Scholar Predicts Declining Palestinian
T error Movement mill Turn on Arab States
Late Diplomat Bohlen Advised
Action Against USSR Injustices
Washington Bureau Chief.
The occasion was to honor
all Soviet Jews who risked 04
(Copyright
1974,
JTA,
Inc.)
"I still believe that in cer- the Palestinians cannot be
JERUSALEM —A onetime the mark in Lebanon, too, he
Few ambassadors in Amer- punishment to ask to depart
tain historical situations so characterized. They have
member of the "Stern Gang" said.
for Israel and especially
Terrorism is a double- marked by profound despair, been corrupted by the means ican diplomatic history have those who were imprisoned
(Lehi) who now teaches his-
been
so
highly
admired
as
they
use.
This
is
not
to
say
tory at the Hebrew Univer- edged sword, Dr. Ivianski where there appears to be no
Charles Eustis ("Chip") Boh- for insisting on their right of
sity sees the signs of decline said. In feudal or oligarchic alternative, then terror is that there are no good men len, a genuine super-diplomat emigration.
in the Palestinian terrorist states such as Kuwait or the only weapon possible on in their ranks; but the move- whose expertise on the Soviet
Bohlen was plain and clear
movement and predicts they Libya, the existence and ex- condition that the choice of ment as a whole has proved Union is now legendary.
that there was very little
itself
morally
bankrupt
by
will eventually direct their ample of the terrorist organi- means always exists.
Bohlen, who died of cancer chance that the Soviet gov-
"Individual terror which using terror indiscriminately
activities against the Arab zations is a danger to the
at age 69 on New Year's ernment, in its thrust into
and
to
focus
attention
on
side
loses
sight
of
the
moral
val-
regime.
states themselves.
Day, excelled in getting along the Middle East, would look
"The terrorist organizations ues motivating its use, which issues.
with Soviet officials and had upon Israel with sympathy
In a recent doctoral thesis
"Given
that
terror
is
per-
are restless. They will not be fails to distinguish between
a genius for precise reporting even though it had Soviet
on "Individual Terrorism in
the guilty and the innocent, petrated by men of moral
Revolutionary Strategy of the indefinitely content with hi- which blinds itself to justice stature, by real heroes, then of what they were saying. support, for political reasons,
jacking airplanes and, since
His extensive knowledge of at the time of its creation in
Late 19th and Early 20th
they cannot operate within and ethics, is no longer mor- terrorism can serve . as a the Russian language togeth- 1948.
Centuries," Dr. Zeev Ivian-
spur
to
the
apathetic
and
Israeli controlled territory, ally defensible. It turns into
er with his enormous popu-
"I wish with all my
ski relates the origins of ter-
the most depraved form of hesitant. But the history of
rorism as a political tactic to they will eventually turn violence, it leads nowhere— Palestinian terrorism has sel- larity, enabled him, after be- I could give you hop __-
against the Arab states and
coming U. S. ambassador to Jews in the Soviet Union,"
its use today.
possibly direct their terrorist or rather, it leads to a jungle dom been characterized by
Bohlen declared. "But the
heroism.
Playing
with
the
Now member of Kibutz Ein activities against the govern- society.
logic
of development in the
Harod near the Jordanian ments there."
"Who are those using this lives of others, the Palestini-
Middle East where the So-
border, Dr. Ivianski was ac-
How does the onetime ac- weapon? That is the question an terrorists have seldom
viets are digging in deeper
tive in the underground Jew- tivist now view the type of we have to ask. Are they vis- risen to the occasion when
and deeper, especially in
they
have
had
to
endanger
ish organization over 30 terrorism for which he suf- ionaries inspired by high
Egypt, means that they will
years ago when it used the fered imprisonment?
moral values? To my mind, their own lives."
become more and more anti , '
methods of individual terror
Israel."
to fight the British manda-
Two elements, he said,
tory authorities.
were responsible for the So-
viet government's attitude
The unlimited financial re-
towards the Jewish people.
sources available to the Pal-
"One," he said, "is the basic
estinian terrorist organiza-
ideology of the Communist
tions, together with the fact
If American Jews were feet the American economy, Cong. Bnai Moshe, was told
Party in the Soviet Union and
that they enjoy diplomatic
"there are thousands of Al Ahram editor Muhammed
the other is the State of Is-
protection a n d • patronage heartened by polls indicating Americans ready to tickle Hasanein Heykal described
rael itself."
from Arab governments and more public support for the latent anti-Semitism."
the Yom Kippur War as the
"The extraordinary enthus-
safe bases in a number of Israelis' position than for the
Only on one issue—Israel "fourth round" in the Arab-
iastic reception that Mrs.
countries, affords them great- Arabs'—they should take a -ate both political parties Israeli conflict. "Disaster"
second
look
at
the
figures,
Golda Meir received when, as
er staying power than many
Israel's first ambassador to
other parallel organizations. one respected observer of the in full agreement, said Book- will come in the fifth round,
Middle East cautioned here. binder. "But don't take it for a "holocaust" in the sixth
Russia, she visited the Mos-
And yet, in Dr. Ivianski's
Addressing a Jewish Com- granted." Only if public and "the end of everything"
cow Synagogue convinced
opinion, the signs of decline munity Council delegate as- opinion stays strong for Is- in the seventh, Heykal pre-
Stalin that the Jews were
already are evident. He lists sembly Tuesday evening, Hy- rael will government support dieted.
CHARLES BOHLEN
not the kind of citizens • he
them as including widespread man Bookbinder, Washington stay strong, he said.
At the same time, Book- Moscow in 1953, to rank as desired,' Bohlen recalled.
corruption, with a growing representative for the Amer-
Bookbinder urged the corn- binder said, "the important one of the world's foremost Thousands upon thousands of
gap between the high stand- ican Jewish Committee, noted
•
mumty
to do everything in thing is what they're doing specialists on the Soviet Jews had come to greet her.
ard of living enjoyed by the that a recent CBS poll found
its power to tell Israel's in Geneva." The fact that Union. Upon his death, diplo-
The deeper the Soviet Union
leadership and the _far lower that 30 per cent of the re-
these countries will meet mats and newsmen joined in became involved in the Mid-
standards which are the lot spondents were for neither story to the American peo-
to face will be a break- memorializing his outstand- dle East the worse anti-Semi-
of the rank and file; a soften- side in the Mideast conflict, ple. "Next to direct support— face
through, providing at least
ing, produced by good living, and 25 per cent were uncer- manpower and dollars—the "a basis for the potential for ing personal and official qual- tism would get in Russia, he
most important thing we can
ities. Secretary of State Hen- also said. The history of
which is not conducive to mil- tain.
do is to be more effective in subsequent agreements."
ry A. Kissinger wrote Mrs. events have proved him right
itant behavior; and, in reac-
That means Arab propa-• telling the truth to the Amer-
During the business meet- Bohlen: "Your husband's most of the way. In his offi-
tion to more stringent coun- gandists will be working to
ing preceding the program, memory will . . . serve as an cial time in Moscow, emigra-
ter-terror measures, an in- win that 55 per cent over to ican people.
"Only
as
they
understand,
Council
Executive Director inspiration and example to tion was virtually nil. The
creasingly indiscriminate use their side. And it is an in-
will
we
be
able
to
prevent
an
Alvin
Kushner
asked dele- those who follow him in the night he spoke, Jewish emi-
of violence which has pro- creasingly sophisticated kind
gration had begun at the rate
duced considerable outside of propaganda they are us- erosion of American sup- gates to write their U.S. sen- American diplomatic serv- of about a thousand a month. _
opposition, as evidenced by ing, backed by funds from port, which is a real possi- ators, urging them to support ice."
His credentials, therefore, In the past two years it has
bility," he warned. passage of the Genocide Con-
widespread condemnation of Arab oil, Bookbinder said.
make all the more impressive reached an average of 2,500
Bookbinder
suggested
that
vention,
which
comes
up
for
the Lod and Munich mas-
Additionally, "racist dema-
his views on the Soviet gov- monthly.
sacres.
gogues are still there, ready the community adopt an at- a vote soon.
ernment's official attitude
Why the Soviet government
He
also
announced
the
titude
of
optimism
toward
The Palestinian terror or- to exploit any situation," of-
towards Jewry and Israel. A allowed such emigration
Mideast
developments—tern-
Council's
formation
of
a
fering
"Oil
Yes;
Jews
No"
year
after
his
retirement
, ganizations, Dr. Ivianski said,
these past three years is not
also have learned that Israel bumper stickers four for a pered with an awareness of "Speaking Jewish Cultural from the service, Bohlen ex- yet - clear. Many consider it
a
"future
fraught
with
clan-
Calendar,"
a
telephone
line
pressed those views at a din- a means to help the Nixon
has infiltrated their central dollar. "Not many Ameri-
commands, and this has, in cans will put them on their ger." (965-5310) which will pro- ner of the Washington Chap- administration justify export
He brought some gasps vide information on cultural ter of the American Jewish
turn, engendered distrust bumpers, but they may put
of U. S. technology and huge
them in the living room and from his audience when he activities in the Jewish corn- Committee. What he said on credits for Siberia's economic
within their membership.
quoted some of the more munity.
that occasion, Nov. 15, 1970, development. Bohlen h a d
chuckle over ,them."
Could the terrorists imple-
Council President Hubert he later reiterated in per- said that the Soviet govern-
Yet, should the energy strident remarks out of Cai-
ment Yassir Arafat's de- crisis worsen, or the Mid- ro.
J. Sidlow presided at the as- sonal conversations with the ment will respond to foreign
clared goal and eventually east situation otherwise af-
Jewish Telegraphic Agency's
The assembly, meeting at sembly.
appeals only under extreme
constitute themselves as the
pressure and only in its own
government of a Palestinian
interests.
state? Dr. Ivianski discounts
He was convinced that pub-
this possibility.
lic exposure of Soviet harass-
,!`The Socialist Revolution-
JERUSALEM — Since the vant documentation should groups of immigrants and Academic Year Open ment of Jews who sought cul-
aries polled the highest num- second week of the Yom be instantly collected and volunteers who have come to
With 60 Pct. in Class tural identity and the right
ber of votes in Russia follow- Kippur War, the Hebrew analyzed as soon as possible. Israel since the War.
to emigrate was esser" -- "
ing the 1917 revolution. But University's Institute of Con-
JERUSALEM — The He- alter Soviet practice:
The
subject
was
divided
One
team,
under
Paul
terrorists cannot build, even temporary Jewry has been
brew University's 1973-74 he said always are based on
within the framework of a collecting documentation on Glickson, was established to into geographical areas and academic year opened witil
political purposes. As for
tonics.
There
were
the
poli-
revolutionary government. the reaction of world. Jewry gather written material. Dur-
enrollment at about last psychological change in So-
Their mentality is geared to to the war as part of the ing the war, it was difficult tical aspects — the attitudes year's level, (17,500) but only viet attitude in those aspects,
destruction, and this they Shazar Library of the insti- to obtain newspapers from of the Jewish communities an estimated 60 per cent of he was gloomy. Maybe, he
abroad, but once normal to the policies of their gov- the students attending lec- ventured once, a new attitude
cannot change; they are also tute.
ernments and their reactions.
distrusted by many, and
The project Was inaugu- mail was resumed there was
tures.
will develop over the- years
when a new government does rated in the framework of a flow of printed material. There was the economic re-
A special feature in lecture but he did not think it likely
sponse
and
the
organization
come to power, the terrorist the Study Circle on World
This material included the
halls is students taking notes in the present generation.
elements are generally weed- .Jewry, conducted at the general and Jewish press as of massive fund-raising. The on behalf of peers who are
"It is a sad commentary
nature
and
success
of
volun-
ed out."
president's residence. It is well as placards and posters. teering and the impact of the still on active duty.
on the state of civilization in
Dr. Ivianski feels it is only being directed by Prof. A series of lapel buttons war on prospective aliva
Many student soldiers plan 1970," he told the American
a matter of time before Leb- Moshe Davis, chairman of bearing p ro-Israel sloaans (immigration to Israel) also
to try to study while at the Jewish Committee, "to con-
anon follows the example of the circle and conducted in also has been received. Ef-
were examined.
front, hoping for a return to template the plight of Soviet
Egypt and Syria in severely active cooperation with all forts are being made to
relations
a
more normal situation by Jewry in the Soviet Union.
,J ewish-Christian
curtailing terrorist activity departments of the Jewish supplement this with rele-
Were
part
March,
when the second It attacks the conscience not
within its borders. Black Sep- Agency.
vant photographs and films. in light of the war
trimester
begins. If that hap- only of Jewry but of all na-
of the project.
tember marked its downfall
It was realized at the out-
pens, they expect to be abl- tions. It should be the pre-
A
second
team,
workin-i
in Jordan when, in 1970, set that a watershed had
One aspect is the compari- to complete the year's work occupation not only of the
King Hussein decided the been reached not only in the within the institute's oral
in all these fields be. within the extended academic United Nations but of our
son
history
department
directed
terrorists were too great a history of the state of Israel
what happened at the year. The academic year is own government."
tween
threat to be tolerated any but in that of the entire Jew- by Dr. Geoffrey Wigoder.
As a colleague of "Chip"
of
the Six-Day War in trimesters and a possible
time
has
recorded
interviews
with
longer. They will overstep ish people and that all rele-
key figures in Israel and 1967 and what happened in fourth for those in the mili- Bohlen his memory will be
with us always.
tary.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS abroad, as well as with 1973.
48 Friday, January 18, 1974
,
BY JOSEPH POLAKOFF
Chief of Washington Bureau
Community Told to Redouble Efforts
to Bring Truth on Mideast to Public
Hebrew U. Begins Study Project on World Jewry and the War
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