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Congressmen Skeptical at Testimony
That Israelis Violate Arab Rights
WASHINGTON (JTA) — noting that the Syrians did
The head of a pro-Arab or- not produce any evidence to
ganization has disclosed that substantiate this charge. On
oil companies support his the other hand, Wilson de-
group but declined to specify clared, Israel "had no trouble
how much money was being providing the bodies of Is-
contributed.
raeli soldiers who were be-
The disclosure was made headed.
Rep. Jonathan Bingham
by John P. RichardsOn, presi
dent of American Near East (D., N.Y.) suggested that an-
Refugee Aid (UNERA), dur
ing a hearing before a House Golda's Popularity
Foreign Affairs subcommit
tee which began holding a Rises a Bit in Israel
series of hearings last fall
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — Pre-
on the international protec mier Golda Meir's popular
tion of human rights and U.S • support has risen in one
policy toward countries month from 21.5 to 30.7 per
where gross violations have cent, according to the latest
occurred.
poll conducted by PORI
Richardson, long identified (Public Opinion Research In
with pro-Arab activities here, stitute), following her forma-
was among four witnesses tion of a coalition regime.
last Thursday who charged However, the figure is far
that Israeli occupation au- below the popularity she en-
thorities in the West Bank joyed prior to the onset of
and the Gaza Strip were the Yom Kippur War.
The PORI survey indicates
violating Arab civilian rights.
The other three witnesses, significant gains for former
who made similar charges, Israeli Ambassador to the
were Dr. Israel Shahk, pro- U.S., Itzhak Rabin, who is
fessor of organic chemistry now regarded as a serious
at the Hebrew University in contender for the premier-
Jerusalem and chairman of ship. Rabin's popularity
the Israel League for Hu- index stood at 13.5 per cent,
man and Civil Rights; M. compared to 6.8 per cent a
Cherif Bessiouni, professor month ago.
On the question as to who
of law at De Paul University
in Chicago; and Dr. W. T. is best qualified to be prime
Mallison Jr., an international minister, the results were:
law specialist at George Golda Meir, 30.7 per cent;
Washington University Law Itzhak Rabin, 13.5 per cent;
Menahem Begin, 8.8 per cent;
School.
Under questioning by Rep. Yigal Allon, 6.6 per cent;
Lester Wolff, (D, N.Y.), Moshe Dayan, 5.9 per cent;
Richardson said UNERA, of Pinhas Sapir, 1.4 per cent;
which he stated he is a full- Yigal Yadin, 1.1 per c e n t;
time employe, emerged as a and Abba Eban, 1.1 per cent.
Other possibles garnering
result of the Six-Day War
mainly to meet the needs of less than 1 per cent of the
Palestinian refugees. "We vote were : Gen. A r i e 1
seek funds from the general Sharon, Shmuel Tamir, Haim
public and corporations," he Bar-Lev, Aharon Yariv, Shi-
testified, "corporations pri- mon Peres, Yosef Almogi,
marily dealing in the Middle Yosef Tekoah, Itzhak Ben
Aharon, and Haim Laskov.
East."
"Oil companies?" Wolff
asked. "Yes, indeed," Rich- Hungary Picks Up
ardson replied, adding that
he is seeking to "broaden his on Jewish Writing
support."
BUDAPEST (JTA) —Jew-
Wolff suggested that Rich- ish writers and Jewish
ardson also broaden his acti- themes are enjoying a
vities in an apparent ref- certain popularity through-
erence to the cruelties in- out Hungary.
flicted on Jews in Syria and
One can now find a novel
Iraq. None of the witnesses,
however, offered to discuss on the founding of the state
of Israel in the local book-
this problem.
shops The book, "The Seven
Dr. Shahk charged that the
Days of Avraham Bogatir,"
Israel military destroyed by Gyorgy Kardos, tells the
homes of Arabs in the ad- story of a Jewish peasant
ministered territories who who emigrated from Russia
were suspected of anti-Israel to Palestine.
activity. However, replying
American Jewish writer
to Rep. Benjamin A. Gilvan
(R, N.Y.), he indicated doubt Saul Bellow's "Herzog" is a
in the charge that the Syrian best seller here, and the plays
of American playwright
government was implicated
in the murder of four Syrian Arthur Miller are performed
in Budapest and the prov-
Jewish women.
inces as well. His work
Dr. Shahk said that the "Focal Point," which deals
rae 1 government has not
with anti-Semitism, was even
revented him from making
successful in small towns
his charges in Israel. He and villages, the stronghold
stated that friends in the of Hungarian anti-Semitism.
U.S. financed his trip here
The short stories of Sholom
and identified one of them Aleichem from which the
as Prof. Norton Mezvinsky of musical "Fiddler on the
Connecticut State College.
Roof" was adapted are also
Both Bessiouni and Mal- quite popular. "Fiddler" con-
lison charged Israel with tinues to play to packed
violations of the Geneva Con- houses in Budapest.
vention regarding obligations
toward civilians in occupied
Abuse, if you slight it, will
territory"
gradually die away; but if
Rep. Robert Wilson (R, you show yourself irritated
Calif.) expressed skepticism you will be thought to have
about a Syrian complaint that deserved it.
Israelis killed 30 Syrians,
— Tacitus
other hearing be held to give
the Israeli point of view re-
garding the occupation. He
stated that the "quality of
the Israeli occupation is ex-
traordinarily high in the
hi s tor y of occupations,"
granting, however, that "the
picture is not perfect." He
noted, too, that the Israeli
boarders are open and that
Arabs are permitted to enter
and leave.
Committee sources told
JTA that this hearing about
the role of Israel's occupa-
tion policy was scheduled
because "Arabs had demend-
ed to be heard" after the
parents of three Israel sol-
diers who were captured dur-
ing the Yom Kippur War and
are still held prisoners, had
urged Congress several weeks
ago to help identify the POWs
and bring about their release.
Until last month, the Syri-
ans refused to perfit Red
Cross visits in violation of
the Geneva Convention.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, April 12, 1974-9
NY Starts Massive $280 Million Drive
NEW YORK (JTA)—Hun-
dreds of the New York Jew-
ish community's leading vol-
unteer fund raisers rallied at
the Winter Garden Theater
in Times Square Sunday to
organize the most widespread
mass solicitation effort ever
undertaken in New York.
Carol Channing, Herschel
Bernardi, Elly Stone and
Cantor David Kusevitsky
starred in "We Are One," a
dramatic and musical spec-
tacle expressing the theme
of the mass campaign.
Extending through April,
May and June, the drive will
involve 25,000 volunteers aim-
ing at achieving in full the
$280,000,000 goal of the Me-
tropolitan area's Israel
Emergency Fund and coor-
dinated campaigns of the
United Jewish Appeal of
Greater New York and Fed-
eration of Jewish Philan-
thropies. Some $160,000,000
has been raised since the
joint effort to meet overseas
and local needs began in the
wake of the Yom Kippur
War.
The mass solicitation effort
is headed by former Con-
gressman Herbert Tenzer, a
co-chairman of the coordi-
nated UJA-Federation cam-
paigns.
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