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Israel's Right to Live it nallom have an inherent right to exist Is an accepted priDciple in the world today. However much a nation may be at loggerheadi with other nations, its sovereignty and its right to security are recognized. Yet when Israel- a state created by the world community of nations—insists on these basic safeguards, she is labeled, by some, a stubborn obstacle to peace. Recognition of her right to survive as a nation is all Israel has ever asked from either friend or foe. Given the present threatening sUte of affairs in the Middle East, just what does Israel's right to live mean? It means Israel must continue to enjoy sovereignty as a Jewish state-just as Syria, Egypt, Jordan and some 20 others in the Middle East enjoy sovereignty as Arab states—and that she must have the military capacity to protect this sovereignty. It means that toaei miot have bordan that can IM •uccctadiDy (itifwHtfj «g«iiM* oilUtaty actloa or tcrrariat attacks while tantabiltty raigna—and, evntuaOy, bonlen that are ef(actlvcly guaranteed by International It means that no terrorists must cross her borders to comnnit artrocities against her citizens: that neighlMring countries must not tolerate or abet such terrorism; and that there must be an end to sicyjackings and other outrages against nationals of other countries, perpetrated to generate anti-Israel pressures in the world. Most important, Israel must have an opportunity to negotiate with her opponents directly, on honorable terms, and without having to trade away her security in advance.
In the lotemalional arena. Israel's riglit to live implies lair and dignified treatment In the United Natkms and its affiliates, such as is accorded all other UN member slates. In the economic sphere, Israel must be free to do business in world nuuliels as other nations do—without boycotts or other pressures to drive potential trading partners or Investors away from her. And. like other nations, site must have free access to international waterways and other trade and travel routes, including such essential lanes of commerce as the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba. Ftnalty, Ivad muM be certain that the Mg po«m wlD not bargain away bar exlttanM by trying to Impoae a lattlement 00 tier-a couna of actloa wUcb may wem tempting under the mistaken notloa that tt will assure steady oil m>plifi or incTPiif fomnwt i si niipniHaitHei One form such appeasement might take Is extending blanket recognition to the Palestinians' national aspirations while totally Ignoring the Palestine Liberation Organization's present blueprint, which calls for atisorbing Israel in an Arab-ruled state. In such a state, Israel's Jewish majority would become a submerged minority, as the oppressed Jewish communties of Syria and Iraq are today. When tempted by such illusory "solutions." the United States and the other Western nations would do well to rememlwr history's bitter lesson: appeasement does not work. Sacrificing Israel's right to live would not bring oil prices down, nor would It solve any of the other big political or economic problems that beset the world today or may beset It tomorrow And the West will be better off realizing this before than after the fact.
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HAIFA - Israel's disappointment at the failure of the Kissinger mission is almost equalled by the disappointment at the sharp drop In tourism. At first we thought it was a passing phenomenon, but the decline continues and hotels report slow bookings for the summer months. What is the real reason? Some blame Israel's Ministry of Tourism for not mounting a more dynamic campaign to encourage visits. Some blame El Al which gets a lion's share of the fHghts, and has spiked proposals for less expensive charter flights. Qr can it be that Jews abroad are afraid? The strange and almost shameful fact is that by contrast the non-Jews continue to come. I see them, bus after bus of Germans and Swedes and Danes, of Baptists from California or Southern U.S., of pilgrinu from Canada orFrance. Tn aO of them braal it dw Holy Land. Tbey rand the
Jackson: We Take Our Laws Seriously Editor's Note: The foaowing remarks were made by U,8. Henry M. Jackson during SoUdarlty Day ior Soviet Jawiy, celebrated April 13 at Dag Hanunarsk}old PUna in New York City. I am proud to join with you today in this great gathering in support of the rights of man. Just a few days ago. agents of the Soviet government told a group of brave men and women in Moscow to give up their dream of emigrating from the Soviet Unkm "NolMdy cares alMNit you any more." the KGB men said. "The West has forgotten about you." Well, the KGB is wrong. And we here today are proving It. For, unlike die Soviet Union, we take our laws eerhmily. And among oar laws is a new statute—a new itabile of Uberty. It means that there will be no more VS. govemment-^Minaofed credits and no moet^lavored^atlan treatment for the Soviet Uokm without progrem toward freer emigratkn. It is a taw whieh giiree idbetanee to the human dimeneioB of detente. Its poipoee Is written into the hearts of dM American people and iU fundamental principle Is enshrined In the Universal Dedarationof Human Rights. By acceding to the international Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination " In 1969. the Soviet Union acknowledged that emigration policy goes beyond the limits implied by the term "internal affairs." Soviet
ratUlcalion of this convention ended once and lor ail the pretense that Soviet emigration policy is an improper subject for action by the Intemalionai community. The Jackson-Vanik amendment, far from being an Intrusion into anyone's internal affairs. Is one small step along the road to an intemalionai community based on law. And I want that message to be heard by President Ford. On Thursday he as much as told the Soviets not to bother qualifying under our new law. He encouraged them to believe that their bad faith will tw rewarded by further concessions. Weil, he is wrong. And we are here today to tell him he Is wrong. The problem is not in the U.S. trade Mil. The problem is hi the Soviet Union, and the solution Is In the Soviet Union. Wlien the Congrtat agreed with Prerideeit Foetl to a compnmiite on ttie Jadnon-Vinlk amendment, we did not know whether the SovM Union woidd Uve up to its worl But we thought we CMiU taunt on the President o< the United Statat to live up to Us. The support that has come from the West for the brave people struigigling to leave the Soviet Union will not diminish. They will not be bullied by Soviet brutality. And we will not forget them. When I joined with you on Solidarity Day last year. Sylva Zaimanson and Simas Kudirka were suffering in a Soviet prison camp. Victor Polsky was living under constant threats and harassment. Valery and Gallna Panov were told they would be left to rot in the Soviet Union. Today they are free. And we will continue the fight until their friends can johi them in a new land. We have always had international law on our side in this great struggle. We have always had justice and right on our side. We have always enjoyed the support of the American people and their elected representatives. And today we can be proud to say Uial we ha ve a new ally In our struggle. We have the laws of the United States of America.
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same papers at thtir JewMi nelghbon and have beard the tame ttorita, yet come, while thousands of Jews have diaoovered all sorts of reasons to delay or pottpwif their trips. They offer many good excuses: restaurant service is poor; there are not enough decent night clubs; there are no festivals and celebrations: there is no horse racing and no gambling casinos; the weather is too hot... u If any of these are vital considerations for a visit to Israel. Perhaps Jews overseas are not afraid. Possibly they are only losing Interest In Israel. One Israeli, recently come home from a trip to various communities, has reported that many Jews are "cooling off". They are becoming fed up with Israel. How do you think that makes us feel? We'd like to believe It Is not so. but there must be sonte reason why the hotels are not full. I'm not going to prescribe the Ideal tour. There if> much to see. even if you have been to Israel five times already, It is a land of many faces and many peoples. Most tourists
gel only a quick and superficial look at the classical sights and most fall to capture the true spirit of this old-new land. They look at Israel, but never quite get to know and understand the Israeli. An entirely diffennt Uod of lourM viilt it required bated not mertly on teeing Itrael but on getttng to know it. And what about all of you out there who have never been to Itrael even once I Aren't you ashamed? Itraelit are ready and waiting for you. Tbey are worried by your abtence. They look upon tourlim as a liarometer of your Interest. They have prepared for your coming. AkMig Tel Aviv's waterfront new hotels are being put up, especially for you. And if you are one of those who like the newest and the best -. well, make note that this year's hotel, the very latest In Ttl Aviv, Is the 330-room Ramada*' Continental. It is one of the international chain of 720 hotels throughout the world. The Investors from abroad who have put millions of doiiars into its constructloii, for your convenience, have fallii In Israel.
Shapto: Physicai Survlvai Wkhout Culture NEW YORK-Delivering the 13th annual B. G. Rudolph Lecture In Judaic Studies at Syracuse University, Dr Judah J. Shapiro, president of the Labor Zionist Alliance, declared that "Jews today are avoiding questions and answers and patterns of Jewish behavior In order to protect the %urvlval of the Jews, which could lead to a physical survival, if successful, with a destroyed culture and traditkm." Dr. Shapiro, author and scholar, told students and faculty at the lecture, sponsored by the University's religion department, that "the answer to the current dilemma lies largely in Jewish hands, but the reasons for the dilemma arise mahily from a hoetlle worid wtilch has not yet demoottrated the right of Israel to live within sectire borders knd the rights of other Jewi to live with disputation inaecurity." "The creative Jewith tradition, fronii earliest times, It characterized by disputatloutness," taid Dr. Shapiro in his lecture. "It is difficult to tuttahi a definition of Jewith culture without a debate at to what' Jewithnett' is and how the Individual Jew acts In Mt view of it."
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pointed out, "In the contemporary situation, Jewith suffering of the Immediate past and new threats to Jewith life, etpeclally to the Slate of Israel, have depressed the potential of creative disputatkMi. "The sense of dally emergencies and serious thivats to Jews make such disputes seem Irrelevant and dangerous to the comnoQn Jewish good. As a result, there are Increasing signs that our Jewish culture is diminishing for a lack of nourishment by polemic and debate." The LZA president, a lecturer and analyst of the contemporary Jewish scene, continued that "it is the nonJewish world which much stand accused of suffocating the great traditkm of Jewish disputatkMsnest which not only prolonged Jewltb tradltkmal life, but which made possible the transfer of Jewish values to the general society, especially in the realm of social values. "Israel, or the creation of a Jewish State, is not at fault in reducing the Jewish polemic tradition which could flourlah if that Jewhih Slate were not in a constant state of self-detente against attack from ouUlde Itt BoMer*.