THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
18 Friday, October 1, 1976
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• WEDDINGS • PROMS • CRUISES
• EVERY IMPORTANT SOCIAL EVENT
Debates in Israel Continue
in Wake of Koenig Report
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The controversial Koenig
report continues to re-
verberate. in the Knesset
and among Arab leaders
in Galilee.
Yoram Aridor, of
Likud, chairman of the
Knesset's Interior Com-
mittee, demanded the
, resignations of Ma-pam
Ministers Victor Shem-
tov and Shlomo Rosen
because the Mapam-
affiliated newspaper Al
Hamishmar published
the secret report. by In-
terior Ministry official Is-
rael Koenig last month.
Arab mayors, meeting
in Nazareth decided —
but not unanimously — to
call a two-hour protest
strike in all Arab towns
against Koenig's recom-
mendations aimed at re-
ducing the Arab popula-
tion in Galilee and calling
for punitive measures
against Arabs who do not
cooperate with the au-
thorities.
Aridor made his resig-
nation demands at a meet-
ing of a Knesset subcom-
mittee to consider illegal
building activities by
Arabs.
He was promptly coun-
tered by demands for
Koenig's resignation
from MKs Boaz MoaV of
the Civil Rights Party,
SINGLES 18-35
The Michigan Jewish Singles Council and
the Jewish Community Center
Present
HAMAKOM
Every Tuesday Evening
at the
Jewish Community Center
6600 West Maple
West Bloomfield
Oct. 5
Open Stage, 8:30 p.m., Aaron DeRoy Studio
Theater
Oct. 12
The Start of the Hamakom Film Festival, 8:30
p.m., Featuring "The Day of the Jackal"
Center members $2 Non-members $2.25
Oct. 19
Dr. Bruce Danto of the Suicide Prevention
Center will speak on "Combatting Loneliness,"
8:30 p.m., in the Aaron DeRoy Studio Theater
Center members $1 Non-members $1.50
For further information,
call Jay Silverman at the Center,
851-7300, ext. 219.
Nissim Eliad of the Inde-
pendent Liberal Party
and Hammad Abu Radia
of the Bedouin faction.
They insisted the
Koenig be removed from
his post as the Interior
Ministry's commissioner
for northern Israel on
grounds that he was unfit
to deal with the large
Arab population there.
Koenig's recommenda-
tions were prompted by
the fact that Arabs now
comprise nearly 50- per-
cent of the population in
Galilee.
He suggested, among
Other things, that Arab
students be encouraged
to emigrate, that Israeli
universities impose a
quota on Arabs and that
the government reduce
its financial assistance to
large-Arab families.
4,000 U.S Jews
to Join UJA Event
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The largest single con-
tingent of people ever to
journey to Israel at a
single time — some 4,000.
American -Jews — will
participate in "This Year
in Jerusalem," the 1977
United Jewish Appeal
Annual National Confer- .
ence, Oct. 24-31.
Announcing the scope
of the unprecedented
"Jewish happening,"
UJA general chairman
Frank R. Lautenberg in-
dicated the participants
would represent 130
American Jewish corn-
munities from every
state.
The multi-dimensional
conference program will
emphasize the interac-
tion of American Jews
with the people of Israel,
and will provide particip-
ants with first-hand'
knowledge about the
humanitarian programs
supported by their com-
munities in Israel,
through UJA. The con-
ference will launch the
1977 general' ampaign at
the earliest date in the
organization's history.
Israel to Build •
Atomic- Power Plant
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
A ministerial committee
decided to recommend
the construction of Is-
rael's first nuclear power
station, a 900-megawatt
plant that will cost an es-
timated $700 million at
current prices.
The decision came after
prolonged deliberations
and is subject to final ap-
proval by the National
Planning and Construc-
tion Council and the Fi-
nance 1VIinistry. If ap-
proved, the plant would
be built during the 1980's.
The committee also
recommended an option
to purchase a second nu-
Clear reactor of the same
capacity. There are, re-
portedly, three potential
suppliers — the Westin-
ghouse 'Co., Babcox and
Wilcox, and General Elec-
tric.
To know one's self is true
progress.
Readers Forum
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writer's name will be withheld from publication upon request.
No unsigned letters will be published. Materials will not be re-
turned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed.
Reader Recalls Congress Act
Backing Jewish Home in Israel
Editor, The Jewish News:
Henrie Fairlie's article,
"Regaining a Global
Posture," in the Sept. 5
issue of the Washington
Post stated:
"If America has a fron-
tier beyond its own bor-
ders which it is bound to
defend out of its own
sense of itself, that fron-
tier lies in Israel. It can-
not let its oval child be
eliminated."
On Sept. 21, 1922, Pres-
ident Harding signed the
Joint Resolution of Con-
gress: "That, the United
States of America favors
the establishment` in
Palestine of a national
home for the Jewish
people, it being clearly
understood that nothing
shall be done which may
prejudice the civil and re-
ligious rights of. hristian
and all other non-Jewish
communities in Palestine
and that the holy places
and other religious build-
ings in Palestine shall be
adequately protected."
The nature of this
"commitment," if it is one,
has been in dispute. It does
not add, as does the
British Balfour Declara-
tion of Nov. 2, 1917, that
there will be in use USA's
"best endeavors to facili-
tate the achievement of
this object." Nevertheless,
without this Joint Resolu-
tion, the Anglo-American
Treaty, signed by Presi-
dent Coolidge in De-
cember 1925, would not
have had in its Preamble
the full text of the Pales-
tine Mandate of the
League of Nations, of
which the U.S. was not a
member.
As I read this Treaty, it
means that Zionism, as
defined in the League
Mandate, was also. the
Supreme Law of the Land
(by Article VI of the Con-
stitution) and the U.S.
United Nations represen-
tative Herschel Johnson,
cited it in 1947, after Pres-
ident Truman had said in
a 1946 letter to King Ibn
Saud that support --of a
Jewish national home in
Palestine was a "posi-
tion" of the U.S.
My interpretation (and .
I believe President Tru-
man's) is not accepted in
the'State Department,
which, however, concedes
that there was U.S. "con-
sent to the administra-
tion of Palestine. pur-
suant to the League of
Nations Mandate."
The view of the En-
glishman Henry Fairlie
that the U.S. was one of the
two "creators" of Israel
annoys them. They seem to
go along with Senator J. W.
Fulbright who said that
"the commanding Ameri-
can interest in the Middle
East is access to oil. Our
interest in Israel is emo-
tional and ideological; it is
in our interests for Israel
to survive because we wish
Israel to survive," and he
explains that this is a less
"urgent" interest than our
energy needs. He finds ex-
traordinary the "influence
of the Israeli lobby."
Perhaps this American
can learn from this PT- -,
glishman someth
about what the U.S. may
do "out of its own sense of
itself." A close look at the
1922 ; Joint Resolution -of
Congress reveals a Chris-
tian -dimension nowhere
else mentioned in the of-
ficial documents. There
seems to be a Christian
Israeli "lobby" missed by
Sen. Fulbright and there
are more Christian
friends of Israel than
there are Jewish.
Sidney Koretz
Falls Church, Va.
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Detroit Clothing
Gift Recognized
_Editor, The Jewish News:
In the name of all the
inhabitants, all the resi- -
dents of Yerocham, our
development town in the
Negev, I should like to
express the heartfelt
gratitude of the entire
community for the superb
efforts made by your
gracious and splendid
participation in the re-
cent clothing drive.
May I add that all per-
sons interested in further
shipments in this very
worthy cause, kindly do
so by addressing their
parcels directly to the fol-
lowing address: Arieh
Zar, Director, Social Wel-
fare Services (Lishkat
Ha-Saad), Municipality of
Yerocham, Yerocham, Is-
rael 80500. Please be sure
to mark all parcels
clearly: Used Clothing
Donation.
Once again we thank
you for your generosity
and participation and
hope that you individu-
ally will continue your
excellent work. And to my
parents, Dr. and Mrs.
Daniel - Burman, bles-
sings in initiating this
project.
Dorit Krause-Burman
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Israeli Pound
Devalued Agai-
JERUSALEM (JTA,
The Israel pound was re-
duced in value by 1.8 per-
cent Wednesday.
It now stands at IL 8.40'
to $1 compared to IL 8.25
to $1 before the latest de-
valuation.
The so called "creeping
devaluation" was au-
thorized by the govern-
ment two years ago in an
effort to stimulate ex=
ports and reduce imports.
Devaluation, originally
linked solely to the U.S.
dollar is now based on- the
current value of a
selected group of foreign
currencies on the inter-
national money market.
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