2 Friday, November 3, 1918

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Purely Commentary

Nobel Peace Prize Awards Signify Universality
of Historic Developments . . . Recognition for
Leaders Adds Links Assuring A Major Accord

By Philip
Slomovitz

Nobel Prize as Signal to Go Forward in Assuring Egypt-Israel Accord

Nobel awards for Menahem Begin and Anwar Sadat signalize the obligations to
recognize the merits of pursuers of peace. The accord about to be concluded between
Egypt and Israel is certain to be rated among the great historic occurrences of all time
and the architects of the pact are writing their names inerasably in the human records.
There can be no slowing of procedures to assure the coveted peace now that the heads of
the two nations involved in the conflict about to be resolved are sharing in the glories of
that achievement.
It was anticipated that President Jimmy Carter, who manipulated the negotiations
between Egypt and Israel and whose determination assured continuity of talks for peace,
defying interruptions, would share in the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. It has not mate-
rialized. Yet, his name is retained in the record of the great accomplishment at Camp
David and its continuity at Blair House.
President Theodore Roosevelt had received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role in
ending the Japanese-Russian war. President Woodrow Wilson was also given the Nobel
award in 1919, for attempting a just settlement of World War I and advocating the
League of Nations. President Carter will similarly be remembered, even if the coveted
peace prize goes to the powerful men he held together with an obstinacy that has earned
him admiration and gratitude.
Meanwhile, there is an assurance for peace where there was only hatred and the
constant danger of bloodshed.
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The glorious days for Egypt and Israel and their leaders are blessings for all mankind.

Carl Levin as Liberal:
His Opponent's Scare Tactic

Something old, something new is happening on the polit-
ical arena. It is old in the sense that it was resorted to in the
1920s and again under McCarthyism; it is new in the sense
that it is unexpectedly being revived now.
It is the campaign slogan of condemning an opponent as a
liberal and to scare the voter into fearing that one who is
not a conservative — no one wants to be called reactionary!
— would tax the citizen to death.
Carl Levin was branded a liberal and his backers are
being subjected to suspicion.
It is happening in many places, not Michigan alone. In
Philadelphia for example, Mayor Rizzo, campaigning for a
change in established restrictions so that he may run for a
third term, calls his ippcnents liberals and brands them
surreptitiously as Comnunists.
That's something to be concerned about. If the Rizzo
opponents are liberals-Communists then we are in trouble:
because the Philadelphia community would be over-
whelmed with Communists.
But there is reallI nothing to worry about. There are so
few Communists in this country that when one is dis-
covered he is a curiosity.
The fact is that liberalism has taken root and when
conservatives gain power they pursue the programs insti-
tuted by the liberals. So, there is even little to fear from the
verbal conservatives who become liberals when in power in
order to be able to retain their -political roles.
Isn't this what has happened with the New Deal? Con-
servative Republicans didn't like the Democratic --- capital
D — way of life, but when they were successful at the polls
they never scrapped the policies that were instituted by
their opponents.
Was anyone frightened by Senior Michigan Senator
Robert Griffin branding opponent Carl Levin as a liberal?
It isn't evident in the slightest. It remains a fact: Carl Levin
can feel proud he is a liberal.

Liberalism on the Record:
Jews Also in Reactionary Ranks

Consideration of liberalism as a panacea whenever reac-
tion sets in must also take into account the ultra-conser-
vatism often emerging in Jewish ranks as well.
A serious problem has arisen in England where the Na-
tional Front is spreading hatred. The NF is primarily
anti-black in their campaign of hatred that has resulted in
violence which has also affected the Jewish community.
A serious charge that there are Jews who give comfort to
the anti-Semites as supporters of the NF was made in
London by a prominent Jewish academician. Here is the
admonition as it appeared in the London Jewish Chronicle
last week:
Dr. Geoffrey Alderman, lecturer in British gov-
ernment and politics, Royal Holloway College,
London University, has claimed that the National
Front has recruited Jewish members and suppor-
ters, that anti-Semitism in Britain is on the in-
crease and that the Board of Deputies "has gone
out of its way to obscure the facts."
In a letter to The London Times, Dr. Alderman,
who lives in Hendon, alleged that in. his area, at-
tacks upon Jews and Jewish property were "a
frequent occurrence," with some parks and open
spaces "no go" areas for Jews.
"Last Saturday, the minister of my synagogue
warned the congregation not to walk home from
evening services during the High Holy days in
groups ofless than three persons. The response of

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keep news of this deteriorating situation out of
the local press."
Dr. Alderman concluded that the NF not only
had Jewish members but derived "a significant
amount of electoral support from Jews in certain
areas of inner London."
On Sunday's "World This Weekend" broadcast
on Radio Four, Dr. Alderman reiterated his alle-
gations.
Asked why Jews would want to join or support
the NF, he replied: "There are Jews living in de-
caying inner city areas, such as the East End of
London, who feel that the problems of the immig-
rants may cause a backlash upon them as Jews.
Therefore, they are anxious to be seen as not sup-
porting the black community.
"I think there has always been an element in
Anglo-Jewry that wants to be ultra-patriotic.
Some Jews misguidedly believe that by joining
the National Front they can show their patriot-
ism." ,
Also taking part in the program was Mr. Albert
Elder, an Eastbourne man described as a profes-
sing Jew who made no secret of his support for,
and membership in, the National Front.
When asked how many Jews supported the NF,
Mr. Elder gave a- vague reply, but continued:
"When Jews realize that it is in their interests to
support British patriots and nationalists, rather
than to take the side of an unwanted wave of
colored immigrants, I am certain that many Jews
will see the validity of the case of the National
Front."
What was his reaction to pamphlets such as
"Did Six Million Really Die?", an attempt to dis-
miss the Holocaust as a myth and alleged to be the
work of leading NF member Mr. Richard Verrall.
Mr. Elder stated that his position was that Hit-
ler had deprived Jews of their jobs . . . "and their
lives in very large numbers", interjected the in-
terviewer. "And even of their lives," Mr. Elder
conceded.
The Jewish reactionaries of this enlightened era had
their counterpart also in the years when Nazis and Fascism
became a menace to the world. Yet there was a Jew who did
not hesitate to align himself with Fascist ideas in the era of
Hitler and Mussolini.
In 1933, Sir Robert Waley Cohen (1877-1952), was emi-
nent as the president of the United Synagogue of Great
Britain, commenting on the trends of the time, was re-
ported saying, "In a sense I am a Fascist myself."
This commentator inquired about it and on Jan. 23, 1953,
Pamela M. Melnikoff, at the time assistant librarian of the
London Jewish Chronicle, wrote to this writer as follows:

The following paragraph was included in a re-
port of a meeting of the Jewish Ex-Servicemen's
Legion, reported in the London Jewish Chronicle
of Nov. 27, 1936:
"In reply to a question on Palestine, Sir Robert
(Waley Cohen) said he believed they should insist
on assuring every Arab that he would have em-
ployment and a decent livelihood, equally with
the rest of the citizens. He had mixed up, as they
had seen, the Palestine question and the Nazi
question — he would rather call it that than the
Fascist question, for he really believed he was
almost a Fascist himself and did not like
) to con-
fuse the two names."
It appears that Sir Robert never actually denied
this statement.
Slieh 2re the experiences all peoples have, that in their

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midst are not only liberals but also conservatives and reac-
tionaries.
Which lends realism to the established view that "Wie es
sich christelt, so judelt sich" — As Christian, so the Jew.

Sarni Esmail's Anticipated
Anti-Israel Hate Campaign

Sami Esmail did not have to spend several months in
Israeli prisons to become a vehicle of hate and anti-Israel
propagandist. He started out that way; he was a leader in
propaganda against the Jewish state on the Michigan State
University campus and his signed confessions, in Hebrew
and Arabic, proved more than he now claims or as his
Communist Israeli attorney Felicia Langer argued.
Regardless of his claims that he was forced, tortured, into
signing his confessions, there is proof in Israel's records of a
career that could have led to terrorist leadership.
Nevertheless, Israel may have been inexcusably wrong
in pursuing the case against him. He was guilty to start
with — he did not deny his role on campus and plans
thereafter — and he should have been treated as an outcast.
Why wasn't it anticipated that in a case like this, with so
many anxious to build up martyrdom, Sami would become
a means for hate-spreading against Israel? For nearly a
year Israel's court system and the government of Israel
were maligned because of his arrest, and a Jewish Com-
munist lawyer helped in spreading libels against Israel. All
of this could and should have been avoided. The case
against Sarni Esmail harmed Israel. Now he is on the ram-
page again and the hurt may be felt a bit more because of
what may be viewed as having been a blunder.

Those Who Would Destroy Lebanon
Keep Seeking Israel's Demise

While acclaiming evidence of an approaching peace in
the Middle East, those who would undermine it remain on
the scene.
The demoniacal in Lebanon keep threatening Israel with
utter destruction.
This item in Near East Report cannot be erased from the
threats that emanate from the PLO in Beirut:
In the wake of the Camp David summit, PLO
chief Yasir Arafat's threatening remarks regard-
ing "American interests" in the Middle East were
widely reported in the U.S. press. What went un-
noticed were remarks from the same speech = to
a Sept. 19 Fatah graduation class — regarding
Israel.
"I tell Carter, Brzezinski and their agents —
Begin and Sadat — that the (Palestinian) flags
waving before me now will be raised by these
Palestinian cubs in Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa and„
Tel Aviv," said Arafat, who some observers stir
claim favors a negotiated settlement with Israel.
"Let them sign what they want but let them
understand that this rifle of mine will remain
raised until Jerusalem, Haifa, Jaffa and Tel Aviv
are liberated."
The menace inherent in this evidence of hatred must
not be ignored. Just as teh fate of the Lebanese Chris-
tians continued to hang in the balance, so also must the
similar threat to Israel be kept in mind in viewing the
over-all Middle East situation.
While pe2ee with Egypt appears a certainty for Is-
rael, the bestialities incorporated in the PLO program
may continue to stand in the way of an accord with
other Arab nations.
The PLO remains a threat not to Israel alone but to
the Arab nations and to Israel. Arafat's role remains a
warning to all who seek peace that the path to amity
still is strewn with danger.

