yoLXXXVT. No. 48, TEVET 3, 5730
:\W;3l:j": ^T^iHDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1969
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kelease 4 IsraeKs in exchange for 71 Arabs
TEL AVIV — Chanuka celebra-tions in Israel were augmented last weekend by the nation^s joy at the release after more than three montiis* captivity in' Damascus of the two TWA Israeli hijack vietims. Prof. Shlomo Samueloff aztd Sallah Muallem wene embraced by their wives aitti children and received warm handshakes fromi Premier Golda Meir^,. Foreign Minister Abba Eban and Minister of Transport Moshe Carmel. They had been released in excJiange for 13 Syrian prisoners held by IsraeL
There Was an equally poignant if more quiet scene of re-
VEGAS RABBI WINS FIGHT ON PUBLIC CHRIST STATUE
NEW TOBK-^Las Vegas, Nev-th^ g^bliiig-dhd-g^lie , town jco^^'kib&nasftrt^i Western
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' Flan to pUce th^~ wmmient M jnibUc prop^tiy:as«art of a peace .shrine has beien Sapped due to efforts of Babbl Aaron S; <3old df Temple Be^ l^lom at Las Vegas. The American v Jewish Congress pledged its legal iussist-ance to prevent what it considered to be a violation of the constitutional separation of Church and Stale.
Rabbi Gold has reported that .the Clark Couhty Ministerial As-sociatioi^ which he heads, had pa^ised a resolution rejecting any
"religious symbol" on public pro*
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eitialial^f^ri^lim ^axip wiH ndt^ lave a teligtoiis symbol l3Us year. Last year, vatk -The An-^
^undaticttf' nt^as,depicted on the stamii^'and in previous years it was'Saiita .Claus and Christmas
trees. .
The Post Office Departm^t,; replying to A.J.C.'s objections to Chrktmas stamps,^aid they could not be abandoned, but agreed that'the stamps should be "relatively non-rsectarian in character*'. A Maine snow scene will be depicted this year.
union at a military hospital where two downed pilots exchanged for 58 Egyptian war prisoaeis saw their: ftoilliesfdr the first time in montbs. Miaj. Nissim Ashkenazi ai&d . Capt. Giora Bomm were greeted by Defense Minister Moshe Dayan. and chief of Staff Chaim Bar Lev. Both said they were held In solitary eondfinement and ndther was .aware of the other's presence until freed. Capt Bomm's first question after liis release was, f won the elections?''
The excitement of having the prisoners; home overshadowed, at least for the time being, the fact that Israel had to yield to a kind of "blackmail" to secure their release, hobservers :said» This was a bitter pill ■ especially for government of flcials whp said repeated-ly that Israel would not exchange legitimate war 'prisoners for illegally held, hijacked civilians; But. Gen«.jDayan conceded later it^&f nd„miUtipubLactibmcQul(4 N^ye bxought th^iyhlMti6F^home:alive.'
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ISamu^offf4d and lifuallem, 44j unshaven and wearing open collar rshirts, looked worn and haggard as they recounted their ordeal. Muallem, who speaks fluent Arabic said he was beaten v and tortured for days as the Syrians attempted to extract military in-fonnation intelligence he could not have given since he was excused from military service for health reasons. He said: the Syrians wanted to know about tanks and planes. Th^ questioned him, took him into a darkened room where he was beaten and finally threw him into solitary confine-
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ment. Later hfe was placed in the same cell with Prof. Samueloff, he said.
The Professor said he was not subjected to physical maltreatment but to psychological tort,ure. "We came face to face with hatred," he said. "We do not hate them, and yet such hatred as they showed for us I have never seen in my life."
Prof. Samueloff said the only Syrian who was humane was a young doctor who treated both prisoners. The others, he said, "have a very different conception of humanity, human rights, liberty and of human treatment."
Poor conditidn
Both men said that during incarceration; they read chapters and Psalms from a Bible which Mr. Muallem^s family sent them in a Red Ciioss parcel. Mr. Muallem also gave Prof.' Samueloff lessons in Arabic. "So the days passed," Prof, Samueloff said later at his horae.,^e^d,h^ like- the^^ Gestapo was present
cell. said thai wn^ he was permitted to'write to his family« a Syrian once looked over his shoulder as he tried to put down a few innocuous lines. 1 'Tlie Syrian seemed to enjoy his job. My hands were trembling.."
Maj. Ashkenazi and Capt. Romm were reportedly in poor condition when ferried across the canal. They werfe taken to a hospital where both will undergo treatment for several months. An Israeli spokesman said they suffered fractures of hands and legs and both underwent surgery at Egyptian hands. Maj. Ashkenazi underwent an operation for the seventh time only four days be-_ fore his release and will have to have further orthopedic surgery, Israeli doctors who examined the pilots said their medical care in E^ypt was inadequate.
Sytla denounced
Israel meanwhile published list of the Egyptians and Sjnrians freed. In addition to two Syrian j(Bt pilots, the Syrians included five intelligence agents captured in liie Golah Heights and six civilians who had infiltrated into Israel for terrorism since the Six-Day Wsff. Egyptian^ included pilot of a^ Sukhpy bomber, Maj.
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Gollio gets oxteissioii
JERUSALEM—Teu more days
we^ accorded to Premier Golda
M^: after She reported faUure
to'form a new natippal coalition
government during the 21 dasra
allotted to her. Chief obstacle has
been refusal of Mapam to join a
' coalition with Gahal based on a
joint program.
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Day off prayer
JERUSALEM—A day of prayer and supplication for Jews in the Soviet Union and those in distress in Arab countries was observed throughout Israel in answer to a eall by-Chief Rabbinate. Avinu Maikenu was added to penitential prayers for the day and selected psalms to min-cha. -
Cancer antibiotic
TEL AVIV-— Bar^Ilan University has announcig|j discovery of an anti-biotic for :<»e in the fight aganst cancer. Proven to be an encouraging element in treatment of metastatic cancer in initial clinical trials, it was discovered by Dr. V; Adler, profesr sor of microbiology at the university.
Israelis return
HAIFA—Twenty former Israe-* lis returned recently from France among 183 settlers abOard ~Zim ship,: Moledet. Ship; also ^rou^-two groups of young Christians: from Switzerland and Denmark, to work in kibbutzim for three :
open house Sunday
The cdnuhunity is being invited to an opehhouse visit and tour of: the new school.building of,Van-c'ouver Talmud Torah 2fith and Oak St., this Sunday, Dec. 14,1 to 4 p.m.
Guided tours will be taken through the premises every half hour conunencing at 1 p.m. with refreshments served following inspection of the modem school building.
School officials have asked everyone in the community to attend the open house tours. Entry is oh 26th Ave. at Oak St.
CHANUKA AT MJCmia
SAN FRANCISCO — Indians who have occupied Alcatraz Island, site of a former Federal penitentiary, participated in the celebration of Chanuka in tradi-tional style. A boatload of Jewish food was brought to them by members of the local chapter of the American Jewish Congress who .kindled a menorah on the island in San Fransco Bay and recited the Chanuka blessings.
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VANCOUVER JEWISH YOUTH Torchlight Parade for Chanuka is seen assembling at Beth Israel synagogue parking lot Dec. 6 for its march down Oak St. to the Centre where all Jewish youth groups in the city participated in a Chanuka Program; Many adults joined the parade which was sponsored by the Vancouver Jewish Youth CounciL
Ig^l is sdlin9^ W in shadow
BERLIN — For the pric#of 2,300 marks ($460) everyone (excepting Zionists) is being inyited to purchase a lovely and convenient burial plot in sunny Egypt, according to a brochure issued by the Egyptian commercial attache in Western CJer-many. The announcement, directed largely to doctors, tourist bureaus, and funeral establishments, invites Germany's elder citizens'to spend their last years in Egypt, and failng that, to arriahge to be buried in the shadow of the pyramids.
The brochure offers the following price list: An ordinary grave—2,300 marks; a roomier grave dug in ro<^ earth:— 5,000 marks. Mausoleiuns are priced from 10,000 to 25,000 marks..
"It would seem that Egypt, gravely short of new export items, is^now in'^the business of selling graves!" one observer noted wryly.
