Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1969-05-01

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THtURSDAY, MAY 1,1969 - 13 AVAR
American Support of Elp-Fatah Observed
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WASHINGTON (WNS) — The Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith charged ^hat the El Fatah Arab Terrorist or- gaidzatim was i;(eceivuig financial, moral and political sup¬ port f^om extremist^oups in the United States and had had "considerable success in mobilizing extremist support ^ here." <<jr
While the bulk of the groupTs monfey comes from Arab Govermnents, El Fatah has been able to raise fkmds in the U.S. Arnold Foster, ADL general counsel, said it was debatable whether contribu- ti(His to such a paramUitary ' force would be a violation of US. neutrality laws. "Ifthe Fatah is pi-etending it is'us- . Ing money to help war-torn areas and hungry kids, you'd have to accept that the dona¬ tions are legal," he said.
MB. FOSTER noted that "although the pro-Fatah Arab groups often assert that they are against Zion¬ ists, not the Jewishpeople," theiy do not hesitate to seek and accept support from "traditional anti-Semites on the American scene."
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ed its U.S."7ictIi^tles fr'cHn" hBadqMarters maintained at 801 Second Avenue in New York City, financial, politic¬ al and propaganda support fOr the Arab terrorists have come from the 10,000-mem- ber Organization of Arab Students, groups ofthe Com¬ munist "old lett," New Left radicals and such black ex¬
tremist groups as the Black Panthers and the Black Mus¬ lim movement.
NEW LEFT and revolu¬ tionary organizati(His sup¬ porting the guerriUa group included the Youth Against War and Fascism, youth arm of the pro-Peking Workers World Pariy, the U.S. Com¬ mittee to Aid the National. Liberation Front, apro-Viet Cong group, the Committee to Support Middle East Lib¬ eration, the pro-Peking Pro¬ gressive Labor Party, form¬ ed by Communist Party dis¬ sidents, and the Trotshyite Socialist Workers Party.
Mr. Foster,added' that .^tte^cp^w^a^jnddeqce^indicatj:,', Ing thatHhe Students for a Oemoct^c Society (BDS>, strongest of the student New Left groups, was inoving to¬ ward "acceptance of dd-line anti-Zionist Arab propa¬ ganda, overlaid with support for the' Third World versus colonialism line of Arab re¬ volutionaries — and toward a pro-EI Fatah positicai."
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Dr. Moses Rosen, right. Chief Rabbi of Rumania, presents a Torah Scroll to Louis D. Horwitz, Direc¬ tor-General of the Joint Distribution Committee, in recognition of the role played by JDC in transferring some 3,000 Torah Scrolls from Rumania to Israel. Mr. Horwitz,.In turn, presented tho Scroll tothe rabbi of one of the Tel Aviv synagogues. In this latest dis¬ tribution some 100 Sift-ei Torah were presented to 25 synagogues located in the greater Tel Ayjy area.
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WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The WashlngtOT Evening Star reported this week that the Big Four are discussing a ban on arms shipments to the Middle East, a develop¬ ment thiri: could lead to the suspension ofthe shipment of 50 F-4 Phantom, jet supetsonic fighter-bombers whichthe UnitedStates has agreed to sell lisraeLThe Sttu^is UN correspoitdent,' WUliam H. Frye, said "Moscow's wiUingness to include arms coiAroI onthe Big Four Mideast agenda was regarded by Western diplomats as a sigrtflcantstepforward." But "whether
: any pr(^ess has been made toward agreement onthis point in tiie highly secret talks is not known," Mr. Frye wrote.       ;
. WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Former Vice.President Hu¬ bert H; Humphr^ sharply criticized the Nixon Ad-
' ministration this week in the areas of mUitary ex- ' penditures, cuU)acks of anti-poverty funds and the^ enforcement of antiTdiscriminationlaws.Buthetoldaw^ audience of B'nai B'lrith'members that he went along with the President's decision to join in Four Power talks on the Middle East ieven though he had doubts
° about what the conference ndght achieve. Mr. Humph¬ rey said at thef etih annual meeting ofthe B'nai B'rith 'Anti-Defamation League that he thought the Middle East was a 'fcauIdron''jmd that if the Big Powers Insisted on an end to'beUigerency, they might promote, a '¦< climate of restraint" and that possibUities might develop for bUateral negotiations and settlement in other areas. ^
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—President Nixon said in an Independence iDay message to President Shazar that like "so many peace-lovingmenandwomenthroughout .:'the worId,?''M''**i^''-'^epiy-'€listiirbed andsaddenedby the coi<flict th4 has marredthegreat success you hdve attained." President Nixon'metPresidentShazarwhen the latter attended the ftmeral of former President Eisenhower. •    , ,    ' «&
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A long term low interest lOah of $1744 miUjoii has been made by the New York State Housing Finance Agency to help buUd the Jewish bistitute for Geriatric Care, it wasj aiinounced this week by the jiome and Hospital of ihe Daughters of Israel, which is;sponsoring the institute.
ADL Reports On American Anti-Semitism
. WASHINGTON (WNS) — A four-year study on American attitudes toward Jews financed by the Anti-Defamation League of B^nEd B'rith has disclosed that a majority of Americans either subscribe to anti-Semitic beliefs or are indifferent to the problem's of antl-Semitisin.
The study, conducted by the Survey Research Center of the University of CJalifomia, found ttat oifly.16 percent qf the population  was totally
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Four4housand persons attending an Israel Independence Day celebration at Madison Square Garden heard a message firom Premier Golda Meir specially taped for the occasion.^ told tte anniversary fete, spon¬ sored! by the American Zionist CouiicU, that "even our ftiends" cannot sit down with other powers to "decide our &ite for us." Referring to the current Four Power talks on Mideast peace, Mrs. Meir
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tree of anti-Semitic stereo^ typic views andi warranted the description of "consis¬ tent Opponent qf aiiti-Semit¬ ism." ¦; fe '
THE SURVEYfwas J?ased on 2,000 intei^ews reprO- senting a na^pnal cross- section of the population, the research center report stsnted. I
ADL n at ioT^aI chairman Dory Schary 4aiji]]the study 'constituted k "danger sig¬ nal" to Jews and to aU Am- ericans. He 'warned that apathy was mjg^ dangerous than bve.rt anti-Semitic practice/ which the study found was low.
THE STUDY showed that the acceptance of anti-Sem¬ itic stereotpyes was "firm¬ ly anchored in a whole sys¬ tem Of generally unenlight¬ ened beliefs and weak-com¬ mitments to democracy.'* It was most pervasive among the least educated, among the older parts of the popu¬ lation and in the, rural South
and Midwest. WhUe educar tion "can be' the priinary countervaUing influence," aspects of anti-Semitic at¬ titudes Was found among persons 'with high education and occupational status
Blocid Drive
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T he V Jev)jish Community. Blood Drive wiU be held Wednesday, May 14, 12:30-, 6:30 at the Jewish Center., The purpose of the drive is to insure the country's Je¬ wish community of free blood at any time and anywhere when heeded.
Officers of the Jewish Blood Donor CouncU are San¬ ford Fishman, president and Gordon Zeldman, chairman.
Transportation and baby¬ sitting on "B-day" wiU be provided for anyone needing the'services.
said, "At this time the gov¬ ernment of Israel and the peoide of Israel are involv¬ ed, not in a struggle with our friendsi but in a veiy serious dialogue anddiscus- sion with, our best friends! And we hope that evenhiallj^ they wlU understand that the pdicy of the Israel govern¬ ment is one of search for peace between us and our neighbors."
Sen. Charles GoodeU,New York Republican, another speaker at the gs^ring de¬ clared that the course pur¬ eed in the meetings ofthe U.S., Briton, Franoe and Soviet Russia "can (xiy be effective if they lead to Arab and IsraeU sitting down to¬ gether atthe table and .Iron¬ ing out their own differences ty force of argument rather than by force of arms.
IN ALBANY, N.Y., Gov. RockefeUer, proclaimed the week of April 20 "Israel Independence Week" in New York State. The Governor's proclamation haUed.thepeo-. pie of Israel who "won their freedom in the face of ob¬ stacles which most people believed to be insurmount¬ able." In a telephone caU to Mayor Teddy KoUek of Jeru¬ salem, Mayor John V. Lind¬ say of New York conveyed anniversary greetings and expressed the hope of New Yorkers for a strong and secure Israel tliat would live hi peace and prosperity. In PhUadelphia, Mayor James EJ. Tate proclaimed Israel Independence Day in that city at a ceremony in mdepend- ende HalL He received from C ons'ul-General Yissakhar Ben-Yaakov a gdden medal struck at the Franklin Mint in honor of the occasic^. tt syinboUzed a sister-cities relatlqnship with Tel Aviv. He said that PhUadelphia would name a street or square in Tel Aviv's honor and Mr. Ben-Yaacov an¬ nounced that Tel Aviv would reciprocate.
The Board of Deputies of British Jews held a special meeting in London to mark Israel's anniversary. One speaker. Sir Henry Davig-. dor-Gddsmic^ decried at¬ tempts to' create a breach:-
side lowers cannot have a (Middle East) agreement at our ^cpense however noble their intentions." "^
THE OFFICIALLY Oopl relations of. Israel and Fnmce were reflected intiie faUure of'the Israel Em¬ bassy to hdd its traditional ^dependence Day reception in Paris, for high ranking French Government offic¬ ials, an event that has been a diplomatic highlight here since Israel was est^Ushed.
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UNITED NATIONS, RY., (JTA)—The Egyptian regime stepped up its'pressure on lisrael and the western powers this wedc by declar¬ ing that Egypt no longer ac¬ cepted the United Nations sponsored cease-fire along the.Suez Canal demarcation line. The statement imme¬ diately evoked reactions by israel and the United States.
State Department spake8->v man Robert McCioskey' de¬ clared the United States was. concerned by "this and other previous reports indicating that Egypt does not consider ttself bound" bx the cease-   ' fire, agreements. He called the  statement "retrogres¬ sive" and certain to increase tensiois. Attiie UN, Am¬ bassador Yosef Tekoahasked' the UN to toisist that Egypt observe the cease-fire. The --^ appeal was:^ made in letters   '¦ to Secretary General UThant: and to the current SecurUy ;';!i CouncU president. The^Se-  " curity Council  head was- urged to use his influence with President Nasser* sgov*- ernment to get such com¬ pliance. The letter s^d It was Israel's poUcy to abide h^ the agreements and that it expected Egypt to do like- • wise.
THE ENVOY also charged
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between Israel and Wasporif; EHrpt'^h "deliberate as Jewry. He said,*'Today antir^'Smflts'l insteliing.i^^^^
Semitism is a mark of: sham^ but to be anti-Israel is merelytoexpress an opin¬ ion. Israel is no longer an underdog and we are proud that she can stand on her own feet." Joseph Saidiir, Israel Minister without port- fOUo, tdd tiie annual British Mizrachi Independence day dinner in London that "out-
on Israel's side of the Oanal where morethan^0UN'ini- Utary observers are station¬ ed to' maintain the (!ease- Qre. Thant had expressed concern for the safety of the observers. Several UN ob¬ servation posts haive been hit .^by Egyptian shellflre and an Irish Army captain wais in¬ jured in one. shelling attack^"^
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