THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 7, 1974-5

Exchange of POWs Emphasizes Benefits of Disengagement

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war, the first to be released
by Syria, celebrated their
freedom with their families,
relatives and friends June 1
after landing at Ben-Gurion
Airport and physical exami-
nations at Tel Hashomer Hos-
tial. They returned to the
hospital Sunday for further
check-ups and treatment and
at least six will have to un-
dergo surgery, according to
a medical report.
Dr. Mordehai Shani, direc-
tor general of Tel Hashomer,
said that the initial examina-
tions indicated that the POWs
had been treated well in the
prison. He said that
ne of the returnees was
in `'bad" condition but his
life is not in danger. Doctors
estimated that most of the
other released men would be
able to leave the hospital in
two weeks. Premier Golda
Meir and Chief of Staff Mor-
dehai Gur visited the men
Sunday.
The released men are: Ya-
acov Shalom Ariel, Itamar
Barnea, Amiram Gay, Gav-
riel Garzon, Noach Michael
Hertz, Yaacov Yaacovy, Sha-
lom Lavi, Avikam Lief, Ze'ev
Nesher, Avraham Asa-El,
Benyamin Kiryati and Ami-
chai Rokach.
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Ben-Gurion Airport was
packed with relatives of the
returnees before the Red
Cross plane operating for the
United Nations was due to
arrive from Damascus.
Most of the returnees were
able to walk. Some of them
hobbled on crutches to the
barriers when they spotted
members of their families,
and joyous, tearful reunions
took place on the open land-
ing strip. Among the POWs
was one whose wife gave
birth to a daughter while he
was imprisoned in Syria and
an-other who had left a two-
week old son when war broke
out last October. The son was
named Dror--Freedom.
Shalom Libbi, one of the
returning soldiers who had
been scheduled for discharge
last Oct. 6, the day of the
Syrian-Egyptian attack, told
reporters that he and the
other POWs had been permit-
ted to walk in the prison
yard for a half hour every
day. He said he had kept a
diary of prison life but had
to leave it behind when he
was released.
The remaining 50-odd Is-
raeli POWs in Syria are ex-
pected to be released and re-
turned to Israel on Friday.
Israel released 25 Syrians
and one Moroccan who fought
with the Syrians. They were
flown to Damascus by the
Red Cross.
Two Israeli pilots, who
bailed out and were taken
pr: 9,r in Lebanon last
after their plane was
Jnot down over Syria are ex-
pected to be released in ex-
change for 13 Lebanese civil-
ians captured by Israel in a
commando raid on terrorist
strongholds in southern Leb-
anon in April.

SAY I
WI

As the first Israeli POWs
returned, the northern front
was quiet for the first time
in nearly three months.
One Israeli soldier was
killed by Syrian artillery fire
Friday morning, only hours
before the cease fire went
into effect. When news of the
signing reached Israeli
troops at the front, they burst
into song and dancing and
raised toasts in hopes that
the truce would last.
But violence persisted even
after the signing ceremonies
in Geneva. Two terrorists
were killed Saturday night
near Kibutz Adamit in West-
ern Galilee.
Mageri David Adorn, Isra-
el's National Red Cross So-
ciety, and the International
Red Cross were instrumental
in the exchange of the POWs
of the Yom Kippur War, be-
tween Israel and Syria. Prof.
Moshe Many, MDA executive
chairman, said that MDA am-
bulances and medical teams
transported the prisoners
from the exchange points.
Disengagement OKd
in -Knesset by 76-36 Vote .
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The

Kissinger disengagement
plan was approved on May
29 in the Knesset by a vote of
76 to 36, six abstaining and
two MKs absent.
The vote climaxed a stormy
debate following Premier
Golda Meir's reading of the
main points of the agreement
which, she stressed repeated-
ly and emphatically, did not
prejudice Israel's security
and provided fully for the
defense of Israeli settlements
on the Golan Heights.
Mrs. Meir's address, her
last before parliament as
premier, was interrupted by
a noisy, almost violent dem-
onstration in the visitors gal-
lery, an event unprecedented
in Knesset history. Eight
demonstrators — young stu-
dents and settlers- from the
Golan Heights—were forcibly
removed - by guards after
they linked arms and refused
to heed the speaker's demand
for order.
Premier Meir told the
Knesset that the new disen-
gagement line is "for the
most part" identical with the
line that existed before the
Yom Kippur War. It "en-

UJA Officers Respond to Israel
Needs With Increased Giving

NEW YORK — The execu-
tive committee of the United
Jewish Appeal, meeting in
Miami May 22-May 25, an-
nounced increased giving for
the 1975 campaign.
Paul Zuckerman, UJA gen-
eral chairman, noted that the
committee urged this pattern
to be followed by Jewish
leadership in every commu-
nity in the country.
"Our job of absorbing new
immigrants from the Soviet
Union and elsewhere, of im-
proving conditions in towns
like Kiryat Shemona and
Ma'alot, and of helping to
upgrade the quality of life for
the people of Israel has just
begun. The years ahead, and
particularly 1975, are criti-
cal."
Leon Dulzin, acting chair-
man of the Jewish Agency,
spoke to the group of the
continuing human needs in
Israel at this time.
Dr. David Reis, chief of
orthopedics and trauma at

the h—
ospital in Safed, spoke
to the group about the trag-
edy in Ma'alot, where he
treated the wounded and
maimed children. He said,
"We are determined to stay
and to build and develop and
we call upon you, our fellow
Jews in America, to help us.
For only in building lies the
real solution to our prob-
lems. This is the real chal-
lenge.

"I return home to Galilee
fortified in my being with
you, with renewed faith in
our close and vital partner-
ship with the Jews of the
United States. I shall convey
this to the mayors and coun-
cils of the people of Galilee
and above all to the bereaved
parents of the Ma'alot mas-
sacre."

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sures the defense of the Golan
Heights," she said.
U. S. Mum on Terrorists
and Kissinger Commitment
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The
State Department declined to
make "any comment" on
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger's commitment to
Israel of U. S. political sup-
port should it be forced to
act in self-defense against
terrorist incursions from
Syria. But State Department
spokesman Robert Anderson
intimated that he was not dis-
puting Premier Golda Meir's
recent disclosure that such
a commitment was made.
President Nixon's Middle
East tour, after a two-day
stopover in Austria on Mon-
day and Tuesday, will com-
mence in Egypt. From there
he will go to Saudi Arabia,
Syria, Israel and Jordan—in
that order. He will be accom-
panied by Mrs. Nixon. Sec-
retary of State Kissinger will
revisit the Arab countries
and Israel with the Presi-
dent's party.
The United States -has "no
position" on whether the Pal-
estinians should or should

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not be represented at the
Geneva peace conference on
the Middle East, the State
Department said today.
"There has been no political
contact whatsoever with
Palestinians" on the part of
the U.S. department spokes-
man Robert Anderson told
newsmen at Monday's press
briefing. He said he was un-
_aware of any contacts
through a third party,
(Arab oil ministers meet-
ing in Cairo rejected an Al-
gerian proposal that the em-
bargo on oil shipments to
Holland be lifted).

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