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Pro-Israel Sentiment Grows in United States New York (JTA)-Abba S. . Eban, Itraeli Ambassador to the United States, asserted this week that Israel has the right to expect Arab leaden to follow a policy of "leaving us alone," if'they don't want to conclude peace with the Jewish State Addressing the annual convention of. the American Association of Etiglish-J e w I s h Newspapers, meeting here- nt the Park Sheraton Hotel, the Ambassador expressed a sense of pessimism about
the prospect* of achieving an Arab, lirael peace. ''The beat w« can hope for is stsady progress In respomible Arab minds of Israel as an immutable fact," he stated. Kelitlons, More Tranquil Describing some of the effects of the Sinai operation of Jast October and the "'international debate" whlih followed over the Israeli withdrawal from tha Sinai peninsula. Mr, Kban said that Israel i'nd found unexpected sources of support And understanding (rom
Philanthropies Scoreboard As of June 18, 1957
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The following are current reports from divisions in the 1957 Omaha Jewish Philanthropies Campaign: Diriiion 1957 ToUHoDare
Initial Gifts $413,435.00 Men'f Division , 24,780.75 Women's Division 65,146.50 B. & P. Unit . \ . . . 2,811.00 Children's Division . . . . . 1,964.80 High School Division . ~ 875.50 Unversity Division J 178.50 Organizations . 2,213,75 Miscellaneous . . . , . . . . . , . , . , 1,100.00 Total+o Date . / .
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Israel to Aid Moslem Pilgrimage to Mecca Jerusalem (JTA)—'The rulers of Jordan nnd Saudi Arabia, "know well that Israel will permit pitgrlmi Iq Mecca to proceed unmolested," an Israel Foreign Mlnfolry spokcimnn sold In comment on declarations by King Hussein of Jordan and King Siaud of Snudl Arabia ordering their subjects not to use the Ciulf of Akaba route to Mecca. The ipokewinn charged that the monarch*' declarations were motivated by "Internal considerations." The spokesman pWged that any Arab citizen of Israel who wished to make the pilgrlmate to I he Moslem Holy Ciiy would receive Immediate permission. He noted, however, that Israeli Arab» hud
powers threatened by t,.« policies of, President Nusscr of Egypt, He also said that Israeli relations with the United States had been "steered through dangerous tempests into a more tranquil and trustful condition." As a mult of tha Sinai operation and the statement of Israel's eau-,e In the debate In the United Nations, there was "a degree of trust and affection for Israel throughout America which did not exUt bifore," he declared, "Faith in Israel's permanence and future now flows beautifully throughout this continent among people of all deeds," he said. Israel's I'ennnneiice It wa* one of the primary responsibilities of the maor powers., especially of the United Nations, to help 'advance Arab acceptance "of our permanence," Mr. l.'ban declared, lie nald th,il there had been a Rrowng belief among "responsible Arab leaders'.'of becoming reconciled to the existence of Israel but that this sentiment Has shattered by the shipments of Soviet arms to Arab states.
Sultan's Kin tjlsrael Plans Drive Works for OH Geneva (JTA)— Princess Aicha, To Increase Exports elder daughter of ttw Sultan of Morocco, has accepted the honorary presidency of tha Women's Committee of ORT in Morqcctf, World OHT Union headquarter! announced here. Princess Aicha, who has shown great interest in ORT's vocational training program, recently visited the ORT school in Casablanca and delivered a message from her father praising ORT activities ami warning again*! altempts to di vide Moslem and Jew,
been denied transit visas by the Arilb stales despite repeated ret
Israel and Burma Sign Agreement
Five To Attend District Meeting
Rinjjoon (VVNSl An economic cooperation agreement was signd here this week between Burma and
Five members of Henry Monsky chapter No. 4T0, B'nai B'rllh will have Omaha, June 2ff forThlcago where tliey will be delegates to the twenty-fifth tinnual district convon lion, June 29 throuiih -Inly 2. They ara the Mmes. Harry Friedman. Max Krizelman, Harry Sidman, Aaron Kpstoin and Sidney
Under the agreement, tiia two countries are to undertake negotiations for setting up Joint ven turej in th« manufacture of rub' ber tires, eceramlcs, glassware, paint, varnij.li and other items to be agreed u|)on. The joint study will nlso give consideration to the projected cultivation In Burma's Shan State of wheat, corn and soya beans mainly de»igncd for «x port ro lurael.
New York (JTA)—Israel wlU make intensive eftprts ,to Increase 1tS exifoxti'to Uie United States, It was reported by Michael Tsour, director of the Foreign Trade De partment of Israel's Ministry of Commerce and Industry at a .luncheon of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Tsour said Iserael has now entered the third .stage, v>here. investments in capital and manpower begin to bear fruit. While in the flrls 'stage" Israel was a heavy Importer of consumer gooiU and in the second sluge the emphasis .shifted to capital goodi, the emphavls in now shifting to raw material* anil s e m l-manufncturrd goods, with oilier types of imparts remaining stabile. Balance Foreign Trade "In order to balance Israel's foreign trade," said Mr. Tscour, "Israel will have to increase its oxport* by some $.100,000,000 for which it will have to increase i'* Imports of- raw material* *nd semimanufactured, goods by $150,000,000.' Di.";crlbing the rue and progress of exports from Kraei, Mr. Tsour said that while In the past Uraol'» export* were directed to countries
with which aha had trftda->an<i clearing agreement!, the emphasis has fceeri shifting fo free markets. New Shipping Route* Another important change has alM taken place, tha Israeli official said, The Sinai campaign ha* given Israel, for the first time, direct access to its "natural" markels in Mvica and A*la through the port of Ellat. Previously, shipment« from these countries to Israel and from Israel to them wer<j elteetod In roundabout way and with heavy coats of transshipment. Noiy, regular shipping services to and from Eilat are functioning and improving. Tho other target for Israel's exp«rt<, said Mr, T'.our, is the United Stales. "We know," he said, "that lack of experience in exporting to a highly competitive market, hoi been otir chief Impediment; and w» know that we must adapt our products, our exports, and our sales organizations to the requirements of the American market. "We do not want," concluded Mr. Tuour, "to sell on sentiment alone. We want to sell on a businesj basis1 and develop a steady business , v.e hope \.c h W that."
Inter-Religious J. D. C. Aided 179,000 Persons During 1956 Adoptions Urged
New York (JTA)-Worn than 179,000 men, women and children throughout the world vv»r» aided by the Joint Distribution Committee during 1999, it wai revealed In the j p d annual report, ThU included thousand* of refugee* from Hungary and from Egypt. The report predicts that "in 1957 tools 135,000 Jewish refugm will b« moving -to countrleg at temporary asylum and to new home«." " VIA Help Wo**i'A. I*«vltt, JOC executive vie* ohalttnan, In a ««otion of
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tha report declare* that in 1936 JPC npproprlated $30,366,849 for iU operation*. Of the 179,000 who were aided by JpC, lie notes, more than 103,000 were In Moslem countries For 1&57 JPC ha* adopted « budget of 120,550,000 to aid more than 210,000 needy Jew( overseas, Th» financial maimlay ot JDCi ov»rieu rnettlcmcnt and reconttruetion program*, ih« report notH, continue! to b» fundj.provided through, the nationwide campalgnt <of tlie United Jewtah Appeal. Turning: 1o current operation, Mr, T*avitt Mlcatec that the JDC it currently maintaining major operation* In Israel; in Aijeria »nd Morocco, ai well M otn«r parts of North Africa; «nd in France, "Austria and other oountriei of \Ve*torn BurajM, Noting that ,"Iara«] alon« «qcounted for *om« »13,000,OPO, or tiJone than 43 porcenl" of JDC« expenditure la tSTX, Mr. LeaviU
report* that "during the year some 35,00 men, women and children received JDC aid in Itrael in one foim or another, most of them in one of the more than 100 Malbcn old-aga homes, hospitals, sanitaria, clinics, sheltered workshops and other Installations, or through Malben rehabilitation loans A. major achievement waj the conversion of the N'vel Avoth reception center for newcomers into « modern village for tha aged. JDC Help Needed MK LeavlIt reporu that by tlxi end of Pecember, JDC was caring for nearly UflOO Hungarian refugee* In Aiutrl.a In addition to the assistance provided for these "new" refugees, JDC subsidized program* tn Auttrla, Belguim, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, Portugal, Spain, Norway and Greece. North AfrtCK Problems Turning- totho *ilu«lion in Mos lem countrlo*, particularly North
Africa, Mr. Lcavitt summarites the Increasing difficulties which Jews in these areas are facing as a result of the rise of Arab nationalism. Ha indicates that In Morocco, Tunisia Bnd Algeria the situation Is constantly changing, with JDC providing such assistance as la required. The. help_ot the welfare agency Is currently reaching some 54,000 men, women and children in Morocco alone. Beneficiaries in other areas include 22,500 in Tunisia, 3,100 in Tangier, 3,000 In the northern zone of M o r o c c o and 1,300 in Algeria: In Iran, the only Moslem country outside of North Africa in which the JDC maintains a program, a total of 17,000 receive JDC aid.
English Channel Eyed Tel Aviv IWNS1—Edna Butt jeln, twenty.ycar-old KracH, will make another attempt this August to iwim the English Channel.
New York (WNS> - The American Jewish Congreis nnd the New York Board of Habliis have proposed an amendment to the New Yoik Stale Constitution that would, in effect, permit. li\ter-veljgious adaptions when tlic child's, parents consent and when the welfare of the child is at Stake. TM» nmcndmom was advanced by Leo Pfeffer, an attorney representing both agoncici, at the hearings of the Temporary State CommisMim on the Constitutional Convention. held here at the N. V. BarAssociation BujIdjiiK The hearUifti were held I" connection with p r o p o i i ' l l changes in the State Constitution- Mr, Pfetfci'-l'.ielted h'< position with le,i;al n r g u m t and v.irious court dedsliun.