Fridayvhnum 9, 1981 THE DETROIT JEWISHW T Battle Over Yordim Report Continues in Israel By GIL SEDAN • 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- N peR S4/4/ 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. 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"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 Neo-Nazis Hurt Germany's Image Bring in this ad for 15% off on any Sauna room, heater or controls good through Jan. 15th, 1981. Califo rn ia ea ri for t 3gotem6 The Finest in Hot Tubs, Spas, and Saunas 4765 Jackson Road, Ann Arbor I 996-0696 Mon.-Sat. Call Collect 10-6 - 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. with Leyva that "there are 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. The Latin. American coun- tries are strong enough to withstand Arab pressure." W.C. Trojan "Son of C. 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