THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18 Friday, July 9, 1976 Israel's Daring Uganda Raid Answers Terrorists (Continued from Page 17) gratulations on the success- ful operation. Do Your Own PRINTING Save $lows Add'n Type 342-7800 Meanwhile, Transport Minister Gad Yaacobi said on a radio interview that he wanted legal power to tighten security measures at Israel's airports so that they apply to all airlines, not only Israel's airlines. A draft bill submitted to the Knesset last week would permit the govern- There is only one IT'S BECAUSE OF LEADERSHIP IN SALES AND SERVICE FULL SERVICE IN: • leasing • rental • motor homes • licensed service technicians TaM2ROFF BUICK-OPEL, inc. 28585 Telegraph / Southfield, Mich. 48075 / 313-353-1300 ment to penalize foreign carriers who did not com- ply with Israeli safety reg- ulations anywhere along their routes between Israel and other countries. The Air France jet hi- jacked June 27 was seized by heavily armed terrorists who boarded undetected at Athens Airport. In the in- terim, Yaacobi asked all air- lines serving Israel to dis- continue intermediate stops. No Safeguards at Athens Airport The Jerusalem Post re- ported that Israeli govern- ment officials who have no alternative but to fly on a foreign airline have a stand- ing order not to take Air France. Sources said that France, which has sup- ported the PLO, felt im- mune to terrorist activity against its national carrier. An Israeli security offi- cer stationed at Athens Airport, where the Tel Aviv to Paris jumbo jet had stopped over, said that no special security Mea- sures had been taken by airport officials or Air France apart from the standard search of lug- gage. There was no body frisk- ing, he said, although suita- ble compartments and metal detectors were avail- able at the field. "Very few airlines apart from El Al carry out body searches here," the officer said. Two Israelis who re- turned to Israel last week from London by Air France told the Jerusalem Post that the airline made no effort to search their bags before their flight to Israel, even though one carried along a heavy valise as hand lug- gage. State Department to Reveal Position State Department spokes- man Robert Funseth said Wednesday in Washington that the U.S. would make known its position on legal questions arising from the Israeli rescue raid in Uganda in the course of the UN Security Council's de- bate on that matter. The Se- curity Council was re- quested to convene by the Organization for African Unity (OAU), which is seek- ing to condemn Israel for violating Ugandan territory. The legal question brought up was whether or not Israel violated the provi- sions of the Foreign Mili- tary Sales Act by employing U.S.-made C-130 military transports to carry out the rescue of hostages. Funseth said in a pre- pared statement that "Israel has received C-130s and most other defense arti- cles from the U.S. under the Foreign Military Sales Act. The arrangements made with Israel, as with other recipients under the act pro- vides that such articles are to be used for internal secu- rity, legitimate self-den- fense and to permit the re- cipients to participate in regional collective arrange- ments or measures consist- ent with the United Nations Charter." Asked by a reporter if the Uganda operation vio- lated any of these restric- tions, Funseth replied, "That gets into issues that will be covered in the UN Security Council debate. Our position on these is- sues will be made known in the course of that de- bate." Israeli Meanwhile, sources indicated that they consider the legal question to be non-existent, and pointed out that President Ford's letter to Premier Yit- zhak Rabin had endorsed the entire Uganda opera- tion. Legal Ramifications Up a tree? Don't be. 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Among the questions are whether Israel acted within the internationally accepted right of self-defense or whether it violated the sov- ereignty of Uganda; whether the Ugandan re- gime collaborated with the Air France hijackers in viol- ation of United Nations statues; and whether Israel may have contravened terms of its arms purchases from the United States by using American-made mili- tary transports and equip- ment to carry out the res- cue. United Nations Secre- tary General Kurt Wal- dheim, questioned by re- porters in Dar Es Salaam and Cairo Monday, replied affirmatively when asked if he thought Israel had committed a violation of the national sovereignty of Uganda and, according to a report released by the UN, warned that the inci- dent was likely to have serious international re- percussions, especially in Africa. Waldheim's position prompted Paul O'Dwyer, president of the New York City Council, to consult ex- perts on international law at New York University and Columbia University, on the question of possible viola- tion of Ugandan sovereignty eignty. The opinion of the experts, O'Dwyer reported, was unanimous that Israel had acted legally under the doctrine of self-defense. It was reported from Washington, meanwhile, that State Department legal experts are studying both the question of Israeli viola- tion of Ugandan soveriegnty and whether Israel flouted the U.S. foreign military sales act of 1961 by employ- ing three C-130 military transports to carry the res- cue assault party to En- tebbe and return the hos- tages to Israel. The Times of London sug- gested Tuesday that Presi- dent Idi Amin of Uganda may himself have breached the General Assembly's res- olution of 1970 which stated that every nation has the duty to refrain from organ- izing, instigating, assisting or participating in terrorist acts. Although Amin denied that he collaborated with the Air France hijackers, eye-witness accounts by the returned hostages and Israeli commandos who took part in the rescue operatiori indicated that Ugandan troops, acting on Amin's order, co-operated with the hijackers and as- sisted them in guarding the hostages. There was no indication of who precipitated the State Department probe of the Israeli action. President Ford himself was among the first heads of state to con- gratulate Israel on the suc- cessful outcome of the Uganda mission. Rep. Bella Abzug (D-NY) has asked the U.S. to intro- duce a resolution into the Security Council calling for an investigation of reported collusion between Amin and the terrorist hijackers. Abzug said Amin was ex- tremely cooperative with the hijackers and reportedly added the names of five Ugandans held in Kenya to the list of prisoners in ex- change for Jewish hostages. "If further hijacking is to be prevented, the UN and its members states must unite in barring any measure of co-operation with political desperadoes who kidnap and endanger the lives of in- nocent travellers," she said. President Ford Congratulates Israel Israel's successful rescue operation in Uganda elicited messages of congratulations from President Ford and other administration offi- cials and from the leaders of American Jewish organiza- tions. Ford said, in a letter to Premier Yitzhak Rabin, made public by the White House last Tuesday, that "The American people join me in expressing our great satisfaction that the passen- gers of the Air France flight seized earlier this week have been saved and a senseless act of terrorism thwarted." Avi Pazner, press attache at the Israeli Embassy here reported that the embassy was flooded with telegrams and telephone calls of con- gratulations all day Sunday. Israeli diplomatic sources noted, however, that Ford's message was "unprece- dented" because "no Ameri- can President has ever con- gratulated us on a military action before, not even after the Six-Day War." Jerold C. Hoffberger, president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, cabled Ra- bin his warmest congratula- tions in the rescue opera- tion. "It is the essential demonstration to the world of courage and principle," Hoffberger stated. Bertram H. Gold, execu- tive vice president of the American Jewish Commit- tee praised the rescue as promoting an eventual peaceful settlement of the Middle East conflict. "We hope that this all proves again the bankruptcy of international terrorism and that we can now pro- ceed to the orderly and peaceful settlement of the problems of the Middle East," Gold said. The Bnai Brith Anti- Defamation League said in a cable to Rabin: "Your re- fusal to capitulate gives the only answer to terrorism." Joseph P. Sternstein, president of the Zionist Or- ganization of America, sent cables of congratulations to Rabin and other Israeli leaders. He stated that "Freedom-loving people are electrified with hope by the magnificent prowess of Is- rael's defense forces. State Department sources meanwhile confirmed Ra- bin's statement to the Knes- set Sunday that Israel had mounted the rescue op- eration entirely on its own responsibility without con- sulting any other govern- ments beforehand. The U.S., according to a Stall& Department official, fir learned of Israel's actio n when Ambassador Simcha Dinitz phoned Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger in New York where the Ameri- can official was over the weekend to participate irit the Bicentennial celebratioi and for private reasons. At that time the Israeli planes were already on their way to Uganda. Commenting on the res- cue, Yosef Almogi, chair- man of the World Zionist Organization and Jewish Agency Executives, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the action had international implica- tions. He expressed hope that the world will now (Continued on Page 19)