…Lebanon First Arab Country to Get Rid of the Commandos LONDON (JTA)—A high Lebanese official confirmed in Beirut that Arab commandos were withdrawing from Lebanese soil. According to various estimates, the commandos number 1,500-3,000, mostly members of the Saiqah, a guerrilla group sponsored by the Syrian Baathist Party, and of El Fatah, the largest Palestinian guerrilla organization. Withdrawal of the commandos, whose presence and activiti...…
…Arabs 'Moderately Pleased' by Pompidou % Elee BOSTON (JTA)—The Christian Science Monitor reported from Beirut Tuesday that Arab capitals "appear moderately pleased" by the election Sunday of Georges Pompidou as president of France. The Monitor quoted the indeendent Beirut news- paper Al Jurida, as saying that while Pompidou was not another de Gaulle, the European leader most widely admired in the Arab world, "he is better than the other Cand...…
…Au Assimilationist's :Jewish Attitudes: James P. Warburg's Views on UJA, Israel "There is so little left of the more prominent Jewish families in Jewish ranks in America! The vanishing Jews are not diminishing Jewish ranks and are not contributing to an end to Jewry. But we could benefit so much from them ... and their progeny could benefit so much from us."—From the comments on the views of the late James P. Warburg, in the exchange of his ...…
…Able Nathan's Third Peace Flight Ends in Failure JERUSALEM (JTA)—Abie Nathan, Israel's self-styled "Peace Pilot," flew to Cairo from Rome Wednesday in another attempt to bring peace to the Middle East. He landed at the Cairo airport and was told, to leaye the country. This was the third attempt, and the third failure, of the Tel Aviv restaurant owner to meet with Egypt's President Nasser. Carrying a British passport, Nathan came to Cairo on a...…
