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THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

Editorials
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Vol. LXII No. 6

tX:It

The Death

Penalty and

Misconceptions

of Jewish

Attitudes

of Jewish Events

Commentary
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April 20, 1973

Israel Put 'on Trial' Again at UN
Despite Unceasing Arab Terrorism

ADL Charges Three Japanese
Firms Continue Boycotting
Israel in Spite of Denials

NEW YORK—Denials by three Japanese firms of par-
ticipation in the Arab boycott of Israel were branded as
"patently false" by the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai
Brith.
The three major Japanese manufacturers—Toyota, Nis-
san (maker of Datsun cars and trucks) and Hitachi, an
electronic and industrial firm—were charged by ADL, based
on investigations that commenced in 1964, with "conceal-
ing their long-time participation in the Arab economic boy-
cott of Israel from American consumers because they fear
the effect of the truth of their sales."

Lawrence Peirez, chairman of ADL's national civil
rights committee, charged that the three firms "are obvious-
ly afraid of American reaction," that "despite their denials
and insistence that they are willing to do business with
Israel, ADL has documentation from these manufacturers
or their agents that they have given in to the boycott."

He said the three have engaged in "misrepresentation
and double-talk for year,;." He traced Toyota's compliance
with the boycott back to 1964, Hitachi's to 1965, and Nissan's
to 1967. Hitachi markets radios, TV sets, tape recorders,
hi-fi and appliances under its own name and recording
tapes and batteries under the Maxell label.

ADL's investigations, under the direction of its general
counsel, Arnold Forster, include correspondence and meet-
ings with representatives of the Japanese companies.

Forster said that a Toyota official notified an Israeli
firm in 1964 that the car manufacturer "for the time being"
was "not considering doing business with Israel." In 1968,
after a two-year study, he went on, ADL issued a public
report documenting Toyota's policy and named the company
as one of the Japanese firms participating in the Arab
boycott.
"At that time," Forster said, "Toyota engaged a Los
Angeles firm to protect its American image. The firm
vehemently denied Toyota's participation in the Arab boycott
and promised documentation to prove its denial. But, despite
repeated requests by ADL and individual Americans, the
cl—umentation was never supplied."

Questioned shortly after the denial was issued, the presi-
c,..Lit of Toyota Motor Distributors, Inc., asserted that "so
far as our organization in the United States goes, we remain
neutral and do not take sides in any politics."

Toyota claimed it could not sell to Israel and simultane-
ously meet its own distributors' needs. But during the same
period, Toyota expanded into Red China, Czechoslovakia
and other European and Asian nations.
Finally, in talks in Tokyo in April, 1970, a Toyota
official told Peirez and Forster:

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JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel has requested the eight Security Council members with which
she has diplomatic relations not to support a one-sided resolution condemning the April 10 Israeli
raid on Beirut without mentioning Arab terrorist actions of the past few months.
The Security Council adjourned Wednesday as two draft resolutions were in circulation
— one sponsored by Britain and France that contained in its preamble an equal condemnation
of Arab terrorism and Israeli counter/actions and another, sponsored by the Arab States, con-
taining an all-out condemnation of Israel without mentioning terrorist acts.
The United States reportedly was seeking to moderate the tone of that portion of the
British-French draft that included a phrase condemning "repeated attacks conducted by Israel."
Diplomats said any resolution containing severe sanctions probably would be defeated but,
if it gained the nine votes normally necessary to pass, they predicted that - -
U. S. Ambassador John A. Scali would veto it.
The State Department said the United States will support any UN
Security Council resolution on the Middle East which is constructive and
balanced.
Officials here are not concealing their satisfaction at the U. S.
attitude toward the Beirut raid and its aftermath. There has been no
specific criticism by Washington of Israel's action, but rather a general
expression of anxiety at the chain of violence.
At the same time, there has been a sharp U. S. response to the
"big lie" by which Arab propaganda sought to implicate U. S. intelligence
in the Israeli action.
- Arab governments were sternly advised by the State Department
to stop immediately al-
lowing their official
French Church Issues
media facilities to
Scali
Historic Paper on Jews spread the lie.

PARIS (JTA) — In a sweeping new document
that redefines Roman Catholic attitudes toward Jews,
the French Episcopate has called on its faithful
to revise their thinking on Judaism and recognize
the "political existence" of the Israeli state.
The six-page statement, entitled "Pastoral Orien-
tations on the Christian Attitude of Judaism," was
termed "a great act" by Chief Rabbi Jacob Kaplan
of France.
The document, prepared during the last two
years, was presented Monday afternoon by the Rev.
Bernard Dupuy. It was drawn up by a study group
of French Catholic bishops, and formulated in the
context of a 1965 declaration by Vatican II, the
second Ecumenical Council. That declaration ab-
solved Jews from guilt in the death of Jesus.
The second of the document's four main clauses
constitutes the first position by the French prelates
on Israel as a state. "Universal conscience cannot
refuse the Jewish people, who have so suffered in
the course of history, the right and the means of
their own political existence among nations," the
document said. It added "nor can this right and
these possibilities of existence be denied by nations
which ... are presently victims of unjust situations."

Before adjourning. the Security Council was ad-
dressed by Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammed H.
El-Zayyat and by the Israeli ambassador, Yosef
Tekoah, who spoke in direct reply to the Egyptian.
Zayyat announced that his delegation would make
a formal request Thursday for the Security Council
to consider the entire Middle East situation. He called
Israel's raids on Lebanon a "symptom" of Israel's
policy of "aggression and expansion." He said Israeli
commandos had used forged British and Belgian pass-
ports in carrying out the raids and for that alone should
be punished, "but who will punish them?" he asked.
Tekoah said that the Egyptian foreign minister
was the same person who had defended terrorists
responsible for the Munich outrage last September,
the Lod Airport massacre last May and the murders
of two American and a Belgian diplomat in Khar-
toum last month.
He said Zayyat was now asking the Security
Council to assist "those perpetrators of terror" and
accused Cairo, Beirut and Damascus of playing a role
"in the barbaric campaign of the terrorists" in viola-
tion of international law and the United Nations
charter.

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Eban Corning Here to Present Louis Berry
With sword of Hagana Award at Bond Fete

Abba Eban

Louis Berry will be honored for his many years of services to Israel, Zionism, the United Jewish Appeal
and many other causes with the Sword of Hagana, at a dinner 6:30 p.m. May 13 at Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
per-
Israel Foreign Minister Abba Eban is including Detroit in a special trip he will make briefly to this
sonally to present the award to Berry.
The event is being arranged jointly by the Detroit Israel Bond Committee and Cong. Shaarey Zedek.
Announcing the event, David Pollack, chairman of the Detroit Israel Bond Organization, stated that in view of the
limitation of attendance to 700, reservations will of necessity have to be made early.
Pollack announced the appointment of Lewis S. Grossman as chairman of the Berry dinner committee.

Louis Berry

