Jewish Chaplains Welcomed 3 Jewish Hostages
WEST POINT, N.Y. (JTA) — Ecumenical services were
held Monday morning at the West Point Chapel for the return-
ing U.S. hostages and their families.
In the opening prayer, Rabbi Avraham Soltes, the Jewish
chaplain at West Point, declared: "Grant them the patience and
faith now that we are close by to reach out to them across gaps of
unshared experience they will never fully understand, even as
their hearts reached out to us across endless valleys of distance
and fear, of silence and despair."
The Legacies of
President Truman:
His Support
of Israel,
Comments on
Bigotries
There are three Jews among the returning 52 Ameri-
cans who were held for 444 days in Teheran: Barry Rosen,
36, of Brooklyn, N.Y.,; Jerry Plotkin, 45, of Sherman Oaks,
Calif.; and Malcolm Kalp, 42, of Fairfax, Va.
Before leaving Wiesbaden, West Germany, Rosen, who had
been the press attache at the U.S. embassy in Teheran, said he
had expected to be treated harshly as a Jew by the militants, but
found no consistent anti-Semitic attitude. They allowed him to
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Israel Wants a U.S. Presence
in Sinai Peacekeeping Force
New Christian Embassy
Is Opened in Jerusalem
to Support State of Israel
By DAVID LANDAU
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel would like to see the United States participate in a multina-
tional force to be set up in Sinai after the final withdrawal to police sensitive strategic spots.
Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir said last weekend that this issue would be high on the agenda
of priorities that Israel seeks to raise with the new Reagan Administration.
The final withdrawal date under Israel's peace accord with Egypt is April 1982. Under the
peace treaty package, a multinational force must be set up.— if the United Nations is not
prepared to play. the peacekeeping role. This force would be present at Sharm El Sheikh,
guaranteeing free passage through the Straits of Tiran and along the northern coast of the
peninsula.
Negotiations over the post-withdrawal peacekeeping arrangements have pro-
ceeded desultorily between the
U.S. and Israel and between the
U.S. and Egypt since the treaty
went into its first phase last year.
A key issue has been the multina-
tional force, with Israel insisting
that all detailed provisions for it
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An unofficial group of Ameri-
be worked out before the final
can black leaders sponsored by "BASIC" (Black Americans
withdrawal.
to Support Israel Committee) has come out in support of
Israel's policy to exclude members of the "Black Hebrew
Addressing the America-Israel
Community" from joining the 1,200 BHC members already
Friendship League in Tel Aviv,
in the country. But the group, led by pro-Israel black ac-
Shamir listed two other priorities for
tivist Bayard Rustin, urged the Israel government to cease
the Israeli dialogue with the new Re-
airport entry procedures .
agan Administration:
that smack of racism, and
BASIC Leaders Tell Israel:
Ban More Black Hebrews
and Airport Discrimination
The Dutch-born Rev. J.W. Van der Hoeven, initiator of the
International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, is shown at the
joyful opening ceremonies for the facility.
* * *
By JAMES LEWIN
World Zionist Press Service
JERUSALEM — The recent opening in Jerusalem of the Interna-
tional Christian Embassy — soon after the withdrawal from Jerusalem
of the Western embassies — shows the goodwill towards Israel of many
Christians from around the world.
Addressing 1,000 visitors and residents, Dutch-born Rev. J.W.
Van der Hoeven, initiator of the embassy, said that "whoeyer reads the
Bible knows that it commanded Christians to give comfort to Israel."
He added that the Bible doesn't say "New York, New York, if I forget
thee let my right hand be cut off!" And he noted that "the Jew is
destined to fulfill the words of the prophets — but only if he returns to
his Land."
to come to quick decisions
on how to treat the BHC
members in Dimona and
Arad.
In a separate, personal
interview with the
Jerusalem Post, published
Wednesday, Rustin said
that he would defend Is-
rael's right to deport the
members of the cult, and he
called BHC leader Ben-
Ami Carter a "dictator."
The BASIC group as a
whole, however, was care-
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• The autonomy talks, which have
marked time for many months. The
foreign minister said he was con-
vinced an agreement could be con-
cluded by the end of 1981. He
criticized Egypt for putting up de-
mands which, if met, would lead to
the creation of a Palestinian state
and therefore deviate from Camp
David.
• Saudi Arabian influence in the
U.S. Israel is deeply concerned over
this, Shamir said. The Saudi image of
BAYARD RUSTIN
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Waldheim Defends the UN's Palestinian Stamps
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Secretary General Kurt Waldheim has defended the
issuance today by the United Nations Postal Administration of three stamps bearing the
inscription "Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People" in English, French and Ger-
man. The stamps, authorized by a General Assembly resolution last year, drew sharp
protests from various groups and individuals, including the Jewish Community Council
of Metropolitan Detroit and the Michigan Region of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai
Brith.
Waldheim, in a statement read by a UN spokesman on Tuesday, responded to
charges that the stamps may legitimate terrorism. "There was no intention by implica-
tion or otherwise, to legitimate terrorism to which the UN remains strongly opposed, nor
to jeopardize the legitimate rights of any of its member states," the statement said. The
spokesman noted that the stamps were being issued with the objective "of publicizing the
inalienable rights of the Palestinian people."
He added, "The importance of assuring the rights of the Palestinian people in the
process of establishing a permanent peace in the Middle East has been accepted by the
vast majority of the world community, including all the parties - directly concerned with
the question of Palestine." The spokesman noted that profits from the sale of the stamps
"as in the case of all UN stamps, will be placed in the UN general fund which is
redistributed to its members."
The stamps are valid only when posted from UN premises. The 15-cent
denomination stamp, which bears its inscription in English, is for mailing from
UN headquarters in New York. The other stamps are for use at UN headquarters
in Geneva. A total of 5.4 million stamps were printed in four colors. They were
designed by an American, David Dewhurst.
The ADL has asked its members to write to the UN and to the U.S. Congress to
protest the stamps. Prominent stamp dealers believe that a significant number of collec-
tors will drop UN stamps from their collections because of the Palestinian stamp.