Israel Rejects Jordanian King's "oa%choomi^^7or'' l>emand for Israeii Witlidrawal ^^ '^ °° "^^'" \
WASHINGTON (JTA) SacreUry o( State Henry A. , Kiffinger is expected to ' return to the Middle East to attempt to work out a ' disengagement agreement between Israel and Jordan as he ittd batwtM Israel and . Syria and Egypt. This was the ^^view in United States , government circles as King Hussein of Jordan ended ' tliree days of talks witii '< President Ford and Kissinger . which were termed as a : "constructive contriliutlon" toward the next stage of f oagotialions for a Middle \ East peace settlement. \ In a Joint statement issued t by Ford and Hussein, 'the President stressed the » continuity of t) .S. policy in the ; Middle East and affirmed ^ that the U. S. will continue iu ; determined efforts to help ' achieve a peace settlement in the area. The communique revealed X that the Joint commission on ; aid to Jordan will sponsor a meeting on economic devekipment, trade and invtitmeots before the end tA
the year to explore the poasiblity of private American investments in Jordan's economic development. The commiaaion will also discuss soon military and supply problems and review the continuation of American assistance to Jordan's armed farces. IB an interview, Hasseb said he would net return to the Gcnevs peace confcresce unless there is some progress toward an Israeli pulltaek from the West Bank. He rejected the so-called Alloa Plan under which Jordan woHid get admlalstrative coalrol of the West Bsak while Israel woald coetlBMe to malntaia troops there. But Hussein stressed that he would not negotiate for Israeli withdrawal only to turn the West Bank over to the Palestine Liberation Organization. Israeli Keply Israel has rejected and will reject the Jordanian demand for an IsraeU withdrawal from the Jordan River as part
of what Jordan terms "disengagement of forces." This was stated by the Foreign Ministry in reaction to the joint statement by Ford and Hussein issued In Waahington. Foreign Ministry spokesman, replying to questions l>y reporters on Israel's reaction to the Joint communique, said: "The government of Israel welcomes the declaration of the l).S. President that his government would persevere in its efforts for the attainment of a Just and durable peace in our region. The President also emphasized the continuity of the American foreign policy on this subject, as on others." A Foreign Ministry spokesman noted that in the Joint statement published in Jerusalem at the conclusion of his visit in lyael, Nixon had reiterated the American commitments regarding Israel's security and her right to exiat within secure borders. "The gnreraaeal of Israel
Drama on 5th Avenue Shows Soviet' NEW YORK (JTA) - A ' crowd of lunch-time onlookers In front of the New York : Public Library on Fifth \ Avenue witnessed a "theater ; of the absurd" Aug. 15. It was . a turreaUat dramatization of : "justice" In the Soviet Union performed by seven New York suge to call public attention to s "complete mockery of justice" taking ' place at that hour in Moscow \ where the trial of Victor ^ Polsky was scheduled to \ begin. However, la Moscow, the t trial «f Pelsfcy was psstpooed f withoat aay explaaatien. ^ accordtag to the Natlsaal i!. Coafsfeacc sa Soviet Jewry.
Pelsky, a noted Jewish physktst, sad a dissident sad activist, has been charged with "reckless drivfaig." Kings County District Attorney Eugene Gold, chairman of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry, the group that sponsored the demonstration, saw the pending Moscow trial as nothing less than a cruel form of harassment of Polsky for applying tor a visa to emigrate to Israel. "The Polsky case is the first in a new aeries of trials that will be conducted by the Soviets in a stepped-up campaign to terrorize countless other Jews and diacourage them from attempting to
emigrate^' said GM, Introducing the tableau on the Public Library steps. Polsky, who specializes in photo-electronics and has 12 patents to his credit, applied for an exit visa in IMS. He was fired from his Job, labled an enemy of the state and hounded by police ever since, a Conference spokesman said. He Is now accuaed of running down a 19-year-okl Russian woman, Tatyana Aleksandrovna Zhukova, the daughter of a Soviet official. In fact. Gold explained, the "victim" threw herself In front of Polsky's car in a suicide attempt after quarreling with her parents.
Is prepared, as It has repeatedly declared, to strive for a peace settlement with Jordan. Israel, however, has rejected and will reject" the Jordanian demand for an IsraeU withdrawal from the Jordan River as part of what Jerdaa terms "dlsengagesieat of farces." The Foreign Ministry spokesman sdded: "Reference to this subject in the statement by President Ford and King Huasein does not alter Israel's stand."
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NEW YORK — Soaatar Henry M. Jaekssn ID.-Waah.>; Israel Ambassador to the U.S., SImcha Dtalti; and Jerusalem Mayjw, Tedddy KelMi, are SBDoag prorolncal figures who will address liadassab's Mlh Ansaal Natioaal Coaventioa si the Marriott Motor Hotel In AtlanU. Sept. 1-lt. Jackass and DialU speak at opeahig Plenary taaday nlglil; KalMi will receive Henrietta Siold Award at haa^sst M Taesday (Sept. IS). Over UM delegates will altead seminars, workshops and pleaaries aakealtk. edacatlesi, foreign and Americas affab^, faadraishig, membership and leadcnli^ iralahig.
Rabbi Zelasko recently earned a Master's degree in early childhood and elementary education at Long Island University. His course of study included teaching language arts and social
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studies at the elementary level, as well as working with gifted students. He has just completed work for a Master's degree in Jewish history from Yeshiva University in New York and has submitted his thesis. Rabbi Zelasko has had teaching experience in Jewish day sciwols in the New York area. He was ordained rabbi by the Netzach Yisrael Rabbinical Seminary in June, 1M7.
He and Mrs. Zelasko have two young children.
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Vol.Uil-No.46
Onwha, Nab., Fri., August23,1974
Greek Catholic Leader Arrested On Suspicion of Aiding Terrorists JERUSALEM- WTAr Archbishop Hlllarion Capucci, the 52-year-old head of the Greek Catholic Ctiurch in East Jerusalem, was arrested this week by Israeli security forces on suspicion of
Shaare Zedek Builds New 500-Bed Center JERUSALEM - Some 10 months after the start of the Yom KIppur War, work at the building sKe of the new Shaare Zedek Medical Center is proceeding at a record pace. Barring unforseen difficulties, thfc month's work lost due to the war should be made up by the end of the year. In its Centennial Year of its founding, Shaare Zedek Hospital is constructing a new and much needed SOO bed Medical Center as a matter of urgent necessity for its people.
SaulSaphire Dead at 78
Leaders to Speak at Hadassah
OMAHA — Rabbi Jack Zelaako of New York City has been named Director of Judaic Studies of the Montessori Elementary Day School which opens in Septemtwr for children in grades kindergarten tlirough third. The school is located at latth and Pacific Streets.
MIAMI BEAK (JTA) Saul Saphire, staff writer on the New York-based Yiddish daily, Forward, and author of more than lOO novels, was buried here Friday night. He died Thursday of cancer at the age of 78. He had been on the Forward staff since 1951 as a fiction and article writer and his byline was prominent in the Yiddish press for 60 years.
aiding members of the EI Fatah terrorist organization. Archbishop Capucci, who lives in a suburb of East Jerusalem, is suspected of acting as a liaison for tlie Fatah command in Lebanon and of bringing weapons and sabotage materials from Lebanon to terrorists on the West Bank. This h one of the few times shice the establishment of Israel that a religious leader has been arrested In connectloB with a security esse. Archbishop Capucci, who is Patriarchal Vicar of the Greek Catholic Church In Jerusalem, was borft In Aleppo, Syria. He has been head of the Greek Catholic Church in Jerusalem, the
West Bank, Jaffa, Ramla, Lod and Ceasaria since 1965, and has been a rival to Archbishop Yusuf Raya, head of the Greek Catholic Church in Israel, who won world publicity about a year-and-ahalf ago for his persistent fight for the return of villagers to the deserted Arab villages of Hiram and Irkit on the Lebanese border. Archbishop Capucci's community includes some 4,500 of the 35,000 Greek Catholics under Israell jurisdiction. The Greek Catholic Church is part of the Catholic family of churches and recognizes nominally to Patriarch Maximus the Fifth, who resides in Beirut.
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