Bicentennial Programing HE JEWISH NEWS Palestinians' Evil Role as Peace Obstructionists A Weekly 'Review Editorials Page 4 of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LXV. No. 20/ 4 411P• 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c Motto to Avoid Negating Trumpeldor's Patriotic -Devotionalism Commentary Page 2 I July 26, 1974 Israel Rescues Turkish Soldiers; El Al Flights Unmarred Cabinet Seen Paying Way for Jordan Talks By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA)—After a six-hour discussion of the Palestinian question, the cabinet Sunday endorsed Premier Yitzhak Rabin's policy of not conducting negotiations with terrorist organizations. A resolution, proposed by Tourism Minister Moshe Kol of the Independent Liberal Party and Health Minister Victor Shemtov of Mapam, that Israel should negotiate with Jordan and those Pales- tinian elements who recognize Israel, was rejected. The communique issued at the conclu- sion of the cabinet meeting noted that the cabinet had endorsed the statement on the Palestinians made by Rabin when he had presented the new government to the Knesset June 3. The cabinet com- munique declared: "Israel will continue to strive for peace agreements with the Arab states within defensible border s, to be achieved through negotiations without prior con- ditions. The government will work to- ward negotiations for a peace agree- ment with Jordan. The peace will be founded on the 'existence of two inde- pendent states only—Israel with united Jerusalem as her capital, and a Jor- danian-Palestinian Arab state, east of Israel, within borders to be determined in negotiations between Israel and Jor- dan. This state will provide for expres- sion of the self-determination of the Jordanians and the Palestinians in peace and good neighborliness with Israel." The statement hardly marked a new departure in Israel's policy toward the Palestinians. Nevertheless, it contained a significant . sentence which might well in the course (Continued on Page 20) By YITZHAK SHARGIL TEL AVIV (JTA}--A Turkish airlines plane arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday night and picked up 42 Turkish soldiers who were rescued Monday off the Cypriot port of Paphos by an Israeli training ship and brought to Israel. The first group of Israelis stranded in Cyprus, who were evacuated to London with the help of the British, arrived in Israel Tuesday morning. The group, comprised of 37 men and women members of the Nature Lovers Society, were lavish in their praises of the British officers and soldiers in Cyprus who arranged their evacuation from the Platros region they were visiting. Members of the group said they did not see any fighting but did hear shooting. The Mavo'ot Yam, a training ship for the education ministry's maritime and fishing school, which rescued the Turkish soldiers, was in a training voyage in the Aegean Sea when the war in Cyprus broke out. The ship was ordered to cancel the exercise and Jews Are Victimized return to, Israel immediately. by Preferential Acts West of Cyprus, some distance from Paphos, the ship encountered three lifeboats filled with Turkish sailors saved from a Turkish naval vessel. ADL Report Charges The latter was believed to be a destroyer or a large landing craft, which was attacked and sunk,reportedly in error by three Turkish planes. NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith charged that there Reuben Pinhassi, captain of the Israeli vessel, took the 42 soldiers on has been federal failure "to take action board and radioed authorities in Israel about the rescue. Israeli officials against preferential treatment and quotas promptly relayed the news to Turkish authorities via the Israeli mission in systems" in college admissions and hir- Ankara. The Turkish officials expressed their thanks to Israel for the rescue ings despite "the prohibition against operation and requested permission, which was granted, to send a plane to preferential treatment in the 1964 Civil pick up the soldiers. The ministry of the interior provided entry permission Rights Act." to Israel to the rescued soldiers. In a 32-page report documenting "a The "Galim" of Kibutz Meuhad Maritime School also was on the high re-emergence of racial and ethnic dis- crimination" in colleges and universities, seas when the war started and also was ordered home. The Galim, which ADL declares that there is widespread had been near the Greek islands off Turkey's shore, reached Israel Monday misunderstanding of state and federal night, 'cutting its 19-day exercise trip to five days. law aided by "Such confusing ill-defined The 37 Israelis were among a total of 45 flown out of Cyprus by the jargon" in government directions as "af- British Royal Air Force and brought to London. firmative action . . . good faith efforts The rest of the estimated 250 Israelis on Cyprus also are scheduled . . . minimum standards . . and rea- to be brought to Britain by the RAF for return to Israel. sonable representation." A principal part The Red Magen Dovid Association said it had notified Cypriot author- of the problem, the report states, is that ities of its readiness to send medical supplies and first aid equipment and college administrators see a clear threat made ready a shipment for immediate transport in expectation that a request that they will forfeit billions of dollars would be made. The Israeli Association of Surgeons announced it was ready in government contract payments unless specific numbers of minority group to send physicians to Cyprus if they were needed to help victims of the war. members are hired on university faculty The 42 Turkish soldiers, including the commander of their unit of and staff. 230 men, arrived at Haifa without shoes and some without shirts. The The "Preferential Treatment and Israelis provided them with clothes. The soldiers refused to be interviewed Quotas" report, written by Benjamin R. on arrival and were instructed by the Turkish charge d'affaires to board a (Continued on Page 19) lo ovs-comm unity Workshop - Program Brings 'Elderly to Jobs Services to the aged will be expanded by the Jewish Voca- tional Service and Community Workshop ac the result of a "purchase of service agreement" between JVS-CW, Michigan Department of Social Services and United Community Services. Bruce E. Thal, JVS-CW president, said the new program, housed in the Arnold E. Frank Community Workshop on Wood- ward and Canfield Ayes., will enable 4 group of senior adults to engage in productive activities on a daily basis. Participants will be provided daily transportation to the Arnold E. Frank Community Workshop and receive assistance from staff in obtaining other social and medical services necessary to their well being. This program is modeled after an experimental program which the JVS-CW developed in cooperation with Federation Apartments. In the latter program, residents of the Oak Park facility were bused to Detroit daily to work in the activity center of the Community Workshop. Because participants in the program reported that these services were instrumental in improving their sense of well- (Continued on Page 56) 1st Century City, Merot, Unearthed JERUSALEM (JTA) — The ancient Jewish city of Merot, which flourished in the 1st Century CE, has been un- covered near Safed, it was announced here by archeological officials who began excavations in 1970. Merot had been mentioned by the Jew- ish historian Josephus in his "Jewish Wars." The dig, sponsored by the Al- bright Institute in Jerusalem in coopera- tion with several American Universities, uncovered the foundations of a bastion and synagogue and found Roman and Hasmonean coins, farming tools and pottery, it was announced by William Dever, director of the institute. Prof. Eric Meyers led the excavations. Dever said that the archeologists were reconstructing the synagogue to study life in Merot. (Continued on Page 6) Israel's Wide Variety of Agonies: Its Humor Blended With Bile By EDWIN EYTAN JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel boils, perspires and worries under the simmering summer sun. Worries about everyday economic difficulties and problems which have reached new heights: of inflation, credit shortages, price hikes and frozen wages. The real anguish is about the future — not only the economic but the basic political struggle into which Israel will shortly be plunged. Members of the Knesset from both governmental and oppo- -- sition parties openly admit "we live the last quiet days—soon the country will be torn asunder by Conflicting views. The Arabs, the Palestinians will all become immediate problems with which we will have to cope." All Israeli officials admit that the political confrontation will probably begin in earnest next month. After the visit to Washington by Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allan, set for late this month, Premier Yitzhak Rabin is due to arrive in the American capital next month to put the last touches to the preparatory negotiations which will pave the way (Continued on Page 9)