Fridayvhnum 9, 1981
THE DETROIT JEWISHW
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Battle Over Yordim Report Continues in Israel
By GIL SEDAN
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JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The joint coordinating
committee of the govern-
ment and the World Zionist
Organization Executive is
expected to meet next week
to discuss the continuing
problem of yordim — Is-
raelis who emigrate to live
permanently abroad.
Although hardly a new
phenomenon, it became a
matter of some urgency last
month with the publication
of a report by Shmuel Lahis,
director General of the
Jewish Agency, which es-
timated the number of yor-
n-i living in the United
11Frates at between 300,000-
500,000.
Thise figures were
promptly assailed by Rafael
Kotlowitz, head of the
Jewish Agency's Immigra-
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tion and Absorption De-
partment, as a gross exagg-
eration.
But the dispute over
numbers was over-
shadowed by the di-
vergency of opinion
within the WZO Execu-
tive over what measures
should be taken to induce
the yordim to return to
Israel or whether they
should be written off as
"deserters."
Lahis warned, "Cutting
ties with them or boycotting
them will cause great
damage and we shall lose
them completely." He re-
peated his proposals that
army veterans be granted
special privileges, such as
tax exemptions, and that re-
turning Israelis be given
the same rights as those ex-
tended to new immigrants.
Kotlowitz said, "The yor-
dim are not a fallout of
weaklings," a term once
used by former Premier Yit-
zhak Rabin. He said, "They
should not be boycotted but
neither should they be
given legitimacy." He
suggested that yordim be
invited to Independence
Day festivities.
"We must concentrate on
those who wish to return,
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especially among their chil-
dren, including organized
tours to Israel," he said.
Avraham Katz, head of
the Youth and Hehalutz
Department, proposed
direct efforts to educate
the children of yordim,
noting that the WZO is the
only body involved in
Zionist education in the
Diaspora. He charged
that Zionist education in
Israel has failed. He also
called for an improved
absorption process for
new immigrants.
Dr. Yisrael Peled agreed
that the core of the yordim
problem was the failure of
Zionist education. "This
generation does not under-
stand what Zionism was
created to solve," he de-
clared. "Our children are
not aware of the dangers of
assimilation and the yordim
do not understand the
meaning of desertion and
weakening the Jewish
stand. A yored is a des-
erter."
Zipori Hopes for Improved
Israel-Latin America Ties
TEL AVIV (JTA) — De-
puty Defense Minister Mor-
dechai Zipori is hopeful that
the present visit to Israel of
Colombian Defense Minis-
ter Gen. Luis Carlos
Camacho Leyva and that of
the Mexican Defense Minis-
ter Felix Galvan this month
will strengthen commercial
relations between Israel
and Latin America.
Both ministers will be in-
specting the production line
for manufacture of the
Israeli-designed and pro-
duced Kfir fighter aircraft,
exports of which have now
been halted by problems in-
volving the use of the U.S.
made engines.
Several countries have
expressed interest in the
high-performance Israeli
plane, but sales have not
begun because of the
American attitude which
some officials here say is
due to fears of competition
by American aircraft man-
ufacturers.
Zipori said after a tour
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Faye Schenk, head of the
WZO's Organization De-
partment, said the number
of yordim was not the issue,
but rather how to stop the
flow of yOrdim. She
suggested limiting the
amount of currency emi-
grants are allowed to take
out of the country.
Akiva Levinsky, WZO
treasurer, said he had op-
posed Lahis' mission be-
cause no one could submit a
serious report on the basis of
a 10-day tour. He said there
was a link between aliya
and yerida.
"We are so eager to re-
ceive olim that we have
created a situation where
it is easy to come and go.
Not everybody who
comes here for two years
is an immigrant," he said.
"A poor country should
not do it this way."
Raya Yaglom, president
for WIZO, chided Kotlowitz
for worrying about figures.
"It hurts if there are only
100,000 yordim," she said,
and proposed the estab-
lishment of special schools
in Israel for the children of
yordim.
Rabbi Yehuda Elinsohn
said it was not fair to claim
that most of the yordim
came from the poverty
strata of society. He
suggested that any Israeli
who lives abroad for 15
years should have his
passport revoked.
(JTA)
BONN
President Karl Carstens of
West Germany has warned
in a newspaper interview
that West Germany's image
as a free and democratic
state is suffering under
politically motivated neo-
Nazi violence.
Increased neo-Nazi ac-
tivities, Carstens pointed
out, could trigger feelings of
insecurity among. the
Jewish population in West
Germany.
The president also
warned against leftwing ex-
tremism, which, according
to him, is trying "to pene-
trate into state institutions"
in order to take over
gradually. Carstens said
that both right and leftwing
extremists should be barred
from jobs in the public ad-
ministration.
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good chances for better rela-
tions with Latin America,
including the sale of the
Kfir. We have sophisticated
electronics and other indus-
tries here, for both defense
and civilian purposes.
"We have a great poten-
tial and there are good
chances for improved eco-
nomic and other relations.
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tries are strong enough to
withstand Arab pressure."
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