Day of Anguish for Jewish Media Friday the 13th Credibility for PLO Multiplies Challenges to Presidential Aspirants and U.S. Public Opinion By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday the Thirteenth was a gloomy day for the Jewish media, and it emerged as a chal- lenging time for world Jewry in its concern for Israel's very existence. It was a day when the representatives of the English- Jewish press had met with government of- ficials, with the President himself, and while issues affecting every aspect of Jewish life and of the needs of the Ameri- Judging Israel's Many Crises - and the Political Complications Realistically Editorial, Page 4 VOL. LXXVII, No. -16 can people were under discussion, the em- phasis in the exchange of talks by dele- gates attending the 38th annual conven- tion of the American Jewish Press Associa- tion was on Israel. There were anxieties of the utmost seriousness, as the participants in the discussions were anticipating what was already developing into an interna- tional sellout of Israel's interests in the credibility accorded the PLO by the Euro- pean powers. While the European Eco- nomic Community was shockingly em- bracing the PLO, there was evidence of similar betrayals of previous condemna- tions of the terrorist moiiement that aims at Israel's destruction in other lands, in- cluding some in Latin America. At the same time, there was a retention of concern lest support for PLO emerges on the American continent, unless the vigilant in support of justice for Israel remain adam- ant in their defense of the Jewish state. The Jewish editors-publishers conven- tion was marked by reviews of many of the problems confronting the Jewish people. Israel being a major item on the agenda, the result was a normal adherence to the subject in the meeting with President JiMmy Carter at the White House. It was out of the transcript of that meeting, held on Friday morning, distributed to the press the next day, that sensational headlines (Continued on Page 20) THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 of Jetuish Events 424-8833 Islam and Judaism Defined in Dr. Katsh's Analyses of Bible Background of the Koran Review, Page 64 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c _ June 20, 1980 U.S. , Israeli Jews Condemn EEC's Giving PLO Credibility Senate Vote Overwhelming to Reject Aid Cut for Israel WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Senate Tuesday night overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to punish Israel financially for its settlement policy and approved foreign aid legislation authorizing $2.1 billion for Israel and $1.3 billion dollars for Egypt in military and economic assistance for the fiscal year beginning next Oct. 1. While making levels of aid to Egypt and Israel equal to ; that authorized by the llouse last week, the Senate's total authorization for foreign aid is $5.8 billion, about $400 million less that the House measure. A Senate-House committee will seek to iron out the differences in the two measures which provide about 70 percent of the total foreign aid for Egypt and 'Israel. In the two measures, Israel is authorized $1.4 billion in military aid and $785 million in economic assistance. Egypt will receive $551 million in military aid and $750 million in economic assistance. The Senate voted 85-7 to reject an amendment by Sen. Adlai Steven- son (D-Ill. ) to cut $150 million from Israel's economic aid total as a penalty for its settlement on the West Bank, but many of the.Senators who voted against the amendment made it clear that they opposed the settlement policies of Premier Menahem Begin's government and opposed the Stevenson measure because it smacked of coercion. The six Senators who voted with Stevenson to punish Israel - were majority leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.); and five Republi- cans: Henry Bellmon (Okla.); Mark Hatfield (Ore.); Jesse Helms (N.C.); James McClure (Idaho) and Milton Young (N.D.). Stevenson and Bellmon have announced that they will not seek re-election in November. Stevenson, in a major speech, attacked the Israergovernment's settle- ment policy. He said "the Begin governgnent blithely, sometimes insult- ingly, ignores" U.S. policy opposed to the settlements in occupied ter- (Continued on Page 6) . JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Cabinet Sunday angrily rejected the declaration on the Middle East by the prime ministers of the nine European Economic Community (EEC) nations at the close of their teo-day summit meeting in Venice last Friday. Premier Menahem Begin denounced the 11-point declaration as a "second Munich surrender." The nine ministers upheld the right of Palestinian Arabs to self-determination, stated thatthe Palestine Liberation Organization and other Palestinian groups must be "associated -with" the Middle East peace talks and stressed "the need for Israel to put an end to the territorial occupation which it -has maintained since the conflict of 1967." In a statement read to the media after Sunday's Cabinet meeting, Begin said, "Every man of goodwill and every free man in Europe that studies this document will see in it a Munich surrender, the second of our generation. This surrender to blackmail will encourage all those who want to 'frustrate the peace process." Referring to Article 8 of the declaFation which states that The nine (nations) stress that they will not accept any unilateral initiative designed to change the status of Jerusalem," Begin charged that "The initiators of the Venice document'have tried to interfere with the status of Jerusalem, our eternal capital which is not open to any division, and our right to settle in the Land of Israel, a right which is an inseparable part of our security." The Venice declaration stated that Israeli settlements in the occupied territories "constitute a serious obstacle to the peace process in the Middle East" and that "the nine consider that these settlements, as well as modification in population WASHINGTON (JTA) — and property in the occupied territories, are illegal under President Carter and Jor- international law." dan's King Hussein con- cluded their two days of talks Begin reiterated that Israel would never negotiate with Wednesday without tangible the PLO which he called "This Arab SS." (According to re- indication of either of the two • ports from Beirut Sunday, the PLO is not satisfied with the leaders altering views on the Venice declaration on grounds that it did not specifically route for settling the recognize a Palestinian state.) The declaration called on all Israeli-Arab conflict. countries to recognize Israel's right to existence and security. As the President was say- Hussein View Stalemated (Continued on Page 5) (Continued on Page 10) „....„1-Tniversity Computer Aids Negev Kids l ot - BEERSHEBA — A quiet place and a patient teacher all to himself are two reasons why 11-year-old Yossi alvenisti looks forward to lessons in Hebrew and arithmetic several times a week. Yossi is one of more than 600 elementary school students who are sharpening their verbal and math- ematical skills at 12 computer terminals located in two schools in culturally disadvantaged areas of Beersheba. Originating in the Computer Center of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the special instruction program includes writing, reading comprehension, Judaism, grammar and mathematics. Secondary school students-also benefit from computer-aided instruction in genetics and biology. Over 1,000 students each yedr are presently spending a total of 32,000 sessions with the "teacher,.'' the CDC-73. The university's Computer Center provides a vital life-line of information to the academic, scientific and industrial communities of the Negev. "We see no reason why computer power shouldn't be like electric power," says the center's director, Naftali Elkin. "We want to disperse it throughout the Negev to bring its advantages to ever greater numbers of researchers and business people." He views BGU's Computer Center as a regional nerve center of information serving the complex needs of the -rapidly developing desert area. Elementary and secondary schools, the Israel Defense Forces in the area, a growing cadre of high-technology industrial concerns and even kibutzim wishing to computerize their irrigation systems have made use of the university's computer facility. The network, with 120 terminals scattered over the southern district and with connections to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, is the largest of any Israeli university. Yossi Benveriisti at the computer terminal.