2 Friday, April 23, 1982
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Purely Commentary
The Bitter Pill Grown in Sinai Keeps Calling
for Recognition of the Value of Peace in an
Area Where Two Nations Abandon Warfare
By Philip
Slomovitz
The Bitterness of a Time When Settlers Must Abandon Their Homes in the Interest of Peace
This is one of the bitterest periods in the
history of the sovereign state of Israel.
That which hurts Israel also agonizes
the entire Jewish people.
In a matter of days, the Sinai will fly the
Egyptian flag. The Jewish settlers will be
removed, for resettlement elsewhere.
Viewing the vastness of the territory to
be sliced off from what was the state of
Israel for the last 15 years, it is not easy to
adjust, it will be difficult to fit into the new
conditions.
Sinai itself appears immense map-wise.
It is large also on the specially-designed
cartography provided by the Jewish Na-
tional Fund and indicated below. Adjust-
ing to a new state of affairs, there is need
for a more evaluative judgment. What is
vast and blank in the map on the left is
desert. All else is highly developed, proof of
the creative spirit of Israel.
Perhaps it is in this sense that the map
should be judged — as a map. In the more
serious, the human sense, a much deeper
meaning must be assigned to the with-
drawal from Sinai. It is the commitment to
peace that must be rated as uppermost in
the experience now awaiting Israel, the ,
Jewish people and the world. The entire
process must be judged in the sense of an
aspiration to make the Holy Land also the
symbol for peace for all mankind.
For those who view all of the area that
had been Jewish some 2,000 years ago as
ordained by the Highest Power, little if
anything, even in the quest for peace, will
obviate anger over the fulfillment of a bi-
national agreement for Israel to give Sinai
back to the Egyptians. Not to be forgotten,
however, it is the reality of five years of
accord during which war was erased from
the minds of two nations, there were no
casualties, there was and hopefully will
continue to be a sincerity of purpose to
make peace workable in an embattled area
of the globe.
It is true that Egypt is alone in the Arab
world in the serious striving for peace. If
the good example set by Egypt is to be
pursued by other Arab nations, it must
come as a result of an amity that will seek
an end to the tragedies now being imposed
by a rebelliousness that has placed Israel
on trial in the judgment of many in man-
kind. It is the best interests of good rela-
tions which must end the Israel-Arab con-
flict; the seeds for peace sown in a desert
must not be uprooted.
The cost is immense. For Israel it is a $25
billion expense to abandon the Sinai and to
resettle those who are being moved out of
the garden spots they created in a desert. It
is all for peace. Hopefully, the lesson
learned that war indeed ended with the
Sadat-Begin friendship will be a lesson for
all the peoples in the Middle East.
Could there be any other approach to
amity and to reducing the unpleasant bit-
terness of what is transpiring at this time?
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The large spot on the map could give the
impression of a vast area of serious
urgency to whatever nation may occupy it.
The fact is that it is desert. The garden
spots like Yamit on the borderline were
created by the sweat of pioneers who re-
moved tens of thousands of tons of sand to
establish blossoming communities.
Abandonment of the Sinai is symbolic
for Egypt, which can now claim victory;
and sad for Israel, whose sacrifices towards
assuring the success of the Camp David
agreements are immense. Israel's action,
let it be emphasized again, was all for
Menahem Begin's Independence Day Message from Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The following is the text of greetings
from Premier Menahem Begin on the occasion of Israel's 34th
Independence Day which will be celebrated next Wednesday:
From Jerusalem, our eternal and indivisible capital, I send
my heartfelt greetings to the Jewish communities throughout
Peace Salient
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peace.
Sadly — tragically!.— there is now talk
of an erosion of the Camp David decisions.
There is more talk about its defections
than gaining assurance that peace cannot
be destroyed insofar as Egypt and Israel
are concerned.
There is much at stake in the U.S. role,
and the assurances given by Hosni
Mubarak that nothing, even the extremist
pressures from antagonistic Arab nations,
can stand in the way of fulfillment of the
aims for peace. It may mean much for the
future of a Middle East devoid of warfa ,-, .
April 25 is a sad date to contemplate.
Israel rabbinate has already observeu
fast day marking that event. The hopes for
a better future nevertheless must not be
abandoned.Out of sacrifice may come not-
able human achievements. Once again,
this is dependant on Jewry's major sustain-
ing power: hope!
MENAHEM BEGIN
the Diaspora on the occasion of the 34th anniversary of Israel's
independence in Eretz Israel.
Yom Ha'Atzmaut — Independence Day — is a universal
Jewish festival commemorating the victory of the few over the
many, right over wrong, justice over might. After the most terri-
ble catastrophe ever to have befallen our once homeless, and
helpless people, and the heroic battle for national self-liberation
in Eretz Israel, we have lived to see the day when the flag of
Jewish liberty has been raised again in the land of our
forefathers. This day shall forever be celebrated as one of the
greatest in the annals of our ancient people, indeed of mankind.
Israel has remained faithful to its Declaration of Indepen-
dence. We have brought home millions of our scattered sisters
and brothers, we have built up the land and - made it green, we
have gained national vigor with each passing year, we have
renewed our heritage. Not since the days of the Maccabees has
Israel enjoyed such strength.
Five times our enemies launched war against us in their
bloody attempt to destroy our independence. Five times we repel-
led the aggressors and won the day. The best of our sons sacrificed
their lives so that we might celebrate this day. Their memory
shall live on forever.
Israel's unflinching resolve to pursue the cause of peace with
security was consummated in the signing of the Treaty of Peace
with Egypt. This milestone constitutes, no doubt, a turning point
in the history of our two countries and of the Middle East. We
made great and painful sacrifices for the sake of that peace, as
demonstrated during these very days.
Let the world note what the Jewish state did to break the
cycle of warfare, sorrow and bereavement which had prevailed
for more than three decades. And now we look to the future,
hopeful and confident that the peace with Egypt will deepen and
prosper and that the problems still outstanding will be overcome.
For, better the difficulties of peace than the sufferings of war.
Elsewhere in our region and its periphery the convulsions
and turmoil persist. Iraq and Iran remain locked in attritional
bloodletting; the Iraqi aggressor, implacable enemy of Israel, is
bogged down. Jordan has sided with Iraq and Syria with Iran.
Syria itself is seized by internal bloody eruption, aotompanied by
fearful massacres. Lebanon remains in a state of strife, occupied
by Syria and plagued. by the so-called PLO which continues to
amass weapons financed by Saudi Arabia and supplied by the
Soviet Union and its satellites.
It is in this turbulent context that Israel; stable, strong and
faithful ally of the free and democratic family of nations, strives
to pursue its goals of peace while remaining ever vigilant in
protecting its national rights and its vital security in Eretz Israel.
Indeed, the challenges ahead are many but we have started a
great new chapter of peace. We live by the faith that it shall yet
grow and that here, in Eretz Israel, future generations will live
together with our neighbors in equality, in human dignity, in
freedom, in independence and in real security.
On this day of independence,- we share the prayer that our
fellow Jews in countries of distress will jpe rescued from their
torment. We, Israel, shall continue to leave no stone unturned in
the holy endeavor to bring them home. We shall.
We look towards a future of aliya from throughout the free
world — thousands and tens of thousands of our Jewish brethren
to share in the momentous task of rebuilding the land of our
forefathers — for the glory of the Jewish people and of all free
people.
Israeli Cancer Research Is- Making Great Strides Forward
By PHILIP GILLON
Israel Government Press Service
Israel's burdens are immense. They have
multiplied as a result of the Camp David
decisions. While the commitment to with-
draw from Sinai is being fulfilled, the obli-
gations accompanying the move are over-
whelming. Settlements in the Sinai are
being evacuated and the settlers are find-
ing new homes in areas provided by the
Jewish National Fund — Keren Kayemet
1'Israel: This JNF-formulated map indi-
cates the vastness of the problem, pointing
to the areas where, in the blackened por-
tion and in the north of Israel, new settle-
ments will replace those being abandoned.
It is a tragic picture — all in the interest of
peace.
REHOVOT = There are two explana-
tions for Israel's intense interest in cancer.
One is that in the course of 30 years Israel
has vanquished the communicable dis-
eases that plague most poor countries; the
killers it combats today are the same as
those faced in other Western countries:
cancer, heart disease, stroke and road acci-
dents.
The second reason is somewhat a by-
product of hiptory. When Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann, the first president of Israel, was
building up the Weizmann Institute of Sci-
ence, he made up his mind to search the
world for first-class Jewish scientists. One
of the experts he attracted was Prof. Isaac
I. Berenblum, who first propounded the
theory of two stages of cancer induction. In
1981, Prof. Berenblum was awarded the
Sloan Prize for his life's work.
Thus generations of scientists interested
in cancer began to work -in Israel:
On a practical level, several scientists
are working on new technologies to iden-
tify cancers very early. One of the problems
of treating cancer is that patients come to
the doctor too late. -
One computerized electronic device -for
the early detection of breast cancer, de-
veloped at Weizmann and known as a
Mammoscan, is now undergoing clinical
trials in Israel and Switzerland.
As for finding new methods of cancer
treatment, very promising work is in pro-
gress at the Hadassah-Hebrew University
Medical Center in Jerusalem. Doctors
there are attempting to overcome the prob-
lems involved in the transfer of healthy
bone marrow, perferably from a first-
degree relative, for the treatment of acute
leukemia.
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The Hadassah researchers, led by Dr.
Shimon Slavin, have developed an entirely
new approach, called fractionated to '
lymphoid irradiation. They irradiate
lymphatic organs, while other radio-
sensitive organs, like the lungs or bones
containing bone marrow, are protected.
Israel's new Mamoscan