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VOL. LXXV, No. 9
Page Four
Friday, May 4, 1979
LONG LIVE THE PEACE!
"The birth was not an easy one, but we hope
the baby is in good shape."
This is how Meir Rosenne of the Israel
Foreign Ministry summarized the sentiments
marking the commencement of peace, at the
ceremonies at Umm Hashiba in the Sinai Des-
ert on April 25, 1979.
This implemented gloriously the comment by
another Israeli spokesman at the ceremony,
when he declared in Hebrew, Arabic and
English:
"The war has ended. Long live the peace!"
Therefore, by making "Yehi Ha-Shalom" —
"May the Peace Live," — the slogan of all the
peoples involved, the great day marking inau-
guration of peace between two peoples could
well become the inspiration for peace among all
the nations, both in the Middle East and the
entire world.
April 25 symbolized the peace between Israel
and Egypt. May "Yehi Ha-Shalom" inspire the
other Arab nations to join the universal frater-
nity of peace-seekers and peace-makers.
AN END TO HOLOCAUSTS!
Holocaust Remembrance Day became an offi-
cial means of recalling the past when indif-
ference, as President Jimmy Carter described
it, was accountable for the loss of millions of
lives '‘o tyranny.
By official proclamation, the day was ob-
served by the U.S. Congress, with Presidential
participation, with an endorsement of the
human elements never to be repudiated by the
bigots who adhere to tyranny.
It is now admitted that our own government
was in some measure responsible for failure to
come to the rescue of the victims of Hitlerism.
Now there is atonement!
On the historic Holocaust Remembrance Day,
April 24, 1979, in the Congressional Rotunda,
the Kadish was recited, the El Molei Rachamim
was chanted. They became universal acclama-
tions in memory of the victims of the worst
slaughter in history.
They must have served as tributes not to the
Six Million alone but to the equal number of
non-Jews who additionally lost their lives to the
inhumanities that struck the universe.
Therefore, the words of President Carter, in
his address to those at that memorial gathering,
must keep being recalled:
"Our generation, -alb generation of survivors,
will never permit that lesson to be forgotten," he
pledged.
"I walked slowly through the Hall of Names"
at Yad Vashem, he recalled. "And like the mil-
lions before me, I grieved as I looked at book
after book, row after row, each recording the
name of a man or a woman, a little boy or little
girl, each a victim of the Holocaust.
"I vowed then, as people all over the world are
doing this week, to reaffirm our unshakable
commitment that such an event will never recur
on this earth again."
Elie Wiesel spoke appropriately as chairman
of the national commission on the Holocaust
because he personified the survivors. He is a
symbol of the experience that should have put
the world to shame in the 1930s and 1940s. It is
good that even at this late date the horrors are
not forgotten, the remembering of them may
serve as a warning of the "Never Again!" slogan
which must become a motto for mankind.
"Never again!"
JERUSALEM OF THE FUTURE
Diplomats of Egypt and Israel are now in the cannot be negated. Therefore, Jerusalem being
process of seeking solutions to many problems what it is, the capital of Israel, the Holy City
occupying a place of undeniable sanctity in
created by the peace accord.
There are withdrawals from Sinai to be Jewish history, there must come an under-
facilitated for Israel and acquisition of the area standing.
by Egypt to be consummated. The issues relat-
The emblems of Christianity and Islam, the
ing to Judea and Samaria must be scrutinized flags of Arab states, are being permitted on
with care, despite the pain that attests to the Christian and Islamic structures. Does this give
issues inherent in what is generally referred to satisfaction and comfort to the faiths other than
as the West Bank. Then there is the conflicting the Jewish that they share in the holiness of the
matter of Jerusalem.
City of Peace?
Can the Holy City's status be resolved with-
This being what it is, isn't it conceivable that
out perpetuating warfare? Since Israel firmly
peace
could be attained by Egypt and Israel
protects religious freedoms for all and insists on
"No More War" slogan, that this can be
with
a
it for herself, is there a compromise in the of-
applied also to Jerusalem?
fing?
The need is for pragmatism and the desire to
One thing is certain: Jerusalem cannot be
divided again into two unrelated cities. Neither be cooperative. Only in such fashion can there
area can be orphaned in the Jewish viewpoint. also be an end to warfare over Jerusalem. It can
The ancient city was and now is again the capi- be done while assuring the amity that is needed
tal of the Jewish state. The New City was built for political states as well as for differing reli-
by Jews and is now a basic part of the whole. gious faiths. Perhaps the time is approaching
The facts of history, the human elements, for such a solution.
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Israel's Intelligence Skills
Related in ‘Mossad' Events
Mossad was Israel's secret intelligence service to whose credit
some of the major achievements are accredited in the story of the
Jewish state's defensive tasks as well as in getting at the root of
foreign involvements which alerted Israel to be on guard against the
dangers that threatened her existence. It has also served its purpose
in providing punishment for criminals who were responsible for the
,terrors perpetrated against Jews.
In a volume containing a series of events in which Mossad was
involved, three noted Israeli journalists, Dennis Eisenberg, Uri Dan
and Eli Landau, describe the results of Mossad achievements. "Mos-
sad," (Paddington Press) is the collective effort certain to be included
among the most important works dealing with the art of intelligence
and serving as a valuable historical document in Israel's military and
para-military activities.
There were several related Israel intelligence and secret service
agencies which served Israel's protective needs for the state. They
included the Shai, the Shin Beth, Aliya Beth and a military intelli-
gence unit that established links with intelligence officials in foreigii
countries.
Mossad was the fifth such agency. It was established by the then
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion in _1951 and is defined in the
introduction to the "Mossad" volume as "more loosely defined, more
varied and more wide-ranging than any of the others. Mossad is short
for the institution for intelligence and special assignments. Its pri-
mary task was to analyze information abroad in any area that might
be of interest to Israel."
Therefore, this volume has the significance of dealing with such
occurrences as the capture of Adolph Eichmann, the spying of Eli
Cohen who v as executed by the Syrians after serving as a master spy
for Israel, and the several other incidents described in this book:
It is not an idle claim that each of the incidents in "Mossad" could
be expanded into a full-length work, the Eli Cohen story already
recorded in several books.
The three authors commence the illustrative stories about in-
telligence with the two Issars. The first, Issar Be'eri, had ordered the
execution of a Jew who was accused of spying for Jordan. He was
convicted on a charge of having committed the "crime" resulting in
the death of Meir Tobianski, was given a sunrise-to-sunset sentence,
and was pardoned by President Chaim Weizmann. It was an incident
important in describing the tensions that led to concern over the
security of Israel. The second, Issar Harel, is credited with having
masterminded the Mossad.
There is fascination in this as in the other accounts of intelligence
actions.
There is the story of how an Iraqi pilot landed a MiG 21, then the
most advanced airplane in the Soviet arsenal, at an air base in Israel.
It was the act of Munir Redfa, who defected from the Iraqi military. It
was part of espionage highly organized and excellently planned for
Israel.
Wolfgang Lutz emerged as one of the most brilliant of Israel's
espionage agents and his role adds fascination to the Mossad collec-
tion. He came to the U.S. in 1974, established a detective agency,
failed financially, then went on to Germany, supposedly disillusioned
by the minimal Israeli pension.
The involvement of Meir Amit, as head of Mossad, with CIA chief
Richard Helms, in 1967, is another of the thrilling episodes. For the
U.S., the information passed on by Israel's Mossad activists will
undoubtedly reveal the values of the established friendship between
the two nations.
The many other incidents in "Mossad" emphasize the historic and
military importance of the Israel intelligence revealed in this volume.