16 Friday, October 15, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel, U.S Battle Credentials Move at UN Music by Sam Barnett Big or small, we custom the music to -your needs. 968 2563 - los UNITED NATIONS (JTA) — Israeli diplomats say they are taking "very seriously" the decision reached last Friday by members of the Arab VIDEO PROFILES CORPORATION Complete Broadcast Color Videotape Productions HAVE A MOVING EXPERIENCE And Still Enjoy Your Party Any Event • Any Subject • Any Occasion CALL 3540438 TALK TO A VIDEOGRAPHER Personal Video Services League to seek Israel's sus- pension from the delibera- tions of the General Assem- bly. The Israeli diplomats stressed that the Barbs are not presently trying to expel Israel from the UN, a move that can be taken only by the Security Council, but are trying to deny Israel its credentials for the current Assembly session. The credentials of Israel and other nations will be presented for approval by the General Assembly on Monday. The Assembly can deny credentials by a simple majority. The Arabs at the UN have already begun lob- bying for the suspension of Israel, especially among Third World na- tions whcih usually sup- port Arab anti-Israel moves. But many Third World nations have joined West European countries here in oppos- ing such a move, assert- ing that the suspension of Israel could damage the UN because of American retaliation. The U.S. has warned that it would not participate in the Assembly if Israel is suspended. Sources say that American diplomats are holding meetings with UN delegates to convince them not to join the Arabs in their suspension effoit and to make it clear that the U.S. will react strongly if Is- rael's credentials are de- nied. The Arabs succeeded last month in denying Israel's credentials to the Interna- tional Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. The Arabs, however, failed to obtain the two-third major- ity needed to expel a member-state. Last week, Libyan Foreign Minister Abdulati Obeidi called on the UN to expel "the Zionist entity" because it was not a peaceloving nation. He also criticized U.S. peace pro- posals for the Middle East. * * * UNESCO Condemns Israel PARIS (JTA) — The pean countries sitting on United Nations Educa- the board voted in favor. tional, Scientific and Cul- Israeli diplomats fear tural Organization's execu- that the resolution, tive board last week con- passed with considerable demned Israel for "serious ease in spite of strong violations of human rights," American pressure, is the in Lebanon and decided to start of a move to have Is- send a special mission to rael expelled or at least assess the damages sus- stripped of its credentials tained by Palestinian and at UNESCO's general Lebanese educational and conference next month. cultural facilities during West European delegates the fighting in Lebanon. said that they would not The resolution also con- vote in favor of such a demned Israel for having move. _ But Israeli and American "carried out large-scale ar- rests" of Lebanese students diplomats, working hand- and teachers and of having in-hand, expressed serious "tried to erase" Palestinian misgivings. Meanwhile, UNESCO's cultural heritage. The reso- lution called on the interna- executive board voted tional community to pro- overwhelmingly to reject an vide at least $39 million to attempt by India to have the International Council of rebuild the institutions. Only two countries of the Bnai Brith stripped of its 39-member executive credentials as a recognized board, the United States non-governmental ob- and Costa Rica, voted server. It was the first time against the resolution spon- in recent years that an sored by 16 Arab and non- anti-Jewish or anti-Israeli aligned nations. Guatemala resolution failed to obtain a abstained. All West Euro- UNESCO majority. Early Start on El Al Strike Creates Chaos at Airport 26400 West Twelve Mile Road in Southfield's Racquetime Mall Northeast corner of 12 Mile 8 Northwestern Hwy 357.5578 CASH REFUNDS FREE GIFT WRAPPING 100% SATISFACTION GUARANTEED JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chaos reigned at Ben- Gurion International Air- port Wednesday when El Al personnel jumped the gun on a sympathy strike called by the Histadrut among airport workers and pre- vented the departure of over 1,000 passengers before the 8 a.m. strike start. All the other airlines serving IgfSel had either cancelled or advanced their flights Wednesday, to ensure that their planes and passengers were clear of Is- rael by the morning. El Al, which has not been flying its own planes for the past month, but chartering others to handle passengers holding El Al tickets, had arranged for nearly a dozen planes to leave in the early morning hours. But the El Al workers committee called special "informational and 'edu- cational" meetings of ground crews and stewardesses from 4 a.m. and prevented passengers approaching the ticket counters. After some hours of chaos the airline management bused the angry passengers back to hotels in Tel Aviv until the airport strike ended Thursday. In addition to the airport, the Histadrut called for sympathy strikes in the country's seaports as well as the government-owned electric corporation and Mekrot Water Supply Co., the Dead Sea Works and the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem municipalities. Many of the strikers interviewed by Israel Radio said they had stopped work at Histadrut orders because they were opposed to the manner in which the gov- ernment had handled the El Al dispute, even though most said they had little sympathy with the El Al workers themselves, who are among the highest paid in the country and have only themselves to blame for disrupting normal air- line operations and bring- ing the company to the brink of forced closure.