12 Friday, January 14, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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Prof. Sees Decentralization as the Answer
to the Problems of Israel and Territories
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Weitz sees regionaliza-
tion as the only way to
focus efficiently com-
prehensive programs for
economic development
and social amelioration,
because the existing cen-
tralized bureaucracy is too
isolated from day to day
problems in the field, and
necessarily too truncated
to allow any effective
coordination of inter-
departmental effort.
Prof. Weitz would di-
vide Israel and the ter-
ritories into eight reg-
ional districts.
Any comprehensive
development program is
inextricably linked to
political. problerhs. What
Weitz proposes, however,
is an immediate program
for action to develop and
improve services in all of
Israel as well as all the
territories.
"This," Weitz states,
"without fixing in ad-
vance anything regard-
ing the political solution,
that will be chosen in its
time, and will be based
upon the principle of
self-determination of the
Arab population in the
occupied territories. In
spite of this, we believe
that it is within the capa-
bility of the plan to 'halt
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Shevat 5737
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January 20 to February 18, 1977
JNF SABBATH, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5
TU B'SHEVAT, New Year for Trees, January 3
Plant Trees for all Occasions
TASKS DURING ISRAEL'S 29th ANNIVERSARY YEAR
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• To avow full solidarity with the State of Israel in it period of stress.
• To deepen JNF sentiment among masses of the Jewish People.
• To focus attention on 75 years of Jewish National Fund activities in
building the land of Israel and securing the future of the State of Israel.
• To stress the fact that JNF is a major contributor in improving
and maintaining the quality of Israel's environment. JNF fights
desolation, decay, waste and wilderness.
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• To reclaim more land foroutposts in the most vulnerable areas.
• To inscribe your name, or the name of a relative or friends in the
Honor Roll of the Jewish People — the Golden Book.
• To place another thousand Blue-White JNF Boxes in Detroit and Michigan
Jewish homes.
To plant more trees in Israel. Israel needs more trees. Trees repre
'sent
the rekindled strength and lifeblood of the land.
• To remind Jews to remember JNF in their Wills, thus not only linking
their names forever with the land of Israel, but that their legacy
will help .ALL of Israel.
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We have before us a colossal task. The JNF has
undertaken its most ambitious project — the
development of the American Bicentennial
National Park in Israel on the occasion of
our 200th birthday. Yogican share in
the fulfillment cf this dream.
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22100 GREENFIELD
OAK PARK 48237 • Phone 968-0820
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A JNF Box
in every
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the unwanted deteriora-
tion a the economic, so-
cial and political situa-
tion."
Weitz would divide Is-
rael into five Jewish and
three Arab districts re-
spectively: • '
• Safed District — the
Safed region, Kinneret,
and Ramat Hagolan;
• Haifa District — the
Yizreel region, Acco
Haifa, Hadera, and the
Jordan, Valley (north of
Jericho);
• Tel Aviv District —
the Sharon region, Petah
Tikva, Ramleh, Rehovot,
Tel Aviv, and Latrun;
• . Ashdod District —
Ashkelon, the Jerusalem
region (excluding the city
of Jerusalem) and Gush
Etzion;
• Beersheba District —
Beersheba and the Negev
region, the Rafiakh en-
clave, and the Jordan Val-
ley (south of Jericho).
The three Arab dis-
tricts:
• Shekhem District —
Jenin, Shechem, Tul
Karem, Ramallah and
Jericho;
• Hebron District —
Hebron and Bethlehem;
• Gaza District — the
Gaza Strip. Jerusalem
will be a special entity
unto itself, continuing to
serve as Israel's capital,
but now in a federative
sense
similar
to
Washington, D.C.
While the decentraliza-
tion of government and the
corresponding increase in
local efficiency might be
palatable arguments for
Weitz's plan, and while Is-
raeli politics might benefit
by Weitz's proposal of a
senatorial body to be
elected from the newly
re-apportioned districts,
the possible international
political consequences of
Israel Nazi Victims_
Oppose Agreement
TEL AVIV (JTA)— The
Association of Nazi Vic-
tims in Israel has regis-
tered opposition to a plan
to sign the final inde-
mnification agreement
with West Germany and
has called for replacing
Dr. Nahum Gold/harm,
president of the World
Jewish Congress, by
former Foreign Minister
Abba Eban as the chief
negotiator for the funds.
At a press conference,
Tuvia Friedman, chair-
man of the Association,
said that the victims fear
that the money will not go
fo those entitled to it but
to Israeli institutions and
political parties.
He said Goldmann told
him that all the political
parties have agreed to a
final indemnification set-
tlement of 600 million
Marks on condition that
the parties receive some
of the funds. • -
Friedman, noting that
the parties needed the
funds for the upcoming
Knesset elections, de-
manded that a final fig-
ure be 1 billion Masks and
that no agreement be
signed prior to the May 17
elections.
the plan might be too prob-
lematic.
He foresees three pos-
sible solutioies with re-
gard to the areas of Arab
population. The first is if
an agreement is reached
with Jordan; then the
three Arab districts -=
Shekhem, Hebron and
Gaia — could be included
in Jordanian sovereignty.
Since the developme
plan includes a road c
ridor connecting Ga
and Hebron districts, the
Kingdom of Jordan could
have a (demilitarized)
Mediterranean port at
Gaza, and everybody
would be happy.
The second possibility,
in the absence of an ag-
reement with Jordan, will
permit a certain freedom
of action to devglve
gradually upon the Arab
districts. An Arab district
government, responsible
for internal affairs in the
areas of services and de-
velopment, will lay the
foundation for the even-
tual establishment of a
Palestinian state or par-
ticipation in a federative
community with Israel.
The third : possibility is
obviously the establish-
ment of a separate Pales-
tinian state, comprising
the three Arab districts,
and having full statutory
rights excluding militari-
zation.
The federative state
(The United States of Is-
rael?) with its federal capi-
tal of Jerusalem (D.C.?)
would have five Jewish
and three Arab districts,
separate state govern-
ments responsible for in-
ternal matters and a fed-
eral government respon-
sible for security matters,
foreign relations, cur-
rency, customs, and
inter-district coordina-
tion.
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Whichever possible.,
solution arises, Weitz in-
sists any is-preferable to
the slow, unplanned and
dangerous sliding an-
nexation of areas of dense
Arab population going on
at present.
Each solution would
guarantee the preserva-
tion of the Jewish charac ;
ter of Israel and a better,
more efficient structure
for the country's de-
velopment. Weitz sees his
plan as "a real solution to
the problems of the
Jewish state in our time,"
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Swedes Film
JNF Projects
•
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
A Swedish film -crew has
completed shooting
Jewish National Fund
projects in the Negev for
a film on afforestation in
barren terriloty.
The crew photographed
plantations on sand
dunes, "green belts"
around new settlements,
groves planted to protect
vegetation from wind,
plantations at the edges
of ravipes to prevent-
floods.
The film will be a com-
parative study of similar
projects in India, the
U.S., Italy and Israel.