2 Friday, September 5, 1980

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Purely Commentary

A Supportive Move to Provide
U.S. Refuge for a Terrorist
Exposes an Anti-Zionist Clique

A shocking example of supportive efforts in behalf of
terrorists is revealed in an instance now in evidence in
Chicago.
An Arab under indictment for murders in Israel has
won the help of a group whose names appear often in anti-
Zionist and anti-Israel propaganda lists.
Ramsay Clark, who has already revealed himself as
less than friendly to Israel, is a leader in an attempt to free
a terrorist about whose role there is the following expose
from Israel Vice Consul for the Midwest Alon Liel:
I call attention to the extradition trial of Ziyad
Abu Eain who is accused of planting a bomb in
Tiberias, Israel, the result of which two
youngsters were killed and 36 people injured.
The United States District Court in Chicago de-
cited that Abu Eain should be extradited to Israel
but his team of attorneys, headed by former U.S.
Attorney General Ramsay Clark, decided to ap-
peal to the U.S. Court of Appeals.
This is an exceptionally important case not only
for Israel but for the U.S. government since a re-
verse decision would proclaim the United States a
refuge for terrorists throughout the world.
sr A fact sheet exposes the terrorist activities and the
background in the case of Ziyad Abu Eain as follows:
•The 14th of May, 1979, was the eve of the Jewish
festival of Lag b'Omer. The lakeside resort town of
Tiberias was crowded with holiday visitors, including
hundreds of youngsters who arrived to attend a youth
rally.
In a street adjoining the crowded market area a
bomb exploded. The force of the blast instantly killed
two youths. Thirty-six other passers-by were seri-
ously wounded, among them an American citizen.
The carnage was caused by a time bomb placed in
a trash bin next to a bus stop. Ziyad Abu Eain is
accused of plan& ,g this bomb. Three days previously
he had been taken to Tiberias for reconnaisance pur-
poses by the head of an Arab terrorist network. On
May 14, Abu Eain allegedly traveled in a car to
Tiberias, planted the bomb, set the timing device and
returned to his home town of Rarnallah. Some time
later he was warned that the terrorist network had
been uncovered by the police and he therefore left
Israel for Jordan. From Jordan he proceeded to the
United States.
Israel's request for the extradition of Abu Eain
was based on the evidence given, inter alia, by his
alleged accomplices. While their evidence, although
given in Arabic, was written down in Hebrew, it was
later read and translated to them. Their statements
were later confirmed by the judge who discussed
them with the accused in their native tongue, Arabic.
This statement together with the other evidence re-
ceived from Israel was found to satisfy the treaty re-
quirements and therefore to be competent evidence in
the extradition proceedings.
In accordance with the reciprocal extradition
agreement between Israel and the United States, Abu
Eain's extradition is sought in order to bring him to
trial on the charges of murder, attempted murder and
causing bodily harm with aggravating intent. If ex-
tradited, Abu Eain will be tried before a regular court
of law, namely the Tel Aviv District Court, before
whom an indictment has already been filed.
Abu Eain will be tried by three civil, professional
judges, who owe allegiance to no one, and who are
subject to no authority other than the law.- He will be
represented by the advocate of his choice who will
have every right to cross-examine the witnesses for
the prosecution. He will be able to call any defense
witnesses that he chooses. The prosecution will bear
the burden of proving beyond reasonable doubt that
Abu Eain committed the offenses attributed to him.
Should he be convicted he will have an automatic
right of appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. Abu
Eain is in no danger of receiving the death penalty
since the maximum penalty for murder in Israel is
imprisonment for life.
In the extradition proceedings held before the
United States District Court in Chicago the defense
raised the argument that the Tiberias murders
amounted to a political offense and as such are
exempt from extradition. The court rejected this
argument, finding that the murder and maiming of
innocent civilians is totally unconnected with any
political offense.
Interest in this case is aroused not only by the urgency
of extraditing a dangerous terrorist for punishment in Is-
rael but especially, because of these who have organized to
protect the terrorist. A full-page advertisement in behalf of
Ziyad, in the Christian Science Monitor, prior to a "na-
tional Palestinian rally for his release," in Chicago, in-
cludes these names: I.F. Stone, Noam Chomsky and a

The Case of a Terrorist Who Gets Backing of Misled Jews
in the Ranks of Israel's Enemies . . . Honors for Cohodas, the
Upstate Michigan Leader . . . Tribute to the Late Sam Levenson

number of non-Jews who have often been in the ranks of
those who back the efforts of Israel's would-be destroyers,
•such as James Abourezk, Daniel Berrigan, Ramsay Clark,
Rev. William Sloane Coffin and others.
When these people speak out against Israel politically,
their intentions are understood. But why support a ter-
rorist? Doesn't it condone terrorism? This is as distressing
as the fact that a murderer gets the backing of antagonistic
Jews as well as non-Jews. That's the democratic right that
makes a community like the U.S. a haven even for the
prejudiced and the haters.

Sam Levenson: The Genius Who
Laughed With Every Story

Sam Levenson was a great success not only because his
stories were so entertaining but also because he enjoyed
them himself and laughed as he told them.
He was a remarkable man and a good friend. He knew
how to poke fun at his mother yet have her rise mountain-
wise in affection.
He was, indeed, a good
friend. He never failed to
comment whenever there
was a mutual interest and
he therefore became one of
the most favored for these
columns as well as for those
who enjoyed his published
works as well as his lec-
tures.
He was a safe bet for the
most particular of audi-
ences because he did not of-
fend and was never smutty.
To top it off, he always had a
message with his humor.
He could well be called
the successor to Mark
SAM LEVESON
Twain, and for Jewish audi-
ences he was a special delight.
He left blessed memories and whoever attempts to
follow in his footsteps has much to learn. Mr. Levenson
merits and will have a place of honor in the ranks of Ameri-
ca's most noted humorists.

For Sam Cohodas, the Northern
Michigan Industrialist, a Deserved Honor

Sam Cohodas has gained the status of top leadership in
Northern Michigan. In banking and finance, in establish-
ing a nationally acclaimed produce business, he has become
Mister Northern Michigan.
On his 85th birthday, he will be honored by two uni-
versities, each of which has benefited from his generosity.
The occasion will be the dinner jointly arranged by the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Northern Michigan
University and the dinner tribute will be in Marquette,
Mich., the home of Northern Michigan University.
A remarkable fact is that two universities, in two coun-
tries, 7,000 miles apart, have chosen to pay tribute to a man
whose interest is in both, the American and the Israeli
schools.
Even more remarkable is the added fact that some
2,000 people are expected at the dinner in Cohodas' honor,
and because of the distance of the location of the banquet
hall from Detroit and other major Jewish communities,
there may not be more than 150 Jews in the audience. This
is an indication of the appreciation expressed for a
philanthropically-minded man whose interests include
many causes. He has served the needs of Israel and the
educational institutions in this country. He is active in the
Israel Bonds movement and has been honored by it in
Detroit. He responds well, and, therefore, is appreciated
well.
Therefore, Sam Cohodas has risen to a position of ad-
miration in the Michigan sphere and in many Jewish
ranks, his 85th birthday being an appropriate occasion for
the honors being accorded him.

By Philip
Slomovitz

Man's Worst Enemy: The Tongue
and Often the Incautions Pen

Mouth-wash manufacturers could lose fortunes if
politicians could control their hasty prognostications.
So could manufacturers of erasers if they could control
the incautious written words which are so difficult to cor-
rect.
The mouth-wash becomes a necessity as in the case of
the Polish diplomatic blunder which may have defeate '-
Gerald Ford in 1976, the Taiwan misspoken terms whit
will need lots of explaining by Ronald Reagan, the embi ac-
ing of the Vietnam Wal. which needs more glorification by
Reagan if it is to be accepted, and the latest by Governor
Carey of New York who gave the U.S. Senatorship of New
York a Jewish designation. This certainly takes the cake!
Everybody is laughing or jeering or expressing anger
over the latter, and the New York Times wrote about it
editorially:
Only two weeks ago, Governor Carey urged the
Democratic Party to open its nominating proce-
dures to everyone. Last weekend, he seemed to
have changed his mind, telling our colleague,
Joyce Purnick, in effect, that the race for United
States Senator from New York State should be
closed to everyone but Jews.
Perhaps Mr. Carey merely meant to say that
because the seat held by Senator Javits has been
occupied by two Jews successively, a Jew is most
likely to be elected again. Or perhaps he thought it
would strengthen the Democratic ticket state-
wide for him to urge that the seat remain Jewish.
Whatever his intention, we assume that each of
the Jewish candidates seeks election as the best
candidate, not the best Jewish candidate. Neither
do the non-Jewish candidates show any signs of
fading away.
Aside from being ethnically offensive, the Gov-
ernor's definition is oddly narrow. Why does he
think merely of a Jewish seat? Why not also a seat
for older adults? Surely there are a great many of
them in the electorate, and they are earnest about
voting. Why should not Mr. Carey, of all people, a
former member of Congress, not favor a seat for
members of Congress? Or prosecutors, or former
town and city officials? It is even barely conceiv-
able that Mr. Carey might one day come to regard
the job in question as a former Governor's seat.
In fact, there is room for all in this campaign, of
whatever background. The one thing there ought
not to be room for is private labels for public
office.
So, this is the poison that can harm the politician when
the tongue is incautious.
And the pen can strike as bitterly if it cannot correct or
apologize.
For the politician, both can be harmful, the tongue and
the pen.
They are both weapons to be polished and to be handled
carefully.
Beware of their poisonous effects!

JDC Aids European Jews

Proof Vital Need for
Vigilance in Seeking Justice

To Dr. Charles Kremer, the octogenarian who became
one of the most tireless seekers of justice in the hunt for
Nazi criminals, goes major credit for the exposure of Ar-
chbishop Trifa. The Romanian Iron Guard barbarian who is
charged with having instigated a pogrom in which hun-
dreds, perhaps thousands, of Jews perished during the Nazi
era, in the early 1940s, has at last been forced to give up
his American citizenship. Now the campaign goes on for his
deportation and punishment for his crimes in his native
Romania.
Had it not been for Dr. Kremer, the matter might never
have received the attention it was given in the press and
eventually by the U.S. Department of Justice and then in
the Federal courts. It is proof that vigilance is vital in
assuring justice and exacting punishment against Nazi
criminals.

Children play outside the JDC-sponsored kosher
kitchen in Budapest.
BUDAPEST — The One of the projects begun
American Jewish Joint Dis- by JDC in 1979 in Hungary
tribution Committee is is the construction of a new
active in a number of East- kosher kitchen.
ern European communities
The JDC receives its in-
in behalf of American
Jewry. In 1979, JDC ex- come primarily from the
pended $11.5 million, about United Jewish Appeal, sup-
30 percent of the regular ported by the campaigns of
JDC program budget, in the U.S. federations and
this area of the globe. welfare funds.