The Death of Yigal Allon Is Mourned by World Jewry
Leading political figures joined with Jewish communities throughout the
world in mourning the death of Israeli soldier-statesman Yigal Allon. Allon
died last Friday.
President Yitzhak Navon and Premier Menahem Begin, with members of
Knesset, members of the various parties, of the various kibutz movements,
friends, kibutzniks, military personnel and former Palmachniks, fighters in
the War of Independence, and youth were at Kibutz Ginossar to pay
Max. M. Fisher,
the Political
Prophet;
Gerald Ford,
His Idol
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tribute to their fallen leader. Army chief chaplain, Gen. Rabbi Gad Navon
recited Psalms.
At Kfar Tabor, Messha as it is known to the early Israelis, the chairman of
the local council, J. Goldman, eulogized Mr. Allon who was born there 62 years
ago.
Navon and veteran Achdut Haavoda leader and former head of
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An Error Admitted by Carter
Is 'Honest Mistake' Says VP
Ezer Weizman Clashes
With Cabinet and Begin
on West Bank Settlement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Defense Minister Ezer Weizman clashed
angrily with Premier Menahem Begin and Cabinet hawks when he
declared flatly at Tuesday's Cabinet meeting that the Jewish settle-
ments on the West Bank have no security value and warned that Israel
is making the world "sick and tired" by its positions on such issues as
Elon Moreh and Hebron.
The confrontation occurred in the course of the Cabinet's discus-
sion of Saturday's Security Council resolution condemning Israel's
settlement policies in the occupied territories and Jerusalem. The
Cabinet denounced the resolution as "repugnant" and expressed "deep
resentment" toward the United States for supporting it.
Weizman said the settlements simply are not needed for se-
curity purposes although they were of national value as an ex-
pression of Zionism. Later, under heavy fire from the hawkish
ministers, he modified his statement by saying he was referring
to settlements like Elon Moreh which had no security value
rather than all settlements. Elon Moreh was ordered dismantled
by the Israel Supreme Court last October on grounds that the
government's claims that it was needed for security were con-
trary to the facts.
But Weizman, 1,-,mg at odds with the Cabinet majority on the
settlements issue, angered the hawks further by asserting that there
was no justification to attack the U.S. for its role in the Security Council
resolution.
President Carter placed his career on the line in the autonomy
negotiations, Weizman said, and Israel must learn to live with its
differences with the U.S. He said that the peace treaty with Egypt has
not engendered a new spirit in the country but rather an air of depres-
sion. The moment of truth has arrived and the world no longer agrees
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By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Carter late Monday night repudiated the U.S. vote in
the United Nations Security Council in support of a resolution that demanded that Israel
dismantle all settlements in the occupied territories, including Jerusalem. The stunning rever-
sal, made in a written statement by the President, was described by Ambassador Donald
McHenry, the chief U.S. delegate to the UN, as "obviously a communications foul-up somewhere
along the line."
At a breakfast meeting with reporters, McHenry said he received his instructions to vote for
the resolution from Secretary of State Cyrus Vance after a paragraph in the resolution was to
have been deleted because it contained a reference to Jerusalem and freedom of worship and
access to the holy places there. "Those communicating with me said that if paragraph seven
were deleted, that would be consistent with the President's objections," McHenry said. The
resolution, as adopted unanimously by the Security Council on Saturday, contained references
to Jerusalem five times, including the one in paragraph seven. No distinction was made between
East Jerusalem and West Jerusalem in the text of the resolution.
The President's statement said that "the U.S. vote in the UN was approved" by him "with
the understanding that all references to Jerusalem would be deleted. The failure to communi-
cate this clearly resulted in a vote in favor of the resolution rather than abstention," the
statement said.
McHenry said that U.S. policy "is one strongly disapproving of Israel
with regard to settlements." The State Department made the same point
Tuesday in justifying the UN vote, saying that the thrust of the resolution
was on the settlements.
In Chicago on Wednesday, Vice President Walter Mondale
strongly defended President Carter's repudiation of the Security
Council vote, declaring that there was no change in U.S. Middle
East policy. "It was just as the President put it, a mistake was made
and when a mistake is made the honest thing to do is admit it,"
Mondale said.
He angrily rejected charges that the outcry from Israel and
American Jewish leaders forced the President to reverse himself.
"That had nothing to do with it. Our position on the Middle East
has not changed," the vice president declared at a press confer-
ence.
WALTER MONDALE
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Dayan Will Speak to Allied Jewish Campaign
March 26; Women's Phonogift Starts Sunday
MOSHE DAYAN
The Allied Jewish Campaign - Israel Emergency Fund will open
with a formal dinner meeting March 26 at Adat Shalom Synagogue.
Guest speaker will be Moshe Dayan, former Israel foreign minister.
The evening begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at
7 p.m. Reservations are required.
This year's Campaign must raise $1 million more than last
year's peacetime record of $17.3 million if the community is to
maintain the same level of services, warned Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion President George M. Zeltzer.
Last year, Federation faced a deficit of more than $428,000,
caused by inflation and the increased needs of Israel and local
agencies, whose budgets were over-stretched by the costs of reset-
tling 500 Soviet immigrants. This year, the community will absorb
650 refugees.
The deficit was covered by a one-time grant from United
Jewish Charities, but Zeltzer warned that UJC funds would
not be available to cover additional shortfalls.
"We have no other place to turn other than to ourselves," he
said. "If we miss our goals, it will mean fewer services to the commu-
nity. But I don't think we will fail."
For Campaign opening dinner reservations, call the Jewish
Welfare Federation, 965-3939.
As part of the Campaign, phones will be ringing throughout the
metropolitan area next week as workers for the Women's Division
begin their annual Phonogift effort. Phonogift begins Sunday and
continues through March 16. Hundreds of volunteer solicitors will
participate, contacting more than 7,000 area women.
Janice Schwartz is Phonogift chairman. Sharon Hart is
associate chairman. Doris August and Marcia Parven are day
directors, Terran Leemis, coordinator, and Baylee Franklin,
adviser. Nancy Hirsch and Faye Schnaar are briefing chair-
men, Harriet Colman and Julie Gurwin, clerical chairmen,
and Delores Farber and Roberta Grosinger, speCial handling
chairmen.
Harriet Rich chairs the motor corps, Bobbie Blitz and Nancy
Jacobson, the task force, and Susan Marwil and Judy Naftaly,
Spring Phonogift.
Shelby Tauber is Campaign chairman, and Jane Sherman,
associate chairman, of the Women's Division. Dulcie Rosenfeld is
division president.