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Hate Volumes
Sold in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)
— A number of book stores
in Rio de Janeiro and Sao
Paulo are again selling
"Mein Kampf' and "The
Protocols of the Elders of
Zion." A 1950s law prohibits
both books from being sold.
Mein Kampf, in Pro-
tuguese, is being imported
from Portugal, and the Pro-
tocols is beinzpublished in
Brazil.
The Jewish Confedera-
tion of Brazil has asked the
Justice Ministry to investi-
gate the sales and to order
the confiscation of the
books.
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Yitzhak Rabin's Autobiography Throws
Light on Crucial Years in Israel's History
Emphasis was given on
internal Israeli conflicts
and the personal differences
with Shimon Peres in the
first reviews of the auto-
biography of Yitzhak Ra-
bin. "The Memoirs of Ra-
bin" (Litte, Brown & Co.)
has much greater value. It
gives an intimate account of
American-Israel relations
during the former Israel
prime minister's services as
his country's ambassador to
the U.S., as well as during
his services as Israel's mili-
tary chief of staff and in a
variety of other official posi-
tion.
The Rabin memoirs pro-
vide an important chapter
in Israel's history. As chief
Of military operations dur-
ing the Six-Day War of
1967, as the head of his gov-
ernment when the Entebbe
operation was conducted in
the rescue of the hostages
who faced death in Uganda,
the Rabin accounts are of
immense historic signifi-
cance.
The personal conflicts
with Peres are, of course, of
deep interest. There is much
more to the Rabin story. His
accounts of the administra-
tions that preceded him, his
services during the pre-
miership of Golda Meir, the
war years — all lend them-
' selves to historical data that
is inseparable from Israel's
history in the last two de-
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There is an important
clarification of Rabin's
attitude toward
President Nixon. He had
made complimentary
comments about the
President during his
campaign for re-election,
and he was accused of
having injected himself
into internal American
affairs. Rabin explains
his role in that incident:
"For all my caution
about staying a safe dis-
tance away from U.S.
domestic politics, on
June 11, 1972 — before
the two parties had cho-
sen their candidates for
president and the cam-
paign had officially got
under way — the Wash-
ington Post published a
report by its Jerusalem
correxpondent, Yuval
Elitzur, claiming that I
had affirmed my prefer-
ence for the re-election of
President Nixon. Elit-
zur's report was based on
an interview I had given
to the Israeli Radio soon
after Nixon's return from
the Moscow summit.
"In that interview, I
noted that never in
America's history had
any president gone so far
in his pro-Israeli declara-
tions or in expressing
America's commitment
to Israel's security as
President Nixon had in
his address to Congress
following his return from
Moscow. That was a fact
— and at most I was
bringing it to the atten-
tion of the Israeli, not-the
American, public. I truly
cannot understand how
my words could have
been interpreted as a
`campaign speech' when
the campaign had yet to
begin and I was at any
rate addressing myself to
an audience that was not
going to the polls.
"Be that as it may, egged
on by its Jerusalem corre-
spondent, the Washington
Post criticized me for inter-
vening in American domes-
tic affairs and went on to
forecast that my statement
would anger Israel's friends
in the Democratic party and
offend many Jewish suppor-
ters of both parties.
"Then, as if to fan the
flames of its own fire, on
June 15 it published a
harsh editorial entitled
`Israel's Undiplomatic
Diplomat.' But the Post
had severely miscalcu-
lated. The chairman of
the Democratic party,
Lawrence O'Brien, in-
vited me for a talk and af-
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YITZHAK RABIN
firmed that he knew I did
not support either candi-
date and was not inter-
vening in domestic poli-
tics.
"some tried to press
President Nixon's rival,
Senator -George McGovern,
into publishing a sharply
worded letter against me,
but he refused to do so. And
Senators Jackson and`
Stuart Symington — both
Democrats and among Is-
rael's most outstanding
friends — wrote personal
letters to the prime minister
in praise of my work in
Washington. Jackson even
wanted to phone Mrs. Meir
and dropped the idea only at
my insistence.
"As to the reaction of
America's Jews, the 1,400
guests at a dinner sponsored
by the Israel Bonds cam-
paign welcomed me with a
thunderous standing ova-
tion. Here was my opportu-
nity to set the record
straight.
"It's been a long time
since I received as much
prominence in the Ameri-
can media as I've been get-
ting lately," I remarked.
"All Idid in that interview
on Israeli radio was thank
the U.S. administration and
senators and congressmen
of both parties for their aid
to Israel. I shall repeat my
sin before you here this eve-
ning," and I proceeded to
express my gratitude once
again. A hearty burst of
applause indicated that I
had not been misun-
derstood."
Last month Moshe
Dayan had praise for
President Carter. That
did not mean he w :
campaigning for his
election. Rabin cou
point to it as an addi-
tional defense of the role
he had played durihg
President Nixon's ad-
ministration.
The Rabin autobiography
has much merit in its dis-
cussion of the Russian
influence in the Middle East
and the intimacies in scores
of Israeli internal experi-
ences.
This is an autobiography
replete with historical de-
tails which need inclusion
in the story of the Jewish
state-building.
In "The White House
Years," just published, also
by Little, Brown & Co.,
Henry Kissinger says this
about Yitzhak Rabin:
"Except for his intelli-
gence and tenacity, he was
an unlikely ambassador. He co-
had been a hero of Israel's
war of independence, and as
Chief of Staff of Israel's de-
fense forces, he was an ar-
chitect of the victory of the
Six-Day War.
Taciturn, shy reflective,
almost resentful of small
talk, Rabin possessed few of
the attributes commonly
associated with diplomacy.
Repetieious people bored
him and the commonplace
offended him; unfortu-
nately for Rabin, both these
qualities are not exactly in
short supply in Washing-
ton.
"He hated ambiguity,
which is the stuff of diplo-
macy. I grew extremely fond
of him, though he did little
to encourage affec-
tion."
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,Story of '48 Arab Evictions
Is Cut by Cabinet Censors
NEW YORK — A censor-
ship board of five members
of the Israeli Cabinet pro-
hibited former Premier Yit-
zhak Rabin from including
in his memoirs the expul-
sion of 50,000 Arabs from
Ramle and Lydda (Lod)
near, Tel Aviv during Is-
rael's 1948 War of Indepen-
dence.
According to David K.
Shipler of the New York
Times, Rabin's account said
the expulsion was ordered
by David Ben-Gurion be-
cause of the Arab towns'
proximity to Lod Airport
(now Ben-Gurion Airport).
According to Shipler, "Al-
though reports of such ex-
pulsions have been pub-
lished by authors not sub-
ject to censorship, Israel
remains highly sensitive to
the issue, especially when it
threatens to bolster claims
to territory that is now part
of Israel. The anxiety is par-
ticularly acute at a time of
growing sympathy for the
Palestinians."
According to the Rabin
account, which was not
published in the Hebrew
edition of his memoir- or
the Little, Brown an ).
edition, some Isitteli
troops refused to help in
driving out the Arabs.
Propaganda sessions
were needed aftei- the op-
eration to soothe some of
the soldiers.
The Arab residents were
transported by buses to Lat-
run where they were turned
over to the Arab Legion.
Russian Jews
Studying Aliya
NEW YORK — Some 40
Russian Jewish immigrants
to the U.S. are currently in
Israel to study job oppor-
tunities.
The 40 Russians have all
been living in the U.S. for
more than a year and are
paying for the trip to Israel
themsel 'es.