Fulbright's Concern With Israel, 'Jewish Lobby' Called 'Obsessive'
M. Hirsh Goldberg, of the
staff of the Baltimore News-
papers, writing in the cur-
rent issue of the Times of Is-
rael and World Jewish Re-
view on "Fulbright — the
Myth and the Reality," char-
acterizes the Arkansas sena-
tor's concern with the Jew-
ish state and the so-called
Jewish lobby in Washington
as "obsessive." He added
"They have been Fulbright's
chosen broomstick almost
from the day he rode into
public office.
"His view of Israel as the
potential instigator of big-
power nuclear confrontation,
Arabs as our most ne-
;cted resource," Goldberg
continues, "has been a source
of quiet amusement in the
Senate for almost 30 years.
But," he warns, " with the
Congress moving to regain
its 'prerogatives' from a
weakened President, Ful-
bright from his perch as
chairman of the Senate For-
eign Relations Committee is
in a position to exert an un-
precedented influence on our
future policies in the Middle
East."
The article explores Ful-
bright's enigmatic qualities:
His stand on non-intervention
in the affairs of other nations
along with his insistence that
the U. S. impose a Mideast
solution on Israel; his liberal
image and his virtually con-
sistent anti-civil rights voting
record; his railing against
Jewish "special interest"
groups who "seek to inject
the Arab-Israeli dispute into
domestic politics" and his
own unswerving loyalty to
special gas and oil interests
in his state of Arkansas; and
finally his close relationship,
with both Gamal Abdel Nas-
ser and Jewish columnist
Walter Lippman, who is ru-
mored to have ghost-written
Fulbright's "Old Myths and
New Realities."
East perspective, "A View
from Foggy Bottom," Wash-
ington reporter Dina M. Sil-
berman finds that "Israel
hasn't become any more love-
able to the fraternity of Arab-
ists who populate the State
In another times of Israel Department's bureau of Near
article analyzing the Middle Eastern and South Asian af-
"The reality of the Ful-
bright.. record,".. Goldberg
concludes, "is at best an un-
relieved disinterest in Israel's
position, at worst an aggres-
siveness in behalf of the
Arab position."
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
fairs than she was 25 years
ago when they fought Harry
Truman so bitterly against
thetpartition of Palestine.
"But a-sense of realism has
finally set in and now that
Henry Kissinger is secretary
of state in name as well as
fact, it could be a whole new
Friday, Dec. 14, 1973 7
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ball game," Miss Silberman
writes.
"While Kissinger cannot be
counted on for any automatic
pro-Israel penchant, he does
fully perceive the dimension
of the Middle East problem
and the importance of keep-
ing Israel strong," she says.
How can you be jolly
when you're being jostled?
Classrooms
at the Fronts
RAMAT GAN — If the
soldiers can't come to the
university, then the univer-
sity will come to them.
Prof. Menahem Zevi Kad-
dari, rector of Bar-Ilan Uni-
versity, said that, because of
the continuing mobilization
of the Israel army, Bar-Ila
has worked out a program to
bring this year's studies to
as many front-line, wounded
and rear-echelon soldiers as
possible before the end of
December.
This project is about two
months behind the originally
scheduled opening of the
country's universities, which
now will begin on Dec. 23.
Among the special mea-
sures planned is the prepara-
tion of a series of written
lectures in the humanities,
social sciences and Judaism
for dispatch to students on
active service or wounded
and recovering. In order to
facilitate this, faculty mem-
bers are meeting with stu-
lents in convalescent homes
-Co assess their needs.
L.ctures also will be re-
corded on tape by the edu-
cational television facilities
at Bar-Ilan for students -,yho
will be able to spend only
relatively short periods at
the university in between
their military duties.
All universities have ex-
pressed their readiness to in-
terchange faculty members,
where necessary, to fill in
gaps caused by military ser-
vices.
Bar-Ilan will implement
this program at its extension
campuses throughout the
country including such out-
lying areas as Zemach on
the Sea of Galilee, Safed,
Afula, Natanya and Ashkelon.
Neighboring villages, collec-
tives and soldiers stationed
nearby may utilize the ser-
vice.
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