November 9, 1973

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Brutal Treatment o^sraeli Soldiers Told 8 Found with Throats Cut; 12 POWs Slain ' Parii (JTA)—The barbaric . behavior of Syrian soldiers r' against Israeli soldiers was de" • scribed here by a Deputy who • Just returned, from Israel. Pierre de Benouville, president of the "France-Israel Parl liamentary Committee" and a member of the Parliamentary * majority, said that he saw 68 Israeli soldiers on the Golan =^ Heights with "their throats cut '- like animals in a slaogbter I Itouse." Describing what he termed the "barbaric" be-

havior of the Syrian soldiers, he stated that this was evidence that the "Syrian aggressors" intended "to exterminate Israel." Both de Benouville and Roger Chinaud, another Deputy who also Just returned from Israel, asserted that the fourth Israeli-Arab war was a war of destruction against the Jewish State. During a press conference the two Deputies said that Uie enormous military equipment employed by the Arabs .

indicated that they sought not only to recover ttie occupied territories but also the "extermination of the Israeli peopys In Tel Aviv, news has MK released that ' evidence has Iteen found that Syrianj' murdered Israeli prisoners of war they captured at the beginning of the Yora Kippur War. A crew of the Israeli Ordinance Corps, salvaging captured tanlcs near Khoushanlyeh, reported the discovery o« the bodies of 12 Israeli soldie

buried l>eneath a pile of stones covered " with branches and weeds. The bodies were tied hand and foot indicating that they were mtu-dered after be-

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ing taken prisoner. The bodies were discovered during the first week of the war after the Syrians were pushed across the cease-fire line.

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Omahq Campaign Tops $2 Million

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Nixon points out tometUng to Israeli Prime Minister Golds JMelr as he escorts ber from the Wkftc House during iier visit last week. At right U SerrcUry of SUte Hevy Kisshsger.

Golda Meets with Nixon

Tel AvTv (JtA) — Premier Golda Meir Indicated on her return from Washington that certain questions remained unanswered on both sides during her three days of talks with President Nixon. Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger and other U.S. officials. Mrs. Meir said that she and her aides tield long and intensive talks in Washington to clarify on wliat subjects the U.S. and Israel take a common approach and on which their. approaches differ. "I must say that we were given full possibility, during long hours, to discuss all'we had to discuss," she said. The Premier added that the replies she got and the questions that were asked — "some without reply on our part and some without reply on the Americans' part"—will be brought to the Cabinet for discussion and decision. Mrs. Meir had very warm words for American Jews. "While in Washington, hundreds of Jews, community leaders, came over and I told them that while during difficult days and nights I could hold myself together when seeing that electric spark that passed through uie from these Jews to Israel," ' she said. "Such love, devotion, identity, all that we wanted '• and lioped' for to prevail ber tween the Jewish people and I Israel came true. And with I such an Israeli Army and such r aA 'army' 6f the Jewish peoF pie, w6 shall jwmehow over1, come If times will be difficult." ^ fiefore her departure from \ Washington Mrs. Meir said: "I I left tk* White House with ths p conviction that the friendship between the United States and hbf

Israel remained as it was and we have no doubt about that." Kissinger, she also said, "spent hours in trying to find on what points we agreed and on what points we—1 hope temporarily —disagreed. These talks were held in a spirit of great friendship. More time and more pa-

tience I don't think anyone can expect from any government." The Israeli leader Indicated that the exchange of prisoners had top priority in Iter talks with the President and Kissinger, saying she Raised the issue with them "in every single conversatioh."

BATTLF: WEAKY Israeli troops In the Sinai arc pictured above taking a few moments rest in their vehicles. For many, tlie iliort rest provides the opportunity to read tho

Omaha — A record - breaking total of $2,187,567 recorded thus far in the 1974 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign was announced this week by Alvln Abramson, campaign chairman.' "We are past the half-way mark toward our goal of $4,000,000," Mr. Abramson said. "If the community continues to . respond to the urgent needs of Uiis campaign with the same degree of sacrificial giving we have seen so far, there is no question about our reaching • that goal and providing Israel with the means to serve the needs of her people during these critical times." Mr. Abramson noted that the $2,187,567 is triple the amount of the gifts from the same people last year. "While the average increase is 3 times the 1973 pledge, many people have made Increases of 400 and 500

percent—gifts which truly express the deep identification our community has with the people of Israel," he said. "Our campaign thus far demonstrates Omaha Jewry's commitment and determination to meet the needs St this emergency." Explaining Israel's urgency to know how much help she can expect from American Jewry, Mr. Abramson said, "We are asked to complete our campaign before the end of this month. As a result, we have discarded the usual procedures of elaborate programs and campaign gimmicks. We must use every precious minute to reach people and get pledge cards signed." Mr. Abramson said that in the interest of time, small, impron)ptu meetings are being held in all campaign divisions, (Continued on Page 2)

•iP^pers for the latest developments on other battle ITMIVM well as diplomatic efforts toward peace.


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