Israel's Press. Views the Nations Problems
By DAVID EPPEL
The cheers for Yassir Ara-
fat still reverberated in the
United Nations when his ter-
ror gangs struck again. This
time at Beit Shean (Beisan)
where four Israeli citizens
were murdered in their
homes. In the Knesset, De-
fense Minister Shimon Peres
talked of "something strange
and incredible" which had oc-
curred in international life—
the applause at the United
Nations, which greeted the
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pr esident of the murder
gangs. All the annals of ter-
ror, madness and murder did
not record a similar organi-
zation whose aim was mur-
der of innocent men, women
and children. Peres said:
"They shun' soldiers, they
fear adults, their' bravery is
inversely proportional to the
age of their victims." But
even after Beit'Shean the Is-
rael government was ready
to talk with responsible fac-
tors in the Arab world and
with serious representatives
of the Arab community liv-
ing with the Israelis.
The group which admitted
responsibility for the new act
of civilian murder was the
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for the Liberation of Pales-
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NEW YORK — A Catholic
tine, led by Nayef Hawatmeh, mum of limitations in her kind of conduct could only school basketball team has
harm Israel and would dis- sought out a Brooklyn rabbi's
which is a member of Yassir routing of terror.
tort her image in what re-
in familiarizing them
Arafat's PLO, now being
Beit Shean is 'near Jordan mained of the enlightened help
with Israeli customs prior to
granted observer status and and tracks were found lead-
their Dec. 23 trip to Israel.
diplomatic recognition at the ing to the frontier. For some world.
The team, from Bishop
United' Nations. As Israel's time there had been no ter-
The Jerusalem Post noted Ford High School here, will
Minister of Information Aha- rorist activity from Jordan,
ron Yariv noted, the attack but now more attention would that the reaction of the peo- join three other high school
had proved that international have to be paid to that area, ple was ferocious. The horror teams and will play Israeli
recognition and approval, far wrote the independent Haa- of the murdered schoolchil- national teams before return-
from moderating the PLO's retz. Hussein might not have dren at Maalot had been ing Jan. 1.
methods, in fact encouraged granted the terrorists free- numbing. At Beit Shean the
Arafat and his henchmen to dom of action from his ter- response was blood-thirsty,
perpetrate further dastardly ritory. But the terrorists as well it might be. A news-
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man who protested in the
crimes.
could be under the impres- name of humanity was told,
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After the murders the ter- sion that after the Rabat "If we become murderers too,
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ror group tried to maintain summit's decision the Jor- perhaps we'll also be cheered
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that the private apartment danian authorities would at the 'UN." The Post con-
Eves. and Weds.
block was an Israeli army close their eyes and would cluded: the organization that
officers' club and that they prefer not to notice the was to save mankind seems
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lease of terrorists in Israeli
While Israel mourned the very poorly.
Over 30 Yeaii
jails. Maariv, the afternoon dead of Beit Shean and sym
paper, pointed to the truth. pathized with the agony of
The four innocent civilians, friends, relatives and neigh-
men and women, were mur- bors, the world. press atten-
dered for one offense only— tion appeared to concentrate
they were Jews. "Peaceful, on an incident everyone re-
innocent citizens whose only gretted—the mutilation of the
`crime' was that they were terrorists' bodies by an angry
citizens of this state."
mob. Even those responsible
There had been no military apologized afterwards. Maa-
IN ENGLISH
target nor political purpose riv said that the action
WITH
in the choice of Beit Shean should be severely con-
for the terrorist attack, just demned. "With all our under-
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as there had been no special standing for the pain and an-
reason for the choice of the ger of khe people of Beit
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Bivas family flat. Any house Shean we cannot but express
Every Monday, Wednesday and
—if only the murderers could deep disgust at this act."
Thursday, 9:00 to 10:00 a.m.
reach it—any resident—if on- Anyone who threw grenades
ly the murderers could catch indiscriminately at women
him—would suffice for the and children was not a sol-
one and only criterion the dier or a freedom fighter and
PLO's people had set them- the humanitarian rules of the
selves . . . the house must be battlefield did not apply.
Jewish in Israel, the resident Anyone who shot women and
must be a Jew in Israel.
children in the back was not
Arafat had appeared be- worthy of mercy nor the
fore the UN General Assem- slightest honor after death.
bly with an olive branch,. he But those who burned the
said, and a gun. Hazofeh, the bodies of the terrorists had
National Religious paper, taken revenge on themselves,
noted that the olive branch on their image as human be-
covered blood-stained hands. ings. Israel faced a 'cruel
Instead of greeting him with struggle against Arab terror
scorn, most members of the and great resources of cour-
'UN had lauded Arafat and age, resourcefulness and
had thus encouraged further nerves were required. This
act of murder. The paper
blamed those countries which THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
had cheered. Arafat for the 58—Friday, Dec. 6, 1974
spilling of innocent blood at'
Beit Shean, as well as the
Arab states which recognized
him as the legitimate repre-
sentative of the Palestinians.
Al Hamishmar, left-wing
Mapam, recalled the argu-
ment of those who believed
that Arafat's introduction to
the United Nations would
help control and humanize
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his conduct. The terror had
continued and the terror lead-
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ers apparently now believed
that diplomatic action would
strengthen terror and vice
versa. While Israel would act
against the terrorists she
would continue to clarify her
readiness to talk with any
Palestine representative
whose policy was not one, of
terror and sabotage and who
was prepared for peace.
Davar, Histadrut, noted
that the murders at Beit
Shean were unlikely to influ-
ence the results of the debate
on Palestine taking place at
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the United Nations. The pa-
per believed that the murders
were not designed to disrupt
"the PLO circus at the UN,"
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