THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Terrorism and Aggression: The Jews Are
Used As a Trial Run for the Future
By ARNO HERZBERG
(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
It seems to be a principle
of history of the last 50
years. Aggression, ter-
rorism and wholesale ex-
termination are first tried
out on the Jews.
Thy are the first victims
of the forces of evil and de-
struction. They are first to
experience the onslaught of
all those that want to do
away with the values that
have guided the Western
World for centuries.
How the nations react to
the plight of the Jews gives
a clue to the aggressors as to
how far they can go with
others. Most of the time no-
body raises his voice. There
is silence all around us.
For this reason the
tragedy, frustration and
anger that is Iran is noth-
ing new to the Jew. Be-
fore the "students" occu-
pied the American Em-
bassy, they took posses-
sion of the Israeli Mission
and turned it over to the
Palestine Liberation
Organization. Nobody ut-
tered a word against this
action. The United Na-
tions, as usual, did not
notice it.
So the "students" went
one step further, took over
the American Embassy and
rounded up their hostages.
Israel knows what it
means to see her own as hos-
tages. How many times this
has happened when PLO
terrorists raided Israel es-
tablishments and towns!
How many were
slaughtered and how little
concern was shown by the
outside world! Even the
Olympic Games continued
as if nothing had tran-
spired. Why should it be
different when 50 American
diplomats are involved?
The world looked on when
PLO thugs and their hel-
pers took a plane with Is-
raelis and delivered them to
Idi Amin in Uganda. There
was no uproar in the United
Nations — only silence. Is-
raelis were lucky that they
were not censored for their
raid on Entebbe to free the
hostages. After all, they vio-
lated the sovereign domain
of Uganda.
The Iranians have kept
the hostages in one place
in the midst of a city
where it is difficult to re-
scue them without seri-
ous bloodshed. They
have learned from Idi
Amin who kept his hos-
tages at the airport with
its runways and open
fields and invited action
on the part of Israelis.
Thus, all the might of the
"most powerful nation on
earth" cannot rescue the
hostages and cannot pre-
vent them from receiving
shabby treatment. When,
during the Yom Kippur
War, Syria and Egypt mis-
treated Israeli prisoners in
Dayan Comments on M.E.
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — visited their settlements
Moshe Dayan recently gave and I do not plan to meet
a wide-ranging interview with them."
On the subject of peace:
with the editors of Haaretz.
Regarding his talks with "The vast majority of Is-
the Palestinians: "I have raelis yearn for peace even
heard from the Palestinians at the cost of compromise
— including the most em- and risks."
On the developments in
bittered militants — some
positive talk. They do not Iran: "The Americans have
blundered
because they
want a new war and they
prefer to negotiate with Is- were not able to anticipate
rael. They are, of course, far future developments de-
from friendly to the Jewish spite timely warnings they
state, but they accept the received from Israel."
At the conclusion of his
fact of its existence. They
want a Palestinian state but interview, Dayan said that
"he
is very disappointed at
they emphasize that the
borders with Israel would be not having had the oppor-
tunity of realizing his plans
open.
"Their view is that 'we for peace."
must talk not shoot'."
On his relationship with Israeli Scholars
Menahem Begin: "I owe Cited By AJC
Begin nothing for his hav-
NEW YORK — Two
ing invited me to serve in
the government. He did this noted Israeli scholars, Dr.
Israel
Guttman and Dr.
as a matter of pure self
interest. Every prime Emanuel Etkes, have been
minister seeks an able named co-recipients of the
Simon Segal Prize awarded
foreign minister."
On the subject of Sadat: by the American Jewish
"He is a unique and posit- Committee.
The award is given an-
ive personality and pos-
sesses very special attri- nually for the best doctoral
butes. When he believes thesis at the Hebrew Uni-
that he is right, he does versity in Jerusalem in the
not care about the opin- fields of Jewish history,
ions of others. I see in Jewish culture, human
Sadat a most extraordi- rights, or an aspect of inter-
nary historical phenom- national relations of Jewish
enon and not only with concern.
respect to -his conduct
Commandment number
vis-a-vis Israel." -
On the subject of the Gush one of any truly civilized
Emunim: "I am no adherent society is this: Let people be
of the philosophy of the different.
—David Grayson
Gush Emunim. I have never
violation of the Geneva
Convention, nobody cared.
When, in the war, prisoners
were retained as hostages,
it did not cause a ripple in
public opinion.
Every nation follows its
own short term interest and
everything else is only in
textbooks of international
law. So it did not come as a
surprise when Mexico with-
drew permission for the
Shah to enter the country
after his operation in New
York. The Mexican gov-
ernment voted for the UN
resolution equating
Zionism with racism con-
trary to prior pronounce-
ments.
As in the days of Hitler,
borders are closed to home-
less refugees from Asia
where a relentless enemy
drives them out of their
homeland. They face star-
vation and decimation in
Cambodia. Dachau and Au-
schwitz were the proving
ground for all this. Nobody
cared at that time. There is
only token concern today.
Now that there is so
much frustration and
anger in America, per-
haps we can feel what the
Israelis have gone
through year after year.
Maybe we can under-
stand what it means if
countrymen are held for
ransom, when we look
around and see only
blank faces that want to
evade any action and find
excuses for everything.
Friday, January 25, 1980 17
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They are long on words
but short on deeds.
So we see a repetition of
the familiar story: First the
Jews will be the victims,
and then other nations will
experience the same ag-
gression later on. It seems
that governments have not
learned their lessons. Will
they ever learn?
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