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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

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President Herzog's
New Year Message

It is in the shadow of the
recent unbelievably savage
attack on Sabbath worship-
pers in Istanbul that I send
you these heartfelt greetings
and hopes for the New year
5747. Memories of the dark
pages in our old and modern
history have been revived for
us, and the contemporary ef-
fort to rebuild Jewish life on
new national foundations
takes on additional meaning.
Once more we are forcibly
reminded of the vulnerability
of the Jewish minority posi-
tion and the need for the base
and strength the Jewish
State provides.
Israel in this past year has
been deeply involved in the
strengthening of its economic
and political position; in so-
cial reform; in the difficult ef-
fort to realize its cultural and
scientific potential; in the
struggle against interna-
tional terrorism; in the
search for peace. This is a
very full and most demand-
ing national agenda, and the
conditions are not easy. Yet
we can look back with some
gratification on definite pro-
gress during the year.
The National Unity Gov-
ernment has functioned with
a substantial measure of suc-
cess, proving that cooperation
in the general interest can
overcome ideological and
political differences. The eco-
nomic recovery program has
succeeded in conquering gal-
loping inflation and in intro-
ducing a sober and reasoned
approach to the problems of
the economy. Though hard-
ship and strain affect many
individuals and an era of
growth has not yet begun,
the road ahead seems clearly
marked.
The road ahead is not to-
tally blocked even in the
sphere of Arab-Israeli under-
standing towards peace.
Prime Minister Peres' official
visit to Morocco, and his
summit meeting with
President Mubarak of Egypt
in Alexandria, have been de-
cisive steps forward towards
a more normal relationship
with the Arab world. Looking
back on the decades of un-
mitigated Arab hostility, we
see a striking change in the
political environment of the
Middle East. Where the very
thought • of understanding or
communication with Israel
was taboo, dialogue is now
clearly accepted.
The change is not all-
encompassing or immediate,
but it is there. So, too, aper-
tures are opening to Eastern
Europe, almost hermetically
closed to Israel since 1967.
Relations with Poland are
taking shape; there has been
initial official contact with
the Soviet Union. To every
change of this sort we are all
necessarily most sensitive, for
the fate of Soviet Jewry re-
mains a major and burning
concern of the Jewish world
and the State of Israel. A
trickle of aliyah sometimes

Chaim Herzog

brings us precious individu-
als, but the life and future of
many thousands of others are
gravely threatened. There
can be no relaxation in the
effort to liberate them.
There can be no relaxation,
either, in Israel's effort to ab-
sorb its Ethiopian olim wisely
and effectively. As in their
case, every group that makes
up the mosaic of Israel's life,
mirroring the diaspora of the
ages, must, without losing its
identity, contribute to the
cultural consensus of the
reassembled Jewish people.
Education is thus one of Is-
rael's highest priorities, while
it is increasingly recognized
by Jewish communities
everywhere as the key to the
preservation of identity and
commitment on the part of
the younger generation. To
the members of that genera-
tion I issue the call to come
and join us in Israel and help
to build the land that is the
center of our people's life.
We look to 5747 in the
hope that it may be a year of
peace and growth, aliya and
cultural enrichment, a year
indeed where in the great
phase of the Rosh Hashanah
liturgy, all men will come to-
gether in unison to respond
wholeheartedly to the Divine
Will — to do your desire with
a full heart.
To all of you a good New
Year!

Israel Claimed
To Ship Arms

Copenhagen — A Danish
freighter carried four 900-ton
shipments of American-made
weapons from the Israeli port
of Eilat to the Iranian port of
Bandar Abbas between May
and August, according to the
Danish Sailors Union.
Israel and Iran have denied
any arms transactions, which
violate U.S. restrictions on
arms sales to the Islamic Re-
public.

