THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Iran Jewish Man's Execution
Is Condemned by Israelis
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israelis expressed shock
and outrage over the execu-
tion of Iranian Jewish
community leader Habib.
Elkanian by firing squad in
Teheran Wednesday for
"spreading corruption"and
"treason through his con-
nections with Israel and
Zionism."
The 61-year-old indus-
trialist was the first promi-
nent Jew in Iran to be exe-
cuted by the Ayatollah
Rhhollah Khomeini's Is-
lamic regime. .
Premier Menahem Begin
condemned the execution in
the Knesset and urged
world public opinion not to
be silent over "the murder-
ous acts of the blood-thirsty
- regime of Khomeini. The
Jewish people will always
Begin's Speech Sold for Charity
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Premier Menahem Begin's
handwritten speech which
he delivered at the treaty-
signing ceremonies in
Washington March 26 has
been auctioned off to an
American tourist for IL 1.25
million ($56,000).
bear the memory of Elka-
nian," he declared. "
Yehuda Dominitz, di-
rector general of the
Jewish Agency's absorp-
'don department, also ex-
pressed shock. Accord-
ing to reports reaching
Solvin Kent, a Palm
Jerusalem some 100Jews
are still imprisoned in Springs, Ca. resident, pur-
Iran.
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Elkanian was shot along
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Teheran Radio said that
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