THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Paper Downplays Israel, S. Africa Links
— In an-
g the publication of
Israel and South Africa:
The Allegations and the
Reality" by Leslie D. Simon,
the first research study of
the reorganized Institute
for Jewish Policy Planning
and Research, Rabbi Ber-
nard J. Mandelbaum, direc-
tor of the institute, ques-
tioned those sources which
been trying to associ-
, Israel with South Africa
in recent days.
The new issue of
"Analysis," the research
paper of the institute, points
out that the "allegations
that have been made about
the relationship between Is-
rael and South Africa are
without foundation. Israel's
diplomatic relations with
South Africa are routine
and unexceptional, while
Israel has made it clear to
- - South Africa, often in 1.bl--
conversational ways, that it
opposes apartheid."
In a lead passage to this
'Analysis," it is noted that
in 1978, Israel's ambas-
sador to South Africa, It-
zhak .Unna, boycotted the
premiere of the play
"Golda" in Pretoria, South
one-half of one percent of
the total. Israel's trade is in
normal goods and com-
modities and, with one ex-
ception, there has been no
arms trade. Israel observes
the United Nations arms
embargo."
ITZHAK UNNA
Africa's capital, because the
theater would not admit
blacks.
Over the years, pointed
out Rabbi Mandelbaum, cri-
tics of Israel have tried to
falsify Israel's trade rela-
tionships with South Africa.
He cited the institute's
paper that South Africa
"trades with most of the
world's countries, including
some of its most harsh cri-
tics in black Africa and the
communist world. Israel's
trade in comparison is
miniscule . . . less than
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In the paper issued by the
institute, it is pointed out
that "Israel has made an
enormous contribution to
economic and social de-
velopment in black Africa
over the years, and even
today maintains a healthy
trade relationship with
RABBI MANDELBAUM
numerous black African
countries.",
I. in South Africa in all these
The research paper as- forms are deplored by Jews
who hope for
serts: "To all Americans, everywhere,
peaceful change in South
however, one fact should be Africa, which would result
made clear: The Jewish in a progressive, multi-
people abhor apartheid. racial state, with equal
Themselves the victims of rights for all."
history's most vicious racist
doctrine — that of Nazism
— Jews are particularly
sensitive to any philosophy
or state policy that has as its
basis the division of people
into racial groups and the
separate treatment of those
groups by law, custom or
practice.
The policies of apartheid
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Three Decisions Have Set Back
Prosecution of War Criminals
By ROCHELLE WOLK
ALBANY, N.Y. (JTA) —
No Nazi war criminal living
in this country has ever
been deported for his crimes
by the United States gov-
ernment and sent back to
the country where he com-
mitted his crimes. Some 400
alleged Nazi war criminals,
a 40 percent increase from
the government's prev-
iously announced figure, fi-
nally are now being investi-
gated.
But the issue took three
giant steps backward last
month when Feodor
Fedorenko's petition for cer-
tiorari was granted by the
Supreme Court, when the
Frank Walus case was re-
versed and remanded by the
Court of Appeals, and when
the Karlis Detlays case was
decided against the gov-
ernment in Immigration
Court in Baltimore.
Allan Ryan Jr., Walter
Rockler's designated suc-
cessor to head the Justice
P^partment's efforts re-
ling alleged Nazi war
inals, has pledged to
complete the 400 cases, and
ees some deportations.
these three setbacks
another decision
against the government
predicted shortly by most
experts, however, the prob-
ability of any deportation is
minimal for at least the
next several years.
The granting of cer-
tiorari to Federenko of
Miami, and the Court of
Appeals decision to re-
verse and remand the
case of Walus of Chicago,
will have psychological
and possible direct bear-
ing on the Detlays appeal,
if the government de-
cides to appeal the De-
tlays decision. The BO-
timore decision in favor
of Detlays, an admitted
member of the Latvian
Waffen SS, will probably
be appealed by the Jus-
tice Department's Office
of Special Investigations
(OSI), which is filing a
preliminary notice of ap-
peal.
Detlays, accused by
eyewitnesses of atrocities
against the Jews of Latvia,
including mass murders in
the Rombula forest, admit-
ted in court that he lied on
his entrance visa regarding
his activities.
The Detlays decision did
not follow the principle that
lies in an entrance visa are
sufficient reason for depor-
tation, as established by the
Court of Appeals in the
Fedorenko case. Before the
decision was made on the
Detlays case, Fedorenko's
petition for review by the
U.S. Supreme Court was
granted.
The case of Fedorenko, an
admitted SS guard at Treb-
linka concentration camp,
was decided against the
government on July 25,
1978, although the defen-
dant admitted lying on his
entrance visa. This decision
was reversed by the U.S.
Court of Appeals (Fifth Cir-
cuit Court, New Orleans) on
June 28, 1979, and the trial
judge was ordered to strip
Fedorenko of citizenship.
The Court of Appeals held
that lying on his entrance
visa was sufficient cause for
denaturalization.
The defendant filed a
motion for a re-hearing to
the Appellate Court,
which was denied on
Aug. 13, 1979. On Feb. 19,
1980, the defendant's pet-
ition for certiorari was
-granted by the U.S. Sup- -
reme Court, which will
therefore review the
Court of Appeals Deci-
sion.
Until the Supreme Court
decides on the Fedorenko
case (which could take a
year), it cannot be deter-
mined whether lying on a
visa is sufficient grounds for
deportation. If the govern-
ment decides to appeal the
Detlays case on these
grounds, the case will re-
main open until the
Fedorenko decision.
Walus, a U.S. citizen ac-
cused as a Gestapo agent
who participated in mur-
ders of Jews and others, was
ordered denaturalized by a
U.S, District Court in
Chicago. That decisiOn has
now been reversed and re-
manded by the Seventh Cir-
cuit Court of Appeals. Ex-
perts believe this new de-
velopment in the Walus
case will have a psychologi-
cal effect on a possible De-
tlays appeal.
Kissinger Backs
Israeli Stance
MEXICO CITY (JTA) —
Former U.S. Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger told
a press conference here that
Israel is justified in oppos-
ing a PalOstinian state since
such a state would become a
Soviet military base. He
praised the Israeli-
Egyptian peace agreement.
Kissinger was a special
guest at a luncheon for Max
Shein, an industrialist and
philanthropist, given by
Mexican, United States and
Canadian branches of the
Friends of the Haifa Techn-
ion.
Shein received the Techn-
ion's Albert Einstein Award
from Gen. Amos Horev, the
Haifa school's president. -
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