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August 15, 1980 - Image 12

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1980-08-15

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12 Friday, August 15, 1986

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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The Debate Continues on Who
Has the 'Right' to Criticize Israel

By DAVID LANDAU
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Premier Menahem Begin
has joined battle with those
in Israel and in the Dias-
pora who uphold the unfet-
tered right of Diaspora Jews
to criticize Israeli defense
and foreign policy.
In a lengthy and forceful
public letter to Prof.
Leonard Fein, editor of
Moment magazine, Begin
wrote, "Jews have the right
to criticize the government
of Israel in which I serve as
Prime Minister — at any
given moment, any second,
any hour, day or night.
But I, too, have the right
to ask of them to understand
one thing at least: on mat-
ters which relate to the na-
tional security of this little
nation in Eretz Yisrael,
please refrain from profer-
ring advice, at least in pub-
lic, within earshot of our
enemies who conspire to do
us evil. Remember, please,
the simple fact that we care
for our children and
grandchildren — and they,
these little children, live
here."
Begin was replying to a
letter frbm Fein in which
the professor dissociated
himself from personal
criticism of Begin attrib-
uted to him by local
media after a news con-
ference he. held here last
month.
Fein referred to these re-
ports as "a grotesque mis-
quotation." He said his re-
marks at the press confer-
ence had dealt 'with
policies, not personalities. I
have long believed, and I
trust you share that belief,
that full discussion and de-
bate of such difference (re-
garding policy) is impor-
tant, and perhaps even con-
structive."
ft
. . No one knows better
than you," Fein wrote to
Begin, "how others who do
not share our axiomatic
commitments may seek to
exploit our sometime dis-
agreement. It seems to me
that the only response we
can make is the response we
have always made — that
is, to continue to work and
live in a way that makes
clear to one and all what our
central beliefs are."
Fein was a moving spirit
among the group of 56
American Jewish leaders
and intellectuals who re-
cently published a full-page
advertisement in the Israeli
press criticizing aspects of
Israeli policy.. It was plain
from Begin's letter that the
premier had that ad in mind
as much as the remarks at-
tributed to Fein in his press
conference.
Begin wrote: "I permit
myself to express as-
tonishment why a man
like you has to organize
American Jews in order
to publish a statement
which lends — not, God
forbid, intentionally —
comfort to those who
gleefully declared: look,
the Jews of America are
turning their backs on Is-
rael.

"Why should one act thus
in the particular times that
are confronting us? Do you
not see what is happening in
Copenhagen? Did you not
read the Fatah Damascus
resolution? Don't you hear
the speeches from the ros-
trum of the United Nations?
Do you, with your
gence, not perceive that the
whole purpose is to squeeze
us into a thin strip of terri-
tory? What else has to be
rendered in writing or or-
ally to make you and your
colleagues understand that
we . are fighting for our
lives?"
Begin bridled against the
use of the term "Greater Is-
rael" in reference to his
policies. It smacked, he
wrote, of the wartime allied
accusation that Hitler
wanted to set up a "Greater
Germany."
The British Lord Privy
Seal (Deputy Foreign
Minister) Sir Ian Gilmour
was another who used that
term. "The innuendo is
clear. The purpose is beyond
doubt. Must Jews, profes-
sors among them, lend cre-
dence to this nonsense

n))

• • •

It was absurd, Begin
argued, to levy the
"Greater Israel" charge
against a policy which
sought to retain Western
Palestine — an area only
40 miles wide — under Is-
raeli control."
The premier acknowl-
edged the existence of the
Palestinian problem but
contended that it was , the
Palestinians' own making,
and that the Israeli. au-
tonomy proposal 'sought to
alleviate it. It was we, the
disciples of Zeev
Jabotinsky, who proposed
this humanitarian idea. It
was accepted in Washing:
ton and Cairo both and we
shall let no man distort it.
"By the idea of autonomy,
for the first time in their
history, the Arabs will be
able to live together with us
in Eretz Yisrael in peace, in
understanding, in freedom,
in mutual respect and ad-
vancement, they them-
selves conducting their own
affairs . . . . -
"Is not this, our course,
worthy of the support of a
man who considers himself

this
Is
progressive?
chauvinism? Is progress
embodied in the man who
wants a Palestinian state'
ruled by the PLO, as a
jumping-off ground for the
destruction of Israel . . .?"

The exchange of let-
ters, published in the
Jerusalem Post in full,
and in abridged version
in Maariv and Yediot Ac-
hronot, drew support for
Begin's stance — on the
issue of Diaspora criti-
cism — from the head of
the Hebrew Union Col-
lege (Reform), Dr. Alfred
Gottschalk.
"In my own public life,"
wrote Gottschalk, presently
in Jerusalem, "I have held
the prime minister's view •
that attempted pressure on
Israel on security matters
by Jews in America or Brit-
ain, or any other country,
serves only Israel's
enemies."
Gottschalk noted that he
was approached to sign the
"56" ad, but declined to do
so. "It should be axiomatic,
to use Fein's phrase, for
Jews not living in Israel to
absolutely refrain from
rushing into public print
excoriating Israel's stance
in areas where its security
is vitally affected," he said.
"I believe there has been
considerable damage done
by Fein and others who pub-
lished their criticism
primarily for the consump-
tion of American Jews . . . I
believe, that in this in-
stance, the signatories have
crossed the -thin line be-
tween friendly critics and
those who grievously wound
a friend, deceiving them-
selves all the while that it is
truly for the friend's benefit.
If we have ,silch friends —
who needs enemies . .?
"The lack of sensitivity
for the jugular in the
issue dealing with Is-
rael's survival is astound-
ing when one considers
the sophistication and in-
tellectual acumen of this
group of 56 signatories."
In tough language,
Gottscalk accused the 56 of
failing to perceive the
"mailed fist" behind the "ar-
tifiCed Egyptian filigreed
screen of diplomacy."

Registration Forms Available
for November CJF Assembly

Registration will soon be
under way for the 49th Gen-
eral Assembly of the Coun-
cil of Jewish Federations
(CJF), to be held Nov. 12-16
at the Detroit Plaza Hotel.
The CJF is the umbrella
organization of local federa-
tions and welfare funds in
the United States and
Canada. Detroit's Jewish
Welfare Federation, headed
by President George M.
Zeltzer, will host more than
2,000 delegates at this
policy-setting Jewish com-
munal gathering.
On the agenda for the As-
sembly, last held in Detroit
two decades ago, are ses-

sions on planning the 1981
Campaign, strengthening
the Jewish family and
assessing the possibility for
peace in the Middle East.
General Assembly
delegates will also
explore the struggle for
Soviet Jewry in light of a
changed world situation
and Jewish responsibil-
ity for the resettlement of
these immigrants.
A special registration
form is available for stu-
dents, who- will have a spe-
cial youth rate. For regis-
tration information, call the
Jewish Welfare Federation,
965-3939. .

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