THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18 Friday, January 12, 1919 General Assembly Ends Year as Usual, With Hatred for Israel . noticed. There was no better example to illustrate the growing irrelevance of the world organization than the issue of the Mideast. The assembly began Sept. 19, only two days after the historic Camp David agreements were signed be- tween Israel and Egypt. The United Nations, which de- votes so much time to ac- rimonious Mideast debates and attacks on Israel, WAS at once over-shadowed by the historic achievements of Camp David. Although diplomats said that the General Assembly did not follow'the "spirit" of Camp David, the unprece- dented breakthrough be- tween Egypt and Israel, the By YITZHAK RABI UNITED NATIONS (JTA) The 33rd session of the General Assembly re- cessed Dec. 21, the same way it opened three months ago: almost ignored and un-' FERNDALE FOOT CLINIC Doctors M.M. HOFFMAN Foot Specialists P.S. KRUSZKA Foot Surgeons H.L. 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While the influence of Camp David was felt during the first half of the General Assembly, with Israel enjoying a relative period of quiet, the Jewish state came under fire during the last weeks./of the assembly'. Most notable of all the anti-Israel resolutions was an Iraqi-inspired resolution THE GREAT ANNUAL HARUARO WINTER SALE PI MEN and BOYS U) co CORDUROY PANTS JACKETS Reg. $40 to $49 NOW $2998 Sizes 26 to 42 NOW $3998 Reg. $100 to $150 NOW $1998 4 cn NOW $1 298 Reg. $30 to $40 NOW $ 2298 Reg. $15 to $19 NNW Reg. $45 to $55 NOW $ 2998 SHIRTS r71 cn r - U) Wool & Wool Blends Patterns Values to $115 to u- rn aruarb SHOP fine apparel for men and boys U) SEARS-SOUTHFIELD SHOPPING PLAZA 557-2290 SOUTHFIELD & 12 MILE RD. (.n SUN. 12 to 5 Tn MON.-SAT. 10 to 9 Bank Cards Honored SALE! SALE! SALE! SALE! NEW YORK (JTA) — Nearly 29,000 Jews left the Soviet Union in 1978, ac- cording to the Soviet Jewry Research Bureau of the Na- tional Conference on Soviet Jewry. The figure was slightly lower than that expected by Western diplomats, but by far the highest in five years. December's emigration of 4,197 was also the highest monthly figure in five year s and raised the 1978 total to 28,8 58. In 1973, 34,933 Jews left the Soviet Union, with 4,408 exiting in October of that year, the bureau re- ported, Despite the anexpec- tedly large number of December emigres —just about 1,000 more than in each of the previous two months — the annual fig- ure failed to reach its predicted peak. News stories originating in Moscow at the end of 1978 reported that "well- informed Western dip- lomats" estimated that 30,000-31,000 Soviet Jews would emigrate in 1978, the bureau noted. Soviet offi- cials have not explained the rise from 1977's total of 16,737, but it is believed they want the United States to lift trade restrictions that are linked with emigration, according to the bureau. . NOW $5998 Reg. $10 to $14 NOW $ 898 Reg. $20 to $29 NOW $ 898 THE NOW $ 0 98 SPORT COATS SWEATERS m SALE! SALE! Rights of the Palestinian People, an anti-Israeli body comprised of 23 members of which 19 have no diploma- tic relations with Israel. The committee is devoted to promoting the political goals of the Palestine Lib- eration Organization. Ironically, while the standing of the PLO in the Arab world in gen- eral, in Lebanon in par- ticular and in major Western capitals has been reduced to zero as a result of the civil war in Lebanon and the Camp David accords, its stand- ing in the UN was strengthened during the 33rd assembly session. While each member state has to finance its own prop- aganda activities at the UN, the PLO, which has &a- server status, disseminates its anti-Israel propaganda through a "Special Unit for Palestinian Rights" within the UN Secretariate, which has a budget of $500,000. In addition, the PLO managed — with the mas- sive Arab vote at the UN — to pass a resolution requir- ing the United Nations De- velopment Program "to con- sult and cooperate" with the PLO on practical projects to improve the social and eco- nomic conditions of the Palestinians. In the view of diplomats here, such resolutions enhance the political stand- ing of the PLO at the world organization. With the Camp David ac- cords and the Blair House peace negotiations in the background of the 33rd ses- sion of the General Assem- bly, the irrelevance of the UN to peace in the Mideast was clearer than ever. Some even felt that the UN had turned into an obstacle to peaceful Mideast solution. • , Ilyinka Jews Are Visited The celebration of "Pales- tine Day" was yet another UN peculiarity. The "Pales- tine Day" was sponsored by the Committee for the Exer- cise of the Inalienable 29,000 Exited Russia in 1978 Selected Levi's & Farrah's Values to $24 Reg. $58 to $74 calling on the Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Israel. Although it was clear ' that the United States — and other Western pow- ers — would block such a move by • their veto power, observers here viewed the Iraqi-inspired resolution as bringing a new dimension in the struggle against Israel by alleging a nuclear col- laboration between Is- rael and South Africa. Israeli sources pointed out that Egypt, while con- ducting peace negotiations with Israel in Washington, gave its sponsorship to the arms embargo resolution against Israel, contrary to all expectations. In the opinion of diplomats, had Egypt disassociated itself from that resolution it would not have been adopted by a two-thirds majority. As in previous as- semblies, there was no shor- tage of anti-Israel resolu- tions, ranging on issues from Israel's occupation of Arab land to its relations with South Africa. But the "novelty" of this year's as- sembly was the celebration of "Palestine Day" on Nov. 29 — the same date of the 1947 UN partition resolu- tion 'which recommended the establishment of Israel as a Jewish state. American members of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry visit three generations of Ilyinka Jews in Jerusalem, some of the lucky few who managed to win emigration from a Jewish "shtetl," now a collec- tive farm, deep in rural Russia. Today, the Ilyinkaites, descendents of peasants who converted en masse to Judaism, remain tenaciously observant and are per- secuted and barred from exit. A detailed booklet, "The Jews of Ilyinka - II," is available free in single copies 'from the SSSJ at 200 W. 72nd St., suites 30-31, New York, 10023. ORT Federation Meeting Will Initiate Centennial Year NEW YORK — Paul Kedar, newly designated Consul General of Israel in New York, will help initiate the 100th Anniversary ORT Celebration — the Organ- ization for. Rehabilitation through Training — when he addresses the National . Conference Dinner of the American ORT Federation Jan. 20 at the New York Hilton. ‘P Some 600 • delegates attending the three-day American ORT Federation , National Conference, Jan. 19-21, are also scheduled to hear reports on the critical problems currently involv- ing the Iranian Jewish community, Russian Jewish migrants and the immediate prospects for peace in Israel and the Mid- dle East, as well as ORT's increased responsibilities in many areas. Among those -who will address the delegates are: Eugene Gold, New York district attorney and chairman of the National Council on Soviet Jewry; Gaynor Jacobson, executive vice president of the United HIAS Service; Mrs. Bella Akselrod, principal of the ORT Vocational School in Ramat Gan, Israel; Ab- raham Karlikow, director of the Foreign Affairs De- partment of the American Jewish Committee; and Dr. Judah J. Shapiro. Intensified worldwide ORT activities to meet the needs of Jews in 24 coun- tries of Europe, North Af- rica and the Middle East, particularly Israel, and the budget to fund them, will be described in keynote ad- dresses by Harold Fried- man, president, and by Dr. Roland -Moskowitz, chair- man, National Organiza- tion Committee of ORT. There are 93,000 Jews in Michigan. •