t ' The Shocking Irresponsibility of Condoning Libel About Tortures in Israel 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 . 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. a 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. IL) an an d v rtua 11 y iri Lebanon (UNI F IL) - - 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. — (Continued on Page 5) 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 (Continued on Page 12) TURKEY mir _ ; < f U.S.S.R. A San a nd aj aTeheran • 1 • . Hamadan Kermanshah IRA N 1 • •Nehave4! • Boruierd '‘. Alsfahan IRAQ AFGHANISTAN Khurramshahr • Shoraz • Kerman \. • I U SA up/ E. ; • • ./ / • ' 200 — 999 1000 7 000 ! over 40.000 i This map from the Encyclopedia Judaica shows major Jewish communities in Iran. 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 (Continued on Page 6)