Hebron Tragedy:
Deplorable Terror
Compels
Concessions and
Urgent Resort
to Peace-Seeking
Commentary, Page 2
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Thorny Road
to Peace in
Middle East
Crises Continue
Unlimited
Editorials, Page 4
June 6, 1980
atah - Wa.r Threat, European
ent. Mehace* Peace
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The State Department described as "not helpful" a resolution adopted by El
o Leads on Bombs Fatah, the most influential faction in the Palestine Liberation Organization, which called for increased
military action against Israel rather than diplomatic efforts to solve the Palestinian problem.
The El Fatah resolution adopted at its conference in Damascus on Monday also rejected participation
in any new Middle East formula proposed by the Western European governments, including amendments
to Security Council Resolution 242 which may be favorable to the Palestinians. Commenting on these
JERUSALEM (JTA) — No serious progress was re-
developments, the State Department's chief spokesman, Hodding Carter, said, "We have stated on numer-
ported this week in the investigation of the bomb attacks
ous occasions that a negotiated settlement is the only way to achieve a comprehensive Middle East peace.
against Arab mayors on the West Bank on Monday. The
"Reliance on arms, violence and threats has not and will not lead to conditions conducive to the kind of
police laboratory reported that the explosives used were
standard army issue. But police sources insisted that this
political compromises required of all parties if lasting peace is -to be achieved and the Palestinian's problem
is to be resolved in all aspects," Carter said in a prepared statement. He added, "It is regrettable that
was not positive proof that the outrage was perpetrated by
Jews because a great deal of army equipment has fallen
Fatah, the principal organization in the PLO, has failed to enunciate a program that takes account of this
into the hands of Arab terrorists in the past.
fact." He said the U.S. would consider its position should the PLO go to the Security Council, as it has
Nevertheless, security agencies are known to be focus-
threatened to do, to accuse the U.S. of responsibility for Monday's bomb attacks on Arab mayors on the
sing on at least three groups of Jewish extremists as likely
West Bank.
suspects. One is the ultra-nationalist "Kach" movement
Meanwhile, West German officials claim that the Euiopean allies have dropped plans to
headed by Rabbi Meir Kahane who has long advocated the
press for changes in Security Council Resolution 242 at this time and therefore President Carter's
expulsion of Arabs from Israel and the occupied territories
warning over the weekend that the U.S. would veto such a move was based on a misunderstand-
and the use of force against them. Another is the Gush
. ing. The unofficial reaction to Carter's
Emunim, the militant Orthodox settlers movement which
statements was made at a briefing for Ger-
lately has been accusing the government of not taking a
man reporters in Bonn.
and
nationalists
sufficiently hard line against Palestinian
At the same time, Foreign Minister Christ-
not providing adequate protection for the settlers on the
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin ex-
oph
Van Der Klaauw of the Netherlands se-
tended a formal invitation to Pope John Paul II to visit
West Bank.
verely criticized French and British proposals to
"Eretz Yisrael." At the conclusion of a speech to the Knes-
The third group under investigation is a hitherto un-
introduce amendments to Resolution 242 which
set on Monday, he said the Pope would be welcomed with all
known cell of Jewish extremists which the police have not
would confer political status on the Palesti-
the dignity due his office. He recalled that the Polish-born
identified by name. Earlier this week, Israeli newspapers
nians. In a radio interview Sunday, he ex-
Pontiff was one of the "unfortunately few" Catholic cler-
received calls from anonymous persons who claimed, in one
gymen in Poland who had helped save Jews during the Nazi
pressed serious doubts over the desirability and
case that a group called "Bnai Zion" was responsible for the
bombings and in another that it was a group called
occupation of that country.
feasibility of such a step and also doubted that
Begin's invitation followed-an indication by the Pope to
"Counter Terror Unit." Yossi Dayan, an aide to_ Rabbi
the nine-member states of the European Eco-
a French Jewish delegation in Paris that he would like to
Kahane of Kach was picked up for questioning.
nomic Community (EEC) could play a positive
visit the Holy Land.
The coordinated bomb attacks severely wounded -
role in solving the Middle East problem.
The
Pope
was
lauded
during
that
meeting
by
Mayor Bassam Shaka of . Nablus, Mayor Karin Khallaf of
Europe should not hinder efforts of the United
French Chief Rabbi Jacob Kaplan for the church's
Ramallah and a police sapper who was attempting to dis-
' States to achieve a Mideast peace, Van Der
new,
favorable
attitude
towards
Judaism.
Rabbi
Kap-
mantle a bomb intended for Mayor Ibraham Tawil of El
Klaauw said. He said the failure of Israel and
lan tried to discuss the Middle East problem and the
Bireh.
Egypt to reach agreement on Palestinian au-
question
of
Jerusalem,
urging
the
Pope
to
make
a
call
Seven other people were wounded when a bomb
in favor of the present peace process, but the Pontiff
tonomy by the May 26 target date was not
exploded in an Arab school -in the center of Hebron. The
refused to talk about political matters.
"fatal." He suggested that the EEC countries
school is located in a building once owned by Jews. The
Earlier, the Pontiff met the rector of the Paris mosque,
might play a useful role in the Mideast in the
blasts in widely separated towns occurred almost simul-
Si Hamza Boubakeur, who also referred to Jerusalem and
economic field and by offering their services in
taneously.
to the Palestinian question. The Pope listened attentively
Mayor Shaka had both of his legs amputated at Rafadiya
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but made no comments.
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Aimed at WB Mayors
Israel Invites Pope
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. Anti-Semitic Front Unit Duped
Historical Society, University
NEW YORK — The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith has revealed that a
.-
jor
1 national . academic society ,— the Organization of American Historians — was
deceived into giving its mailing list to an anti Semitic front group set up to prove that six
million Jews were not killed during the Nazi years and that the Holocaust was a hoax
etr ated by Jews themselves.
The Institute for Historical Review was established last fall by Willis A. Carto- ,
whose Washington-based, far-right Liberty Lobby, according to ADL, is the largest and
best-financed anti-Semitic apparatus in the country today."
Justin J. Finger, director of ADL's Civil Rights Division, said the new institute is
using the American Historians' mailing list of history teachers to promote subscriptions
to its "Journal of Historical Review."
Finger said ADL has given documentation of the institute's true nature to Dr.
Richard Kirkendall, executive secretary of the Organization of Historians, which
is headquartered on the campus of the University of Indiana. "Dr. Kirkendall
told us the mailing list was turned over because it was assumed that the Journal
Northrop
represented a bona fide historical group," Finger said He,added that
University in Los Angeles had also been fooled by the institute.
"Northrop let its campus be used over the 1979 Labor Day weekend for the institute's
first convention," Finger said, "because it had been told the meeting was to be a scholarly
educational endeavor." Instead, "it opened with an anti-Zionist polemic by Willis Carto,
followed by papers from five leading figures in the Holocaust revisionist movement."
"Despite its legitimate sounding name," Finger said, "the Institute for Historical
Review is the latest — and most sophisticated — attempt by anti-Jewish and anti-Israel
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Richard Hertz to Retire in 1982
Following 30 Years at Beth El
Rabbi Richard C. Hertz, senior rabbi of Temple Beth El, will retire_on July 1, 1982.
es
d of
truste ill
b ce
1974,
Walter Shapero, president of the congregation annou nce d after a oar
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s
in
ate
rabb
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ci
o
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ss
wartz
,
Sch
Dannel
meeting on May 29 h
succeed Rabbi Hertz.
Now in his 28th year, Rabbi Hertz has been senior rabbi at Beth El since 1953, when
he succeeded the late Rabbi B. Benedict Glaz er.
Rabbi Hert z instituted Bnai Mitzva at the temple,
t
conducted retreats for Men's Club and Sisterhood
leadership, invited noted guest speakers, instituted
.N.,
the Bergman Scholar series of p ublic lectures and
P:•'-'
'', ,
organized a Social Action Committee and an Art
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Committee. He worked to strengthen the Library
Committee, make more effective the religious school,
organized a Childrens
' Choir and established a Reli-
gio us School Annua l, expanded youth activities, con-
ducted Bible study classes for the Sisterhood and
Men's Club, and in the 1960s arranged for a suburban
branch of Temple Beth El Religious School.
For many years Rabbi Hertz was a leader in the civil
rights movement. He is active in civic and public causes,
including the Rotary Club of Detroit, the Jewish Commu-
nity Council, Jewish Family Service, Interfaith Action
Council , American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation
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RABBI HERTZ