Nebraska Adopts Israel
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Omaha—By a vote of 31-1 the Nebraska State Legislature this week adopted a resolution in strong support of the state of Israel. Senator Richard Proud cast the only negative vote on the resolution which was introduced . by Senators Terry Carpenter and Sam Klaver. Full text of the resolution follows: WHEREAS, It is in the Interest of the People of The State of Nebraska, and of all people everywhere that the danger of general war arising from events in the Middle East be avoided, that armed conflict .in the area*be ended, and that a just and lasting peace be established; and WHEREAS, a dangerous situation now exists in the Middle East, widen situation is due in large measure to the efforts of the Soyiet Union and Its allies who, In order to further their own interests, have perpetuated hostilities between different states and peoples in the area, and have given encouragement to those with aggressive designs by supply-
ing massive amounts of arms and the services of S o v i e t military personnel; and WHEREAS, the State of Israel has been a steadfast symbol of democracy in an area beset by communism, feudalism and dictatorship, and has been a beacon of progress and hope in a part of the world darkened by poverty, disease, illiteracy and despair; and WHEREAS, the people of Israel have consistently expressed and maintained their friendship for the people of tho United States, and this Country, in turn, and every President and every Congress for the last 23 years have given their support and friendship; and WHEREAS, we now reaffirm that friendship and support, and, further, applaud the courage the ( people of Israel have demonstrated in the defense of their liberty and in the defense of the common ideals and Judeo-C h r i s t i a n heritage which we share; and WHEREAS, we believe that it is in the best interest of tho United States that the people of Israel be able to dwell in
freedom within safe and secure boundaries, and that they have the means to defend their liberty, and to deter Soviet aggression, and that great powe r s j ^ t impose upon i them political settlements which would jeopardize their future. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE EIGHTYSECOND LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA, FIRST SESSION:
London (JTA) — Jewish sources in Moscow denied emphatically that any of the nine Jewish defendants in the new Leningrad trial had pleaded guilty or tried to incriminate each other, as the Soviet
news a g e n c y , Tass, has claimed. On the contrary, the sources said, the defendants' spirits remained unbroken despite prolonged interrogation by the KGB (secret police) before the trial and despite what the source's called the aggressive behavior of the woman judge. Tass has claimed that at least three defendants have confessed. The Jewish sources In Moscow said that tho Leningrad trial was following the pattern
of similar political trials in the USSR. They said the defendants and their attorneys were frequently cut short by tho judge, especially when they referred to their right to leave the Soviet Union. The Soviet press has carried little on the trial since the initial Tass reports. Tass continues to call the proceedings an "open trial" although foreign newsmen are barred. , Protests • Tucson (JTA)—More than
'Freedom fast' Los Angeles (JTA) — More than 1,000 students at the University^of California at Los Angeles demonstrated May 12 as part of a nationwide oneday "fast for freedom" on 27 American and Canadian campuses, sponsored by B'nal B'rith , Hillel Foundations in support of Soviet Jewry. i Thomas. Bradley," a black C i t y Councilman, declared: "There are no boundaries to oppression. Therefore, every : concerned human being must express indignation against Soviet oppression of Jews." : The coordinators of the nationwide student protest have vowed to continue their pressure on the Soviet Union until trials of Jews are ended and freedom of emigration is granted.
New York (JTA)—Japan Air Lines has again denied participating in a boycott of Israel— and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations has again rejected its argument. " Responding to a newspaper advertisement by the Conference reiterating tho boycott charges, JAL declared "we
ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER Golda Melr looks over tho Judaica volumes exhibited by the National Jewish Welfaro Board's Jewish Book-Council at the recent Fifth Jerusalem international Book Fair. Containing 150 selected works in English, Yiddish and Hebrew published in the United States, this was the Fair's only, American Jewish organizational exhibit. (Sponsored by the Municipality of Jerusalem; the; International Book Fair Is a major; event in tho international publishing
That-we hereby urge the government of tho United States to (1) Do all that is possible to facilitate a just and lasting peace for all nations and all peoples in the Middle East (2) Keep and maintain the mutual friendship of the people of these United States and the people of the State of Israel, (3) Condemn the Soyi°t," and its allies ^ ^ \
the unrelenting encouragement of hostility towards the State of Israel, (4) Allow the people of Israel to defend their lifi« erty by giving them the neces* sary military and economics aid to deter aggression by those seeking destruction ol their country, (5) Encourage direct negotiations between Israel and its neighbors to effectuate a permanent end to (Continued on Page 2.)
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600 Jews and non-Jews staged an ecumenical rally May 12 to protest the resumption of the trials against Jews in the Soviet Union. This was the first time in the city's history that Jews and Christians joined forces in common cause. The meeting, sponsored by • all segments of the J e w i s h community and the Ecumenical Council, sent a telegram to Leonid I. Brezhnev, Soviet Communist P a r t y secretary, denouncing the "brutal attempt to intimidate Jews." The telegram included a demand for the immediate release . "of unjustly persecuted Jews in Russia, including Jews awaiting trial, serving prison
emphatically deny that we are now or ever have been engaged in such a boycott." The statement said JAL was removed from politics and was "influenced by sound business practices" only! It noted that it%"ln fact enjoys normal airline rela;tions with El AI Israel Airlines." v . Arnold Forster, general counsel to the Anti-Defamation , League of B'nal B'rith and head of the Conference of Presidents' anti-boycott committee, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that tho JAL statement was ^'simply O flat lie." Forster said JAL had scheduled and cancelled appoinlincnts with El Al without • explanation "at l e a s t five > times" over the past three years, "It Is clear.that these guys are doing a doubletalk act," asserted Forster. "Why don't they meet face to face with El Al? The truth is that JAL is boycotting Israel." In reply to this, a JAL spokesman told the JTA that "no official meetings had ever been " set, and that in any case it was the Japanese government and not JAL that would take part in such meetings. JAL has explained, he said, that It has a "full calendar" until next August-that is, its flight schedules, including qtops In Arab icountrlesih are iunchahgeabla T': until thenifflfs up to El A l > : .: mako tho move,'' he concluded,. ;>:
sentences for crimes of not only being a Jew but acting like one." It also called on Soviet authorities "to guarantee the right of emigration." • • • , New York (JTA) — Mayor John V. L i n d s a y s a i d ' that the current trial of'Sovie Jews in Leningrad is a BOurcn of great distress to all peopli of good will. He expressed th<i hope the Soviet leaders wil, recognize this fact and accon "them - their legitimate right* as Jews and as free h u m a n beings." TEL AVIV (JTA)' - Jewish' emigres from the Soviet Union, (Continued on Page 3.)
Hartke Aids on Soviet Jewry Petition WASHINGTON—The papers that Sen. Vance Hartke (right) of Indiana Is holding are i j,5WMgaatura petition calling tar the right of Soviet Jews to emigrate, i t was circulated by tba Pantos University Comntlttea en Soviet Jewry through the B'nal - B'rith HiHel Foondatlon on campus mS at the convention o! the Iniliana Stata Ass* clatiea of B'nal B'rilh. Dr. Birj Horoff (center), chairman of thB Purdue commute* -.fclne'i 6 j Dr. Alfnd Jospi of Hillsl'i national office la Washington—cat to tho Caprtol to ad('Sea. Hartke'iMerveiitloitTno Senator hid the petitiea Mfoi Snlst tabular Dibiyiili and, l a i n KCWpanjlaj letter, 'UkVttt
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