DETROIT JEWISH NEWS THE DETROIT Friday, April 1, 1977 19 Israel Remains Ready to Negotiate UNITED NATIONS (JTA ) — Israel reaffirmed Monday its readiness "for a reconvening of the Geneva conference at any time with the participants of the origi- nal conference of Decem- ber 1973" and said that she is willing to compromise for peace in the Mideast. Addressing the Security Council, which held its sec- ond meeting on Egypt's request to discuss Secre- tary General Kurt Wal- dheim's recent Mideast tour and the progress to- grd reconvening the Gen- a Peace Conference, Is- 1-aeli Ambassador Chaim Herzog told the Council: "We are prepared to negotiate (with the Arabs) today, tomorrow. We are prepared for compromise. We are prepared to go to Geneva to a reconvening of the peace conference with the original participants. We see the main problem to be a clear definition of the nature of peace. We are not prepared to negotiate with those who call for our destruction because we have no intention of com- mitting national suicide." Referring to recent re- marks by President Carter and Soviet Communist Party Secretary Leonid Brezhnev on the need for negotiations between the parties in the Mideast, the Israeli envoy said: "The fact the joint co-chairman of the (Geneva) Conference (the U.S. and the Soviet Union) recognize the cen- trality of the principle of ne- gotiation between the par- ties is of the greatest signif- icance." Herzoh said that Israel "welcomes" Brezhnev's Mideast statement, noting . that Israel takes cogni- zance of the Soviet leader's statement that the confer- ence in Geneva, of course, is not an end in itself. Fruit- ful and just results of its work are the main thing." Herzog said, however, that this welcome Soviet move towards the principle of free negotiations be- tween the parties would ap- pear to be somewhat irre- concilable with the pre- conditions for the final docu- ment on peace which the Soviet statement sets out in advance of such negotia- tions. In particular on issues which divide the parties and which are vital to Is- rael's security such as bor- ders or the establishment of a further state in addi- tion to Jordan on our East- em border." Responding to the attack against Israel by Egyptian Ambassador Esmat Abdel Meguid, who charged last Friday at the opening of the Council debate that Is- rael is mistreating the Arab population in the occu- pied territories, Herzog said disturbances in the West Band "invariably coin- cide exactly with the open- ing of any Security Council meeting. An analysis of all the Security Council meet- ings over the past years will reveal the facts that events in the West Bank are not unrelated to the con- vening of Security Council meetings." On the Egyptian charge that Israel violates the human rights of the Arab population Herzog said that the recent demonstrations in Egypt over food prices and the `'brutal repression of hungry workers in Egypt" do not give Meguid "any standing" to talk about human rights. He said that it is time for the UN to turn its attention to the problem of human rights in the Arab world. On the issue of Arab refu- gees, Herzig said: "that a major exchange of popu- lation in the Mideast has oc- curred - with the absorption of more than 800,000 Jewish refugees from Arab coun- tries in Israel. While the Arab-Jewish refugees were cared for by the Jewish people, the Arab states, Herzog charged, kept their refugees in subhuman condi- tions as political pawns". IRV & SOL COHEN And The Gang Wish Everyone A Feedea Adad Old Orchard Shopping Plaza RINCETON "If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow." —Chinese proverb For Young Men EIGHT TO EIGHTY Maple at Orchard Lake Rds. 851-3660—West Bloomfield MASTER CHARGE BANKAMERICARD PRINCETON CHARGE Mon., Thurs., Fri. 9-9 Tues., Wed., Sat. 'til 6 Passover Will Be Celebrated Despite Romanian Earthquake BUCHAREST—Passovei- will be a sad event- for the 700 Jewish families in this city whose rooms or apart- ments were damaged by the March _ 4 earthquake. The Jewish community is mourning over 100 dead. Many hundreds more are homeless and living tempo- rarily with friends and rela- tives under precarious con- ditions. The Federation of Roma- nian Jewish Communities, led by Chief Rabbi Moses Rosen, together with the American Joint Distribution Committee are determined to do everything possible to enable every Romanian ew to celebrate Passover. As early as January the community received 150 tons of matzot as well as Passover wine from Israel, sent by JDC as a gift, fi- nanced with United Jewish Appeal funds. Part of the matzot and wine were stored in Buch- arest's Fortuna and Mamu- lari Synagogues. They are no longer functioning as synagogues, and both were severely damaged by the earthquake. On the morn- ing after the disaster, the staff of the Bucharest Jew- ish Community moved their Passover supplies to safe premises. A major part of the matzot and wine were saved. This year as in previous years, the Romanian Jew- ish Federation will dis- tribute matzot and - Pass- over food parcels to over 12,000 needy. Jews through- out the country. There will be communal Seders for over 1,200 persons in Buch- arest and in 20 towns in the provinces. Some of the syna- gogues where the commu- nal Seders are usually held have been so badly dam- aged that they cannot be used. Makeshift premises are being readied. Forest for Hazani JERUSALEM (JTA)A 20,000-tree forest has been dedicated near the Etzion bloc of religious settle- ments in memory of the late National Religious Party Welfare Minister Mi- chael Hazard. NRP Pleader Yosef Burg and Jewish National Fund director general Shimon Ben-Shemesh recalled Haz- ani's role in developing the Etzion settlements, on the road from Jerusalem to Hebron. Hazani died in 1974. His widow unveiled the plaque and received the scroll of dedication from Ben-Shemesh. TITierf 1 -1r1 fi cs v tutk z s tOt Jewish Rational Fund GREETS THE ENTIRE J EWISH COMMUNITY WITH BEST WISHES FOR A happy passovet iVO4 JNF -III ,111.1%1( 1 1M II .SUIT JNF VOLUNTEERS WILL CLEAR YOUR BLUE-WHITE BOX. Please Have yours ready. If your box is not cleared by MAY 15, please call the Jewish National Fund office. Members of Youth Organizations will also participate. Remember, all contributions to JNF are tax deductible. THE BLUE BOX IS A SYMBOL OF A STATE'S REBUILDING... If you do not have one in your home, ask for it by calling the Jewish National Fund office. MARK E. SCHLUSSEL MRS. FRANK SILVERMAN President Chairman, Blue Box Committee MRS. LOUIS LEVINE Pres. Women of JNF MRS. RISSA WINKELMAN Pres. Young Women of JNF PERCY KAPLAN Executive Director Jewish National Fund 22100 Greenfield Rd. Oak Park, Mich. 48237 — 968-0820