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6 Friday, November 18, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Federations Unyielding on Israel, Reject Criticism

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These messages are: "Our
interests cannot be severed
from our fellow citizens, for
they are one. We cannot be
coerced to compromise our
conscience, for our cause is
just. All Americans will
stand united on the issue of
Israel and not capitulate to
OPEC blackmail, for corn-

mitment,,to fellow-democ-
racies and co urage are
inherent to our national
character."
The major thrust of Hoff-
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urgent and immediate need
of the American Jewish
community to mobilize its
forces and resources to
explain to the American
public and to Washington its
views on the defense of
Israel.
The resolution adopted by
the assembly stated that
there is . "great danger" in
the "tendency of U.S. policy

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to support the concept of
'Palestinian rights."' It
noted that the Arabs, espe-
cially the Palestine Liber-
ation Organization, and the
Soviet Union would view
this as a signal to create a
separate Palestinian state.
"We fear that Israel's
enemies can be expected to
construe this posture of our
government as an indication
that the U.S. will pressure
Israel to agree to the crea-
tion of an independent
Palestinian state."
The resolution said that
such a state would inevita-
bly be PLO-dominated and
a threat to both Israel and
"other U.S:-oriented Arab
nations, including Jordan
and Lebanon...and to Egypt
and Saudi Arabia. Vital U.S.
stragegic and economic
interests in the region would
thereby be destroyed."
The resolution called upon
the U.S. government to:
• "Reject the concept of a
separate Palestinian state,
as inimical both to U.S.
interests and to peace in the
Middle East;
• "Reaffirm . its solemn
commitment, expressed in a
`Memorandum of Agree-
ment' between the United
States and Israel, dated
Sept. 1, 1975, not to deal
with the PLO unless and
until it (1) publicly and une-
quivocally recognized
Israel's right to exist and
(2) accepts Resolutions 242
and 338 as the sole basis for
reconvening the Geneva
conference'
• "Use its good office to
bring Israel and the Arab
states—Egypt, Jordan,
Syria and Lebanon—to Gen-
eva only on the basis of UN
Resolutions 242 and 338
without change or inter-
pretation,' and permit them
to negotiate the terms of the
peace among themselves,
including the commitment
to secure and recognized
borders, and the proper res-
olution of the problem of the
Palestinian Arabs;
• "Maintain undiminished
security and economic aid
to Israel."
The delegates also
adopted i series of resolu-
tions dealing with inter-
national issues, including
Syrian and Soviet Jews and
the United Nations; mon-
itoring anti-boycott legisla-
tion; action on national
issues such as energy, wel-
fare reform and the aging;
and communal needs, such
as resettlement of Soviet
Jewry in North America,
outreach of Jewish organi-
zations and services and
moves to provide equal
opportunity for women in
executive positions in Jew-
ish communal service.
In a transparent bid to

restore harmony between
the Jewish community and
the Carter Administration
and to regain confidence in
the Administration's Middle
East policy, Secretary
Vance sought to reassure
the CJFWF that President
Carter "is committed to
Israel as a vision and as a
reality.''
Vance also stated that the
U.S. and ,Israel have
"shared goals" for a lasting
peace in the Middle East.
But Vance emphasized that
any constructive approach
to this goal must proceed
"not through the distortions
of difference but from the
perspective of proved
friendship and mutual
respect."
Vance asserted that the
United States would do noth-
ing to jeopardize Israel's
security by. trying to exer-
cise pressure through with-
holding military or eco-
nomic assistance and that
the U.S. will - continue to
give Israel strong support in
international bodies against
those who would isolate
her."
In this connection, Vance
said the U.S. "has served
notice" that the U.S. will
not participate in any
United Nations conference
on racism if any item on its
agenda seeks to equate
Zionism with racism. ;
Vance, who made a spe-
cial 'trip here from Washing.:
ton, treaded cautiously
through areas most sensi-
tive to the Jewish people in
this country regarding the
Administration's attitude
towards the Palestinians at
a reconvened Geneva con-
ference and the role of the
Soviet Union in the recon-
vening process.
During the day, there had
been an undercurrent of ten-
sion and apprehension about
what new formulations or
nuances of policy Vance

might introduce in his
address. But his 20-minute
address • contained nothing
new and was evidently
couched in terms calculated
to assuage the con-
sternation, fear and appre-
hension which the Jewish
community has been
expressing over the Admin-
istration's Mideast policy.
Vance avoided any but the
most general statement -
about the Palestinians anc
referred to their - legitimate
rights" only by way of
recalling President Carter's
address to the World Jewish
Congress meeting two
weeks ago in Washington
where the President had
used that phrase and where
he had also declared that
"we ourselves we do not
prefer an independent
Palestinian state on the
West Bank."
Vance sought to provide
optimism for the chances of
peace in the Middle East,
the steps being taken to
reconvene Geneva talks, but
warned of the dire con-
sequences to Israel and to
the area if peace could not
be achieved.
Both former Israeli Pre-
mier Golda Meir and Israeli
Ambassador to the U.S.
Simha Dinitz stressed in
their speeches to the_
CJFWF that Israel will not
allow itself to be pressured
into accepting a peace that
will endanger its security.
They said Israel does not
need to be preached to
about peace and rejected
any possibility that Israel
would either welcome or
permit the United States to
send troops to defend her
should another Middle Fast
war erupt. -
At the same time, they
indicated that differences
between Israel and the U.S.
remain, although stressing
that the U.S. remains the
best ally of the Jewish state, •

Rare Haidic Manuscripts
Leave Poland for Ue S. Home

PHILADELPHIA (JTA)
— A collection representing
the writings and libraries of
five generations of Hasidic
leaders in Eastern Europe
was unpacked before tele-
vision cameras in the pres-
ence of dignitaries and well-
wishers at Independence
Hall last week.
The 240 books and 130
manuscripts believed lost
when their last owner,
Rabbi Joseph Isaac
Schneerson, the sixth Luba-
vitcher Rebbe, fled from
Poland to the United States
in 1940, were formally
turned over by the Polish
government at the ceremo-
nies here culmina(ing three

JEWISH

years of negotiations
initiated by the Philadelphia
Friends of Lubavitch,
according to I. J. Blynn,
writing in the Jewish
Exponent.
The handwritten manu-
scripts and books, some dat-
ing from the 15th Cen
were discovered by a
researcher in the collection
of the Jewish Historical
Institute of Warsaw, estab-
lished by the Polish govern-
ment after World War II.

Where there is no bread
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there is no Torah, there is
no bread.
—Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya

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