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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Temple Platform for PLO Defender Rebuked
(Continued from Page 1) the Palestinians?' Mr.
Temple and Rabbi Sherwin Stone lectured this week
Wine for providing I. F. at the Birmingham Tem-
Stone a platform from ple at the invitation of
which to espouse his pro- Rabbi Sherwin Wine. I
PLO, anti-Israel views. We was outraged when I
believe that the congrega- read the interview.
tion and its rabbi owe an
"For example, Stone
apology to the Jewish com- states: 'I think that those
munity."
people that had a sense of
In a page 1 Detroit Free pity for the Jewish refugees
Press interview that pre- should have a sense of pity
ceded his Birmingham for the Palestinian refu-
Temple lecture, Stone ex- gees.' That statement filled
pressed his anti-Zionist with innuendo and distor-
views, assailing Israel tion, dishonors the speaker,
ime Minister Menahem the congregation that in-
gin. Commenting on the vited him, and the rabbi
article in his sermon at who extended the invita-
Cong. Shaarey Zedek on the tion.
emorning of the second day of
"We know the reality
Shavuot, on June 2, Rabbi which is that no one cared
Irwin Groner severely about Jewish refugees ex-
criticized Stone. Rabbi cept the Jewish people. The
Groner said:
reason there are no Jewish
"Friday's edition of the refugees today is because
Detroit Free Press fea- the state of Israel welcomed
tured a front-page inter- them and the Jews of the
view with a Jewish free world helped provide
spokesman for the Arab resources for them. The rea-
cause, a Jewish defender son there are Palestiniari
of the PLO. He is a left- refugees today is because
wing journalist, I. F. the Arab countries refused
Stone. The title of the to resettle them and, in-
interview was 'Pity for stead, kept them in squalid
camps, thus nurturing the
bitterness and misery that
became weapons directed
against Israel.
"Stone states that Prime
Minister Begin is a ter-
rorist, no different than the
terrorists of the PLO. This is
a defamation not only of Be-
gin, but equally of the
people of Israel, whom he
represents. No Jew ever did,
in the cause of the estab-
lishment of the state of Is-
rael, what the PLO does.
"I quote from a terrorist
captured in April: The mis-
sion was to infiltrate Israel
in order to murder old
people, children, and
everyone we came across -
mass murder - everyone
who blocked our path was to
Highest dollars paid
have been killed.'
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gold, or antique
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respond within indigna-
tion only when a non-
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become the victim of
calumny and Jewish
self-hatred. I, therefore,
protest this shameful
event; I protest the tem-
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provided a platform for
this speaker; I protest the
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"I call upon those who
have violated the funda-
mental standards of Jewish
responsibility to offer their
apology to the Jewish com-
munity."
Under date of June 14, a
letter to The Jewish News
from the Birmingham Tem-
ple, unsigned but identify-
ing the writers as "Bir-
mingham Temple Board of
Directors," defended its
right to invite Stone for a
lecture but took issue with
The Jewish News Commen-
tary criticizing the Stone
invitation because The
Jewish News last year had
not similarly criticized the
lecture Birmingham Tem-
ple sponsored by Rabbi Meir
Kahane who appeared in a
debate with Rabbi Wine.
The critical gripe accuses
Kahane of advocating vio-
lence against Arabs, imply-
ing that his tactics are like
the PLO's.
Defending its right to
sponsor controversial lec-
turers like Kahane and
Stone, the writers stated:
"We did not invite I.F.
Stone and Meir Kahane
to speak at our temple
forum because we
endorse their points of
view. Our congregation is
composed of members
whose political and
Zionist commitments
cover a wide spectrum of
opinions.
"We invited them because
we believe in the value of
free inquiry and open de-
bate. We do not believe that
only speakers who echo the
political opinions of the cau-
tious establishment should
be represented on Jewish
platforms. As Menahem
Begin can testify from his
own experience, the Dias-
pora forum is only eager to
welcome you after you have
achieved popular success.
"How can we make pro-
gress if we are only willing
to listen to ideas after they
have become respectable?
Where is the Jewish love of
freedom that our rabbis are
always proclaiming?
"We believe that the De-
troit Jewish community
should imitate the state of
Israel in its willingness to
allow all Jews who regard
themselves as patriots the
opportunity to speak and to
be heard."
PARIS (JTA) — Egyptian
Vice President Hosni
Mubarak said here that
France will continue to sup-
ply Egypt with arms and
planes and will play an
active role in organizing
Egyptian defense systems.
Mubarak, who met with
French President Valery
Giscard d'Estaing, is in
Paris to continue arms talks
with the French and to visit
the International Air Show
at Le Bourget. France is al-
ready supplying Egypt with
Alpha jet training and
ground support planes,
helicopters and electronic
equipment. The Egyptians
are also planning to start
first assembling and then
building the new Mirage-
2000 is a powerful and fast
combat plane, but far less
effective than its American
counterparts.
Several Arab states, in-
cluding Saudi Arabia, are
considering acquiring the
plane.
King Hussein of Jor-
dan said that Jordan will
soon buy French-made
Mirage combat planes
including the Delta
winnged Mirage-2000
and 4000 models. The
King, who watched an
overflight demonstration
of Mirages, said the Jor-
danian Air Force will
first acquire the F-1 and
later the newer models.
French officials believe
that unless Jordan obtains
large-scale financial assis-
tance from Saudi Arabia
and the other Arab oil pro-
ducing countries, it will not
be able to afford more than a
token Mirage force.
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