THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
British Jews Swinging to Political Right
BY MAURICE
SAMUELSON
LONDON (JTA) — Who-
ever wins this month's
British general election, the
result-is likely to show that
the 450,000-member
Jewish community is be-
coming steadily more con-
servative in its political out-
look as it progresses up the
social scale and feels
threatened as much from
the extreme left as from the
far right.
At the same time, it will
again show that in Britain
there is no such thing as a
distinct Jewish vote, capa-
ble of influencing the result.
Although the community
cares deeply about Israel,
there is no major difference
between the main parties on
the Middle East and voters
know that Britain's influ-
ence there is marginal any-
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Even if that were not the
case, it would not make very
much difference, since there
is not a single constituency
containing so many Jews
that it can be regarded as a
"Jewish" seat. Neverthe-
less, the community's
rightward swing is undeni-
able.
Until 1970, there were
two Jewish Conservative
members of Parliament.
There are now nine, all of
whom are seeking re-
election. Their numbers
are likely to increase
further with a Conserva-
tive victory.
On the other hand, it
looks as though the consid-
erable Jewish influence in
the Labor Party has passed
its peak. Of the 31 Jewish
Laborites in the last Parli-
ament, only 23 are seeking
re-election, including nine
of the Labor government's
10 Jewish members.
If Conservative Party
leader Margaret Thatcher
becomes Prime Minister,
she will have at least two
senior Jewish Cabinet
ministers — Sir Keith
Joseph and Sally Op-
penheim. Even in the. Labor
Party, Jewish MPs have
displayed their "conserva-
tive" inclinations by tend-
ing to be to the center or
right of the party.
Most Jewish members,
Conservative as well as
Labor, emerged as defen-
dants of the status quo in
the recent heated debates
about giving a measure of
independence to Wales and
Scotland. Leading oppo-
nents of the devolution plan
included Laborites Leo
Abse and Eric Moonman,
who is the chairman of the
Zionist Federation, and
Conservative lawyer Leon
Brittan.
• Although none of them
stressed that they were
influenced by their
Jewish background, it
was hardly surprising
that they felt unable to re-
late to local nationalisms
which might one day
'threaten the unity of the
United Kingdom. This is
not to say that all Jewish
politicians were against
giving Wales and Scot:
land greater autonomy.
But the Jewish commu-
nity has traditionally
identified its own secu-
rity with the stability of
the realm and most
Jewish politicians in-
stinctively expressed this
in the debate on devolu-
tion.
Since it has achieved un-
precedented prosperity and
contentment, therefore,
Anglo-Jewry will increas-
ingly cling to the social
status quo, fearing that
further radical changes
MEXICO CITY (JTA) —
An unofficial announce-
ment that Mexico will in-
crease its exports of oil to
Israel by 50 percent — from
30,000 barrels a day to
45,000 — has touched off a
furious anti-Israel cam-
paign by pro-Palestinian,
Communist and other lef-
tist elements here, includ-
ing political factions that
will participate in the par-
liamentary elections in
July.
So far, President Jose
Lopez Portillo and the
Foreign Ministry have ig-
nored the outburst but it is
very much in evidence in
the news media. Roberto
Esperon, secretary general
of the Partido Socialista de
Los Trabajadores (Socialist
Workers Party) published
an article in the Daily Ex-
celsior accusing .Israel of
re-exporting Mexican oil to
Scuth Africa and of selling
arms to dictatorial regimes
in Latin America.
The leftist daily El Dia
published a statement of
solidarity with the Palesti-
nian people and accused Is-
rael, Egypt and the United
States of "conspiring
against the peace in the
Middle East." The state-
ment condemned the
Israeli-Egyptian peace
treaty and "Israeli aggres-
sion" against the rights of
the Palestinian people. It
confirmed that the Pales-
tine Liberation Organiza-
tion is the sole legitimate
representative of the Pales-
tinians. The statement was
signed by the leftist Mexi-
can Peace Movement, the
Community Party, the Par-
tido Popular Socialista and
the Socialist Working
Party.
Mexican Leftists Denounce
Petroleum Exports to Israel
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might perhaps do it more
harm than good. This, in
turn, will further dilute the
community's traditional
preference for the Labor
Party as the party of equal-
ity.
The one possible brake on
the community's rightward
shift might have been fear
of the extremist National
Front which plans to run
more than 280 candidates.
However, the Front is con-
demned as strongly by the
Conservatives as by Labor
and the smaller Liberal
Party.
For its part, the Board of
Deputies of British Jews
has ,played an important
part in the fight against the
National Front, particu-
larly in producing leaflets
exposing its Nazi char-
acteristics. The Board has,
however, been careful not to
ally itself with, the country's
main anti-racist organiza-
tion, the left-wing Anti-
Nazi Front, which it says is
anti-Zionist and anti-
democratic.
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