Immorality
of Arab Boycott
and the U. S.
Collaborators
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LXX, No. 6
A Weekly Review
Roots of
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'This Year in
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Israel Arms Sale, Arab Boycott
Create Disputes Over U.S. Roles
Simhat Torah Rallies
Focus on Soviet Jews
Jews around the world will participate in Simhat
Torah rallies this weekend stressing their solidarity
with Soviet Jews, who are prevented from celebrating
the giving of the Torah to Moses.
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Unity
with Soviet Jews on
Simchat Torah
The photograph above is the symbol circulated by
the National Conference on Soviet Jewry to emphasize
its call for unity of world Jewry in expressing solidarity
with Soviet Jewry. (Continued on Page 16)
Boycott Actions Beget Anger
NEW YORK (JTA)— Two national Jewish lead-
ers and a national representative body of Jewish
groups spoke out in the past few days on the issue of
the Arab boycott and the Ford Administration's
handling of this situation.
Rabbi Alexander Schindler, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, said that while the executive order,
announced last week by President Gerald Ford dur-
ing his debate with Democratic Presidential
nominee Jimmy Carter requiring that Arab boycott
demands be made public, would call attention to
those corporations that surrender to the boycott
pressures, "there is still no law that protects
American companies from Arab pressure to stop
trading with Israel and to stop trading with other
U.S. companies trading with Israel."
1VIax M. Fisher, Detroit industrialist who is
chairman of "People for Ford" in the Jewish com-
munity, in a communication being widely distri-
buted, hailed Ford's "further action" to combat the
boycott and called attention to the "far-reaching
steps taken by President Ford in the last year-
and-a-half."
Noting Ford's announcement last week, Fisher
stated that "this will bring out in the open which
companies are supporting the boycott and will give
the American people an opportunity to react and also
give the companies pause as to whether to continue
compliance with the boycott when it becomes a matter
of public record."
(Announcement was made in Washington this
week by the President Ford Committee that 4,000
letters had gone Out to prominent Jews throughout
(Continued on Page 8)
Military Equipment Supply
Called 'Old Deal', Branded
as Speculative and Incorrect
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Reports on the kinds
of new military equipment Israel is to receive under
a decision President Ford disclosed he has made,
were characterized by a U.S. official as "specula-
tive" and by an Israeli source as "incorrect."
Their comments came in reference to "well
placed Congressional sources, familiar with Israel's
requests" which were given as the authority for one
widely published report that items approved for Is-
rael included laser-guided bombs and armed
helicopter gunships equipped with anti-tank mis-
siles not previously approved for sale, night-
fighting equipment Israel does 'not now have, and
ultra-modern communications and radar equip-
ment.
In addition, the "Congressional sources" were
reported to have said delivery is to be speeded to
Israel of M-60 heavy tanks, self propelled artillery,
armed personnel carriers, and new models of guided
anti-tank missiles and bombs.
Most of the "Congressional report" is "utter non-
sense," the Israeli said. "Some of the items were deli-
vered a year ago." Only a "handful of people" know
What is on the list, he said.
The list will not be made officially known for at
least three months since it first must be presented
to Congress which must approve military sales of
more than $25 million and, any amount of special
equipment. The present Congress will not meet
(Continued on Page 5)
srae s MagenDavidA Magnet for Help
BY DR. MILTON MUTCHNICK
Editor's Note: This is the first in a
series of articles by a keen observer who
has made a serious study of some of Is-
rael's major experiences. Dr. Milton
Mutchnick is an assistant professor of in-
ternal medicine at the University of
Michigan Medical School. Dr. Mutchnick
has covered the Israeli scene for The
Jewish News in his earlier visits there.
- An inconspicuous appearing tent lo-
,ted near the northern border that Is-
rael shares with Lebanon signifies a un-
ique "hands across the border" event be-
tween Israel and her Arab neighbor. The
tent prominently displays the Star of
David which signals the presence of joined their Israeli counterparts.
Magen David Adorn, the Israel Red
Christian Arabs from the border area
Cross. Within, Israeli physicians see and initiated the requests for Israeli medical
treat an ever-increasing number of pa- aid and the initial timidity of the Moslem
tients from Lebanon. These individuals Lebanese has been overcome and they
have sought medical aid from the Is- now form the bulk of the patient load.
raelis in the absence of adequate medical
A small gate at the barbed wire lined
coverage in their homeland, now in a
frontier serves as the entrance to the
state of chaos.
clinic. The Lebanese begin to form lines in
The Israeli medical aid station is sur- the early morning, often arriving in taxis
rounded by bunkers and protected by from more distant locations near Beirut.
army units to_forestall Palestine Libera-
Israeli soldiers search the prospective
tion Organization terrorism. Several Is- patients to preclude potentially disrup-
raeli Army physicians are stationed here tive PLO activity: The clinic operates
and operate the clinic. Just recently, a from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and averages bet-
Lebanese physician and nurse have ween 80 and 100 patients each day. Four
stations have now been set up along the
length of the border to handle the in-
creased patient load.
The predominant illness encountered
by Israeli physicians is infectious dis-
ease. This includes a large number of
skin infections due in part to the lack of
adequate water and soap. This is par-
ticularly true of the children. Other in-
fections include tonsilitis, kidney and
bladder infections.
The next largest group of patients
seek attention for trauma such as for
fractures and wounds incurred in civi-
lian occupations. Few war wounds have
been encountered. Most acute problems
(Continued on Page 21)
Lebanese citizens await the services of Israeli doctors stationed in tent-housed clinics on the Israel-Lebanon border.