8 Friday, October 22, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Fares Better at UN, But Arabs
Prepare for a Major Diplomatic Assault
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UNITED NATIONS
(JTA) — As the General
Assembly prepared to
conclude this year's gen-
eral debate diplomatic
sources here noted that
Israel was not treated as
harshly as in last year's
Assembly, but said that
the Arab bloc is preparing
for a major assault on Is-
rael in the UN after the
American Presidential
election Nov. 2.
Israel, the sources said,
will be faced with a major
attack equivalent to last
year's anti-Zionism of-
fensive, but this year the
issue will be the report of
the 20-member Commit-
tee on Palestinian Rights
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which calls for the estab-
lishment of a Palestinian
state under the aegis of
the PLO and the with-
drawal of Israel from all
Arab territories by June
1977.
The speech by Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko, however, was
much less aggressive
than in former years in
dealing with Israel, and
contrary to last year,
mentioned Israel by
name and ignored the
Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization (PLO).
Even China, a long-time
master of anti-Israel
rhetoric, showed modera-
tion on Israel and did not
mention the Jewish State
and very briefly referred
to the Mideast conflict.
The decline of the PLO
at the UN is indicated, ac-
cording to diplomatS, by
the fact that the PLO was
not mentioned by the
majority of the countries
and, in addition, it was
not given the right to par-
ticipate in the general
debate by the ruling of
the President of the Gen-
eral Assembly, Hamilton
Shirley Amerasinghe of
Sri Lanka.
Analysts at the UN ob-
served that the decline of
the PLO, a direct con-
sequence of the Lebanese
civil war, presents a new
opportunity for the re-
turn of King Hussein of
Jordan as a viable part-
ner in Mideast negotia-
tions.
Meanwhile, citing the
"obnoxious sight" of
Yasir Arafat, head of the
Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization, at the United
Nations in 1974, and the
"despicable" 1975 Gen-
eral Assembly Zionism-
is-racism resolution,
Faye Schenk, president of
the American Zionist
Federation, called on the
American Jewish com-
munity to "be steeled in
preparation for what this
year's Assembly might
concoct."
The Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith has
called on the State De-
partment to order Shafik
Al-Hout, a Palestine Lib-
eration Organization ob-
server at the United Na-
tions, to remain within the
25-mile UN district "in
light of his previous flag-
rant violation" of his re-
stricted visa, or face "im-
mediate deportation."
The State Department
letter, responding to an
ADL complaint about
Al-Hout's activities, de-
clared that the PLO's
New York office had been
informed that Al-Hout's
participation in a
Washington, D.C., TV in-
terview last spring con-
stituted a "public, politi-
cal activity" in violation
of his visa terms.
It was reported from
Paris, that a Turkish pub-
lic prosecutor who said
last August he would seek
the death penalty for two
Palestinians accused of
killing four El Al passen-
gers and injuring 24 at
the Istanbul airport, re-
versed himself and asked
instead for life imprison-
ment claiming there were
mitigating circumstances
in their case, according to
reports reaching here
from Istanbul.
The prosecutor made
his statement at the start
of the trial of Mohammed
Hussein al-Rashid and
Mohammed Mehdi Zilhe
who admitted at the time
of their arrest that they
were members of the
Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine
and that they were in the
pay of Libya.
The two terrorists, in a
machinegun and hand
grenade attack on the pas-
sengers who were about to
board a Tel Aviv-bound El
Al plane, killed two Is-
raelis, Shiomo Weisbach
and Ernest Eliash, a
Japanese tourist guide,
Yakao Hiramo, and an as-
sistant to Sen. Jacob Javits
(R-N.Y.), Harold W. Ro-
senthal.
Also in Paris, Jewish
extremists interrupted
the showing of a pro-
Palestinian film by break-
ing windows, throwing
stink bombs and releas-
ing mice in the cinema.
The film, Jean Luc
Godard's "Here and
There," was shown in a
small art studio and was
attended by only a hand-
ful of people.
A secret group called
"An Eye for an Eye" re-
leased a statement as-
suming responsibility for
the attack. The group's
communique said last
night's attack "is a warn-
ing." It added, "we shall
not permit the showing of
anti-Semitic and racist
films."
The cinema's director,
Publishing Head
Wins Rights Prize
NEW YORK — Robert
L. Bernstein, chairman
and president of Random
House, received from the
New York Civil Liberties
Union its 1976 Florina
Lasker Civil Liberties
Award. The award is
given annually "in recog-
nition of consistent and
outstanding courage and
integrity in the defense of
civil liberties."
Bernstein's many ac-
tivities have included
service as chairman of
the Association of Ameri-
can Publishers, chairman
of the AAP Committee on
International Freedom to
Publish, director of the
International League for
the Rights of Man,
member of the board of
Writers and Scholars In-
ternational, chairman. of
the American . board of
Index, and member of the
national advisory com-
mittee of Amnesty Inter-
national.
His efforts in behalf of
the freedom to read and
publish and exchange
ideas took him last spring
on a journey to China, at
the invitation of the gov-
ernment, and, last month
with a group of American
publishers, to the Soviet
Union.
Marin Karmitz, himself
Jewish and a well-known
member of the Paris intel-
lectual community, said
the attack was a "Nazi-like
action in that it under-
mined freedom of speech
and democracy."
In Tel Aviv, an a-
spokesman confir
that five Palestiniaiis
who landed on the Tel
Aviv beach in a motor-
boat on Rosh Hashana
were members of El
Fatah on a mission to or-
ganize terrorist cells and
sabotage in the Gaza
'Strip and in the El Arish
area.
The five Palestinians
claimed they came from
Egypt in order to avoid
recruitment by the PLO
to fight in Lebanon.
An investigation re-
vealed that they had in fact
boarded a Turkish vessel
at Tyre, Lebanon, which
served as a "mother ship"
carrying arms and explo-
sives. The motorboat was
launched some miles
offshore from Tel Aviv.
The presence of Israeli
patrol boats caused the
terrorists to jettison their
explosives and weapons
and to give themselves up
with a concocted story,
the spokesman said.
The Palestine Libera-
tion Organization has of-
ficially requested permis-
sion to open an observer
office in Vienna, a gov-
ernment spokesman said.
The observer office is
designed to carry out ac-
tivities in connection
with the Vienna-based in-
ternational organiza-
tions to which the PLO is
accredited.
The organizations in-
volved are the Vienna-
based International
Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) and the United
Nations Industrial De-
velopment Organization
(UNIDO).
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