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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. 4...,1/4Ack o 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.