Gymnasium Added by Shiffman to Tirat Carmel High School

Abraham Shiffman

Abraham Shiffman, prominent Detroit philanthropist, whose generous contribution established the high school at Tirat Carmel, in Haifa,
Israel, this week announced an additional gift of $125,000 for a gymnasium at Tirat Carmel.
Taking pride in the growth of Tirat Comprehensive High School on Har Carmel, with a student enrollment of 1,000 that keeps growing, Shiff-
man said that he had recognized the need for a modern gymnasium to fill the sports needs of the students. "I was inspired on my visit at the school,
and I feel the new facility will serve a basic need for Israeli youths," 2 , e stated.
Shiffman's gift was made through the Israel Education Fund operated by the United Jewish Appeal.
Paul Zuckerman, national UJA chairman, through whom the gift was announced this week, expressed gratitude to Shiffman, to the Meyer
Prentis family, to Irwin Green and other Detroiters whose gifts for high schools in Israel through the Israel Education Fund have spurred educa-
tional services.
Taking into account the increasing costs of construction, the Prentis Family last week also increased the gift for the Prentis High School in
Israel.

Fomenting of
Hatreds in
Middle East
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and Jewry

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May 24, 1974

Ma'alot Inquiry Launched;
Begin Calls for Vigilantes;
Demand for Death Penalty

JERUSALEM (JTA)—A three-man commission to investigate the Ma'alot _ tragedy was
named by Premier Golda' Meir in the Knesset Monday.
The move was challenged by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, who said he didn't believe
in "inquiry fzstivals" and by Likud leader Menahem Begin, who demanded a parliamentary in-
quiry rather than a government-conducted one, and called for the establishment of vigilante
committees to combat terrorists.
Mrs. Meir's announcement followed a cabinet resolution Sunday to investigate events
at Ma'alot. She said its terms of reference would not include the military assault of the Netiv
Meir school house in Ma'alot, which would be the subject of a separate inquiry by the chief of
staff.
The Ma'alot panel will be headed by Gen. (Ret.) Amos Horev, president of the Haifa Tech-
nion. Its other members, named by the premier, are Moshe Unna, an MK of the National Reli-
gious Party; and former States Attorney Ervin Shimron, now a lawyer in private practice.
Dayan, who appeared unexpectedly in the Knesset in what was probably his final appear-
ance as defense minister, disclosed that he had opposed the May 16 decision by the cabinet to
exchange 20 imprisoned terrorists for the safety of the 90 high school students and their teachers
held 'hostage by three Arab terrorists in the Ma'alot school building.
"Where do you draw the line?" Dayan asked. "For 16-year-olds you exchange prisoners
but not for 17-year-olds? . . . And what will happen after this? Our war with the terrorists
will be a long drawn-out struggle and they do intend to fight it on the backs of children," Day-
an said.
But, 'he continued, the cabinet decided and every effort was made to exchange the pris-
oners for the hostages. Dayan said that he himself was convinced that the authorities had taken
more than adequate precautionary measures to prevent a disaster such as occurred at Ma'alot.
But he agreed that certain questions had to be answered.
Premier Meir told the Knesset that the investigation of Ma'alot would cover the prepar-
edness of the various security authorities in light of warnings that terrorist acts were to be ex-
pected on May 15, the 26th anniversary of Israel's independence; the Gadna (para - military)

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Speculative Cabinet
Reported in Israel

Shavuot
5734

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Labor Party
leader Yitzhak Rabin hopes to be able
to present a new coalition cabinet to
President Ephraim Katzir today.
A major obstacle was overcome
when the Labor Alignment's Central
Committee voted overwhelmingly in
favor of a Labor coalition with the
Independent Liberal Party and - the
Citizens Rights Party., a combination
that will give the new government
control of only 61 Knesset votes, the
slimmest majority in Israel's history.
The door was left open for the Na-
tional Religious Party to reconsider its
refusal to join the new. coalition. But
NRP leader Yosef Burg said he would
urge the religious party's Knesset fac-
tion to vote against the Rabin govern-
ment when it seeks Knesset endorse-
ment.
Shlomo Nakdimon, the noted politi-
cal reporter of Yediot Aharonot, Wed-
nesday predicted the following list of
ministers as the possible Rabin cabi-
net:
Premier—Rabin.
Deputy Premier — Yigal Allon or
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Knesset Airing Today
on Disengagement;
Kissinger Supported

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Knesset is to convene today to hear
a government announcement on the disengagement talks with Syria.
The fact that the Knesset was asked to convene for a special
session on a day on which it does not meet regularly indicated the
confidence the Israeli leaders have that by that time the disengage-
ment talks will have reached an advanced stage.
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger's shuttling between
Damascus and Jerusalem continued in high gear, and it was diffi-
cult to keep track of his schedule. Wednesday morning he convened
for a long session of talks with Israel's negotiating teams—and later
in the afternoon he was back in Damascus, to return to Israel still
later in the day.
While the negotiating team was bargaining what was described
as "marginal issues," such as a Syrian claim for the headquarters
building near Kibutz Ein Zivan, the public opposition to Kissinger
and the disengagement was fading. Whereas, at the beginning of
the week, thousands assembled opposite the Knesset to protest the
Israeli concessions, Tuesday's demonstrations attracted only a
small crowd, and Yediot Aharonot published a long article support-
ing the disengagement agreement, under the title: "We Are For
Kissinger".
Cautionary notes adopted by members of Kissinger's entourage
were viewed more as a reflection of the extremely delicate
nature of the negotiating process at this stage than as a sign of
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