16 Friday, July 4, 1975 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Modern Israelis Compared With Christians of Crusades Prescription Garry Wills, a former Jesuit seminarian, contends in an article, "A New Way to Perceive the State of Is- rael," that in order to under- stand modern Israel one Optical Co. 1 ) 26001 COOLIDGE HWY OAK PARK 543 3343 M & L CATERING Is Back With creations by Milt Green For All your catering Needs Call Nlilt 542-3588 must first understand the Crusaders. In the article, appearing in the July issue of Esquire magazine and written after his recent visit there, Wills finds that "Israel repeats Crusader themes una- wares." He cites as exam- ples the fortification of land captured from Jordan in the Six-Day War which was similarly fortified by the Crusaders, the objectives of the Israeli army as com- pared to the Knights Tem- plar: Always advance and assault despite casualties; never halt and retreat. Wills makes several ob- servations about Israel, and not all of them are compli- mentary. He writes: "Israel has fallen short of its own goals; it has tried to hang on to occu- pied lands, once they were won, in ways that under- cut its own moral claim. Israel has had its terror- ists, profiteers, corrup- tion, soiled enterprises. You bring the ideas into the world. Peres Proposes Israel, West Bank Federation Plan JERUSALEM tJTA) — Defense Minister Shimon Peres has proposed a plan for a federation between Israel and the West Bank which he hopes the Labor Alignment will begin dis- cussing. Peres said the plan should be promoted both on a na- tional and an international level and the government should adopt the federation plan perhaps during the negotiations for an overall settlement of the Mideast dispute. Peres' plan would give Ar- abs both in Israel and the administered territories a free choice of citizenship, with those accepting Israeli citizenship being able to vote for the Knesset. Peres said the problem of ensuring a Jewish majority could be solved by using what he called the "Can- adian system" in which a ra- tio of two-thirds Jewish votes and one-third Arab votes could be maintained until the area was stabi- lized. He also suggested a high degree of autonomy for the residents of the occupied territories both on a local and a regional basis. We'll raise them. Into beautiful homes. We have the reputation for craftsmanship evident in every custom home we build, or remodel. We have the experience to anticipate your design's needs, to help in the specs of floor plans and materials. Get together with us, bring your ideas, and we'll make them a good home. SNYDER & SNYDER BUILDERS, INC. FINE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL 23240 LAUREL VALLEY DRIVE SOUTHFIELD. 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"The title of Defenders of the Holy Places has de- volved upon the Israelis, who are trying to wear it worthily, despite the failure of so many others who took up the task. If they do not keep the land holy, then no one can." House Withdraws U.S. From Participating in ILO Activities WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The House of Representa- tives has withdrawn the United States government from participation in the In- ternational Labor Organiza- tion because the ILO gave the Palestine Liberation Organization status in that United Nations affiliate as an observer. Supporting the position of the AFL-CIO, the House voted last week to delete from appropriations to the State Department the funds to pay into the ILO. The cut- off is effective as of last June 12. Rep. John Slack (D-W. Va.) and John Murtha (D- Pa.) led the fight to delete Deckhands Strike at Israeli Ports TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is- raeli deckhands went on a wildcat strike last week. Other branches of the sea- men's union refused to go along. One Israeli ship was idled in Haifa harbor and the crews of others were delib- erating whether to join the walk out which was con- demned by Histadrut and the shipping companies. Several Israeli ships on the high seas radioed that they would strike on reaching Israeli ports. The strike was called by Moshe Levy, secretary of the deckhands' branch of the union, to protest one of the tax reform measures now before the Knesset that would tax a portion of sea- men's salaries hitherto ex- empt. Meanwhile, the Seamen's Union Council ordered striking deckhands back to work but also demanded that Histadrut take proper action to protect seafarers' wages which may be threat- ened by the tax reform mea- sures now before the Knes- set. The council also rejected Histadrut's decision to sus- pend Moshe Levy, secretary of the deckhands' branch of the union, who unilaterally called the wildcat strike. Finance Minister Ye- hoshua Rabinowitz met with El Al air crews to dis- cuss the impact of the tax reforms on their wages. He assured them that their net income would not suffer but did not address himself to the main bone of contention — whether increments such as foreign currency allow- ances for lay-overs abroad would he regarded as taxa- ble income. the funds. They were op- posed by Reps. Elford Ced erberg (R-Mich.) and Milli- cent Fenwick (R-NJ). Slack, who introduced the deletion legislation, pointed out that while observer sta- tus in non-voting and non- paying, it permits the PLO representation in ILO pro- ceedings. Cederberg argued he has "never been a real fan" of the ILO, but Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and others in the State De- partment explained to him that suspending U.S. funds to the ILO "at this time when we are carrying out these negotiations (in the :Middle East) just adds an- other problem that we really do not need at this time." The State Department said it "regrets" the action since the ILO "is a highly useful organization." Spokesman Robert An- derson noted that the U.S. had voted in the ILO against observer status for the PLO. The ILO, he observed, is for government, worker and employer representa- tives, and the PLO "has no government or recognized worker or employer groups" and "has no business to be taken up in the ILO." El Al Predicts Tourist Decline TEL AVIV (JTA) — El Al, Israel's national airline, said that it expected to carry 3,000 fewer tourists to Israel from the United States this summer season than it did during the same period last year. Amos Torin, deputy di- rector general of El Al for the U.S. region, said that the forecast was based on the economic recession in the U.S. and reports in the American news media of the security situation in Is- rael. He disclosed that El Al was forced to cancel V flights in the last two months owing to the drop in traffic. According to Torin, the airline had in fact antici- pated a growth of 6,000 tourists this summer so that its total loss will amount to 9,000 passengers. Mean- while, El Al has instituted a new service for the conveni- ence of its passengers from Jerusalem who may check their baggage there before proceeding to Ben-Gurion Airport.