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Even Amer- ica—supposedly a friend of Israel, abstained from vot- ing, permitting the con- demnation of Israel. It did not help to give the world an Einstein, a Salk and countless Nobel prize winners. It is sad to realize that "the Jews still don't have a friend!" JULIUS CHAJES Arab Dies in Protest Over Illegally Built Gallilee House TEL AVIV (JTA)—Arab villagers staged a general strike in Majdal-Krum Wednesday to protest the killing of a local Arab by Israeli police Tuesday dur- ing a violent demonstration against the demolition of an illegally built house in that Upper Galilee township on the Safad-Acre road. About 20 policemen were injured and scores of Arabs were arrested before the demonstrators dispersed. The Interior Ministry expressed regret over the loss of life, but said its get- tough policy against illegal construction will continue. The construction of houses without government per- mission has reached epi- demic proportions in the heavily Arab-populated regions of Upper Galilee, ministry sources said. Demolition orders were issued five years ago, but action was delayed by numerous court appeals. Tuesday a wrecking crew with a demolition warrant issued by a court was sent to Majdal-Krum accom- panied by a small police guard. The house in ques- tion was razed, but the villa- gers massed in a protest demonstration which erupted in violence. Passing cars and buses were stoned and the main road was blocked, Police reinforcements rushed to the scene fired into the air. One villager was killed by a stray bullet, police said. HAPPY BIRTHDAY PERKY Love, _Sarah & Hy GRAEME FLOWERS BILL CAPLAN 12711 W. 7 MILE RD. 341-3366 FREE ESTIMATES AT YOUR HOME FOR ALL PARTIES DON KRUPP Balfour Has Joined Declaration— a Beginning Editor, The Jewish Nevis: You say the Balfour Dec- laration "was a weak state- ment. Many more impor- tant documents are on record supporting the rebirth of Jewish statehood." A "weakness" of the Bal- four Declaration was that, strictly speaking, it did not bind the United States. Nor, by itself, did the Palestine Mandate of the League of Nations, of which the U.S. was not a member. But on July 7, 1920, King George V's "Proclamation to the People of Palestine" initiated the Civilian Admin- istration of Palestine, an entity non-existent under Muslim rule. The American Balfour Declaration was the 1922 Joint Resolution of Con- gress. The U.S. became a signatory to the Palestine.. Mandate, quoted in full in Treaty of Dec. 3, 1924. With- out the 1922 Joint Resolution of Congress, the State Department would have succeeded in omitting the Palestine Mandate portion. In honoring the Balfour Declaration we should pre- sent it as more than a begin- ning, a scaffolding, as you say. 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