Immorality of Arab Boycott and the U. S. Collaborators THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary Page-2 .1 0L LXX, No. 6 A Weekly Review Roots of U.S.-Israel Unity • 'This Year in Jerusalem' • Simhat Torah Solidarity I Jewish Events cTAD 9 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 Editorials Page 4 $10.00 Per Year ; This Issue 30c October 15 , 1976 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. /, !iriiinnar 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.