THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 18, 1980 5 Politicization Marks UN Women's Parley in Denmark States appealed to the con- ference to show "a spirit of moderation and com- promise" when discussing resolutions, amendments and political proposals. The co-chairman of the Ameri- can delegation, Sarah Wed- dington, made no mention of the issues to which she referred, but it was clear that she was appealing for moderation in what has be- come the conference's main political issue — the pro- posal by the non-aligned nations to brand Zionism as one of the major evils of the world. The politicization of the conference, and the parallel meeting, the open "forum" held at Copenhagen Uni- versity, is daily increasing. At the "forum," which is attended by semi-private organizations and indi- viduals, the atmosphere is heavily anti-Israel. At a session organized by a Danish medical branch of Amnesty International, two alleged "victims" of Israeli "repression" were brought to "testify" about Israeli brutality and torture. When (Continued from Page 1) and economic assistance to her attention to the invited the head of the Is- women especially in the psychological and moral raeli delegation Israel's Third World, while includ- implications for Denmark, a Ambassador to Norway ing the Cuban anti-Zionist country which had actively Hava Harelli to a brief amendment in a special pre- saved Jews during the Nazi "courtesy" meeting. Israeli liminary declaration which occupation of Europe, for an and Egyptian sources say they would oppose. The anti-Zionist declaration to that no political issues were Western "compromise" be made under the name discussed. would thus enable these "The Coperhagen Declara- The Israeli delegation countries to vote against the tion." Mrs. Ostergarde re- consisting of half a dozen anti-Zionist declaration portedly promised to do her prominent women repre- which would nonetheless be best to try and "tone down" senting both the Knesset carried by a large majority the Cuban amendment. Ambassador McHenry and major women's organ- and vote in favor of the pro- later told a press briefing izations met with the dele- gram of action. The Israeli delegation that his delegation is hold- 's of major Jewish . ,i':en's organizations in as well as the representa- ing permanent multilateral the United States. Among tives of the various talks on this issue" and said those present were Hadas- American Jewish "I hope that the final docu- sah President Bernice Tan- women's organizations ment would be very differ- nenbaum and Betty Shap- had hoped for a more ent from the suggestions iro, Bnai Brith Women's energetic Western re- now being made." McHenry president. The meeting was sponse. The diplomatic said it would be unadvisable held in view of the growing adviser of the Israeli if the 1980 Copenhagen con- danger of a new anti-Zionist delegation former Am- ference were to be remem- declaration to be known as bassador to the UN Dr. bered for its anti-Zionist the Copenhagen Declara- Ovadia Sofer, met at stand, he said. "I hope and tion." length with the co:. trust that something more The Western powers on chairman of the U.S. productive can emerge from whom Israel counted for delegation, Ambassador here. The place where the Palestinian question should diplomatic support are cur- Donald F. McHenry. Sofer and Ambassador be debated and will be de- rently trying to find a "corn- promise solution which Harelli also called on the bated ad nauseum in a few chairman days is the General Assem- would maintain the pro- conference posed" program of action, Danish Education Minister bly — not Copenhagen." which provides for technical Lise Oestergarde to draw - Meanwhile, the United Rabbis Reaffirm Their Support for Begin's Settlement Policies NEW YORK (JTA) — Prominent rabbis within the Orthodox Jewish com- munity reaffirmed their support for Premier Menahem Begin's policies regarding settlements at a, press conference held here Monday. The same group sponsored a full-page adver- tisement in The New York Times recently urging Begin to halt the autonomy talks. The International Rab- binic Committee for the Safety of Israel (IRCSI), claiming to represent the community and responding to recent media coverage of open opposition to Begin's policies, hailed Begin as "a statesman who is motivated by a sincere desire for peace, and deplore those who as- sail his leadership and undermine his efforts." Rabbi Sholom Gold, past president of Young Israel Rabbis and IRCSI co- chairman, said that the committee's foremost con- cern is the Jews who live in Israel and stressed that "au- tonomy is a stepping stone to the creation of a Palesti- Alan state, which consti- tutes a clear danger to the life and limb of each and ery Jew in Israel." Though Gold would not comment when asked about territories already returned by Israel to Egypt, he did say "that any further return of ter- ritories places Israel in dire jeopardy." He also reiterated the need for rabbis on the com- mittee to publicize a legal ruling from the Talmud, later codified by rabbinic authorities, to protect the land from conquest by "strangers." The new and old legally established set- tlements in Judea and Samaria are not obstacles In the way of peace, but rather are the frontline of defense for the state of Israel, he continued. The committee proclaims "Jerusalem -will for all times remain the indivisi- ble, eternal capital of the Jewish people, will never be divided, nor will the flag of any other nation fly from its ramparts," and calls on the American government to resist pressures from coun- tries hostile to Israel when negotiating sales of mili- tary equipment which could be used against it. World Meanwhile, Organization Zionist sources report that plans are in the offing to establish 85 new settlements in the West Bank within the next five years. However, Begin said that Israel would only build 10 more settlements there. He said that was all that was required. The Begin government has already set up 27 settle- ments in the West Bank since coming to power in 1977. In London, Lord Car- rington, the British Foreign Secretary, accused Israel of conducting a "damaging In Toronto, six major the Israeli delegates pre- sent tried to intervene and Canadian women's organ- to question the "witness" izations — five of them they were shouted down. Jewish — have urged the This sort of process repeats government to try to block itself several times per day the politicization of the and many of the representa- United Nations Decade for tives of the American Women Conference in Jewish women's organiza- Copenhagen. tions are permanently attending the sessions at AGENCY OFFICIAL the forum to try and set the record straight. 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