SHABBAT SHALOM.' FRIDAY, NOV. 19, 1971—KISLEV 1,
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mounts pro-Arab drive at United Nations
liiAd Winners protest USSR Jewisli policy
PARIS — Forty-five intellectuals, including four Nober Prize wtahers, have issued a joint Open Letter calling upon the Soviet Union to release prisoners from jail, lift cultural restrictions and permit Russia's
*he Middle East issiue a top prior- According to the report, Chinese tiy. The 45 mcluded Nobel Prize ity item on their agenda. The diplomats, stopping in Cairo on wmners J^-Paul Sartre, Rene Chinese also will be mobiUzing their way to the United Nations, SfJ®?L5fKastler and An- all their resources to unite the told a high official of the Foreign are uwou. non-aligned "Third World" count- Ministry that the Chinese support
tries to support a pro-Arab Egypt's struggle against internat-
UNITED NATIONS - Political observers here report that the del^ation of the People's Republic of China intends to make the Middle East issue a top prior-
position.
This view has been confirmed by a report in Cairo's semiofficial newspaper Al Ahram.
French extradition
TEL AVIV —Following surprise ratification Jby French Senate of extradition treaty with Israel, in abeyance since 1959, official request for Claude Lipsky's extradition is expected. French-Jewish financier fled to Israel in wake of major money scandal.
Gvil moiriages
JERUSALEM — Premier Golda Meir has ruled out civil marriage for Israel on grounds it would
ional imperialism and for Egypt's t„iu ?hr„a*^n« ah^^^^^ off/iote »K^.Jn o ^P"' nation. Adding that ap-
P®*^® plication of religious law should be 'laced with mercy', she claimed
that
At H^rew U. dinner
GENERAL YITZHAK RABIN SPEAKS HERE TOMORROW
GENERAL YITZHAK RABIN
The State of Israel's Ambas- Joseph H. Cohen
sador to 4he United States and former Chief of Staff of the Israel Armed Forces, His excellency General Yitzhak Rabin, will address the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University's sixth annual dinner, tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 20 at the Bayshore Inn. His topic will be "Prospects of Peace in the Middle East".
and Mrs. Ted Cohen, along with their committee, have completed all arrangements for the arrival of Ambassador Rabin and Mrs. Rabin.
"It is indeed an honor to have the opportunity to give this distinguished pair a true feeling of Western Canadian hospitality," said the dinner chairmen. Dinner reservations can be made
Dr. Sidney Civkin, president by calling Mrs. Gerald Stern at
of the Vancouver chapter Canadian 325-3351 or can be purchased at
Friends of the Hebrew University, the Bayshore Inn on Saturday even-
and his dinner chairman Mrs. ing.
EVERYONE VOTES SUNDAY FOR ZIONIST CONGRESS DELEGATES
History will be made this coming Sunday, Nov. 21st when Zionists of every political and non-political shade who have enrolled in the Jerusalem Program will go to the polls. For the first time in Canadian Zionist history a democratic election will be held to select 16 delegates to represent Canadian Zionism at the World Zionist Congress to be held in Jerusalem in January 1972.
Vancouver polling station will be in the Main Lounge of the Jewish Community Centre, which will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
It has been emphasized that only those who have subscribed as members of the Jerusalem Program are eligible to vote
Donations to UJA and Zionist affiliations do not make an individual eligible to vote, officials stressed. The vote is limited to those 18 years of age and over.
The Vancouver election will be under supervision and scrutiny of the Vancouver Zionist Committee comprised of members of the following organizations: Habonim Zionist Society, Mizr-achi Women, Pioneer Women, Poalei Zionist organization, Federated Zionist Organization, Zionist Organization of Canada, Young Judaea, Hadassah.
The voting is based on the list System similar to that of Israel. The voter will cast one vote for (Continued on Page 15) See ZIONIST ELECTIONS
ISRARWONTTAIK UNnUETS GIVEN
JERUSALEM — Israel has informed the United iStates through diplomatic channels that it will not participate further in talks on an interim Suez agii'eement as long as the U.S. continues to withhold the Phantom jets Israel has asked for, it was learned from authoritative sources. That position was said to have been the concensus of the Cabinet which (^cussed the matter. Washington has been told that Israel cannot continde negotiating while she is aware that the balance of power in the area is undergoing a change through Soviet supplies of war materiel to Egjrpt, including planes, the sources said.
in the Middle East.
Al Ahram also reported China and Egypt have had "important diplomatic contacts" on the Mideast situation.
At the same time, China and Lebanon have announced establishment of diplomatic ties. This, according to observers here, is another move to consolidate a base for the Chinese in their effort to play a leading role in the UN. E^rre"centlv The announcement of the Peking- recently Beirut ties followed China's re-establsihment of diplomatic relations with Tunisia and Burundi three weeks ago and an announcement recently by Premier Chou En-lai that China cannot open normal relations with Israel.
On Oct. 25 Israel voted to seat mainland China in the UN and to oust Taiwan.
Burundi broke relations with China in 1965 and Tunisia broke relations in 1967. Each charged China with subversion.
A letter sent recently by the Israel government to the Chinese government congratulating Peking on being admitted to the UN was returned to Israel unopened and marked •'Undeiiverable — No Diplomatic Relations."
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supported in that attitude by 'a renowned rabbinical authority.'
Postpone U.N. debofe
JERUSALEM - Egypt has reportedly asked U.N. General Assembly to defer Mideast debate, which had been scheduled for later this month, until four African presidents who visited Israel and completed their fact-finding mission for Mideast peace.
Generals in Gnbitoeit
JERUSALEM — Reliable sources report Gen. Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's Ambassador to U.S., is slated to become Minister of Development in 1972 or early 1973 and Israeli Chief-of-Staff, General Halm Bar-Lev, will b^ new Minister of Trade and Industry early next year.
hnniigriition abuse
JERUSALEM — Absorption Minister Natan Peled has approved recommendations of an inter-ministerial committee to preventpro-fiteering and other abuses by new immigrants of privileges granted them by the government.
Eorly Community Fund returns record substantkil increases
Joseph H. Cohen, chairman of the Jewish Community Fund, which has just started its annual appeal, indicates preliminary and early returns reveal that almost a hundred percent increase in giving is the pattern which is being established in this year's campaign. This much needed increase is unique in the Fund's history, said Mr. Cohen noting that he and his co-workers are looking forward to an extremely successful drive.
This increased support must be maintained, the chairman stated.
whether from an old time resident or a newcomer, whether a young man just starting out to make a living or a more mature and affluent individual. Everyone living in the community has a moral obligation to support the programs and the institutions that service so many people.
Dr. A. Bogoch, president of the Jewish Community Fund and Council, stressed that this pheno-minal response is due primarily to the dedicated leadership qualities and abilities of Mr. Cohen and his "minyan" of vice-chairmen. He further stated that the first
combined local appeal for the Vancouver Jewish Community was launched by the Jewish Community Council seven years ago, also under the chairmanship of Mr. Cohen, and at that time it successfully reached its' objective of $101,000 which then supplied only eight beneficiaries.
Currently, with the substantial growth in the community, coupled with e}q;>ansion of programs and institutions, the campaign ob-.> jective is $175,000, to service more than twice as many agencies as existed in former years.
JOSEPH SEGAL (right), vice-chairman, Community Fond campaign, Is seen here handing canvass card to John Eskin, one of the many hard-working canvas^is. Morrie Saltzman, executive secretary of the Community Fund, looks on.
