Israel has accepted a five-point peace plan worked out with Egypt through U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, it was learned Thursday as The Jewish News went to press. The first item called for a prisoner exchange. BULLETIN: LIFE GOES ON! Community Stays Strong Despite Re-Emerging Crises Editorial Page 4 'of. LXIV. No. 9 ' Challenge to Defamers of Justice to Jewry . . . Bonn's Gant .. . Red Cross Failure to Give Due Recognition to Magen David Adorn J'Accuse! Commentary Page 2 SADAT Counterpart of THE JEWISH NEWS 4 A Weekly Review [31 HITLER Expose in Commentary on Page 2 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c November 9, 1973 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 Murder of Israeli Prisoners, Humiliations, Told in Demand for Release of POWs by Arabs PARIS (JTA)—The barbaric behavior of Syrian soldiers against Israeli soldiers was described here Sunday by a deputy who just returned from Israel. Pierre de Benouville, president of the France-Israel Parlia- mentary Committee and a member of the parliamentary majority, told a press conference here that he saw 68 Israeli soldiers on the Golan Heights with "their throats cut like animals in a slaughter house." Describing what he termed the "barbaric" behavior of the Syrian soldiers, he stated that this was evidence that the "Syrian aggressors" intended "to exterminate Israel." He said that he and other French deputies visiting an outpost on the Golan Heights which the Syrians captured in the first hours of the Yom Kippur War saw numerous traces of blood on the outside and interior walls of the outpost. They "left no doubt as to how the blood got splattered. There was a massacre," the French parliamentarian said. He said his group was shown photographs, taken by the Syrians, of Israeli soldiers who had been mutilated. They were also taken through a hospital ward by Israeli doctors where they saw wounded Israeli soldiers whose wounds consisted of long slashes made with knife blades, de Benou- ville reported. Both de Benouville and Roger Chinaud, another deputy who also just returned from Israel, asserted that the fourth Israeli-Arab war was a war of destruction against the Jewish state. During the press conference Russian Ilissiles, Equipped With IN-Warheads, in Egypt NEW YORK (JTA)—The magazine Aviation Week and Space Tech- nology reported Monday information that Soviet nuclear weapons are de- ployed in Egypt to strike at Tel Aviv or any other Israel city. The magazine, published by McGraw Hill and considered highly reli- able, identified the weapons as two brigades of Soviet-made "Scud" surface-to-surface missiles equipped with nuclear warheads with a range of 180 miles. It said that U.S. -reconnaissance satellites have obtained photographs of the warheads near the missile launchers east of Cairo. The article, by Cecil Brownlow, executive editor of the magazine, appearing in its current edition, says the missiles were shipped to Egypt from a Russian Black Sea port last Sept. 12, nearly a month before the Yom Kippur War broke out. It recalled that Egyptian President Anwar Sadat had publicly threat. 4 to use long-range missiles against Israel during the recent fighting (Continued on Page 8) given by the French Committee for Solidarity With Israel, the two deputies said that the enormous military equipment employed by the Arabs indicated that they sought not only to recover the occupied territories but also the "extermination of the Israeli people." The two deputies warned against the Soviet threat to Europe in the Middle East. They said that in supporting the Arab nations in the war, the Soviet Union sought to obain a foothold in the Mideast from which it could dominate Europe strategically through its position in Europe's southern flank, and economically by controlling the flow of Arab oil to Europe. Meanwhile, other evidence has been found that Syrians murdered Israeli prisoners of war they captured at the beginning of the Yom. Kippur War. A crew of the Israeli Ordnance Corps, salvaging captured tanks near Khoushaniyeh, reported the discovery of the bodies of 12 Israeli soldiers buried beneath a pile of stones covered with branches and weeds. The bodies were tied hand and foot indicating that they were murdered after being taken prisoner. The bodies were discovered during the first week of the war after the Syrians were pushed across the cease-fire line. The story was released for publication on Sunday. In New York, despite cold weather, an estimated 8,000 demon- strators massed for a rally Monday on behalf of Israeli prisoners of war captured by Egypt and Syria during the Yom Kippur War. (Continued on Page 5) Israel Mourns 1,854 • • War Dead • • '" • "'"`-‘:` •I • •-• • ■■ ••\ ■ 1•••,,, 1 I L,■ s f_ •• •• • JERUSALEM—"Thy beauty, Israel, is slain upon thy high places. How are the mighty fallen . . . Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon . . . Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided." At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Israeli public finally was told how many of its finest sons it had lost in this war. The radio news announced the figure: 1,854. In fact, most people knew more or less the extent of Israel's casualties, since Pentagon assessments —which have proved remarkably accurate throughout the war — leak into the U.S. press and via that to Israeli newspapers. Censorship rules do not apply to reports from abroad. The radio news announced memorial services Wednesday at the temporary graveyards that the army chaplaincy had prepared around the country. Then followed the famous reading from Chapter 1 of Second Book of Samuel: the heart-rending (Detailed story Page 6) lament of David over Saul and Jonathan. Political and Economic Aid Vital to Israel. America's Support Urgent in Critical Period' —Israel Labor Minister Joseph Almogi's Appeal to Michigan's Labor Movements Leaders in major labor movements in Michigan heard an urgent appeal from Israel Labor Minister Joseph Almogi for continued support of Israel in the current tragic period in the nation's history. Addressing the labor representatives at a luncheon meeting at the Standard Club, Tuesday, Almogi spoke of the difficulties confronted by Israel in a battle for life, threateded by the combined 18 Arab nations with the encouragement of the Soviet Union. He spoke of the added dangeri emanating from the threatening weapons stemming from the oil interests and emphasized that what Israel must rely upon is the political and economic assistance of friends in the United States. While listing the overwhelming odds in a struggle for survival, Almogi expressed confidence that Israel will overcome the obstacles in her path in an unfriendly world because "We have nerve. We are not Czechoslovakia and we are not surrounded by the Russians. We will fight for our lives and our existence." A major appeal to the labor unions is for continued support, established traditionally in their ranks, through political sources and by continuing to invest in Israel's economic efforts by purchasing Israel Bonds. David Pollack, chairman of the Detroit Israel Bond Committee, who presided at the luncheon, and Louis Levitan, area man- ager for Israel Bonds, explained that Israel Bond dollars are all invested in this country for the purchase of basic materials needed for Israel's industries. Responses from the labor representatives at the luncheon confirmed an appreciation in their ranks that such cooperative efforts tend to react positively on the cooperative Israel-U.S. relationship. (Continued on Page 10) We regret . • • that unavailability of newsprint necessitated the elimination of a large amount of advertising from this issue. There is no relief in view, compelling reduction of ad- vertising copy in future issues. Deadlines for such copy must be advanced by two days until there is relief from the conditions af- fecting all newspapers. The crisis has struck the entire press in this country, making it necessary to condense news stories and many of the regular features. Every effort nevertheless will be made by The Jewish News to adhere to its established policy of providing widest possible coverage of world- wide, national and local Jewish news of interest to the communities we serve.