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 (Continued on Page 7) KALP HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 Copyright VOL. LXXVIII, No. 22 (c) of Jewish Events PLOTKIN ROSEN Speedy Action Needed to Solve Challenges Like the Iranian and Wallenberg Inhumanities Editorial, Page 4 The Jewish News Publishing Co. 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c _ January 30, 1981 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- (Continued on Page 6) • 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 (Continued on Page 12) 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.