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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3,1969
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AL FATAH
BIGOTS IN CANADA
An editorial
Canadian Jewish Ncts reporter c(^^^^ coiiference at Rochdale
We congratulate the hew anti-Fascist generation in free West Germany upon Its victory: the political liquidation of Neo-Nazism. Adolf von Thadden is finished. All those who believe in the New Germany that rose from the ashM of the destruction wrought by Adolf ) note with satisfaction the new German immunity against demagogues who
would lead their people --dnd the world - to a new holocaust. The end of Adolf II must be a great disappointment to the Neo-Fascist regime in East Germany (Red outside, brown within).
To us, intransigent anti-racists, the end of Adolf II is an encouragement - it strengthens our Jewish faith in man.
Gofcfo conquers America
us. support for israel and
by the CJN Israeli correspondent
the family of nations to stay.
"I support a policy that would give Israel a technological military margin to more than o&et her hostile neighbors' numerical superiority ... If maintaining that margin of superiority should require Phantom F-4 jets, we should supply these jets so they can maintain that superiority."
The official then quoted Mrs. Meir, from the Premier's address, last weekend, at the Nsjional Press Club in the Anterican capi-••pne,fapti5#JsU5mUs„-m.5a«^^
Jerusalem.- Israel is making an effort not to show any enthusiasm about Golda Meir's American state visit Yet she has every reason to be satisfied and, also, every reason to play down this sentiment for political reason. Yet one Israeli official, when asked what he thinks about the "tachlis," the result of Mrs. Meir's trip, referred this writer to President Nixon's statement on the eve of last year's elections. At that time candidate Nixon said:
enemies can afford to fight a wair and lose. They can come back to fight again. But Israel cannot afford to lose even once. America knows that and America is determined that Israel is here in
"... There has been a policy followed by the United States of sensitivity to the balance of power in the Middle East, This is the policy being followed now and I have reason to believe it
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byMJ.NURENBERGER
CPANDGBC:
The Canadian Press and CBC are so attiined to extending coverage to any extremist demonstration a-gainst Israel that they omit other issues in the recent "anti-imperialist" Marxist rallka.
The most recent example of unfair coverage:
Sunday ni|^t Israel's Foreign Minister Abtia Eban addressed the Combined Jewish Appeal diimer in Montreal's Queen Elizal>eth Hotel. During his address, the Foreign Minister, of Israel made important statements on the position of his country. His statement a-bout official Arab stubbornness in refusing to recognize Israel was lost m the reports of both the Canadian Press and CBC idiodibse instead to feature the pickets on Dorchester Avdiue.
The Canadian Jewish News reporter was diere. It Was a miserable show as far as demonstrations go. He cotmted less tlian one-hundried demonstrators, a figure which included boys and girls who would never miss iuiy demonstration, for or apinst Israel.
On the other hand, the leftist group that organized the demonstration not only titfned against Israel but Essentially against BoiuguilM, the Prendent of Tunisia.
Two texts,both hi French, were distributed by the leaders of the demonstration. One, rather brief, attacked "the Zionist agent, Abba Eban," and linked U.S. imperialism and Zionism.
The other leaflet a three-page one, accused the Tunisian regime of Habib Bourguiba of all kinds of political crunes. It seems the "anU-imperialists" now are ready to take over Tunisia after Lybia. This perhaps b the big news, as certainly is this nevj campaign against Bourguiba.
But obviously, for the reporters of CBC and the Canadian Press it was easier not to read this literature but to take the easy way out. Is there a better and more facile way of covering such a demonstration than by saying that Arabs demonstrate a^MiiiM Eban?
A similar lack in real reporting can Ix. seen hi the ihaimeir in which the anti-Isrpel demonstration hi Toronto was come<l. At City Hall Sqhare the de-monatratbra, actfaifbi concert with the niew tactic dictated from Moscow' and Cairo, denied **anti« ■emitiim** and protested agahist "Zionism". This new atten^pt at confustog the iasaet wasbouj^tforiHiat. It was worth by the Toronto dalU^while the actual conference of the Arab wpuld-be tCRorists at a WaA college was '*reported",by dailies without any repoijter there: ,
The Canadian Jewidi News rep<)^ter was tfiert the Arab conference. He was shocked, by Ute hanhhess of the talks wl^idi may kad to vtoletice in actioo..
But witare waa tbi^BC; (Im Xiiiiiatf Ian PrcsiT, IVHm were reporters of oqridailiaa when this venom against Jews and for terror apiswed forth at Rochdale Cdl« lege?:';.
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The Israeli-wess. in order to clamp~down on its enthusiasm quotes the New York Times evaluation of Golda's visit.4'ollowing are the most relevant excerpts from the very conservative and very cautious Times. " * Mrs. Meir heard flrom. U.S. Secretary of State WU-liam P. Rogers that American support for Israel would be "total and unwavering." The Secretary also told her of a negotiating process be
Nations wUfi ffie^^ Ministers of the Soviet Utti(% France, and Brltian, in which Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring, of Sweden, might become an intermediary between Israeli and Arab delegations in separate offices. This is known as the "Rhodeisi-formula," used by Dr. Ral{^; J. Bunche to .mediate between the Arabs and Israelis on the island of Rhodes in 1948-49.
* The Foreign Minister of Egypt, Mahmoud Riad, said at the United Nations thai such negotiations are already under way^r^We are doing here iexactly ihe same thing we did in Rhodes," he said. Dr* Jarring is the new Dr. Bunche - the representative of the Secretary General.
* Mrs. Meir, :notlng that Cairo had immediately repudiated Mr. RIad's statement, was skeptical when asked about the Rhodes formula here. But sh^ indicated it would be acceptable, saying that' 'Israel is not particular about names but is particular about substance."
* Mrs. Meir brought what-she whimsically referred to as "my shopping bag" and asked Mr. Nixon to fill it up with more Phantom jets for the security of her natira and to give it a bulge with some help for the Israeli economy that has been strained by defense expenditures.
* More important, she came looking for the intangibles - the understanding, the assurance, the moral
ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER CONi on tIM steps of New York's Oty Hall on 15,000 cheered Golda.
tSHER TRIUMPHAL. VISIT TO THE UNITED STATES.-Mrs. Qol«| Meir. ay: On left mayor Undsay tiotds medal presented to him by Jerusalem leader/ t More pictures on page 5
Excfusive from Ihe Unifecf Notions
SHARP AT
RIVER
CANADA
oy the CJN diplomatic adltor
United Nations, New York.-The long awaited statement by Canada's Minister of External Affairs, Mitchell Sharp, impressed the Assembly by what one diplomat termed "Canada's aspiration to neutrality leading to peacemediation."
Whether true or not. United Nations experts here maintain that Canada is playing an extensive behind-the-scenes role in ^ing to bring together parties in conflict whether in the Middle East, in Nigeria or e v en on a larger scale — in the current Ottawa-Peking negotiations. Mr. Sharp's very impressive speech, observers say, also underscored Canada's willingness to compromise when her own interests are invohrad.
Discussing this country's problem in the Artie waters, a problonn to be teken up with the United States oh the question of the U.S. rights and international rights of passage, observers here stress Mr. Sharp's explanation. He said: 'The Artie waters-commitment that might lead policy of Canada will not run counter to interna-later to delivery of the tan- ^jq^, ^ ,„ ^^e interests of
peace to limit our sovereignty.''
Concerning the Middle East, diplomats see an indirect criticism by Canada of the recent, too-often repeated verbal condemnations of Israel when our Foreign Minister said:
A practise is being developed of forcing the As-
gibles. The United States has no legal obligations, no defense treaty with Israel on which Mrs. Meir could call, which meant she had to rely on precedent and the disposition of the Nixon administration.
* From all appearances, Mrs. Meir got from President Nixon the assurances she sought."
city nor the legal authority to carry out"
A Western diplomat known as a friend of Israel told The Canadian Jewish News about this statement:
"Excellent but would it.not have been better had Mr. Sharp used the term 'immoral? But then Mr. Sharp would not have been in the tradition of recent Canadian diplomacy.
"Also one must regret Mr. Sharp's endorsement of the EUg Four discussions on the Middle East, it is clear that each time the Big Four nieet, Arab extremists feel they do not need to negotiate with Israel."
Mr. Sharp, in his address to the 126-member U-nitecT Nations Assembly on| Monday, urged newr techniques and prrorities. But according to some observers, concerning Israel, Canada's Foreign Minister, to use his own words in the Assembly speech, "member nations are locked in outdated concepts" and "find debate to be a convenient substitutefor action."
Concerning Israel; the Canadian Government last week has moved into the almost final stages of neigotiations leading tb direct air flights from Israel to Canada and from Canada back. Members of the Israeli delegation left Canada this week foltowing a ' reception given in Ottawa by His Excellency Ger-shon Avner. The members of this delegation are hopeful that not later than April, 1970, Canadian
sembly to vote on resolutions involving moral judg- Airline will fly directly to Israel and El Al will fly _ment which the organization has neither the capa- to Canada.
How Sfa/in ordered MiJcfioe/s murder
New York (JCl^S).- Svet-lana Alliluyeva, Stalin's daughter, who fled from the Soviet Union in 1966 and settled in America, discloses in a new autobiography that she heard her father dif-cussing plans, to murder u Jewish actor and describe it as a car accident.
In dnly One Year, which is being published here, 43-year-old Mrs. Alliluyeva writes:
"In 1048, (mite .by cbaqce, I almost becftmti ii wttness to an intentlooU^iaurder.
"The State JMflsh Theater in Mo8c<ni^(u|KiI^on closed down, declaimed, a 'hotbed
of cosmc^olltanism'..
"Solomon Mikhoels was the theater's director, a well-known actor and public figure...
"During one of my rare meetings with him (StaliA),
I entered his room when he was speaking to someone on the telephone.
"He said: 'WeU, it's an automobile accident.'
"I remember so well the way he said it: Not a question
but an answer, an assertion. He wasn't asking, he was suggesting: 'An automobile accident.'
"The newspapers, of course, reported the event as an 'autpmpbile accidents*
"He had been murdered and there had been no ac-cUent. 'Automobile accident', was the official version, the cover-up suggested by my father when the black deed hadjwemeported to him."
POPE PAUL'S JERUSALEM
Rome (JCNS).- In a mes-, sage to King Hassan of Morocco Pope Paul VI appealed to the three great monotheistic religions to reach an agreement to recognise "the unique sacred character pr the Holy Places,
Jerusalem In particular."
The Pope said that an "episode >as deplorable as the (Al Aksa) Mosque fire, by contributing to rehglous feelings and stimulating all efforts to safeguard the unique sacred character of
Jerusalem, may finally facilitate the search fpr a solu-( tioQ bonoring God and the; Hoiy Places and assuring peace."
By nott mentioning international guarantees and by appealing to the three mono-
thelisilc religion^, Pope Paul Is close to the position adopted by Israel's leaders, who ■ have always advocated the finding of a way to guarantee the Holy Places through religious and not political means.
mislead public meeting
at phillips Square
by David Birkan, The Canadian Jewish News Reporter
The Canadian Jewish News assigned reporter David Birkan to cover the Toronto pro-Arab terrorist activities. While at Nathan Phillips Square the agitators spoke about "Jews" as offosed to "Zionists," at the private meeting, at Rochdale College, the most obnoxious antisemltic propaganda was disseminated.
Reporter Birkan was there, at the closed Rochdale meeting. Following is his story:
About 150 people assembled in front of the Toronto City Hall on Saturday under baimers of black, white, green, and red, to show their support for the Arab terrorist group known as the Al Fatah.
"Long live the people's war," they shouted. "Down With Zionism." "Long live the Al Fatah."
Until they began their chants, the people assembled by the "Committee for the Liberation of Palestine" seemed merely another colorful mixed group, like the many that have gathered on the square named in honor of the long-serving Jewish mayor of Toronto. They could have been, in the language of social science, a random sampling of a population segment.
One thing unitc^jQiem: hope for Israel's destruction. The signs they brandished bore the same message in English and Arabic urging the destruction of the "Zionist imperialist state supported by United States imperialism," The "Committee for the Liberation of Palestine" organized the demonstration. Formed one month ago, the group has no telephone number or street address. The only link with the public is a post-office box number.
The fearful anonymity which clothes the new organization is worn by its leaders as well. One blonde man, about 25 years old, who was encouraging the demonstrators, refused time after time to give his name to the press.
"I am a member of the Canadian Union of Students," he said, between shouts of "Down with Israel!" He would only add that he was a member of the "Committee for the Liberation of Palestine.'' Again asked for his name, he muttered something about Zionist reprisals and bobbed back intothecrowd.^ P' ' - v . .
The same yoiSg man also refused to confirm that his Committee had any actual contact with Al Fatah. "Everyone here," he said, "is connected with Al Fatah^ They are fighting U.S. imperialism in Palestine. We are fighting it here.". More than that he refused to say.
HAMILTONIAN EMBARRASSED
A Jordanian immigrant in the march denied that there was any connection at all.. All Sheideh, a Hamilton furniture maker who had come to Toronto along with 50 other niembers of the Moslem Association of Hamilton, said his "Association" had no affiliation with the Middle East terrorists.
The president of the Association, Quasem Mahmud, also maintained that he and the terrorists were unconnected.
Neither his group of 500 members nor the two societies which represent Toronto's 4,000 Moslems have anything to do with the guerrillas, according to Mahmud, He said the clubs were financed largely through donations.
But, why did they demonstrate with Al Fatah, someone asked.
No answer.
A Haifa-born hydro worker was holding a sign "favoring" Arab-Jey^ish relations. "Jews and Arabs," he said in reply to the reporter's query, "have been living together for centuries," until "Zionism" was introduced in the Middle East."The Arabs could not buy this.
"We do not object to Jewish existence but we are against a Jewish State."
After a five minute speech identifying the 1960's as "the epoch when oppressors arise against their oppressors," and equating the Israeli state withNaziGermany, thedemonstra-tors began their march to Queen's Park. \
They waved their posters and flags up Yonge Street to College as the blonde young man and a squat dark woman in the frpntofthedouble line prodded them on. Shoppers stopped tP stare, but no one seemed to take them seriously. Even some of the marchers then^selves wore shy smiles of awkwardness.
DRUSES PERSECUTED BY SYRIANS Walking 50 feet before the Arab picketers were two pro-Zionist marchers, non-Jews. They almost completely ignored the Druse Arab from Syria and the York University student, "I want to show,'' said the York student pointing to the crucifix he wore on a blue ribbon around his neck, "that I'm one of the Christians who standupfor the Jew's right to, Israel."
The Druse, was protesting Arab persecution of his people before the Israelis took over Jerusalem after the Six Day •War.-" ■
Except for the loud cries breaking upthenormally silent atmosphere of Queen's Park on a Saturday afternoon, there were no disruptions during the two-hour demonstration.
It concluded with a few words by worker Bob Cruise maligning so-called imperialist Israel and its ally the U.SL Afterwards the Palestinian national anthem was sung, and the remaining members sought donations for the Committee.
As I saw it, the awkward gangling body of Saturday's march contained 'another incarnation of the spirit of anti-semltlsm. Hate for the Jew was behind it.
The actual events of the demonstration itself did not warrant such a conclusion. There were no incidents between the marchers and the half-dozen Jewish youths who came to distribute leaflets outlining the Zionist version of what was happening in the Middle East The non-Arab leaders of the march denied that to them "anti-Zionism" meant anti-semitism^ And the Arab demonstrators themselves, except when they were chanting their slogans, proved, at least to this reporter, tobe quletandapproachable."Zionlsm,"they claimed^ was the object of their hatred, hot Jews.
One marcher carried a sign saying that Jews and Arabs could live in peace if it were not for "Zionism's" aggression. It was even suggested that "Zionism" oppressed the Jew as much as it did the Arab. . ^
GERMAN AMONG "ARABS"' Despite their objections 1 still got the impression that it was the Jews the demonstrators were chanting their slogans against It was not that cry I heard halfway through the demonstration "down with the Jews" that bothered me, or one semi-comic demonstrator, a buffoon with long bla(:k bair, moustache and black sweatPr holding in a pot belly, babbling words in German which translated in English to "kill the rest Pf the Jews." They did not make me feel -uneasy; I took them for the exceptions, for th^ crackpots
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