluation Adds to Israel's Problems
are great fears that nine of
them may have been killed.
The most convincing evidence
would be to allow them, if
alive, to be seen by their
families."
community" of some 500
(Continued from Page 1)
have confronted the Iraqi Jews.
In Montreal, the Canadian
government with the charges.
In spite of an official denial Jewish Congress reacted
with horror" to the reports
by the Iraq government
published in the influential and recalled that for several
months
CJC officials had con-
French newspaper, Le
Monde, reports continue to veyed the organization's con-
reach Western capitals. The cern to the Canadian govern-
Committee of Concern, an ment and sent cables to Iraqi
interfaith group concerned President Hassan el Bakir
with minorities in Arab lands, and to Waldheim.
In New York, in cables to
called on the Iraqi govern-
ment to make public the fate the Iraqi government, Mrs.
of the nine Jews, Gen, I,ucius Eleanor Marvin, president of
D. Clay (Ret.), head of the the National Council of Jew-
committee, demanded that ish Women, expressed shock
Iraq either promptly provide at the reported deaths of the
the prisoners with a "fair and nine Jews and at "the contin•
open trial" if they are uing abrogation of the basic
charged with any crime, set human rights of the Iraqi
them free if there are no Jewish community." She also
charges, or "if they are dead, urged that the government
then let their grieving rand- of Iraq "permit Iraqi Jews—
including those incarcerated
lies claim their bodies."
T h e Anti . Defamation for being Jews—to emigrate."
League of Ilnai Brith de- In Philadelphia • a commit-
clared that "the killing of tee of prominent Philadel-
these Jews and others in re- phia-area civic leaders and
cent years constitutes genn• clergymen was formed sev.
Seymour Graubarti eral days ago to focus alien.
cide."
ADli national chairman, ex- tion on the plight of Syrian
pressed the hope "that Amer- and Iraqi Jews, it was an•
icans of all faiths will speak nounced by Thacher Longs-
out against this horrendous treth, president of the Great-
tragedy and press the Iraqi er Philadelphia Chamber of
government to let the small Commerce. Referring to the
Jewish community there emi- nine Iraqi Jews, Longstreth
grate." said:
Benjamin S. Loewenstein,
Rep. Mario Biaggi (D•R-C,
N.Y.) said he was "horrified president of the Jewish Com-
and angered" at reports of munity Relations Council of
the new executions and called Greater Philadelphia. said
on the United States and the the area leaders will urge the
United Nations to immedi- U.S. government to intercede
ately file official protests and on behalf of Iraqi Jews at
apply sanctions against Iraq. the UN and through nations
"In the name of humanity I havini diplomatic relations
implore the government of with lraq.
Iraq to end its program
Noting the continuing fears
against Jews and allow them and rincertainty, Dr. Nahum
to live in peace," he said. Goldmann, president of the
I,ast month, Biaggi appealed World Jewish
Congress,
to UN' Secretary General sent a telegram on behalf of
Kurt Waldheim to take offi- the: WJC to Kurt Waldheim,
cial action to investigate new secretary general of the
reports of atrocities against United Nations, urging him
Iraqi Jews. ! to use his "good offices to
In Washington, the Bnai obtain from the Iraq govern.
Brith also appealed to Wald- ment information regarding
helm to intervene with Iraq Jews held in Kasr el Nihaya
and help rescue a "helpless ! Prison in Baghdad. There
Rabbi Relates Escape 111iracle
Eban Says 10 Imprisoned
Iraqi Jews May Have Died
JERUSALEM (JTA)—For-
eign Minister Abba Eban
said Tuesday that Israel had
"apprehensions bordering on
certainty" that 10 Jews im-
prisoned in Iraq have died in
prison. Ehan said that Is-
rael's apprehensions stemmed
from reports from various
sources and were increased
by events similar to those
trials and public hangings of
nine Jews in Iraq in 1969.
Ehan made his statement
in the Knesset in reply to a
question from MK Yitzhak
Navon. Ile said "the confis•
cation of the property of those
arrested—similar to the steps
taken in 1969—and the meth-
odical prevarication of the
Iraqi authorities in impart-
ing details concerning the
fate and whereabouts of the
detainees, enhance our appre-
hensions almost to the point
of certainty" that the pris-
oners are dead.
Eban noted that interna-
tional efforts on behalf of the
detainees began last October
when news of their arrests
first surfaced. Ile said "ap-
peals have been made by
governments — among them
some which do not maintain
relations with Israel but con-
sented to act on humanitarian
grounds."
Eban said that statements
issued by the Iraqi embassies
in Paris and Rome when
nressed for information were
"nebulous and avasive. The
statements denied that any
Jews had been detained on
political or religious grounds
or that the detainees had been
put to death in prison. Only
if the Iraqi authorities enable
authoritative organizations or
persons to see the 10 detain-
ees alive will proof he furn-
ished that they are alive,"
Ehan declared.
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the food industry, are feared
as a consequence of the high-
er price of imported goods.
Israeli authorities were reli-
ably reported to be consider-
Mg a reduction of tariffs on
certain imported raw mater-
ials to elminate the basis for
local price rises for finished
products which could set off
a new inflationary spiral.
Customs duties on other
imports may be increased,
and pending a decision im-
porters were ordered to de-
posit an additional 15 per
cent of the value to their im-
ports in the event that cus-
toms rates are raised.
Israeli monetary authorities
said Wednesday that there
was no intention to reduce the
pound beyond the 10 per cent
devaluation. But the price of
goods imported from Europe
and Japan has gone up and
this was reflected in certain
sectors of the market.
Some merchants have can-
celed their discounts for cash
payments. A general price
Quiz Answers
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1. "The Source" by James
Michener: "Exodus" by Leon
2. Simha Dinitz.
Shmuel Divon, director of
the Arab and Soviet Jevvries
section of the foreign minis-
try, told the Zionist General
to eh.- -.ids of Rabbi Chaim Douek, who_was the chief
Council meeting here Monday
rabbi of Egypt
finally able to leave Egypt last still imprisoned in Syria, in-
het p of God" that
cluding Joseph Elia. the sec-
— arrival in the United States in October 1972,
A P A 114.1ek. and his family have been receiving resettle- retary of the Beirut Jewish
ment assistance from NYANA, the New York Association community who was kid-
for New Americans. Here, Rabbi Douek (left) shows the naped from Lebanon over a
passport on which he traveled to Mrs. Ruth Wortman, year ago: Divon said efforts
NYANA caseworker, as his only son Jacques looks on. on behalf of Jews in Arab
countries bore some fruit in
NYANA, which receives its funds from the nationwide cam-
Egypt where 88 Jews were
paigns of the United Jewish Appeal, provides cash outlays
released from prison and
for rent, furniture, medical care and other essential needs
as well as casework, vocational and educational services a thousand have been allowed
to about half of all Jewish newcomers to the United States. to leave the country, lie said
NYANA Is the only agency in the Greater New York area the remaining Jews in Egypt
were not persecuted.
to make such assistance available to Jewish migrants.
A new round of price in-
creases would almost certain-
ly lead to new wage demands
by Israeli workers at a time
when most labor contracts
are in the process of negoti-
ation.
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6 — Friday, Feb. 16, 1973
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istered in the rates of Italian
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lira, Swiss francs or you
sterling. But other Europe
currencies and the Japane
yen were harder to
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was little significant cban4
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3. In Tel Aviv. The U.S.
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Jerusalem as the capital of
Israel.
Ile listed the names of the
Jewish prisoners as: Abdul
A7liS Jacob, Shaul Rejouan,
Jacob Rejouran, Ezra lia-
zem, Shaul Shemesh, Victor
Eza David, Azonri Shemesh,
Naji Zitiat. Salim Zedaka and
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Eban said that internation-
al efforts were continuing to
seek the exodus of "the tiny
remnant" of Iraq Jewry and
the Jews in other Arab coun-
tries.
increase is feared on such
imported items as cars, tele-
vision and stereo sets which
are in heavy demand.
Finance ministry officials
estimated increases of 10-12
per cent on goods imported
from Europe and Japan. But
construction industry sources
said they didn't anticipate a
rise in the cost of flats be-
yond 1 per cent at most.
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