Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1976 — Page 3

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Friday, July 30, T976

THE JEWISH POST

®raS.6 No Progress In Role ARMS TO LEBANESE For Diaspora Views

BOSTON — In a dispatch from Beirut, the Christian Science Monitor reports bluntly that major arms supplies from Israel are being received by the right-wing forces. Written by William Blakemore, the report states that there is “an apparent and surprising readiness on the part of right-wing Lebanese leaders to admit they are receiving major arms supplies from Israel. .. BLAKEMORE QUOTES a dispatch from Joseph Fitchett, whom he describes as a veteran Mideast correspondent, which appeared in the London Observer to the effect that Lebanese Christian politicians, Mediterranean ship captains, Palestinian intelligence and American and western

diplomats confirm that substantial Israeli supplies of arms are being provided to the Christian forces. Blakemore quotes one unofficial Christian source as supplying the raisen d’etre why Israel would be sending arms into Lebanon. “It’s clear. The Israelis are delighted. We’re doing their work for them.” Blakemore then added, “This was a reference to the right’s specifically anti-Palestinian pushes.” HE SAID that although no Arab country could condone any military alliance with Israel, however unofficial, it seems also unlikely at the present time that they would want the militant Palestinian and leftist parties in the Lebanese war to regain the upper hand.”

Cleveland Rabbi Says Abortions Induced In Pogrom Rapings

Bv JOSEPH SCHWARTZ CLEVELAND (P-O) — In response to a question at the Hillel House in a seminar on abortion, Rabbi Daniel Schur stated that drugs or herbs were used to induce miscarriages of rape victims after a pogrom. The Heights Jewish Center spiritual leader related the halachic position on abortion — where the mother’s health w T as jeopardized — but then indicated that there was an extension in recent years to take into consideration where there is a grave psychological threat to the mother. SCHUR POINTED out that abortion was permitted even by early authorities where the mother’s health or possible death was involved. He cited a recent observation by British Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jakobovits to the effect that psychological threats to the mother’s well being also had to be considered. On the other side was the view of the late Chief Rabbi of Israel, Isser Yehuda Unterm an that even if deformities were suspected abortion was considered murder. The Jerusalem Bet Din was more lenient in its rulings, Schur said.

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WHERE THE possibility of deformity existed, Schur said that Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, considered a leading U.S. halachic authority, had indicated the possibility of extracting embryonic fluids for such testing purposes. Schur said that there are conflicting opinions as to whether unwed Jewish women should be allowed abortions. Doctors At Entebbe Had Field Training JERUSALEM — The 33 doctors who accompanied the crack Israeli commandoes that carried out the successful Entebbe rescue are the first of any army that also have fieldcombat training. That came in most handy at Entebbe, as the doctors provided the withering fire that covered the assault of the commandoes. Air France Sued For $2.5 Million NEW YORK — A $2.5 million lawsuit against Air France has been filed by a New York couple charging negligence by the airline leading to the hijacking. George Karfunkel and his wife Renee, who were on the plane that was hijacked to Uganda, filed the suit and a similar suit against Singapore Airlines, the line which brought the terrorists to Athens.

No Paper Next Week In order to permit our employes an uninterrupted vacation, there wall be no issue of The Post and Opinion next week, Friday, Aug. 6. All subscriptions will be extended for an additional week past their present expiration date. This practice will most likely become an annual one, since it is not uncommon to many weekly newspapers.

Thanksgiving Service For Entebbe Rescue By HY WHITE PALM BEACH, Fla. (P-O) - Members representing all the congregations in the immediate area of Palm Beach gathered on Monday, July 5, to hold a Thanksgiving service for the rescue of the 104 hostages from Entebbe Airport in Uganda the day before, July 4. The sound of the shofar echoed through Temple Beth El’s sanctuary in West Palm Beach where more than 750 persons gathered for the event. The service was conducted by Rabbi William H. Shapero of Temple Beth El. ‘‘This operation,” Rabbi Shapero said, “has done more for the rule of law, in attempting to take man out of the jungle, than the United Nations has accomplished since its inception in the mid-1940s.” Israeli Scouts took part in a candle-lighting ceremony. Local radio and TV stations covered the event.

JERUSALEM — Despite the growing insistence by American Jewish leaders that some form of consultation is necessary between Israel and the diaspora, it does not seem that anything definitive is in the works at least for years to come. Two recent international meetings here of leaders of the diaspora and Israelis both discussed the question, and that brought the complaint of American and world Jewry to public notice, but no one expects anything to be done about it. THERE WERE NEWSPAPER EDITORIALS, and suggestions varying from a House of Lords composed of Israelis and Jewish leaders from the diaspora, and statements to the effect of a partnership, but that is about as far as the problem is expected to go. There will come a time when Israel will be willing to bring in diaspora leaders into discussion of questions that involve world Jewry, but at that point the problem will be to find the necessary institutional setup to achieve such a standing arrangement. Even in the Jewish Agency Assembly where the chairman is an American, Max Fisher, and half of the members are from the diaspora, getting their way is most difficult. That is why there are complaints about Israeli political parties making the choices for various posts regardless of their qualifications or lack of them. ON THE OTHER HAND, the Jerusalem Post, without naming names charged that certain diaspora leaders sought to play a role in Israel policy decisions, even those involving foreign policy and internal matters. The one program which has as its goal some form of dialogue that will make it possible for a meeting of minds between Israeli and diaspora thinkers is now in its 12th year, and except for more publicity has not achieved too much, although it does provide a meeting ground for intellectual confrontations.

Rabin Should Be Pro-Israel As Carter

By ISAAC AUSCH NEW YORK (P-O) - Rabbi Emanual Feldman of Atlanta, long-time confidante of Jimmy Carter, told The POST and OPINION that he thought it was poor judgement on the part of Jewish leadership not to have received Carter better in New York. He felt that more platforms should have been afforded Carter than the single one given him by Rabbi Teitz of Elizabeth, N.J. Feldman lauded Carter’s convention remark that Israel belongs to the Jews by divine order. He told The P-O that he

wished that Rabin would make such a statement. Former Congressman Herbert Tenzer told The P-O that Carter met with the New York delegation prior to his acceptance speech and gave assurances on Israel. Tenzer, himself a Jackson supporter, felt that the Carter-Mondale ticket would be good for Israel. W’illiam Vanden Heuvel, who headed the Carter campaign in New York, told The P-O that he is sure that the CarterMondale team will bring back all the Jewish votes that crossed over to Nixon in the last election.

Diaspora Leaders Seek Role In Foreign Policy, Paper Says

JERUSALEM - Without naming them, The Jerusalem Post said editorially that “Some of the Diaspora leaders who have put forward the claim of deeper partnership have made no bones about their intentions of applying this principle to the field of the formulations and implementation o f Israeli foreign policy.” THE EDITORIAL was headed, “True Partnership.” Continuing it stated: “This is true in particular in regard to the issues of war and peace with the Arabs; the fate of the administered territories;

and Israel’s relations with the United States. The argument adduced in support of these claims is that the Jewish communities and organizations which provide the funds and the political leverage should also have a say in the making of these policies.” The paper did not explain where it gained the impression that diaspora leaders wanted to interfere in Israel’s right to determine her own policies but proceeded to assert that “this approach should be rejected by Israel as an unwarranted encroachment on the very concept

of the sovereignty of the Jewish State.” IT CONCLUDED that there was one area where these leaders could perform a needed task for Israel. “The diaspora leaders of the Jewish Agency who raise the funds and provide the political support for Israel abroad, would earn the gratitude of many Israelis if they would seek to use the power that derives from their commitment to reform the Agency, thus setting an example for such reform in other Israeli institutions.”

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