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Heavy Jordanian Build-up Puzzles Israel
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TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
heavy build-up of Jordanian
forces including tanks and
mobile units near the Israeli
border has alerted the Is-
raeli army to a possible sur-
prise move that would end
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four years of tranquility
on the eastern front.
The massing of Jordanian
troops and armor, which
can be seen clearly from set-
tlements in the Beisan Val-
ley, has caused concern and
puzzlement in both military
and political circles in Is-
rael, because the moves
were unexpected and their
intent is unknown.
Defense Minister Shimon
Peres, who toured Jordan
Valley settlements Tuesday
referred to the "flirtation"
between Jordan and Syria.
The rapproachment be-
tween Amman and Damas-
cus is a relatively new devel-
opment with ominous
overtones for Israel. Some
believe that Jordan has
abandoned its moderate
stand because of a belief it
will be protected by the So-
viet-made Syrian air de-
fense umbrella.
Jordan's "moderate"
and "restrained" position
was cited by Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
at a Kansas City press
conference Tuesday as jus-
tification for the U.S.
agreement to sell Jordan a
$100 million "Hawk" anti-
aircraft defense system.
U.S. officials have said the
sale of "Hawks" and other
weapons would keep Jor-
dan out of the extremist
camp.
But King Hussein has
said recently that "thanks
to our brethren, we shall
have protection from the
air." One of the reasons Jor-
dan remained on the side-
lines in the Yom Kippur
War is believed to have been
its vulnerability to air at-
tack.
Israeli circles are uncer-
tain whether the new stance
by Jordan means that coun-
try is preparing to join
Syria in a full scale war or a
war of attrition precipitated
by a Syrian refusal to ex-
tend the mandate of the
United Nations Disengage-
ment Observers Force
(UNDOF) or whether Am-
man is simply flexing its
muscle to impress President
Anwar Sadat of Egypt, who
will visit Hussein in a few
days.
The recent Jordanian
moves can also be viewed as
part of a mounting Arab
war of nerves against Israel.
At Kochav Hashahar in
the Jordan Valley, Peres
assured the, settlers that
their status would not be
affected by a future peace
settlement with Jordan.
"It is our intention that
there will be permanent set-
tlement in the Jordan Val-
ley .. . regardless of the fu-
ture political status of the
area, the Jordan will be the
security boundary of Israel
and Jewish settlements will
continue to exist here," the
defense minister declared.
He observed that the Jew-
ish settlements are located
on 16,000 dunams of arable
land that was never culti-
vated under Jordianian rule.
"There is no reason why it
should not be as flourishing
as the rest of the Jordan
Valley," he said.
Israelis Make Preventive Raids
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
raeli forces crossed the Le-
banese border Monday
night for the second time in
24 hours and brought back
three persons suspected of
collaborating with terror-
ists. The action followed a
dragnet Sunday night in
which five persons were
brought back to Israel.
The border crossings and
sweep through the area of
southern Lebanon known as
Fatahland was described as
a preventive measure to foil
possible terrorist plans for
assaults on Israel yester-
day, the 27th anniversary of
Israel's independence. Last
year 25 Israelis including 21
high school students were
killed in - a terrorist attack
on a school in the border vil-
lage of Ma'alot.
A military spokesman
said the operations were
carried out without casual-
ties or opposition. No dam-
age or injuries were in-
flicted on the local
population. The spokesman
flatly denied a Lebanese
report that Israeli soldiers
blew up a vi4ge clinic.
The eight prisoners
taken in the two raids in-
cluded a physician, a
woman and a communist
leader. The latter was
identified as Ahmed Mu-
rad of Bint-Jubeil village
who was a candidate for
the Lebanese parliament
on the communist list for
his region.
Security sources said an
increase of terrorist move-
ment in Fatahland had been
observed since the recent
fighting between right-wing
Lebanese Phalangists and
Palestinian terrorists sub-
sided.
In Jerusalem, an explo-
sive charge went off during
the weekend in an empty lot
between East Jerusalem
and the Jewish quarter of
Musrara. No one was hurt
and there was no damage.
Less than 24 hours ear-
lier, another bomb was
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found in the religious
quarter of Mea Shearim.
Israeli police and border
patrols conducted a massive
search of the Bar Giroa
area, in the western slopes
of the Judean hills along the
railway line to Jerusalem.
The line was sabotaged last
weekend causing a locomo-
tive to overturn. The engi-
neer and his assistant were
injured.
According to the rail-
way's authority in Haifa the
rail ties were deliberately
loOsened during the night
causing the freight train on
its way to Jerusalem to ov-_
erturn and block the rail
line.
An explosive charge was
discovered and dismantled
before it exploded near the
labor exchange office in
Hebron. An Egged bus was
set afire in the center of Ra-
mallah while its driver, an
Israeli Arab was sipping
coffee in a nearby cafe. Sev-
eral people were detained.
In the Hebron area a Mili-
tary vehicle hit a mine but
no injuries were reported.
Curfew was imposed and a
search for the culprits was
launched.
Court Orders Kosher Food
Served to Jailed Kahane
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Brooklyn Federal Judge
Jack Weinstein issued an or-
der last Wednesday direct-
ing the Federal Bureau of
Prisons to provide kosher
food to Rabbi Meir Kahane,
founder of the Jewish De-
fense League, in whatever
prison facility to which he is
sent to serve a one-year
term for violation of parole.
Weinstein originally or-
dered that Kahane receive
kosher food when he was
taken to the federal peniten-
tiary at Allenwood, Pa. to
serve his term. The judge
permitted Kahane to stay at
a halfway house in Manhat-
tan, after the March 18 sent-
encing, so that he could ob-
serve Passover.
Later, Kahane was al-
lowed to remain at the half-
way house and to leave each
day to eat at kosher restau-
rants and to worship.
Weinstein's order was
challenged by U.S. Attor-
neys, who contended the
judge had no authority to
require kosher food for
Jewish prisoners. Barry
Slotnick, Kahane's attor-
ney, contended at hearings
before Weinstein that Ka-
hane was entitled to
kosher food at any federal
prison.
The National Jewish
Commission on Law and
Public Affairs filed a brief
on Rabbi Kahane's behalf
and Dennis Rapps, COLPA
executive director, also as-
sisted Rabbi Kahane's attor-
neys at the hearings, ap-
pearing on behalf of COLPA
as amicus curiae.
The ruling conflicts with
a decision handed down last
week by Federal Judge
Thomas P. GrieSa in Man-
hattan, who denied two
members of the JDL their
bid for kosher food.
JWB Booklet
Has Fiscal Help
NEW YORK — To help
its affiliated Jewish com-
munity centers and camps
deal with inflation and re-
cession, the Jewish Welfare
Board has issued a kit of
ideas and suggestions for
sound fiscal planning and
management.