THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, September 1, 1919 49 Carter Seeks End to Rift; Young Interview Lashes Israeli Policies WASHINGTON (JTA) President Carter appealed last week to blacks and Jews in America to end the rift that developed between them as a result of the res- ignation of Andrew Young as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations following his unauthorized meeting > with a Palestine Liberation Organization representa- tive. Speaking at the dedica- tion of a chapel in Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., Young's home town, the President declared: "Both groups have a particular call on the conscience of * * each other and on the con- science of us all . . . Many nations are in danger of being torn apart by ethnic divisions, by political rival- ries, by religious conflicts. "We must seek resolution of differences and we must stand with each other to prevent all these quarrels of * Dayan-Palestinian Meeting Draws Mixed Reaction in Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) — gn Minister Moshe n says that he will con- tinue to meet periodically with West Bank and Gaza Strip Palestinians of var- ious political persuasions despite criticism of his meeting last week with an outspoken supporter of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Explaining his 90-minute meeting with Dr. Haider Abdul-Shafi, chairman of the Gaza Red Crescent Society, Dayan said their conversation helped him to better understand the views held by Palestinian leaders in the administered ter- ritories. Nevertheless, Dayan was careful to distingush be- tween talking and negotiat- ing, and between supporters of the PLO and PLO mem- bers. He had not met with Abdul-Shafi to negotiate about the autonomy or about the normalization. Rather, they had had a gen- eral exchange of views on how Abdul-Shafi sees a fu- ture of coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians, Dayan explained. The doctor, for his part, described the conversa- tion as "academic and theoretical. Dayan is fond of exploring — even in a situation where there is no point to explore," he told a reporter after the meeting. The news of Dayan's meeting with the Gaza leader evoked mixed reac- tions in the political com- munity. Several ministers seemed to have known in advance of the meeting and appeared to have approved it. But others had reserva- tions. Students Push for Falasha Aid at Red Cross Office in New York NEW YORK (JTA) — Eleven members of the Con- cerned Jewish Youth (CJY) and the American Associa- tion for Ethiopian Jews forced their way into the offices of the New York di- rector of the American Red Cross last week to explain the plight of Ethiopia's Falasha Jews and to urge of- , facials of the Red Cross to take action on their behalf. CJY co-chairman Stuart Wak said that the two groups focused on the American Red Cross be.- cause' it has the political power to do something" for the Falashas, whereas the International Red Cross and various Jewish organ- - izations have been ineffec- tive. The Falashas, or "black Jews" of Ethiopia, have been the victims of genocide and other atrocities follow- ing the overthrow of Em- peror Haile Selassie and the subsequent revolution of 1976. The Falashas, who now number 28,000 from 250,000 in 1975, are work- - ing with the Jewish Agency - in Israel for a mass aliya of their people, Zacharias Yana, a spokesman for the shas told the Jewish graphic Agency in an interview earlier this year. Barnet Deutch, the di- rector of the New York American Red Cross, re- sponded to the group's demand for an airlift by the Red Cross by saying "No way can the Red , Cross, in any part of the world take planes into country. another Realistically, a great deal of this (airlift and rescue work) must be done through hard, negotiated efforts." Barnet, how- - ever, did promise to " ,, "check into the matter thoroughly." In the presence of the pro- testers, Barnet called American Red Cross head- quarters in Washington and was notified by them that the Red Cross currently had seven delegates in Ethiopia to oversee medical, food, blood and other rescue and emergency efforts spon- sored by the Red Cross for all Ethiopian refugees. Barnet told the group that the "Red Cross in the U.S. is concerned with this prob- lem" and that he will go to the national headquarters to present the group's con- cern. Lenny Spector, a co- chairman of CJY, called the International Red Cross morally bankrupt" in its failure to recognize the Is- raeli Red Magen David as a legitimate affiliate of the international organization. t t Barnet conceded that -this was so and that many of the anti-Israeli "emerging na- tions" who vote on Interna- tional Red Cross member- ship were responsible for blocking the Israeli group's admission. The group concluded their meeting with Bar- net by lighting yahrzeit candles and reciting a memorial service for Falashas who perished in Ethiopia's political up- heavals. The CJY is Herut- affiliated and has offices on many college campuses throughout the New York area and in major American cities. The Americans for Ethiopian Jews works closely with the National Jewish Student Network and has 200 members across the nation, according to Yehudah Shapiro, a board member. I.B. Singer to Visit Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) -- President Yitzhak Navon has issued- an invitation to Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer to come to Israel as an official state guest for a week in De- cember. _ "It is an honor for me to express our appreciation for your contributions to the Jewish culture in this way," Navon wrote the prominent author, "especially consid- ering the fact that this cul- ture has recently earned in- ternational public recogni- tion. I know that various circles interested in the Yiddish culture and Yid- dish literature will also want to honor you and your literature during your stay here." Singer cabled Navon the world from being im- ported into our own na- tional life. - Young did little to de- crease the tension with an inflammatory inter- view he gave to the French weekly, Le NoUvel Observateur. In some of his harshest statements to date, Young declared that American blacks "now believe that the Palestinians are oppressed and will act accordingly," asserted that "I will con- tinue to oppose the fact that Israel can take decisions concerning the national interests of the United States," and hinted that Is- raeli Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan might hare personally leaked the news about Young's meeting with the Palestine Liberation Organization observer at the UN, Zehadi Labib Terzi, to Newsweek magazine which first carried the story of the meeting. The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a flat denial. About Israel, Young de- clared: "The Israeli are no less terroristic than the PLO at this moment. I be- lieve that the splinter and phsophorus bombs they drop on Lebanon are just as immoral and deadly as any- thing the Palestinians "might have done in Israel. "Israel was created with our help as an answer to the Holocaust. But since 1967 Israel has gradually become the oppressor — it is the evolution which is costing it its credibility and might in future compromise its mili- tary strength. "The Israelis enjoyed American military help because the American people believe they are right to fight for their survival. But by becom- ing an expansionist power, by multiplying the settlements (in the territories) and shelling Lebanon, they are in the process of losing their moral advantage." Young claimed that Is- rael was upset by his meet- ing with Terzi because "I was about to make the PLO take a great step forward towards recognizing Israel and this is what Israel does not want. They (the Israelis) do not want peace with the PLO. They want to destroy them. But they can't achieve this aim as with each of their bombs, they create new terrorists." Young said he believes that Washington will even- tually start discussions with the PLO. E OM MAW. 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