'Goren Appeals to USSR

to Provide Prisoners

With Passover Matzot

Jewry's
Responsibility
to Combat
'Erosions'

JERUSALEM ,JTA)—Acting in response to a plea from Jewish political prisoners in the Soviet
Union, Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren has cabled Soviet authorities urging them to supply Jewish prisoners
with matzot for the Passover holiday and to permit them to practice their religion freely in accordance
with their conscience. The Ashkenazic Chief Rabbi said that if he receives a favorable response from the au-
thorities he is/prepared to send the Jewish prisoners in Russia packages of matzot and other Passover foods
sufficient foilall their needs.
Rabbi Goren said he cabled the International Red Cross in Geneva asking its intervention. Ile has
also asked the chief rabbis of Britain, France and,Switzerland and the presidents of rabbinical organizations
in the United States to use their good offices to see to it that Jewish p-isoners in the USSR are adequately
(Related stories on Pages 2, 14)
supplied for Passover.

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February 23, 1973

Israel Shocked by Tragic Plane
Crash; Internationally Agreed
Signals Ignored by Libyan Pilot

Knesset Members Exploring
Ilow to Curb 3IiNsionizing

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Justice Minister . 1 lacov Shimshon Shapiro and
Dr. Zerach Warhaftig, minister of religious atirqrs, met informally Mon-
day with Knesset members representing six factions to explore
the feasibility of legislation to curb Christian miss:onizing in Israel.
Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren urged several days ago that the govern-
ment take firm measures to curb the activities of missionaries, particu-
converted
larly the "Jews for Jesus" followers, some of whom are born or

Jews who have obtained Israeli citizenship.
The National Religious Party and the Agudat Israel factions had de-
manded a general Knesset debate on the problem. The Labor Party and
Gabal demurred on grounds that it would elk it a harmful reaction from
the Christian world. They maintained that it was preferable to act quietly

and informally at this stage.
Dr. Warhaftig said the problem was not with the major churches but
with the smaller ones, such as various Baptist sects which proselytized
among Jews. He said missionary activities always increased at times of
increased immigration. He alleged that missionaries penetrate immigrant
absorption centers and campuses and seek out lonely people and people
with adjustment problems. He proposed a revision of Israel's Law of
Return to exclude "Jews for Jesus" followers.
missionaries
The Justice minister said he opposed legislation against
tenet of the Christian
per se. He observed that evangelism was a basic
this. How-
Church and that Israel, as a tolerant democracy, must accept
poverty and
if missionaries were found to be exploiting

ever, he added,

offering material inducements to poor Jews, legislation could be devised
to curb them.
that would tighten
Shapiro said his ministry was working on laws
control over foreigners buying land in Israel which might also have a

controlling effect on missionaries. He said that lust because a Jew said
he believed in Jesus did not mean he was a Christian. That remark
brought angry shouts of protest from Shlomo Lorincz of the Agudat Israel

and Kalman Kahane of the Poale Agudat Israel. cabinet by the NRP. The
The missionary issue has been raised in the

NRP-controlled interior ministry is reportedly taking steps to oust "Jews
for Jesus" members when their tourist visas expire.

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WSU Groups Seek
Ouster of Editors

A deadlock affecting the student publica-
tion of Wayne State University has resulted
in the mobilization of forces to end the anti-
Semitic attitudes that have marked the cam-
pus paper.
A petition with 4,200 signatures demands
action from the WSU Student Newspaper
Publication Board on the basis of the follow-
ing declaration:
We the undersigned students of Wayne
State University request the removal of the
management of the South End Newspaper
because:
. main-
A. The editor has failed to: "
tain the highest standards of accuracy, truth-
fulness, and impartiality:" or " ... respect
the rights, confidences, and opinions of
others;"

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By ITZHAK SHARGIL
ITA's Israel Staff Csrreapoodeat

TEL AVIV—Deeply moved by the tragedy that resulted in the death of 106 pas-
sengers aboard the Libyan Boeing 727 airliner Wednesday afternoon (6:55 a.m. Detroit
time) over Sinai Peninsula, Israeli spokesmen expressed concern and sympathy, mingled
with regrets that international warnings repeatedly given the pilots of the downed plane
were ignored. Nine passengers were rescued but two died later.
An immediate investigation was started of both the tragic incident and the dis-
regard of the warning signals by the plane's pilots. Authorities here stated that Israel
had acted in accordance with international procedures in using the accepted and agreed
signals of warning. It was indicated here that the attempts to make contact with the Lib-
yan pilot took 15 minutes, and only then were the interceptors sent into action.
Chief of the air force Gen. Mordecai Hod said the Israeli tape indicated that the
pilot of the Libyan plane had acknowledged receipt of the warning, and he was puzzled
that it had been ignored.
Adding to the concern expressed here was the revelation that Arab terrorists have

continually threatened in the past to carry out a suicide attack by exploding a plane over
Israeli targets.
An army spokesman stated that at 1:55 p.m., the Libyan passenger jet penetrated
the Sinai air space, flew over the Israeli army deployment along the Suez Canal, as well
as army airfield, and reached a depth of some 80 kilometers over Sinai.

Israelis made attempts to contact the plane on international channels, but the
plane made no reply. Israeli air force planes were then sent up. They signaled to the
Libyan plane, using accepted international signals to land, but the pilot disregarded
these signals as well as warning shots. Then the Israeli interceptors fired at the plane.
It landed, but while landing it crashed some 20 kilometers east of the Suez Canal.
Israeli air force helicopters with medical crews immediately reached the scene
and started rescue operations.
Prime Minister Golda Meir expressed her sorrow over the tragic occurrence, with
regrets that the international signals were not heeded.
A spokesman said that the Israeli pilots have acted according to international
regulations and procedures. "It's difficult to understand why the Libyan pilot or the
man responsible on the plane did not obey the agreed and recognized instruction and
thus caused the regrettable tragedy," he said.
Fear was expressed by many, including President Nixon, that the occurrence
may torpedo the hopes for conciliation in the Middle East situation.

Strike Costs El Al $1 Million a Day Israelis Destroy

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Four hundred El Al employes were furloughed Wednesday as
the airline attempted to cut its losses resulting from a strike by 120 technical supervisors
which has grounded the company's fleet of 12 Boeing jets.
El Al claimed that it has lost 51,000,000 a day since the strike began Sunday. It
has managed, however, to place all of its passengers on chartered or foreign-flag flights.
A proposal was made Tuesday that El Al, Israel's national airline, dissolve itself.
company would be organized under a
Its 5,000 employes would be dismissed and a new
different name which would re-hire only selected employes.
by
Yitzhak
Ben Aharon, secretary general of
The proposal was flatly rejected
Histadrut, at a meeting of the Histadrut Central Committee Tuesday night. But Histadrut
issued a call to the strikers to return to their jobs.
Under consideration are the recruitment of supervisors from Israel Aircraft In-
dustries, Ltd., or the employment of foreign technical supervisors. The company warned
Tuesday night that it would suspend operations if the strike was not over within 24 hours.
An urgent cabinet meeting held Monday night—to which Premier Golda Meir was
flown by helicopter from Haifa—backed up the El AI management. The striking workers
ignored a labor court's back to work order Monday. Their representatives refused to
appear in court to face contempt charges, and Judge Yaacob Yinon ordered police to
bring them in forcibly for a hearing Tuesday.
The Jewish Agency reported that about 200 Jewish immigrants from the Soviet
Union had been stranded in Vienna by the El Al strike, but were being serviced.

Terrorist Bases ,

TEL. AVIV (JTA)—A combined sea and
airborne attack by Israeli forces on two
terrorist camps in northern Lebanon Tues-
day night was described Wednesday as an
operation designed to foil new terrorist out-
rages allegedly planned against Israel or
Israelis overseas.
The commandos struck at terrorist bases
within the perimeters of refugee camps at
Nahar el Bard and El Badawi, 112-125 miles
north of the Lebanon-Israel border.
An Israeli military spokesman said
scores of terrorists were killed or wounded
in the surprise assault. Eight Israeli soldiers
were reported wounded, six of them only
slightly.
The attack was the deepest penetration
of Lebanese territory by Israeli forces to
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