sraen ticcTions Delay Action at Geneva Talks By Ed«1a Eytaa ^A European Bureau Chief , CMMva (JTA)-Th« UraeU clccUoiu loom over the Geneva conference. The political talks at ministerial or even ambaMadorial level have been adjourned till the Mcond half of January and the military negotiatori dlicuu, according to their own communiques, "principles" more than concrete disengagement means. AU tlM deWgaUeas still )frncat ia Geaeva mainly mliUle ecMM •fflcials, rrallie that BothlBg serious can happen and BO lMreak-through can he achieved till the elections are ever and a new government Is farmed. . The Israelis have a douUe Interest in the elections: first, M participants in tlteir coun* try's life and future; and secondly, realizing as delegates that all talks and discusaioni in Geneva can only deal with generalities and "principles" till the formation of the new government and the promulgation of its broad political lines. The Egypdani seem j,well aware of this handicap and last Friday agreed to hold the next meeting of the military delega-
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tions only in the afternoon of Jan. 2 wiien the electoral results were in. Shortly before leaving Geneva, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy met for over two hours with the deputy head of the Soviet Delegation, Ambassador Vladimir Vinogradov. According to Egyptian sources here, the Soviet diplomat advised the Egyptians to show "patience and realism" till after the Israeli election and not press for a decision on the disengagement issue till then. He reportedly told Fahmy tliat it would be useless for the Egyptians to press for a solution as nothing can be done before. At the same time he promised a clean-cut Soviet intervention sliould the issue not be solved by the middle of January. He did not specify whether the Soviet intervention would be direct or would work through Washington. Israeli officials who were in Geneva with Foreign Minister Abba Eban at tite time of ttie plenary conference, indicated at the time that Israel wWrpitttyably ask as a first step for tlie
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following Egyptian concessions: The demiliUrtzalion of (be Sinai or at least of the territories from which Israel will withdraw as well as a limitation of Egyptian troops on the Eastern Bs>'' ' of the Caoal; the reoper' the Suez Canal to the in, tloaal shipping with clear ,ft«t^*^ ierving Council Bluffs, work to start at the earii' .sv»« and repopniation of the abk Des Moines, Lincoln, Omaha doned Egyptian "ghost" citk. VoL LIII—No. 15 OMAHA, NEB., FBI., JAN. 4, 1*74 along the canal, such as Snex and Port Said.
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Israel's Labor Party Will Have To Form New Coalition to Rule Tel Aviv—With 1,572 of the 4,100 civilian precincts reporting. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's Labor Party had 41.9 per cent of the votes cast in Tuesday's National Election in Israel. It is projected that the Labor alignment will lose at least five
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Washington (JTA)-President Nixon has signed without comLondon, (JTA) — Scotland terrorists according to a Lonment the t2.2 billion emergency bill to aid Israel. Nixon Yard has Issued a general don newspaper report. "But we bad re<iuested that sum from •warning to members of the issued this morning a general the Congress and it complied Anglo - Jewish community t o warning to meml)ers of the overwhelmingly in less than exercise utmost care in the Anglo - Jewish community two months with authorization aftermath of the shooting Sun- though the Board of DepuUes day night of Joseph Edward (of British Jews) tliat they. and appropriation legislation. •^Mt Ffgi'ia«i«n puU_a.«aUing Si^. The eft-year-old depBtt^"«lBJlinreJCercJse't'he utmost cafe of tlS billioa4hat the Prestdent ment store executive and phil- in view of the tragedy that has may give to Israel as gifts. antliropist who has been active befallen Mr. Sieff," the spokesNixon is authorized to deter- on behalf of Israel and other man said. mine what part of the total will Jewish causes was reported to In Beirut, the Popular Front be in grants and in credits and be in an improved condition for the Liberation of Palestine the dreumstances of ttiis sup- after undergoing surgery for claimed responsibility for port. AnaddiUonal (400 million the removal of a bullet from shooting Sieff. A PFLP spokesr In aid to Israel, three-fourtlis of his head. man said Sieff was a leader ScoUand Yard said that it of the Zionist Movement which It in awUU for U.S. miUtary procurement, is in the foreign has "no knowledge" of a "committed and is still comaid biU which the President is "death Bst" of prominent Brit- mitting crimes and massacres expected to sign soon. ish Jews compiled by Arab against our Palestine people."
of its 57 seats in the Israel Knesset, while Likud, the center-right party, would gain 6 seats, for a total of 38. Mrs. Meir's Labor Party will have to form a coalition probably with its present partners, the National Religious party and the Independent Liberal to maintain a working majority. The Labor Party has indicated wUlhigness to make some concessions to the Arabs at the Geneva peace talks. The Likud party, under the
leadership of Menacbem Begin, opposes concessions to the Arabs at the Geneva peace conference, and sees the election results as an expression of support by the public for Its stsnd. The NRP is also against returning some of the "occupied territories" as a number of Jewish holy places are located on the West Bank. The Labor alignment has governed Israel In one form or another since the creation of the state.
Jewish Firms Hondle Most 1 Japanese Goods Sold in U.S. NEW YORK (ZINS)-Japan's vj^ZT . .t, .i. government» ^timatum" to the government of Israel that it "give up all of th6 occupied Arab territories" on threat of rupturing diplomatic relations has made a painful Impression. On the other hand, it has long been recognized that the "diplomatic relations" between Israel and Japan have had little practical significance for the Israelis. It is an open secret that the Japanese, with the blessing of their
government, have studiously avoided trade with Israel. For many -American Jews who are leading importers and agents of top Japanese firms in North America, the question is whether the time is not ripe for a "Jewish reply" to tiiis discriminatory Japanese trading policy. According to reliable estimates, more than 50 per cent of all Japanese products sold in the United States aro handled by Jewishly-owned firms.
Guided Tours Planned of New J€€ •—OmshS' In a series of guided Staff members gf~thy~Jewlih tours beginning Sunday, Jan- Community Center will serve uary 20/ all members of the as tour guides on January 20th Omaha Jewish community will and 27th and on February 10th. have an opportunity to see first- ^our hours will be specified on hand the New Jewish Commun- tiie invitations which will be ity Center of Omaha, located sent to every Jewish family three blocks south of West during the next two weeks. Ramon Sombcrg, Chairman Dodge Road on 132nd Street.
ot the New Center MembeHhlp hrocliure was mailed last week. Committee, noted this week tliat "the enthusiastic response of those who tiave already seen the New Center has been overwhelming. We are also very pleased with the number of new memberships we have already received since the New Center
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We anticipate receiving many hundreds more through the mail and following the tours." Mrs. Harlan Noddle, chairman of the Tour Arrangements sub-committee of the Membersliip committee, is being assist-
ed by Mmes: icdwara B^rkovitz, Albert Block, Jerold Dann, Robert Epstein, H. P. Farber, Dean Frankel, Don Greenberg, Joe Kirshenbaum, Harold Mann, Charles Monasee, Ben Nachman, Robert Nogg, Blaine Roffman, Ray Somberg, Hy Tabachnick, and Stewart TuUy.
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