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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28,1969
Pearson fells Arabs the irufh
AJCNS exclusive
By MAX BELOFF, Professor of Government and Public Administration, Oxford University
IN an essay entitled "Rootless Cosmopolitans" In the No-,\ember Issue of Encounter, Itself based on an address given to the Londpn Association of Jewish Graduates, I used in relation to the German SDS —the extreme Left-wing student move* ment — the phrase " anti-Israel and henceantisemitlc direction" to describe its line. It has been suggested thai this phrase risks being misunderstood in a wider context, and that it ought perhaps to be explained.
When 1 say "anti-Israel and hence antisemitic " I do not of course imply that every individual who takes a pro-Arab and anti-Israeli attitude towards the Middle East problem is necessarily molivalcd by antisemitic feelings, overt or suppressed. I am, of course, well aware that there are people in this country --someof them personal friends —who regret the establishment of the State of Israel because Of its effect upon Britain's own position in the Middle East, or who deplore some aspects of Israel's more recent policies, and who would yet never countenance any discrimination aeainst Jewish citizens of the tmlted Kingdom and would indeed actively oppose anv manifestation of aff antisemitic* kind.-Some of Ihem might be classed In the language of an earlier period aS judaeophiles.
Political pressure
What I have in mind Is not something relating to individuals but to the inexorable pressure of political considerations which may get people into positions which they would not otherwise have reached.
It is of course clearly so in East Europe. Vulgar antisemi-tism Is obviously incompatible with Marxism. But in a totalitarian country any particular connection that a group of citizens may have with the external world is inevitably suspect. Zio-
nism which suggested that Soviet Jews might be affected by a movement external to Soviet Communism was anathema to the Soviet authorities long before the political re-entry of the Russians Into the Middle East, and their espousal of Arab nationalism as the most effective local force for their own purposes.
Many Jews in the Soviet Union may have been unaffected by these developments; some clear-. !y were not. Some feeling that the fate of Israel was their affair obviously existed in some quarters. And the same has been true of .lews elsewhere in Communist Europe. The only certain way of making sure that Zionism or even pro-Israeli sentiment was thoroughly stamped upon was not to try to draw distinctions betwieen Jews who cherisiied pro-Israeli sentiments however vague and Jews in general.
Complicated issues
It was easier in many countries to mobilise for this purpose the traditional themes of antisemitic propaganda than to excite active support for, or interest in, the Arab cause. It thus ' became and is impossible to distinguish the repression of Zion--1st tendencies from antisemitisra in word and deed.
In the democracies of the West the issues are more complicated. For those who believe that the interests of their own countries or of the West at large are to seek an accommodation with Arab nationalism at the expense of Israel, their Jewish citizens are an obstacle. In my Encounter article I referred to the particularly tragic case of General de Gaulle. Despite the traditional antisemitism of the milieu from which he came, I know of no evidence that he was himself antisemitic; Jews played, not unnaturally, a considerable role in his original movement.
It was only when having settled the Algerian war and having de-
cided to attempt to rebuild France's position and prestige in the Arab world that he found it necessary to cut back on France's commitments to Israel, and discovered that the threat to Israel's security which this posed produced hostile reactions m France, and of course most obviously among French Jews. It was resentment and not getting his own way without opposition in a matter of foreign policy that led him to the almost overtly antisemitic tone of some of his utterances around the time of the Six-Day War.
In the United States the prob-lem did not arise to any great extent until the Second World War. The United States, having no special interests in the Middle East other than those generated by some missionary and educational activities. American Jews were free to follow a Zionist line and to bring pro-Zionist pressures to bear upon the Government, without singling themselves out among other pressure groups. But once the United States did come to feel that it had important economic and security interests in the area, a school of policy-makers was bound to come into existence which thought that these could best be forwarded to taking a , pro-Ar.alj Jine.
Jewish vote
They naturally and inevitably resented the political pressures upon American statesmen inherent in the existence of an identifiable "Jewish vote." And from resenting Uie political Influences of Jewish voters or writers to feeling that the Jews themselves were a nuisance, was not a long step.
In Britain a similar development went back much further, indeed to the time of the Balfour Declaration itself. Butthere have been differences. The " Jewish vote " is not a factor of significance in Britain. But American criticism of British policies in the Middle East could
be put down to the American "Jewish vote" and produce some of the same reactions among pro-Arab British officials, as among their American counterparts later on. The failure to . cany the Gov«Fnmi«nt ""ilb >hem as far as they would ale has naturally produced among pro-Arab British politicians a search for the reasons for this fact.
The existence of .lewish members of Parliament in particular on the Labour side has been advanced as one reason. Influence on the press through Jewish advertisers or because of the existence of quite a contingent of Jewish iournalists can be alleged as another.
The argument then is that if it were not for the existence of British Jewi7-for sympathies with Israel are, of course, not confined to Jews who call themselves Zionists or take an active part in Zionist work—Britain would have followed a policy of enlightened self-interest which
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Dr. Lewis Hertzman, chairman of the York University History Department, was one of the brilliant . thinkers at Harrison, Hot Springs, who suggested a new foreign policy for Canada. What makes his idea reislly interesting is its originality: not only would he like Canada to leave NATO and NORAD but this country should be "nonaligned". Now, he said, Canada finds itself in a position vis-i-vis the West, as Bulgaria with regard to the Soviet Union. So what is his idea of a nonaligned nation? Said Pundit Hertzman: what Canada should t>e striving for is a position like
that of Yugoslavia (Bulgaria's neighbor).
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I could point out to Prof. Hertzman how "non-aligned" Tito is. He must have read the Yugoslav dictator's speech made in Algiers when he visited his "nonaligned" friend, Houari Boiimedienne, the dictator of Algeria, a few weeks ago. Not only did the nonpartisan Tito hail the Arab war against Ismel-and the Arab war is 6n-hut he also commended the terrorists who are killing women and ch&dren in Israel. Every student of history in Hertzmah's class probai-bly knows how nonaligned Nasser, Tito's bosom pal, is, and how objective the third member is of the nonaligned trio, Mrs. Nehru of India.
Of course, Hertzman would not listen to true wisdom by such an eminent teacher like Prof. Maxwell Cohen of McGill who had one word to describe these new ideas about placing Canada outside the Western AlUance and outside its geographic position: foolish.
I rather liked Foreign Minister Mitchell Sharp's ^counterattack against ,the clever armchair, foreign affairs, would-be politicians who so lightly dismissed Canada's rOlje in the Western Alliance. Mr. Sharp said wittily:
"I get muibh more radical ideas from the Establish-ment in the External Affairs Department than from the so-called leftist radicals here."
I think Sharp did not say more because, as head of the External Affaha Department, he cannot tell the so-called radical members of the foreign policy panel of the Lll>eral Party how necessary it is for Canada to remain within the Western Alliance.
Perhaps it is time to tell off all theseyyise guys who continuously) are knocking the Ugly American and want us to bielieve that Washington could be
THE THINKERS'IDEAL: CANADA LIKE YUGOSLAVIA
compared with Moscow. Perhaps it is time to stop this nonsense; about America's being the villain of the world community because it refuses to hand over to the Communists any couiitry the Reds are softening for a revolution of "anti-imperialist" Uberatron. Today it is Vietnam, tomorrow it may be Indonesia, after tomorrow the Philippines or South Korea, then even India. And I won't mention Israel because, despite all the intrigue involved, it never will be softened from withfai.
Maybe Mr. Sharp owes it to some universities to establish a course of foreign policy for some professors of history and some chairmen of departments. It may help clear the atmosphere and make our young people realize in ^at sort of position we ire now, we fai the free world who wish to remain free.
Mizrachi women's confab Sui
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamiz-rachi Women's Organizatloa of Canada will usher in its 24th hatiqpal Convention this coming Siujday through Tuesday, December 2nd. It will take place at Toronto's Park Plaza Hotel.
This year the theme of the conference is: "If Not Now, Wlien?"
Program highlights on Sunday include: dhiner greetings by the Hon. Epbraim Evron, Israeli Ambassador to Canada; keynote address by Rabbi Mordecai Khrsh-blum, Israel
At the luncheon on Mon- '
day. Dr. Leah Bronner of South Africa will be guest speaker; at a banquet in the evening. Rabbi S.M. Za;m-brows^ of Israel will de-^ liver a message from Jerusalem; a symposium at 8:30, Contemporary Challenge to World Jewry, will take place.
Panelists are: David Newman, Q.C., who will discuss the Jew in Canada; Rabbi Stuart Rosenberg, who^Ill speak on the Jew in Israel; Saul Hayes, Q.C., who will talk about the Jew on the international scene; Rabbi Morris Halpern, moderator.
Luncheon guest speaker on Tuesday will be Rabbi L SwIllofEnglewood, N.J.
Golda states position:
Jordan flag will never fly over lerusalem!
by the CJN diplomatic editor
Egypt, Algeria boycoU U.N. dinner In his nonort LESTER B. PEARSON.
(See editorial, page 4)
would have placed her unequivocally on the Arab side.
Finally, there are those who regard the cause of the Palestinian Arabs as simply part of the world-wide anti-colonialist, anti • imperialist struggle and who resent tli'e attitude of ibe great majority of Jews who do not see the issue in these simple terms. So the Jewish commumty comes to be at once an obstacle to ai British policy of realpolittfc and an obstacle to one particular aspect of a world-wide revolutionary movement.
But if one arrives by whatever route at the view that one's own political objectives are being frustrated by the existence of a Jewish community in one's own country then what begins as being anti-Isjraeli cannot but end up as a campaign against Jewish influence in public life: and from that to conventional antisemitism is a relatively short step, even though some to their credit will never take it.
Israel's dapper Printe Minister Golda Meir served notice on all Arab governments who now are engaged in a war of attrition against the Jewish state that their battles will not lead to any peace accommodation and that her people will not retreat to the kind of borders her enemies would suggest.
Speaking openly and defiantly, the leader of the most powerful Middle East nation, which is rrady for peace and prepared for defense, said in a press interview on Sunday, broadcast on television, that Jerusalem remains the capital of Israel. She also made clear that the Jewish state will not allow the partition of the Holy City and permit the creation of a new Berlin friction point the Russians would like to see.
Said Mrs. Meir:
"i assure you that no Jordanian flag will ever fly again over Jerusalem. Also there are some areas which vwe can never return because of security considerations."
Golda ridiculed all rumors about Israel's weakening and her fear of losing a war. Israel, she said, cannot lose, and definitely dare not lose, any war. For she knows that in such a case the occupation of Israel by Egypt would mean genocide against the Hebrew nation.
Mrs. Meir spoke amid rumors about the breakdown of negotiations between Washington and Moscow concer. ing d peace arrangement.
Israeli representatives in Washington are reported to have indicated to the administration that Arab governments now are conducting an active war a-gainst Israel and that the first step prior to negotiations must be absolute upholding of the ceasefire agreement which all Arab governments signed. Also Israel pointed out that the AI Fatah terrorists already have started an active war against the present regime in Lebanon despite their "agreement" in Cairo to desist from undermining the Beirut
In ah address made in New York where he received the Herzl Award, the Rt. Kdn. Lester 6: fearson; fdrmer Prime Minister of Canada and former President of the United Nations General Assembly, candidly stated Israel was right on peace negotiations.
"A permanent peace between Israel and the Arab states could be achieved only throu^ direct negotiations," Mr. Pearson said.
"Yet," the former Prime Minister continued, "the Arab states flatly refuse such direct negotiation because, they say, it would constitute a formal recognition of Israel without conditions or terms. This is an argument which in my view is not valid. But even if it were valid, bilateral negotiations on the Rhodes Conference model of 1947, through an intermediary, should be an acceptable compromise to the Arab side."
The Jerusalem Government stated on many occasions that it would accept the Rhodes formula, whkh means, separate talks through an intermediary leading to dircict talks between the parties concerned.
Moshe Dayan speaking at the pnss conference at which he announced tougher antl-terrorlst measures.
Epiiraim Kistion in The Canadian lewish News
the Canadian Jewish News announces proudly that Ephralm Kishon. Israel's most faoraus satMst, the Sholem Aleichem of our generation, has become a rogular contributor to this newspaper.
Commencing with thb Issue, The Canadian Jewish News will carry each yveek a column or feature t>y thb whty critique of oor mores.
FOR THE RECORD
Israel not involved in internal Canadian Jewish community feud
His ExceOency Ephtaiin Evron, the Ambassador of Isael to Canada, has asked us to publish a statement In connection with the news story, Crisis In Canadian . Jewish Leadership, which appeared in the November 21st issue of this newspaper.
Following b the text of Mr. EvTon's statement:
"The allusion In Tha Canadian Jewish News report (Novamber 21st) coneaming the meeting between the hadars of the United Church and the Canadian Jewish Congress to an expression of opinion by the Government of Israel b unfounded The Embassy of Israel In Ottawa, whhh k the official, representative of the Government of Israel In Canada, did not express any view on the above menthiied meeting or the way It was conducted,
Ephralm Evron Ambassador"
TORONIO HISTADRUT MEET SUCCESSFUt
Dief to address lorontonjians
The Rt. Hon. John Q, DIefenbake/, Canada's former Prime Minister, revered as a steadfast friend and advocate of the state of Israel, who will make a special trip to Toronto to deliver a major address at the gala dinner hoiio'rlng Alfred Qraen, under the splonsonhiP of Toronto Lodge B'nal B'rith In cooperation with state of Israel Bond». .< \ ,
This Important event will take.place on Tuesday evening, December 9th, at Beth JTzedec Synagogue, and already has attracted widespread community Interest becauseot the presence of Mr. DIefenbakar and the high regard In which Mr. Qreen Is h*|d for his |o»denhlp on Israel's behalf and In the communlty-ot-large.
Mnmbors of the tribute committee Include Herbert Caplan, John J. Glass, Jsnrtes Harris, Carl KnyfntJf, Q.C, Irving Kirsch, Meyer Otter, Henry Papernick, Q.C., Montague ni|$man, Charles L. Rubens, Harry Salutin, Gordon Segall, Nathan Strauss, Q.C. . '.
On photo above, Mr. Diefenbakor Is seen with his friend President Shaz»r of Israel.
More than 300 delerates representing the Labor Zionist Movement, Trade Unions, Societies, Landsmanshalten and Fraternal Orders of Toronto assembled on Sunday, November 23rd, at the annual conference of the Israel Histadrut Campaign which celebrates this year the 50th Anniversary of the Histadrut in Israel.
Deliberations were conducted in the mornhig at three separate sessions of: the Trade Union Panel; United Organizations for Histadrut and the Labor Zionist Movement Panel hi which delegates from the Parband Labor Zionist Order participated; Ahdut Ha' avoda, Independent Workers Circle; Friends of Pioneer-hig Israel and Pioneer Women's OrganlMtion, Then all delegates convened at a plenary and luncheon ses-
sion, highlight of which was an address by Michael Ker-em of Israel, special assistant to Abba Eban at the United Nations and currently Counsellor at the Israel Embassy In Ottawa. . Kerem greeted the assemblage hi the name of the Government of Israel. He pohited-out'lh his address ther historic role which the Histadrut has played in its 50 - year - existence and stlU conthiues to play in these difficult and critical times for the State of Israel/ t
"It (Hie-hundred-million wish to destroy a country of two-and-a-half million," he said, "It is because Israel Is an island of progress and democracy founded on the humanitarian principles of Histadrut, hi the midst of a sea of feudalism and autocracy."
Among the resolutions unanimously adopted by the conference were: a resolution on the Golden Jubilee of the. Histadrut In Israel; one hi support of the Amal Scholarship Fund and new projects of the Histadrut: resolutions urging continued prosecution of war criminals in Germany and supporting passage ofaCanadlan"AnU-Hate" bill; a resolution protesting the persecution of Soviet and Polish Jewry, The conference also cabled greetings to President Zal-man Shazer of Israel on the occasion of his 80th birthday. /
Unanimously i;celected4o office: Victor Giblon, chairman of the Histadrut Campaign; Benjamin Hlroel, vice chairman; Harry Rarkin, treasurer; Julius Cipcha-nowski, president of the llni-ted Organlcations for Hista-;.^,
drut,
A quota of $375,000 was adopted for the 1970 campaign.
Elected head of Toronto Histadrut Campalgn.-VICT6R GIBLON.
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