Gen. Mordehai Gur Shimon Peres Bicentennial Plans for the Jewish Community Watergate JEWISH NEWS Tragedy and the Poisons From Saudi Arabia and Rightists A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 tx:at More Hatreds From Ranks of 'Palestinians' of Jewish Events Editorials Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LXV. No. 21 :z 17515 W. 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c August 2, 1974 Russian Arms Fill Syrian Arsenals New War Fears Spread in Israel; Warnings by Peres, Gur, Eban Alton-Kissinger 'Quiet Diplomacy' Talks Mark Their 'Search for Peace' WASHINGTON (JTA)—Israel Foreign Minister Yigal Allon and `—Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger met Tuesday in what one State /— Department source said was an effort to "have some quiet diplomacy here." Emerging after a two-hour meeting with Kissinger, Allon said that they had begun "a month's pilgrimage in search of peace." The Israeli official told reporters that he and Kissinger also discussed the next round of negotiations for a Middle East peace settlement which will possibly include the reconvening of the Geneva conference. In a brief statement to reporters after the meeting ended late Tuesday afternoon both Allon and Kissinger described the talks as positive. The secretary said the talks were a continuation of a "char- acteristically friendly fashion" in which meetings between the two countries were held. Allon thanked Kissinger and President Nixon for their efforts in achieving the disengagement agreements in the Mideast and said the talks Tuesday helped "chart the course of peace in the Middle East." When a reporter asked about the Palestinians, Allon replied that `Most Palestinians are Jordanian citizens and most Jordanians are Palestinians." According to sources, Kissinger is expected to urge Israel to begin (Continued on Page 6) liAGuard Paris Rally Protested By YITZHAK SHARGIL TEL- AVIV (JTA)—Fears of a new Middle East war intensified in Israel this week. Former Foreign Minister Abba Eban added his voice to those who have warned that an- loptelLerrewaLcouelnddbreoafk the Arabs Renew Boycott; Jewish-Owned Stores in England First Targets LONDON (JTA)—Marks and Spencer Department Stores and Sel- fridge's are undeterred by the news that they are to be picketed by patrols trying to enforce a boycott by Arabs because of their Jewish ownership and connections with Israel. The Arab boycott conference meeting at Aleih, near Beirut, Monday decided to keep a close watch on Arab visitors abroad. Ob- servers of different Arab nationalities "who can discreetly spot their countrymen" will be posted in front of, or inside "blacked" stores in Britain and other parts of Europe. A spokesman for Marks and Spencer said of being mentioned in the boycott: "We have no comment." Selfrigde's (a huge Oxford Street store) said: "There is nothing very much we can do about people standing outside the store. Inside we have some jurisdiction and our own security staff. It would depend very much on what the watchers did." Meanwhile, the British Leyland Motor Corporation, Britain's largest car manufacturer, hopes that they will be removed from the boycott, especially following the announcement over the weekend that Iraq has placed a 12,500,000 pound sterling order for buses from the company. The Arab League conference is reviewing methods of tightening the boycott which seeks to prevent firms from having any transactions with Israel. Akiva Day School Gets World Zionist Award Special to The Jewish News PARIS (JTA)—The International League Against Racism and Anti- Semitism (LICA) has protested to the French government about a meeting of the Iron Guard, the for- mer Romanian fascist organization, due to take place here Sunday. JERUSALEM—The Akiva Hebrew Day School of Southfield, Mich., will be the recipient of the 1974 Spiritual Bridges Award, it was announced here Monday by Dr. Haim Chamiel, director general of the World Zionist Organization's department for Torah education and culture. LICA has demanded the govern- ment forbid this "scandalous meet- ing." Dr. Chamiel stated that Rabbi Joseph Shuchatowitz, principal, and his staff, have pioneered innovative programs which have successfully built a spiritual bridge between Akiva and Israel. LICA said that former Iron Guard commander Viorel Trifa is expected to attend. He was one of the leaders responsible for the po- groms carried out in Romania. _Trifa, now residing in Michigan, was recently shown in Israeli news- papers in his Iron Guard uniform standing beside Goebbels. Akiva, the Jewish day school and high school established in Detroit in 1964, will be presented with the coveted award "for its inspiring educational projects which have effectively linked the students of this school with the heartbeat of Israel—both the land and its children." Akiva is the first Hebrew day school in the United States to have developed a Grade 12 in Israel Program. Its high school seniors spent their last year of secondary education at Yeshivat Tikvat Yaakov (for boys) and Ulpanat Segulah (for girls) in Israel where they lived and studied with their' Israeli peers. The Spiritual Bridges Award, bestowed annually by the department for Torah education and culture of the World Zionist Organization, upon the Hebrew day school which has met with the criteria of the award committee, will be presented formally to Akiva, by a distinguished represen- tative of Israel, at its 10th anniversary banquet in October. year. Defense Minister Shi- mon Peres told the Knes- set Wednesday that the rate at which the Soviet advisers and technicians were arriving in Syria had speeded up but there was no proof that they were manning the sophis- ticated new weapons the Soviet Union has been giving Syria. Meanwhile, the Israeli defense force began speeding up work on its fortifications along the Syrian, Egyptian a n d even Jordanian lines. Eban, speaking at a memorial for the late (Continued on Page 5) Fewer Tisha b'Av Mourners at Wall JERUSALEM (JTA)—The plaza in front of the Western Wall was filled last weekend with mourners who sat on mats and read Lamen- tations for the destruction of the Temple. There were fewer people this year than last, perhaps due to the tight security measures. Streng- thened patrols . circled the plaza, manning the narrow alleys and the roofs overlooking it to avoid any terrorist attack. The Tisha b'Av events began Sat- urday night with a half moon and floodlights drenching the Western Wall. Many thousands streamed in- to the area, including tourists and new immigrants from the Soviet Union. There were no entertain- ment events in the country Satur- day night.