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VOL. 48, NO. 5
JANUARY 29, 1970 - SHEVAT 22
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AMSTERDAM, (JTA) - Queen Juliana, of Holland, will unveil a memorial tablet at the former Dutch concentration camp at Westerbork in May, com¬ memorating the liberation of Holland from Nazi oc¬ cupation 25 years ago. Westerbork was a way station through which over 100,000 Dutch Jews passed en route to thc death camps of Auschwitz, Sobibor, Bergen- Belsen and Theresienstadt.
WASHINGTON - B'nai,B'rith has urged President Nixon to reaffirm his "sound and prudent policy" - stated in March 1969 before the United Nations - that a Middle East peace settlement be attained by direct negotiations without prior conditions by third parties.
JERUSALEM, ISth January, 1970 - Dr. Lea Gold¬ berg, Kathrine CorneU Associate Professor of Com- para,tiy^ Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, died yesterday (Thursday, Jan. 15, 1970) after a long illness. She was 58.
NEW,YORK (WNS) - A new student group that was formed as a "new right" organization to counter left- wing radicals and ^lack extreniists on campuses h^ exhibited its neo-Nazi ideology and begun spewing^ anti-Semitic hatred, a study of the National You " Alliance, an outgrowth of the Youth for Wallae movement, by the anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith showed.
LONDON (WNS) - A retired BriUsh Army Captain, Trefor Owen Williams, 40, is being tried on charges ot conspiring to blow up an El Al airline &t London air-- ^port. He and an accomplice allegedly .contacted rS^ptian authorities and offered to work against Israel for pay. The two were taken to Egypt and then Amman for training and instruction to blow up the plane.-The accomplice changed his mind and reported the plot upon their return ^to London.
NEW YORK (WNS) - Yiddish folk singer Nechama Lifshitz, who was able to emigrtite from the Soviet Union, has released a letter sent to her by Russian Yiddish poet Josif B. Kerler, asking her for help tot^go to Israel. His applications to emigrate were repeate rejected by Soviet authorities. The poet was wounde^ while serving with the Red Army during World War) and was imprisoned in the purge of Jewish tellecturals undertaken by Stalin just beforcfK^^^ but was later released and all charges against t^m^ dropped. - '
Congressmen Urge Direct lotions In Mideast
t^timonial Dinner Honors Daniel Harrison
When Daniel Harrison retired recently as Executive Secretary of the Jewish Education Committee of the United Jewish Fund and Council, a testimonial lun¬ cheon was given, at which time he was presented with an illuminated scroll, and a small statuette of a Jewish scholar.
Shown above are, from left to right, Harry Schwartz, (Chairman of the Jewish Education Committee, who presided at the meeting, Edward Schlezinger, President of the UJFC, who made the presentations, Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison, who was a gu^t^{ the lunchek)n. ^
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French Arms Deol Twice As large As Announced
PARIS (WNS) - French Defense Minister Michel Debre has disclosed that the arms deal with Libya is twice as large as originally announced and numbers400 jets, including 30 advanced Mirage III-E interceptors.
Paris has also signed an
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Edward Schlezinger, president of the UJFC expressed ap¬ preciation to Congressman Samuel L. Devine and Congressman Chalmers Wylie for their "concern anjd sup¬ port fbr peace in the Middle East." Mr. Schlezinger was referring to their sponsorship of the following resolution:
RESOLVED,   WHEREAS  ¦	
the continuing crisis in the   -a.^'m.' C        '#* Middle East is one of the   v^llIl-iJClfllUC greatest  threats  to  world    _, _      ]»«¦   •»
peace; and (^anodO, MOlt
WHEREAS      the      in¬ volvement of the Soviet Sent Via 17. S.
Union m this area of the
world had heightened ten¬ sions,   and   increased   the possibility of a major out¬ break of hostilities; and WHEREAS the consistent
. policy of the United States
' has   been   to  support  the principle        of        self-
,determination for all of the peoples of the Middle East so that they may live in peace, NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the House of Representatives affirms the long-standing United States policy calling for direct, face-to-face negotiftti^nk' between the governments of the nations involved as the only path to an effective, long-term   peace   ip^-the
JWiddle East. '
Sidney I. BWtt, Chairman of the Community Relations
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TORONTO, (JTA) -, Canadian postal authorities are asking their American counterparts to revoke -the mailing privileges of a hate- mongering neo-Nazi group, "The Natural Order," which is getting around the Ci^nadian postal ban by sending .a^ti-Semitic- literaturg(into Canada from Niagara Falls, New York.
The group, described as a front for John Ross Taylor of Gooderham,^Ontario, has been mailing thick packets of hate literature which includes the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. One such packet was mailed to the, home ofRobert Muir, a Nova Scotia Conservative member of the House of Commons,
Muir  proceeded   to   ask
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agreement to- have the French Air Force train Libyans anid other Arab pilots and this deal will be the means by which the Arab Air -forces learn to fly the new jets. The planes and the training means that Frani was seeking to develop powerful Arab as pri( helped Israel.  , ^
(The United States State Department has strongly expressed its displeasure to the' French Ambassador over the arms arrangement. Secretary of State William P. Rogers warned that the sale to Libya "could disturb the arms balance in the Middle East.)
(American officials have asserted that Israeli air superiority over the Arabs was a key reason for the nation's ability to suc¬ cessfully defend itself and thereby act as a stabilizing force in the Mideast. Washington wilt\now come under greater pressure to b'upply more Phantom jets to Israel to again tip the air power balance in Israel's favor.)
(In Israel, the nation's anger over the original arms sale to Libya was intensified when it was learned that the deal was twice as large as
Deputy Premier Yigal Allon told the Knesset that Israel must buld air raid shelters to protect -cities and ' set- Uemepts from attack. He said this was necessary despite a  '     highly
sophisticated air defense designed to prevent plans from reaching
ipulation centers.)
details of the arms ,to Libya lists delivery starting in 1971 of 50 Mirage 5- ground attack planes -. 30 Mirage III-E inteceptors and 20 jets trainers. The|ad- 'vanced 'Mirages contain radar and other equipment that enables the plane to be used for all-weather and low- ¦ level flying. The trainers can also be used for recoin- naisance lulgsions.
Mr. Debre^aid that in return for the jets Libya had promised to stop aiding Arab ¦ rebels in neighboring Chad who are fighting.tho'French- backed Blacl^, African Government'.' Libya also gave assurance concerning other neighboring nations, a relerence to Tunisia which has j}ccome "Alarmed over the new military 'regime in -Rabat.
The Defense Minister defended the arms deal by deqiaring 'that the United State's and Britain had tried to ^11 arms to Libya. He Said
first reported and included that the arms embargo advance jets that Jerusalem^ against, Israel had not had wanted to obtain.)
(The -Government's concern over .the strengthening of the A'rab air fqrces .vras,,evident, when
prevented shipment of spare parts to Israel's Mirages. He denied that Paris knew thc
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Israel Steps Up Offensive
JERUSALEM, (JTA) ~ Israel expanded its policy of jof- fensive strikes this week with new air blows at Egyptian installations near Cairo, a 20-hour-armored foray against saboteur nests in Jordan and a paratroop capture of an Egyp^n island near the juncture of the Suez Gulf and the Red Sea. ;
Israeli commandoes holding the island of Shadwan, while technicians dismantled a radar unit for retum to Israel, drove off Egyptian air strikes at Shadwan island and two torpedo boat's.
In the continuing' battle at the island, Israelis reported
that 70 Egyptians had been killed and 62 captureed while the Israelis lost three dead and six wounded. Meanwhile Israeli jets continued to pound Suez Canal targets on an almost daily basis.
The stepped-up Israeli' thrusts came as Big Four efforts td find a settlement formula came virtually to a d^d   stop   and   France
.emei^ed as an.,unabashed bidde? for Arab favor with disclosure of plans to sell technologically - backward Libya npt the originally- rumored and originally- denied 50 Mirage jets but 100 Mirage planes.       ..^ ^,
The armored units sent across ihe Jordanian border after a recent wave of saboteur attacks on the Sdom potash plant on the Dead Sea and almost daily attacks on Beisan Valley settlements, killed five saboteurs and damaged a number of El Fatah vehicles. Israeli officials said all units, which were supported^ by jets, returned^ without casualties or damage.
The paratroopers, sup¬ ported by naval and air force units, captured Shadwan, an Egyptian radar outpost,. in a brief clash which enid^d with the sutrender^f the Egyptian garrison.
' An unknown number of Egyptian naval, personnel were   killed, when   Israeli
' pliines bombed and sank two
' Soviet-made torpedo twats guarding Shadwan. The torpedo toll brpught to six the number of Soviet made torpedo ^ft sunk by Israel since the^ix-Da'y war. The boats   are.xused- to  carry
' Egyptian ^mmandoes and explosives   on missions against the Israeli- occupied east shore of the Gulf of Suez.
Gen. Moshe Dayan, Israel's Defense Minister, visited Kibbutz Mooz Chaim where settlers demanded
, action to stop the almost
'^ daily  shellings   from   Jor¬ danian bases. He rejected a proposal that Israel take the- Gilead  Heights  in  Jordan
' w|)ich faces the Beisan Valley but he pledged maximum action to protest Israeli lives and property in the area. ' '   -
The three Israeli soldiers killed in the Shadwan action were identified as Lt. Itzhak Kotler, 24, of Kibbutz Givat
JWV Attacks U.S. Aid To
Smith Rood
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - National Commander Bernard B. Direnfeld of the Jewish War Veterans ot the USA today deplored-) the release by the Federal Government of $182,000 to build a road in Arkansas "as a misuse ..^of taxpayers' money to subsidize ¦' in- directly^he propaganda activities of Gerald L.' Smith, the notorious hate- monger."
Commanded Direnf^ said that-the objpdiions ofUfife-^,, JWV were Ignored by the Crovemment. He disclosed that the Ozarks Regional Commission of the U. S. /bepartment of Commerce 'concedes that "the need for • repaving is occasioned by the fact that the road is heavily traveled fljN^isitors desiring to see the statue and play operated by the ElnaM. Smith Foundatipn." The Foundation is part of the Gerald L.K. Smith complex - "that advances anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, and anti- Negro attitudes."
The JWV leader said that "at a time when our Government is spending billions to improve the ^ quality of American Life and the human relations and' education oC our people it is absurd that we drain off funds to finance racism and prejudice."
According to Commander
sabotage^ ^'''^"^^'**' ""^ response of the Department of Com¬ merce- indicated "an alar¬ ming lack of sensitivity to •• ^ the role ,an(l legitimate concerns of American citizens of all faiths."
"While American citizens seek from German religious and lay authorities reforms in the anU-sen^itic C9(itent of * • the Obejrammet^^^'iJ^jijission Play, ourl^owngifyemment supports a' road project to improve access that would encourage attendance at the Gerald L.K.^mith version in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. To our disgust a bigoted propaganda machine will obviously enjoy collateral benefits paid for by American taxpayers" said Commander Direnfeld...
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