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THE JEWISH NEWS
Commentary, Page 2
of Jewish Events
A Weekly Review
Brotherhood
in an Era of Evil
Learning from the
Past in Massive
Crises - in Iran
Editorials, Page 4
VOL. LXXIV, No. 25 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c
Feb. 23, 1979
03 Americans Give Up Seats
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to Save Last Israelis in Iran
JWV Will Protest
at Philly Nazi Rally
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The National Jewish War
Veterans organization (JWV) is mobilizing thousands of
its members for a rally in Philadelphia at noon Sunday
at the same time that the American Nazi Party is plan-
ning a demonstration there.
The Nazis received a permit to hold a "white power
rally to show to white masses the unity of the white
race." A federal court was expected to rule on an injunc-
tion to prevent the rally that was brought by a Philadel-
phia Holocaust survivors group and the city of Philadel-
phia.
JWV National Commander Nathan M. Goldberg
has announced that the JWV will meet at George
Washington Park in Philadelphia at 10:30 -a.m.
"-Sund y before proceeding to Independence Hall,
the location of the Nazi rally. "While not planning a
confrontation with the Nazis," he said, "we intend
to show the world that we will not ignore activities
of this kind of group." The Nazis were expecting to
attract the New Jersey Ku Klux Klan and members
of the National Socialist White People's Party.
Members of the JWV departments - of Pennsylvania,
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Mary-
land and Washington, D.C. are participating.
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Thirty-three Americans were taken off a Pan Am airplane at Teheran over the
JERUSALEM (JTA)
weekend to make way for the 33 remaining Israelis in Iran to be flown out of the country. Were it not for this,
the Israelis would have been in desperate danger. This was revealed Tuesday by Premier Menahem Begin in a
briefing to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. Begin warmly praised and thanked the U.S.
for its efforts to save the Israelis in Iran. Ex-Knesseter Mordechai Ben-Porat, who headed a recent aliya
mission to Iran and was one of the 33 rescued, reported to the Knesset Aliya Committee that many Iranian
Jews now wanted to leave — but for the moment no Iranian citizens were being allowed out of the country.
In his reports, Ben-Porat praised the devoted work, in dangerous conditions, performed by the Jewish .
Agency shlikhim in Iran in recent months. Aliya Department chairman Rafael Kotlowitz said the Agency
still had contact with the Iranian Jewish community — though he did not specify the channels of communica-
tion.
The 33 Israelis had stayed in hiding during the last few days in a Teheran suburb and were
evacuated along with 800 Americans to Frankfurt from where they were flown\ by El Al to Israel.
They said that the Iranian security people at the airport had been especially rough on them before they
left, going through their luggage more than once. Some were afraid that they would not be allowed to leave,
and they did not feel safe .until the plane actually took off.
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- - Iran has recalled it8trOOps from the Unl.ted Nations Interim Force
the entire force was flown to Teheran on Tuesday by Lebanese Airways. A rear guard of about 25 officers and
soldiers remained behind to accompany the 500 tons of Iranian military equipment that will be shipped by sea
from Beirut Saturday. The' Iranians will be replaced by a Dutch contingent. Their equipment has already left
Holland by sea and will be off-loaded at Haifa.
Meanwhile, a UN spokesman in Jerusalem confirmed that Israeli authorities have been briefed on five
Iranian soldiers who deserted from UNIFIL and defected to the Palestinian terrorists. The last remaining
members of the Iranian mission to Israel finished packing its documents and equipment Tuesday night and
summoned porters to transfer the material to storage pending shipment to Iran. Police had to intervene when
the porters scuffled with press photographers attempting to take pictures of the .evacuation.
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New Support Hinted for 'Friends' of U.S.
as Camp David Peace Talks Commence
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Carter on Tuesday spoke of "intensifying" U.S. efforts to maintain "the security
and independence" of the Middle East nations and hinted at increasing America's military assistance towards that end.
He also called on "all leaders in the Middle East to recognize the vital importance for the region" that the Camp David
ministerial talks succeed in drafting an Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and warned the Soviet Union against extending its
influence in Iran. Without going into details of his intentions in defense of the nations in the region, the President
specifically mentioned his determination to work with Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia on the security of the
region.
Defense Secretary Harold Brown returned to Washington Monday after an 11-day tour of those four countries and
reportedly brought back requests from all of them for increased U.S. arms. Carter delivered a foreign policy speech at the
Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, where he had been a student, after addressing the Georgia state legislature on
domestic issues.
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance began meeting Wednesday at Camp David with . Israeli Foreign Minister
'Moshe Dayan and Egyptian Prime Minister Mustapha Khalil.
The President said that America's "four fundamental security responsibilities" are to provide for America's strength
and safety, stand by its allies and friends, support national independence and integrity and work for peace. He pointed out
that "other nations" must respect Iran's independence and integrity, as does the U.S. and declared: "We are intensifying
our efforts to promote stability throughout the Middle East, so that the security and independence of the natiots of that
part of the world will be maintained."
Brown, Carter said, carried out "comprehensive consultations in Israel, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia concerning
security of the region. We are determined to work with these nations and others to put the peaceful development of the
on on a sound and lasting foundation. Recent disturbances in the region have underlined the need to work even more
urgently towards the peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors." Reiterating that he would call another summit
conference between Egypt, Israel and the U.S., the President said, "I will do whatever I can to promote the success of the
Camp David negotiations, including the calling of another summit conference if that should be necessary and the parties
show adequate flexibility. I urge all leaders in the Middle East to recognize the vital importance for the region that these
talks succeed."
While Brown was in Israel, he downplayed the Israelis' alarm over the Iranian crisis and the Israeli view
that Khomeini's regime in Iran will join the radical Arabs against Israel.
As the Israeli Camp David delegation prepared to leave for the U.S., Dayan_expressed optimism over the new Camp
David talks, despite assurances from Egypt that there would be no change in the Egyptian positions.
Dayan said the meeting was initiated by the U.S. "and apparently they have some proposals that may be acceptable to
both sides. It is all in the hands of the Americans," Dayan said.
He added, however, that the U.S. has not sent any fixed agenda for the talks, probably because Vance was
accompanying President Carter on his visit to Mexico last week.
Dayan is expected back in Israel on Sunday to report to the Cabinet on the results of the first stage of the
Camp David discussions.
He stated that a summit conference would be necessary even if the ministerial level talks at Camp David are "a
staggering success." He said he would regard them as "a great success" for Israel if they produced a situation in which all
three parties — Israel, Egypt and the U.S. — "could assume that they would be able to clinch the treaty at a subsequent
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NCCJ Survey Sees
Reduced Racial Bias
WASHINGTON — Despite the widespread belief of
leadership groups that the country is in a regressive
period in race relations, a landmark survey conducted
by Louis Harris and Associates for the National Confer-
ence of Christians and Jews reveals major shifts in white
thinking about the black quest for equality, indicating a
period of real progress is now imminent.
In 1966, 71 percent of all whites felt that blacks were
trying to "move too fast." Today, 61 percent of national
and community leaders surveyed in this study estimate
that most whites still think blacks are trying to move too
fast. Among national black leaders, an even _higher 77
percent think most whites feel this way. The NCCJ
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