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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Thatcher Praises Envoy Argov
LONDON (JTA) —
British Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher praised
Shlomo Argov, the former
Israeli Ambassador to Lon-
don, as "a true citizen of the
Free World who cherishes
freedom and justice and is
utterly opposed to those who
assault them."
She spoke at a special
dinner last Thursday night
in London's Grosvenor
House Hotel, only 200 yards
from the spot where, 13
months ago, Argov was shot
by an Arab terrorist. His life
was saved but he has since
been almost totally
paralyzed.
Hava Argov, his wife, told
the guests, who also in-
cluded former Prime Minis-
ter James Callaghan, that
despite her husband's grave
condition, there was "some
light at the end of the tun-
nel." The Hadassah Hospi-
tal, where he is being
treated, has begun allowing
him home on weekends, and
in a few months, she hoped
he would come home per-
manently.
Until recently, Argov
was remembered here
chiefly for the high
caliber of his advocacy of
Israel's cause while serv-
ing as its Ambassador to
Britain in difficult times.
Thursday night, though,
there was also a refer-
ence to his recent criti-
cism of Israel's full-scale
invasion of Lebanon, for
which the attack on
Argov had served as a
catalyst.
In view of his physical
condition, British Jewry
has so far refrained from
reacting to his comments,
which were dictated from
his hospital bed in Israel to
a friend earlier this month
and printed in Haaretz.
Nevertheless, they have
had a very profound impact,
MARGARET THATCHER
stirring the deep misgivings
which many communal
leaders have felt over some
aspects of the Lebanese op-
eration.
Commenting on them last
week, Chief Rabbi Im-
manuel Jakobovits de-
clared, "We are happy that
he was able to speak out-re-
cently, though we have
sorely missed his superb
spokesmanship this past
year."
Argov was shot when
leaving a diplomatic recep-
tion at the nearby Dorches-
ter Hotel. Fear of a similar
incident last Thursday
night was reflected in the
large numbers of security
men inside and outside the
hotel.
Among the guests was
Dr. Norman Grant, the
British neurosurgeon,
who saved Argov's live
after Argov was rushed
to the National Hospital
for Nervous Diseases,
two miles away, suffering
from severe head
wounds. After the opera-
tion the Ambassador re-
mained unconscious for
several weeks. Also pre-
sent were the Ambas-
sador's driver and his
British police body-
guard, who shot one of
his assailants.
Mrs. Thatcher, who was
accompanied by her hus-
band, devoted most of her
speech to the condemnation
of political terrorism and a
call for "closer and closer
cooperation between gov-
ernments" in combatting it.
Premier Menahem Begin
of Israel, in a written mes-
sage- to the dinner; said of
Argov that "in all his
dealings his point of refer-
ence was not the pragmatic
immediate present, but al-
ways how the present re-
lates to the future peace and
security of Israel."
The dinner culminated in
the creation, in Argov's
name, of professorships in
Israeli-Diaspora relations
at the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and at Bar-Ilan
University.
according to the NCSJ.
They appear, moreover,
within the context of re-
peated admonitions like
"Never again," and "We
must never forget" —
phrases. which strike a
chord in any Jew, and
doubtless many others in
the West, the organization
said.
Reagan Names
2 to Holocaust
Memorial Group
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
President Reagan has
named two new members of
the Holocaust Memorial
Council. They are Norman
Braman, a Miami, Fla. car
dealer who is vice president
of the Greater Miami
Jewish Federation, and
William Lowenberg, a San
Francisco real estate de-
veloper who is president-
elect of the Jewish Commu-
nity Federation.
Admissions are mostly
made by those who do not
know their importance.
—Charles John Darling
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Film Designed for Export
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The National Conference on
Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) — re-
ported that a new film made
by the Soviet government
for export abroad, particu-
larly in the United States,
links Zionism with Nazism
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ing Soviet propaganda
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the NCSJ stressed, is that it
has been well targeted. Its
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