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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13i 1968
f6 save Ai J. truce
egypt announces '*DEFENsiV|e" action as prior to june war
Watch on the River Jordan
CROUCHING behind shallow ground cover, an Israeli soldier maintains his; watch for terrorists on the Jordan River cease-fire line, Uzzi submachine gun at the ready. In addition to manpower, a $10 million security fence was constructed along the tense northern border with-Jordan and was unveiled for newsmen recently. This is one example of the heavy financial burdens Israeli ta^ayers must bear.
Beirut, Lebanon — The military command of the Egyptian armed forces announced on Sunday that it would launch, "preventive defense operations" against Israeli military positions a-long the eastern bank of the Suez Canal.
An Egyptian spokesman, who was quoted by the Cairo radio, monitored here, said:
"In view of concentration of enemy fire on Egyptian cities, the General Command of the Armed Forces of the United Arab Republic Willi initiate preventive defense operations against the aggressive Israeli forces, which concentrate their fire on "civilian-populated Egyptian cities."
Informed sources here believe that this means that Egyptian forces will use Soviet-made, ground-to-ground rockets to destroy Israeli positions along the canal.
^Sunday's new outbreak oi
State Department criticises Israel
by /. L. KE\E\
The State Department opposed the adoption of the Demor cratic Party's pledge to assist Israel with supersonic aircraft, presumably the
Phantom jets which she has been requesting without success for many months. The Department went out of its way to reveal that it is
by MJ.NURENBERGER
ST. LEONARD; EXERCISE IN HYPOCRISY
Many questions have been raised in recent weeks concerning the tendency of some in Quebec to impose French as the main language of instruction in the public school system. One of the criticisms leveled at Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson was the decision of his government practically to support those in the Montreal suburb of St. Leonard who insist that children of Italian immigrants must attend French language schools.
Those who criticized the so-called "French'only" tendency seem to have forgotten that there is no ecj[Uality of opportunity for French speaking and English speaking citizens in Canada not because of persecution of the French but because of the facts of life prevailing in North America.
When people speak of equality of the two languages, do they honestly believe that French speaking cttizens.in Toronto or Windsor would have the same; opportunity to live in the sphere of their own culture as given English speaking Montrealers? Isn't it a fact that Montreal ahready isbilingual, that Toronto never will be?: It is not true that French intellectuals-to whom their culture and civilization, their retention and safeguard, are more important than bread—now see the writing on the wall if this bilingual situation continues? •■. .;
If children of iinmigrants in Quebec are educated in English, if there is no such thing as the language of French.Canada, why should Quebeckers to whom the preservation of French is not vital prefer French to English which is the language of North America? :
No one as^^has answered the^uestion of how French will survive in Quebec, in the coining generation, in a generation when the Church whichsayed French plays no more the role it had assuihed. And this exactly is the problem plaguing those concerned with the survival of French Canada as a cultural aiid linguistic entity,- .
In my opinion, except for some extremists there |s no racial or chauvinistic peculiarity to this movement to impose. French supremacy in Quebec. Nor has this position anything to do with political separatism. Quite to the contrary, the solution of the problein by declaring Quebec a cultural center of Fretich Canada may save the situation.
Also I do not believe there is an essential diffeir-^eri^eon this issue between Prime Minister Trudeau and\Premier Johnson. Both want French to sjiryive. But 'how could it, in -competition with En^ish,^fv botl^ languages are "equal?" ' ^
delaying a decision on Israel's purchase of Phantoms, because it is dissatisfied with the policies Israel is following.
The Democratic national convention adopted an election platform which included a section stating;
"The Middle East remains a powder keg. As long as Israel is threatened by hostile and well-armed neighbours we will assist her with essential military equipment needed for her defence, including the most advanced types of combat aircraft,"
State Department oppo-
l»ean Fiisk, Secretary of Slate
sition was bluntly reveaied in ian off-the-recbrd briefing given by a senior official, to a group , of correspondents in Washington a fortnight ago. He catalogued differences between the United States and Israel on anumber of issues:
A dispute over the amount of compensation which Israel should pay for. damage to the U.S.S. Liberty, mistakenly attacked on June 5 last year at. the start of the Six-Day War; Israel's refusal to sign the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons; Israel's insistence on direct peace talks with the Arabs and her militant policy in: combating Arab terrorism.
The Scripps-Howard chain of hewspaperscarriedai syndicated column which said that the State Department
would resist pressures to sell Israel the 50 Phantom jets she has requested, "e-ven if the Democratic Party adopts a platform plank urging the sale." As all the Democratic candidates for the Presidency, as well as the Republican convention, have endorsed the supply of supersonic aircraft to Israel, the State Department seems to be fighting a losing battle, and observers find it difficult to understand why the Department launched it.
Opponents of Israel here in Chicago appealed in vain to the programme committee to avoid any Middle East commitments. Mr. F r a nk Sa k ran, of the American Council of the Middle East, referred to G all up polls which were said to show that most Americans would op-
)ose sending arms to Israel
f war broke out.
Earlier, in Washington, the American Council for Judaism presented their traditional anti-Zionist testimony and theyj too, cited the Gallup polls.
But, in the end, it was the pro-Israel y i ew of the A-merican-Isriel P u b 1 i c Affairs Committee, presented by Rabbi PhUip Bernstein on behalf of all major American Jewish organisations, which won the endorsement of the convention.
ENVOY YOSEF TEKOAH
artillery, tank, motor and machine gun fire across the length of the Suez Canal brought the United Nations Security Council into emergency session.
Both Israel and Egypt called for the meeting, accusing each other of starting the latest violation of this ceasefire agreement. ;
UN Secretary; General U Thant informed the Council of the latest reports from Norwegian Maj. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of the. UN truce supervisory organization. UN observers a)peared to have followed the outbreak from the beginning, but Bull did not say which side actually started the firing.
The report indicated, however, that the hostilities began when Israeli troops removed a mine, apparently laid" by Arab Infiltrators, six miles north of PortTau-flq. E xpioslons were Immediately beard and soon after firing from theEgyptianslde of the canal commenced.
The Bull report and Israeli charges agreed that eight Israeli soldiers were killed and 1"? wounded before a new cease-fire finally became effective. There had been more than four hours' shooting from both sides of the canal from Qantara In the north to Pon .Taufiq in the south.
Bull also reported that UN observation posts were hit by Egyptian fire and the communications postatQan-tara was put out of commission.
YosefTekoah, Israeli ambassador denounced the action as a "flagrant and unprovoked violation of the cease-fire." He charged that immediately following the defusing of the mine by Israeli field engineers, Egyptian military positions opened fire on them and on other Israeli forces In the area^ That fire wasreturnedby the Israelis.
Soon after Egyptian artillery opened up along the length of the canal. He said that when the UN demanded an Immediate cease-fire, Israel compiled, but Egypt did not and contbiued shelling. Israeli forces answered In kind, Tekoah said.
A second ceaserfIre was^ then arranged and calm returned exceptforsoihesmall Egyptian arms in the Port Taufiq airea, he said.
Tekoah raised the possil)-Ulty tha:t Egyptian civilians were hit by Israeli fire. He said that Egyptian batteries were sometimes placed next to hospitals, schools and public buildings. Egypt had turned a deaf ear to Red Cross-requests that this policy cre-^ ated serious dangers to the civilian population, Tekoah said.
He said that Egyptian statements. Issued since the attaick began,"proclaim in unequivocal terms" the action "is to be regarded as the beginning.of a newEgyp- ., tlanipollcy^ln the warfare: against Israel."
Egyptian Ambassador Mo-harned El Kony provided an entirely different version, but did not give much detail. He charged that Israel had been looking for a pretext for fuH-scale military operations . against Egypt and, without waiting for the Coun-
cil to act on a prior complaint, had opened fire a-galnst Egypt in the Port Tauflz area, causing "heavy losses of civilian life".
E1 Kony promised to "keep the council Informed" of what occurred.
(In the United Nations, It was reported that the Israelis had used missiles during the clash,)
Mitchell Sharp
HOUSING SHORTAGE BARS IMMIGRATION
Jerusalem (JCNS) - The Jewish Agency had been com-peUed to reject applicants for Immigration because of a housing shortage, particularly In Jerusalem, Leo Dultzln, the Agency's treasurer and acting chairman, said last week.
He reported that only 3200 immigrants would arrive from the United States this year Instead of the 5000 who would have come If homes had been available in Jerusalem.
Mr. Dultzin said that he had referred the situation to the Housing Ministry on his return from the United States six months ago, but it had done nothing.
PARADE .
Jerusalem (JCNS) - The Israeli Cabinet has accepted. widespread opinion that Israel In her year of majority does not heed to display her military strength, except when necessary In combat, and It decided that the twen-tyrfirst anniversary of Independence next April will be celebrated without a central military parade. This win be the first time the parade wlU not be held.
The standing Cabinet committee on ceremonial will -study the question of alternative celebrations. It has already beensuggestiBdbyLt,-Gen. Halm Barlev, the Chief of Staff, that the popular annual four-day majrch should end on Independence Day.
Earlier the Ministry told the press that there was enough housing for Immigrants this year, but admitted that its present plans would not satisfy demand in 1969 and 19.70.
A decision has still not been reached on the division of functions for Immigrant absorption between the Jewish Agency and the nascent Ministry for Integration.
So far there is provisional agreement for the Agency to continue to be responsible for settlers who are likely to need financial and social aid for a lopg time, while the Ministry, headed by Mr, Yl-gal AUon. the Deputy Prime Minister, will be concerned with Immigrants needing ad-Vice or help in the first stages of settlement only.
The Agency will continue to administer immigrant hostels, absorption centres and Intensive Hebrew courses and the new Ministry will coordinate the activities of all Government departments concerning Immigrant reception, including the Ministries of the Interior, Housing and Labor and customs.
There has been agreement that local representatives of the Agency and Government departments concerned with immigrants will open offices In the same building.
However, fears that the present situation will not change are reinforced by the declaration of the Agency . staff committee that it will not allow the employment of new personnel in jobs hitherto done by Its members.
This means. In effect, that it win not allow thenew Ministry to function unless: It takes oftJewish Agency staff, and It Is against some of these that complaints of Inefficiency have been levelled.
FOREIGN
MINISTERS TO CANADA
by the CJN diplomatic editor
Quietly but with determination Canada, through its Secretary of State for External Affairs/Mitchell Sharp, and this month's Security Council President George Ignatieff, is trying to help save from complete collapse the Middle East ceasefire-structure.
These behind-the-scenes activities have become knovvn following the announcement in Jerusalem, _ Cairo and Ottawa that the two leading diplomats ' of Israel and the United Arab Republic are coming to visit the Canadian capital.
OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
This week Ottawa confirmed officially that Abba Eban, Israel's Foreign Minister, and Mah-moud Riad, Foreign Minister of Egypt, will pay an official visit to Canada.
The External Affairs Department in Ottawa stated that the Egyptian Foreign Minister will be in our capital towards the end of this month. He will be followed by Israel's Foreign Minister Eban In the latter part of October, probably on the 21st.
Both foreign ministers will confer separately with the Hon. Mitchell Sharp, our Foreign Minister, following brief conferences with Mr. George Iqnatieff, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations.
These visits have aroused the speculation that Canada is trying to prevent the precarious peace in the Middle East from crumbling. By then it will be known exactly how much or how little the Jarring Mission has achieved in bringing together the two parties to discuss a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
HOPE DESPITE FIGHTING In Ottawa as well as in Washington and London leaders of government refused to accept the pessimistic view that Egypt's new belligerence, manifested by the severest fighting this week along the Suez Canal, spells an end to the hope for peace.
It now is clear that the Soviet Union is making an effort to activate the fighting in the Middle East towards the Soviet concept of the brink of war.
The danger is great. The number of killed and wounded in the last battle at this Suez and the verbal clash at the United Nations Security Council have added a sour note to the news about the possibilities of peace.
SOVIET DIKTAT
Israel lost about 10 soldiers killed, 17 wounded; Cairo admitted to 12 of its troops having fallen at the Suez. Damage in the Egyptian cities is very heavy while in Israel the hawks are accijsing the government-leadership of appeasing the Arab extremists.
Diplomatic observers are convinced that it is the Soviet Union which dictates to the Arabs an intensification of both terror inside Israel and harass-nient of the borders in order to remove the political pressure, from Czechoslovakia^
to compare the position of French under assault to that of English in English CafiadalslTipxercJse in hyi)ocrisy; On the other hand, one is concerned why Quebeckers should impose French upon children of immigrants only, there must be one law for all.
' I .still believe tlut-soniething similar to the can-tonai, linguistic division eif Canada on the Swiss model may be the(8olution. /
IRAN
JEWS AID
New York M 325,000 Rials ($4,300) has been transmitted by the North American Joint Dlstributloh Committee to the Red Lion and Sun Society, the Iranian Red. Cross organization, towards relief of the ylctlms of the earthquake disaster which /struck Eastern Iran,. It was ,
announced in New York by Louis D. Horwitz, JD^rDir rector General.
In addition- to the cash ' . ________ ...
contribution. 30,0p6.1bs. of rlran, d.uring another earth-
flour and 4,000 lbs. of edible oil have been made available to alleviate the plight of the survivors. The flour and oil represent jpart of the U.S. donated Food for Peace supplies used by the JDC office In Iran for its regular feeding and relief programs for needy, Jews In that country.
Donations in caish and kind have previously been made by the JDC when similar catastrophles occurred
in
quake in 1962 and when floods ravaged Teheran that same year, Mr. Horwitz stated. , J^C is the Wjor North American ■ agency aiding needy Jews overseas and receiving funds for its health and welfare programs from the United Jewish Appeal of Canada and the United States. The JDC 'program in Iran provides help in various forms to nearly one third of the country's Jewishpopula-. tion of some 75,000.
Washington— Richard M. Nixon told B'nai B'nth that ^the vital conditions for^Mldr.. east peace are' firm guarajir tees of Israeli sovereignty, an end to Soviet military expansion and improvement of Arab living standards.
The Republican presidential nominee said that a settlement in the region should Include " solid guarantees". that the captured territories that Israel occupied "will never again be usedasbajses of aggression or sanctuaries for terrorism" against Israel.
Nixon added: "It is my view that for 'Israel to take formal and final possession of the occupied territories would be a grave mistake,"
"At the same time," he ^ald, "it is not realistic to expect Israel to surrender vital bargaining counters in the absence of a genuine peacexand'effective guarantees/'-.; ■ ■ ■"■ .'""N .-.'
Nixon.released his first comprehensive campaign statement on United States policy in ihe. Mideast, his Iheme^for an address tonight tof^tlie B'nai B'rith triennial
convention.
Before going to the c.on-ventlpn, Nixon was briefed by Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Ambassador to Moscow Llewelyn E.Thompson on developments in the
• Soviet leadership in the last 10 years. '
urges' A STRONG ISRAEL In laying down the "facts of life", he charged that the Johnson administration has been ."uncertain and ineffectual" ;. in confronting Soviet military and diplomatic expansion In the Mideast. :
Nixon had these recommendations for peace in the area:
.. *.In the short term, the regional military balance of power "must, be tipped in Israel's favor"becausa!'the danger of war increases In dir'ect ratio t6theconfidence of certain Arab leaders that they could win ttiat war."H( repeated iiiis;backing for V.'S. supply of Phantom jetBif the balancei requires them. / ,
• * The u.S., to counter Soviet expansion-dating to the czars, "must deal directly with tiie Soviets on the
subject of the Middle East" and force them to "reexamine their own policy to avoid a collision course,"
* The U.S. must adhere "to a firm and unwavering commitment to the national existence of Israel", recognizing that "its enemies can
afford to fight a war and lose, and come back to fight again; Israel cannot afford to lose
once,"
* Any Middle East settlement must include access for ships of all nations to a reopened Suez Canal and, the Straits of Tiran
ISRAELIS QPPpSE BIRTH CONTROL;
; by Rafael E. Gill Director, Pori Public Opinion • Research of Israel
Jerusalem (Special) - More than 58 per cent of Jewish married couples in Israel donot use contraceptives of any sort, 31 per cent said they did use them, while 11 per cent refused to reveal their practice, according to the latest Pori nation-wide survey published in Tel Aviv September 13.
Of the 58 per cent, nine per cent said they did not .use contraceptives because of ^'religious and moral" reasons: six per centbecause they never heard of them; 19 per cent because of tlieir old age, and 25 per cent said they did not use contraceptives On purpose. ;
■ Tiie.researchers interviewed 1,247 married couples as a representative sample of Jewish married coupjes in Israel. ,
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