.k1'■ Jilgt.4,'1637 X Anti-Zionist Activities on British Campuses on Increase (JTA)—The LONDON city of York is infamous in Jewish history because it was there in 1190, that the entire Jewish community committed suicide in the castle, Masada-style, rather than be massacred by a howling mob. In 1977, York once more became a source of anxiety for English Jewry when an- incredulous community heard that the small Jewish Students Society at the city's university was being expelled by the main stu- dents union because of the claim that Zionism was rac- ist. The affair caused concern the Board of Deputies of Writish Jews and, while aware that this was "only" a matter of student politics, and that life and limb were not at stake, one or two speakers referred to the ear- lier painful Jewish associ- ations with that northern city. However, communal and student leaders have drawn comfort from the steadfast and energetic manner in which committed Jewish students are standing up for themselves. There is a feel- ing, too, that the anti-Zion- ist campaigners have over- played their hands and are alienating growing numbers of non-Jewish students. The affair hit the national headlines, and the York Stu- dents Union was quickly shamed into reversing its expulsion of the Jewish so- ciety, but not before the vice chancellor of the uni- versity had threatened to in- tervene. However, the. events at York were only one episode in a wave of anti-Zionist agitation, which has swept British campuses over the past year, and which threatens to grow stronger. In a research report is- sued here, the Institute for Jewish Affairs notes that only about 20 percent of Britain's 650,000 university and college students are po- litically active and of these only a minority have a spe- cial interest in the Middle East. The debate about the Middle East in the univer- sities has boiled down mainly • to a pro-Palestine Liberation Organization and anti-PLO confrontation, thus giving rise to the ex- treme statements about Is- rael and Zionism. There are some 15,000 Arab and between 9,000 and 12,000 Jewish students on the campuses. While most Arabs are members of an Arab student society, only about 3,000 of the Jews be- long to the ...lion of Jewish Students. For some years now, anti-Zionist groups, such as the British Anti-Zionist Or- ganization (BAZO) and the General Union of Palesti- nian Students (GUPS) have been agitating for an anti- Zionist resolution through the national conference of the generally moderate Na- tional Union of Students (NUS). NUS is currently the only national students union in Europe without any policy on the Mitidle East and at a meeting of all the European unions in Nicosia- in Janu- ary, 1977, the NUS used its veto to prevent a pro-Pales- tinian motion from being carried. In the last year, however, the anti-Zionist campaign has gathered mo- mentum, to the growing dis- comfiture of the NUS lead- ership. In the last two terms alone, anti-Zionist resolu- tions were debated in 21 stu- dent unions throughout the country. The anti-Zionist move was successful at 11 campuses, and failed at seven. At two universities, Jewish societies took out writs against the local stu- dent unions after attempts to deny them access to the unions' normal facilities. In their anti-Zionist cru- sade, the PLO supporters exploit a resolution carried at the National Union of Stu- Device Measures Cosmeti c Efficiency JERUSALEM—An in- strument developed by a Hebrew University re- search team can tell how useful facial cream is to the skin. - The instrument measures- the amount of hydration -in living skin and may also be used for testing skin elasti- city. says Prof. Shabtay Dikstein, ,associate profes- sor of applied pharma- cology. who headed the team which built the in- strument. It is based on the prin- ciple of measuring the depth of indentation caused by a standard weight and the velocity of the skin's re- bOunce thereafter. The in- strument is sensitive to changes of 1/100 of a mil- limeter. Prof. Dikstein said he hopes that a simplified ver- sion can be built at a cost of a few hundred dollars. In that case it could become a regular tool for cosmetic firms for on-the-spot testing of how customers react to various preparation. Long-Lasting Tomatoes Sought by Hebrew U. Team Crops Department have for JERUSALEM—New vari- several years been breed- eties of eating tomatoes which stay firm and fresh-R ing tomatoes for resistance to disease and for high twice as long as those cur- yields. rently on the market in the U.S. and Europe. have been About two years ago they developed by scientists at began a. comprehensive re- the Hebrew University Fac- search project aimed at de- ulty of Agriculture in Reho- veloping strains with long- vot. lasting properties. They test- The tomatoes. cultivated ed dozens of solid tomato. by a research team headed varieties in Israel and by Prof. Nachum Kedar abroad and crossbred them and including Ehud Kopelw- with the traditional edible itz. are unusually solid, and varieties. Hundreds of com- will give a decided boost to binations were examined, srael's export of eating to- and 10 were chosen as suit- matoes. able. Israel's sizeble export of -The new varieties are table tomatoes to Europe in much firmer and last much recent years has met with longer in storage than pre- difficulties due to the short "shelf life" of the fruit. Lo- vias ones. They keep their firmness a full week after cally marketed tomatoes turning - completely red, also suffer a 10-20 percent compared to 2-3 days in the loss due to early softening: previous types. The prPblem is especially had in developing countries. Local seed companies where hot climates over- have undertaken semi-corn- mercial production of the ripen large quantities of strains for seeds to he sold fruit, ruining it for sale. Prof. Kedar and his team to farmers in time for the in the Field Vegetable autumn season. Several foreign and local cosmetic companies have expressed an interest in the new instrument. The research group is still in the process of gather- ing biological data, to classi- fy people's skin taking into account age and sex. One of the aims is to measure the effect of Dead Sea water, Dead Sea mud (piloma) and Tiberias mud on skin as part of exam- ining their medical effects. The ultimate benefit of the new device is that it may eliminate those cosmet- ic preparations which have no real value. as well as to ,develop new products with better effects. dents annual conference three years ago, enabling unions to refuse assistance of any kind to "openly rac- ist and fascist organiza- tions." Citing the 1975 United Nations resolution, equating Zionism with rac- isrg, they have sought with cmsiderable success to cen- sure or expel Jewish and Is- rael societies. It was on the basis of this policy that the students union at York decided to expel the Jewish society from its register on June 15. Despite taking legal ac- tion, the Jewish society only partly succeeded in carrying out its program on the campus. As in York, the university adminis- tration and the NUS Execu- tive tried to intervene on be- half of the beleaguered Jew- ish students. The fact that some Jew- ish societies have invoked the support of the chan- cellors of their universities will not, however, stand them in good stead, since students in Britain as else- where resent the pressures of "the establishment." The Jewish students will have- to count primarily on themselves and on their stu- dent sympathizers. 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