28 Friday, October 22, 1976

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Argentine Regime Called Friendlier to Jews, Israel Than Predecessor

TEL AVIV (ZINS) —
The ne.w regime in
Argentina is much
friendlier toward Jews
and the state of Israel
compared to the previous
government, according to

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Mordecai Dayan, director
of the Israel office of the
World Union of General
Zionists, following his re-
turn from a visit to Latin
America.
Dayan said that reports
of serious anti-Semitic
manifestations in Argen-
tina are being circulated
mainly by left-wing ele-
ments which are seeking
to undermine the present
right-wing regime.
Dayan conceded that
the government, in coin-
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batting the left-wing ter-
rorist elements, also
strikes back at Jews but
this is not because of their
ethnic nature, but be-
cause of their involve-
ment with the left-
wingers.
Dayan said that the pre-
sent Argentinian au-
rhorities expressed to him
their amazement that Jews
should wish to be involved
with left-wing groups who
openly cooperate with the
Palestinian terrorists,
who seek the destruction
of Israel.
Meanwhile, Jacobo
Kovadloff, the director of
the South American of-
fice of the American
Jewish Committee and
for a long time active in
Jewish affairs in Argen-
tina said that although
the growth of anti-
Semitism and spread of
anti-Jewish literature in
Argentina have caused a
great deal of concern to
the Aregntinian Jewish
community, they none-
theless have confidence
in the future and believe
that the situation will
change.
Kovadloff, who came to
New York for consulta-
tions with American
Jewish leaders, said the
optimism of Argentine
Jewry is the result mainly
of the strong public
statements made by the
nation's leaders denounc-
ing the anti-Jewish prop-
aganda and forbidding
the publication of Nazi
and anti-Semitic hate lit-
erature.
The most publicized ac-
tion taken by the gov-
ernment was the closing
of the Editorial Milicia
publishing house in
Buenos Aires, the key or-
ganization spreading the
writings of Nazis and
local anti-Semites. But,
according to Kovadloff,
the notorious activities of
Milicia will probably be
resumed in the near fu-
ture under a new name,
Ediciones Odal, since the
government ban was di-
rected specifically
against Milcia.
Kovadloff also ex-
plained that Argenti-
nian Jewry believes that
the present situation will

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change because "the
majority of the population
in Argentina is not anti-
Semitic." He pointed out
that the general press and
the Catholic establish-
ment denounced anti-
Semitism in Argentina.
Behind the outbursts of
anti-Semitism, Kovadloff
said, are "small minority
groups, right-wingers,
who exploit the delicate
and unstable political
situation to spread hate
literature and to attack
Jewish institutions."
In the face of the grow-
ing anti-Semitism, man-
ifested mainly in the
spread of books such as
the notorious Protocols of
the Elders of Zion and
books by Hitler, Goering
and other Nazis, the
Jewish leadership of
Argentina reacted
promptly and strongly,
Kovadloff said.
The Jewish leaders,
represented by DAIA, the
umbrella organization
of Argentine Jewry, is-
sued strong statements,
met with top government
officials to discuss the
situation and decided to
continue this activity on a
permanent basis, as long
as the threat of anti-
Semitism prevails.
In Buenos Aires, an
American Jewish leader
who participated in the
13th plenary meeting of
the Latin Ameican Jewish
Congress here, said that

his talks with local com-
munity leaders indicated
that Jews are aware that
they are living in an ab-
normal situation in Argen-
tina today.
According to Philip
Klutznick, chairman of
the governing board of
the World Jewish Con,-
gress and an honorary
president of Bnai Brith,
"the Jewish leadership
here is viewing its prob-
lems without hysteria
and with a high degree of
thoughtfulness and re-
sponsibility."
Klutznick, who left for
Santiago, Chile, following
the three-day LAJC
meeting, acknowledged
that he had no time to
make an extensive per-
sonal study of conditions
in Argentina. He said he
based his views on talks
he had with the leaders of
the DAIA and the Efilenos
Aires Jewish community.
He said that when he
completed his visit to
Chile he would have "a
more comprehensive un-
derstanding of conditions
prevailing not in Argen-
tina alone but also in a
number of other Jewish
communities affected by
what happens in Latin
America."
Klutznick, a former
member of the U.S. dele-
gation to the United Na-
tions with the rank of Am-
bassador, and Sol Kanee,
of Winnipeg, Canada, tre-

asurer of the World Jewish
Congress, were among the
guests from North
America invited to par-
ticipate in the Latin
American Jewish Con-
gress plenary.
In a related develop-
ment, two Cardinals of
the Catholic Church and
representatives of nine
other Christian and
non-Christian denomina-
tions, including a rabbi of
the Jewish community
and a Moslem, were the
guests of President Jorge
Rafael Videla of Argen-
tina at an ecumenical
luncheon in Buenos
Aires.
Rabbi Salomon Ban-
hamu Anidjar, of the
Buenos Aires congrega-
tion, who was provided
with kosher food, told re-
porters afterwards that
he was grateful for the
opportunity afforded the
representatives of diffe-
rent faiths to meet with
the President to consider
problems of the country
and theological and re-
ligious matters.
He said he was aware of
reports abroad about an
anti-Semitic campaign in
Argentina and referred
to the attacks suffered by
some synagogues and by
members of the Jewish
community. At all times a
positive response and
support was forthcoming
from government au-
thorities, Anidjar said.

Israel Denies Link to Palestinians

PARIS (ZINS) — Offi-
cial Israeli circles deny
that any contacts or di-
rect talks between Israel
and the Palestinians are
taking place in Paris
under the sponsorship of
Mendes-France.
However, the weekly
Nouvele Observateur,
published an article re-
cently on a meeting that
is reported to have taken
place on Sept. 11 between
Knesset Member Arie
Lova Eliav (Labor Party)
with a "Palestinian
leader," including items
discussed between the
parties.
The independent left-,
wing journal also notes,
in passing, that the Egyp-
tian newspaper Al
Mutzwar has given de-
tails of very satisfactory
contacts that now exist
between the Palestinians
and certain "forward-
looking Israeli elements."
Meanwhile, at the Un-
ited Nations, Israeli Am-
bassador Chaim Herzog
called on the Arab coun-
tries to "sit down and talk"
with Israel, as other ad-
versaries do.
Referring to state-
ments about Israel made
by Arab delegates during
the course of the debate,
Herzog declared: "Some
of the statements ranged
from the most extreme
expressions of hatred to
the utterly ludicrous.
Many of them ignored the
massive blood-letting in
the internecine struggle
of Arab against Arab in so
many centers of conflict
in the Mideast, most of
them far removed from
Israel and completely un-

related to the Israel-Arab
conflict."
Focusing on statements
by the Syrian Ambas-
sador, Herzog said: "The
vehemence of his attacks
on Israel in the General
Assembly must be in di-
rect proportion to the
number of Arabs being kil-
led by the Syrian forces in
Lebanon."
Earlier,
Egyptian
Foreign Minister Ismail
Fahmy, in a speech deli-
vered for him by Egyp-
tian UN Ambassador
Abdel Meguid, declared
that his country was "re-
ceptive to all serious at-
tempts seeking a just and
durable peace in the Mid-
dle East" and repeated
Egypt's call for resump-
tion of the Geneva con-
ference insisting at the
same time that all con-
cerned parties must par-
ticipate, including the
Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization.
This was one of the few
references by an Arab
leader to the PLO at this
year's Assembly debate.
Last week's speech by Sy-
rian Ambassador Mowaf-
fak Allaf which omitted
any reference to the PLO
was viewed by observers.
here as an indication of
the precipitate decline of
the terrorist group's pre-
stige and influence in the
Arab world as a result of
the fighting in Lebanon.
A surprise move came
when Ambassador
Edouard Ghorra, a
Lebanese Christian who
represents the Syrian-
supported - government of
President Elias Sarkis,
denounced the role of the

Palestinians in the
Lebanese civil war.
In a sharply worded
speech, Ghorra accused
the Palestinians and their
supporters in the Arab
countries of being respon-
sible for the continuing
bloodshed and agony of
Lebanon.
The PLO was not per-
mitted to take the floor to
answer Ghorra's charges.

Threats Made
to Spanish Jews

PARIS (JTA) — Death
threats from an extreme
right-wing group in Spain
have been received by
several members of Mad-
rid's Jewish community,
according to reports
reaching here. A Jewish
spokesman for that city's
3,000 Jews declined to
name the recipients or
the number.
According to the Mad-
rid newspaper, El Pais, at
least four Jews, and sev-
eral non-Jews received
threats from the organi-
zation calling itself "The
Adolf Hitler Sixth Com-
mando of the New Order."
These included editors
of El Pais; the newspaper,
Diario de Barcelona; and
the magazine, Posible,
which last week pub-
lished a lengthy article on
fascist groups in Europe.
Others threatened in-
cluded the Perpetual Sec-
retary of the Royal
Academy of the Spanish
Language and the owner
of a bookstore who had
been attacked several
times by right-wingers,
according to El Pais.

