THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
42 Friday, June 29, 1979
Israel Destroys- 5 Syrian MiGs in Lebanese Air Battle Wednesday
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Is-
rael air force jets shot down
five Syrian MiG-21 inter-
ceptors in an air battle over
south Lebanon Wednesday
morning. A military com-
munique said the Syrian
planes were engaged in the
Sidon area when they tried
to intervene against an Is-
raeli air strike on terrorist
targets. The Israeli aircraft
completed their mission and
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returned safely to their
bases, the communique
said.
Damascus Radio, silent
for three hours after the
dogfight, admitted later
that four Syrian planes had
been hit and claimed two Is-
raeli planes were hit. The
radio station of the Popular
Front for the Liberation of
Palestine in Beirut claimed
that two Israeli planes were
shot down by terrorists fir-
ing shoulder rockets and
that the pilot of one was
seen parachuting to the
ground. An Israeli military
spokesman categorically
denied all reports that any
Israeli aircraft was hit.
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The Israeli air force was
engaged in what has be-
come almost a routine of
daily air strikes at terrorist
targets in Lebanon
A State Department
spokesman said the U.S.
"was seriously con-
cerned" about Israel's
use of U.S.-supplied F-15
jets over Lebanon. In
Cairo, an Egyptian
spokesman said Israeli
attacks on Palestinian
targets posed a danger to
the ideast peace process.
Israeli and Syrian planes
have not been engaged in
combat since the separation
of forces agreement on the
Golan Heights was signed
five years ago, ending the
Yom Kippur War.
The latest series of at-
tacks began Sunday after a
bomb exploded in a pickup
truck outside the Tel Aviv
central bus station. Two Is-
raeli Arabs in the truck
were killed and three bys-
tanders injured.
The dead are Issa Ismail
Yousouf, 43, a dealer in
Arabic books in Kfar Kas-
sem village who owned the
Ford pick-up truck and
George Theodori, 24, an
employee of the East
Jerusalem Electric Corp.,
Yousouf was described as
a wealthy man of a respect-
able family. His relatives
said that the bomb — 5 kgs.
of high explosives — was
placed in his truck without
his knowledge. But security
sources believe Yousouf was
employed by terrorists to
transport the bomb because
his vehicle carried Israeli
license plates that would
not arouse suspicion in Tel
Aviv.
They are also investigat-
ing whether Theodori, an
electrical engineer, might
not have been engaged in
preparing bombs and tim-
ing devices.
Premier Menahem Begin,
on a two-day tour of the
Galilee, told residents of the
border town of Kiryat
Shmona Tuesday night that
the Israel army has taken
the initiative against Pales-
tinian terrorists and has
them on the run. He spent
the night at Kiryat Shmona
which is largely populated
by immigrants from Orien-
tal countries and has long
been a target of terrorist
rocket and artillery attacks.
"The initiative in south
Lebanon is in our hands
now," Begin told an audi-
ence of 10,000 at the Kiryat
Shmona Amphitheater
where he received a rousing
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in Beirut to sit down at tiie
negotiating table with Is-
rael.
Begin attended cera 4
monies at which his close
friend, Nissim Gaol,
president of the World
Sephardi Federation, was:
made an honorary citizen of
Kiryat Shmona. Gaop)
agreed to three projects to
improve facilities and W.
quality of life in that town-
ship.
He said he would bring -ipj
Swiss technicians to; survey
the possibility of a car,'
line from Kiryat Shi,–na-
Manera on a hilltop nearl_
He promised to channel
aid given Sephardi immig-
rants to Kiryat Shmona
the town is able to ensure
adequate housing for them.
He also said he would h61`cp
construct a youth center for
underprivileged youngster's
in the town.
Israel Claims UNIFIL Protects
and Aids Terrorists in Lebanon
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
Senior Israeli military offi-
cers have changed that offi-
cers and soldiers of the
United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)
were cooperating fully with
Palestinian terrorists in
south Lebanon, allowing
them, among other things,
to retain bases in UNIFIL
controlled territory.
Aside from the two ar-
rests of UNIFIL officers for
smuggling arms for the
Palestinians, Israel says
UNIFIL officers have been
caught filming military
positions in the Christian
enclaves in south Lebanon.
UN Designation
of PLO Attacked
Edward Rondina, Hair
welcome. "We have the
strength to hit the terrorists
until they stop the
bloodshed. And now they
are fleeing. We do not re-
taliate any more. We hit
them once or even twice a
day according to our deci-
sion and any time. We look
for them in their hiding
places. We try to locate their
command posts, those re-
sponsible for murder. You
have a good chance to get rid
of the terrorists but give us
time to fulfill this chance. It
is our intention to dissuade
them from wanting to hurt
us. But this is not done
overnight," he said.
Begin met with Maj. Saad
Haddad, commander . of the
Christian militia in south
Lebanon and reiterated Is-
rael's pledge not to desert
the Christians who are
battling the Palestinians.
He also repeated his call to
the Lebanese government
UNITED NATIONS
(JTA) — Israel protested
Monday in a letter to Secre-
tary General Kurt Wal-
dheim and the UN
Secretariat, the listing of
the "terrorist" Palestine
Liberation Organization
(PLO) as "government" in
an official UN publication.
The publication was is-
sued by the Special Unit on
Palestinian Rights at the
UN Secretariat.
The Israeli letter stated
in part: "This is further evi-
dence of the fact that the in-
tegrity of the UN
Secretariat has been
gravely compromised, and
that the unit is a pliant tool
in the hands of the terrorist
PLO."
Hirschmann
Documents
HYDE PARK, N.Y. —
The diplomatic papers of Ira
Hirschmann, chairman of
theVar Refugee Board dur-
ing World War II, are now
part of the Franklin D.
Roosevelt Library here.
President
It was
Roosevelt who named
Hirschmann to the board
and later made him its
chairman.
The Christian militia,
commanded by Maj. Saad
Haddad is supplied and
supported by Israel against
the terrorists.
UNIFIL personnel buy -
winter clothing in Isarel
and turn it over to Palesti-
nian terrorists, they said.
But most serious, they con-
tended, is the fact that the
terrorists have established
15 bases in the UNIFIL zone
in south Lebanon sur-
rounded by 500-meter strips
that are out of bounds to
UNIFIL troops.
According to the
Isarelis, these bases a'
occupied by some 500-
terrorists well-equippe(
with mortars, sel
propelled rocket gr
nades and othe
weapons.
According to Israel
sources, the Tyre regior
controlled by terrorists, is a
heavy arms base equippe
with 130 nun. artillery wit
sufficient range, to she
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Acre on Haifa Bay.
Israel Ready to Absorb
More Vietnamese Refugees
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel is ready to absorb an-
other 200 refugees from
Vietnam. This is the result
of Premier Menahem, Be-
gin's call on all nations of
the free world to open their
gates to the Vietnamese
refugees.
Meanwhile, American
Jewish organizations are
urging President Carter to
.take action on the plight of
the thousands of Southeast
Asian refugees fleeing the
Communist regime <Viet-
nam.
American Jewish Com-
mittee president Richard
Maass sent a telegram to
Carter asking him to double
U.S. quotas for admission of
the refugees and to provide
necessary funding for such
action.
The American Jewish
Congress sent a letter to
Carter on the problem of
the "boat people." AJ-
Congress president
Howard Squadron, recal-
ling the horror of Jewish
refugees from Nazi Ger-
many, also urged the
United Nations to use its
influence to save the
Sougleast Asians.
Maxwell Greenberg, na-
tional chairman of the
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith also asked the
United States to take the
lead in "spearheading an in-
ternational movement
open up the doors of natio
for the homeless victims
Vietnamese cruelty."
At the ADL's 66th annu
national commission meet
ing here recently, Green
berg announced the ADII
plan to convene a meetii1
with leaders of religious e-
human rights groups to dis
cuss the refugee problem,
Elie Wiesel, the not
writer and chairman of thi
President's Commission o
the Holocaust, made an a
peal to all countries to pro
vide asylum for the re?
gees.
Wiesel was join
plea by the Na
alition for Refuge
se
tlement. The Joint ifs
tributi on Committee
HIAS, the AJCommitus:z
are members of the Re.
settlement Committee.
Other Jewish group:
have expressed their con
cern about the refugee prob
lem. The Jewish Comma
nity Relations Council a
Greater Philadelphia sent
letter to Carter and al-
made a plea to the Ambas
sador of Malaysia, Zaini
raai to ease Malaysia's pos i
tion on the boat people.
The Canadian a ,
Swedish governments ai.,
will open their doors to mor e
Indochinese refugees. -