Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1953 — Page 16
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NEW INSTANCE OF GROUND LOST BECAUSE OF POOR TOURISM POLICY
By CARL ALPERT
TJTAIFA—Not all tourists to Israel are starry-eyed Zionists, and JL X not all come with open eyes or minds. I knew something was wrong, not long ago, when a busload of forty tourists pulled up outside the Technion and only about a dozen got out of their seats. The rest remained-stubbornly on tpe bus until
the visit was over, and could then go directly back to their boat. These were the tourists who came on the S.S. Stella Polaris, Swedish luxury cruise ship. Practically all of the visitors
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American nonJews, and unf o r t unately for them and for Israel, they had first visited several Arab lands, where they had been liberally fed on ALPERT hatred and misinformation. By the time they reached Israel, their minds were set and their prejudices fixed. The Arabs had made no secret of their desire to win this small segment of American public opinion. At Alexandria, the boat had been met by not one but two brass bands, and a much-deco-rated English-speaking general who presented each American with a personally autographed picture of President Nagib. They were carefully informed on the sins and vices of Israel, and warned of all sorts of terrors that might befall them among the Jews. AT THE SAME TIME, some enterprising Arab money changers did not miss the opportunity of selling the tourists quantities of Israel currency at drastically reduced rates. Whatever moral compunctions the Americans may have had about engaging in black market exchange were doubtless assuaged by this chance to get a bargain, cheat the Jews and indirectly help to undermine Israel’s economy. You can imagine their disappointment and consternation upon arrival at Haifa, when they discovered that they had been duped and the so-called Israel money was in old bills long since declared invalid. With peculiar logic they charged the Jews with "cheating." An over-land visit to Jordan also preceded the visit to Israel. In the Old City of Jerusalem they were housed in the dilapidated and second-rate hostels which there pass lor hotels, and inquired of their hosts why they could not stay at the famous King David Hotel, which they had heard was located in Jerusalem. “THE KING DAVID?" they were told. “You can’t stay there. That’s strictly limited to Jews only!’’ Thus were the flames of prejudice fanned higher, and few of the travellers ever learned that the King David was located across the border line in the State of Israel. Their stay in Israel was less than one day. Many would not get off the ship—and I heard that some would not even come up on deck during the day. The remainder relented to the extent of getting into a couple of buses for a quick look around the countryside—strictly from the windows of the bus. Wherever they got in conversations with Jews, they asked the same questions: Why did you chase out all the Arabs? Their Israel guides were harried and flustered. IT WAS ABOIT a dozen of
these people who faced me across a table at the Technion, and though I did not know the whole story at the time, I sensed that
something was wrong.
I forgot all about the Technion, and talked Israel instead. I tried to give them a picture of the of the development of this struggling young democracy in terms which an American could understand. I gave them parallels in early Israel and American history. And finally they began to thaw
out.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS— eager, intelligent, interested questions, and at the end I felt that the ice had been broken. To be sure, if I had known all the facts at the time, I would have left these dozen people to. my capable assistant, Mrs. Rivkah Watson, and gone out to talk to the stubborn ones sitting outside in the bus. That was a lost opportunity. The last lick of good will came several hours later with a frantic phone call from the docks that one of the visitors had left his prescription sun glasses on my conference table. The boat was about to sail! We found the glasses, dashed into our car, and delivered the item to the guard at the foot of the gangplank. THE ABOVE IS ONE chapter in the colorful story of tourism in
Israel.
1st Israel Ships To Cross Suez TEL AVIV—The first direct shipment of export goods from Israel for East Africa through the Suez Canal will leave next month, The Jerusalem Post reported. The Post said it is not believed that Egypt will try to stop or cause any undue trouble to Israel ships requiring passage through Suez. That Egypt would not so violate the international convention covering traffic through the canal, The Post reported, was reflected in the low premiums charged for war risk insurance to cover such an eventuality. Heretofore, Israel exporters wishing to ship goods to East African countries had first to ship their goods to a European port, which as much as doubled their shipping costs.
Restitution Talks with Austria Postponed VIENNA (WNS>—Postponement to early September of the Austrian • Jewish reparations talks was announced here following agreement on adjournment between members of the Austrian Cabinet and Dr. Nahum Goldmann. It is believed, however, that lower level talks will go on during the summer weeks to pave the way for the final negotia-
tions.
At the same time, it was reported that, in their talks with Chancellor Raab and other high Cabinet officials, Dr. Goldmann and Moses Beckelman were assured that the Austrian Govern-
While the Stella Polaris case j ment was eager to find a solution had its roots beyend the borders the problem of Jewish claims,
of Israel, it is symptomatic of Israel’s failure to develop adequately the great tourist industry which can help to turn the coun-
try’s economic tables.
In this instance, perhaps, there was little that the government’s tourist department could have done, but Stella Polaris is merely one dividend of a tourist program that is utterly lacking in imagination, from top to bottom. There is complete ignorance of the mentality of the American tourist, and as I have pointed out again
and again in this column, there is not even a single American In responsible position in the department. The Hebrew press has been filled with criticism, suggestions, ideas, futile cries to do something about tourism -but
little is done.
One does not know to whom to turn here in Israel. Perhaps Israel representatives in the United States may approach their government with a plea for intelligent action in the matter.
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