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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. .