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s t r u g g l e . The growth came In the uake of immigration a n d awttlcmcnt, while the great straggle was for the security and the very existence of the Stale. On the threshold of tha tenth
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Independence, to every citi'/.cn and n",idrnt of Israel, to the Defense Aimy of Israel, to the security forces and those newly arrived In the homeland, and to the entire Hou*c of Israel In the Diaspora, Mny we live to see an era of creation and the Ingathering of the dispersed the consolidation of Israel's place In the family of nations and real peace among peoples near and far. > Itzhak Ben-Zvl President of Israel
Sinai Hero To Make Israel Day Address
' • Brigadier General Chalm Las. kov, hero of, the Sinai Peninsula campaign last November, will b* guest of honor and speaker at the Israel Independence Day celebro. tlono in Omaha, Tuesday night, May 7. al 8 o'clock. Dr. Abe Green. bug, president of the Federation for Jewish Service, announced. This special community-wide event will commemorate Ihc ninth anniversary of the State of Israel. It will be held at the Jewish Community Center, and Is open to the entire community,
BITTER-SWEET ANNIVERSARY By Rlona- Gro**maa Jerusalem, (AJPt—On the evt ot Independence Day, Bnd following the always evocative, always •harply typical celebration ol the holiday of Passover, the mood of the people of Israel this year is edged with bitterness, . Th< sun i« out,' the flower* bloom, tourists are back, the murderous raids ot the Fedayeen have been lessened—and yet the sense of crisis has not panned. More than anything else, the continued nppeascment of Nasser and his fellows within the Anil) League has dismayed and disheartened the man-in-the-street In Tel Aviv, lJeersheba and Jerusalem. They snook with infinite Hurt of the expressed American hnj>e that the Suez Canal problem can be notlied through "direct" negotiations between the Egyptian dictator and Pros' *»rit Eisenhower.lurarl't Qurstluns They'ask, publicly and In priv»tf. why the U.S. Government, the State Department, and the President continue to deny the mounting, critical evidence of Nas«er'i vast duplicity and unreliability, They, ask also why Israel wa* forced to accede to the allegad will of the UN—to her own detriment and In the fact ot the opposition of her citizens In the ' withdrawals from Slnal and Gaza —whlta Naaser has bfen spared t h t Ultimate pressure. They query tht logic—and how even the Intentions—behind the gentle hand that will equip tht Saudi Arabians with arm* and an army and a navy and an air force despite that Monarch'* ruthless ban on t i n presence of Jews within Its boundaries. •• Appraisement In Israel, this week, they ask how far the West, and In particular the VS., will go In its nppeasentent of the Arabs who are led by
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Nosier. No Jew* In Saudi Arabia. No Israeli vessels through Suez. No really, firm guarantee of Israel'* Inate, indisputable right to the water* of the Culf of Aqaba. And what else? Mow many more strictures and restrictions and provisos will attend this Middle Kastcrn Munich, now being so dangerously devised. It Nasser has lost out in Jordan, If there hit grasping hand has been diverted from the throne, there is little credit due the Western Powers. Iraq, blood-cousin dynamically to the house that rules tiny Jordan, mid member In the Baghdad Pact, watche* for her Interests and It is her Imperative need that Nasser not annex Jordan tliat him brought about Hussein's attempt to stave nif the di.ilntegratiun of his countryWill Hussein now be reworded R«-Nasser ha* been -by the West? Will his expected adherence to the Klsenhower Doctrine earn him American cure and American aid •and what If he asks for more? In Israel today, there Is no confidence that the nation will be protcctetd by the West from the depredations of those who have learned that an Arab stale, playing Its cards with skill, can have It cake and: t a t It too. .No one In Israel now know* panic or is despondent. But no one dares place unrealistic confidence in the world outside, Experience, sobering and grim, ha* taught what may soon become cynicism In matters of International affairs, In tho meantime, it li s p r i n g that brief lyrical season n Israel. Anil on May 6 Israelis will celebrate tho State's Ninth Anniversary -and In the inner review of all they have dons and withstood and b e c o m e , they will find strength enoup.h to surmount the doiiliu and the tensions that have been caused by their near-betrayal.
BrlJIdler General Chalm Laskov, Omaha's pint
Tuesday night.
PROFILE OF A GENERAL By Kliahu Salpeter
Like Gen. Patton 'General Laskov has been compared by historians, and military tacticians with Generals Patton and Montgomery," Vr. Cjrecnborg said. "His bllU t a c t i c * swept through the Slnal Peninsula to within 10 miles of the Suez Canal in six days last fail " General Laskov, known a* the Pat tan of Sfhni for his daring armored drives has won an International reputation among military strategists for his classic attack which is being studied in war colleges, throughout the world, u a model of desert warfare. The ohjertive ot the Slnal eattvpjign, Dr Greenberg recalled, wa,* to seek out nnd destroy the nest* and camps of Egyptian "feda* yre-n," who were being ttaSneA \O infiltrate Into Israel, attack and kill men, women, and children/ and sabotage and destroy industrial Installation and properly ot Israeli citizens , Famous Early The 38-year-old Russian born commander of Israel's Southern Army has a military history dating back to his boyhood In the Haganah (Underground Self-Defense) and Including World War I I Service in the British army, He was a leading commander in the Israel's -War (or Independence in 1948, when only 29 year* old. In 1931-53 he was Israel'* Air Force Commander, and later became the Commander ol the Armed Corps. In urging Omaha Jews to attend this community-wide observance Of I s r a e l ' s 9th anniversary, Dr. Greenberg said:
GMteral Chaim Laskov has become one of the Israel Army's top organizational trouble-shooters. When there were reports of poor organization in the Israel Air Force, he wa* appointed to tighten things up. When the Armored Corps needed reorganization, It was again Laskov's Job. 1,800,000 Jew* Lajkov was born in Russia in 1919, just two years after the BolIsrael today is the homeland of shevik Revolution. In 1924, the Laskov fgmlly—father, mother, four son* and on* daughter—came to Palestine and settled in Haifa. Las- 1,800,000 Jews ot whom more than a million are refugees and Immikov Sr, immediately opened a onc-+man transportation business. HU in the process of changing from grantes. They found In Israel their entire equipment—a horse-drawn an improvised structure into a reg- only open door to >>ccurity and safety, have lied from countries curt. ular' fighting body. Joining the where they would have been deThe family lived in « mixed training command, he planned stroyed and annihilated. Jewish-Arab neighborhood, and in many basic courses: It was only "At this meeting, Omaha Jewry the 1929 Arab riots Chaim Las- natural that he was soon appointed will express their solidarity wilh kov's father was killed. In the chief of the Training Command. their brelheffl in Israel In their age sumo yyear—at f i g of ten— The Army'* reorganization con. struggle for survival, and creating Chi Chaim Joined J i d the h saml-lcgal H Hagn- tlnued and ag part of it, In a some\V a s h I n g t o n, fJTAV—High- n»h as a runner. He remained in what unusual switch, Laskov took a homeland which will bo a perhaven of refuge an g for them. ranking U. S. military ofllcers and tho Jlaganah throughout his high over the Air Force for two years. manent "I urge all Omaha Jews to nllach'-s of many embassies utlend school years and at ori« lime comIn 1953 he wa* appointed deptend 'his anniversary meeting, and n reception hero honoring Brig- manded a Special Operations uty chief of Staff and, after a year meet and hoar the world-lamoiw (i<m. Chaim Lnskov. hero of Slnal, •Squad. In that post, he wag named comGeneral under whose leadership HIIO liead.1 the .Southern euinmand After his graduation, h« worked mander of the Armored Corp1!. the frontiers of Israel were made of._ Israel'* defense force. The reception was tendered nt tl)o for a tinio as sports instructor. Again a big switch from the Air secure, and the danger from niar.»u<ler& eliminated," Or, C.rsWHranl Embassy by Col. Kalrlel Early in 1041, he J»lncd tha British Force, Then came tho Sinai campaign. berg concluded Salmon, chief military attache as- Army, «ervod in Palestlno, Libya, Italy and with tho Rhine Army in Laskov's tnnks and armored cars signed to Washington, ftolffium and Holland. IIo was do- cut Into tha desert and he was mohlllzcd In 1910 with the rank of right there with them commanding Israel's 1958 Exports JWV Auxiliary to major, ths Northern foice- which cjplmcd To Show Increase When the Wnr of Independence El Arish, cipital of Sinai, and Celebrate Israel Day Ti'l Aviv. (JTAl—Isrr .-Is OXbroke out, tlio 29-year-old Laskov' hurled itself towards .Suez. At tho Israeli Day will be celebrated organized the new Israel Army's end of ti>e Slnal 'campaign, the poits sue expected to n..n>:ise.by by tho ladles auxiliary, of »he Ep- first officers' school. However, he head of the Southern Command, WOOOOOOO In 19!>8 as compared stein-Morgan Po«t, Jewlth War soon took over the command of a Col. Assaf Simhoni was killed' in a with this jcai. according to Trade Veterans Sunday at 3 p. m. at the fronl-lln» battalion and fought in tragic piano ci nili Laskov became Minister Pinlms Sapir. Addressing Dr. Philip Shnr Jtwlsh Home tor some of the toughest battles ot the hi* successor. In this his newest a meeting this week Mr. Sapir #ald post, Laskov is responsible for the that this year's e x p o r t * will Ag«d. A program will be prasanted ivor. by member* of the Beth Israel The war ovop, Lajkov Again re- vast eouthern Negev region, which amount to £200,000,000, but that is about half of Israel's entire ter- nevl year's export* (hould total wor Synagogue Youth group. Refreth- turned to organizational " '" ritory. $230,000,000. m»nu will b» itrvtiV lh« A i m / whldh wa» then engaged
Washington Honors Laskov