Hebron Tragedy: Deplorable Terror Compels Concessions and Urgent Resort to Peace-Seeking Commentary, Page 2 THE JEWISH NEWS * of Jewish Events A Weekly Review VOL. LXXVII, No. 14 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per. Year: This Issue 35c 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 (Continued on Page 10) . but made no comments. (Continued on Page 11) N Aimed at WB Mayors Israel Invites Pope - . 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 .(Continued on Page 12) r - 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 w s in ate rabb i ci o a 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 w«, ,,,,,,,>, 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 (Continued on Page 12) RABBI HERTZ