Israel Holds Libya Responsible for Attack o
JERUSALEM, (JTA) Israeli officials here hold Libya responsible for the terrorist attack at the Istanbul airport Aug. 11 in which four passengers of a Tel Av)vbound El Al plane were killed
p .denial of any connection with the assault. The' officials said that the Istanbul attack was made by members of a terrorist group T; O led by' Wadia Haddad, a splinter group from George Habash's Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The Haddad group was also KANSAS CITY-Ford and responsible for the hijacking Reagan forces were said to be of the Air France plane to united on a strongly pro-Israel Uganda, also with Libya's .. plant in the 1976 Republican blessings. Israel said that it.will not platform, according to a report released by the Jewish seek the extradition of the two .Telegraphic Agency, on terrorists, contrary to earlier reports that it was seeking to Tuesday, ^ , The' JTA report calls the dp so. pro-Israel plank "among the The charge against Libya strongest written by a major received corroboratlon from a ' American political organiza- passport belonging to one of tion since the birth ot the the two arrested terrorists and Jewish State 28 years ago." the night tickets ot both which Both groups were said to be were Included, apparently by satisfied with the 500-word mistakes with the returned Middle East section that luggage and documents of the declared: "Our policy must Israelis Injured In the attack'. remain one of decisive support The passport was issued in for the security and integrity Kuwait to a Jassem Abdallah El-Da-wait, whose profession of Israel." Among other elements of was-listed as a student and the platform are sections date of birth as 1964. regarding Soviet Jewry, The flight tickets were federal aid to parochial issued in Tripoli, Libya, and schools and the quota system were routed Tripoll-Romein Job opportunities, JTA Istanbul-Baghdad. The ofreported. -,., '.. f a l s said this indicated that - "Our commitment to Israel the two terrorists stayed at Is fundamental and endur- Rome airport as passcngersing." the Middle East plank ln-translt and were therefore says. "We have honored and not searched, assuming : a will continue to honor that search was conducted at the c o m m i t m e n t In e v e r y port of embarkation, way— p o l i t i c a l l y , Even In'Istanbul, it was economically and . by pro- noted,'the two killers were viding the military aid that c o n s i d e r e d as t r a n s i t Israel requires to- remain passengers which enabled strong* enough to deter any them to move freely in the airpotential agrcssion." port section holding travelers Voting on the Republican about to embark on another Party platform had not taken ~ plane. The'passport also had place by the time the Jewish Visa and entry and exit stamps of Syria, Jordan and Libya, Press went to press. r
Is Fundamental
which the terrorists visited before boarding the plane that brought them to Istanbul. Criticisms were voiced against Israeli officials over two developmerits,re!ated to the assault. One target was tbg~-gg=j;;;r- *,;!^gt;—-s-hich until last Friday did not officially report that two of the slain victims — one erroneously identified as a third terrorist and one not identified at all — were Israeli passengers. ' Shlomo Avinerl, the Foreign Ministry's director general, coordinated all Information from Turkey on the disaster. The victims were finally Identified as Shlomo Welsbach of Haifa, and Ernest Ellash of Petach Tlkvah. Welsbach, a tourist guide in charge of Israelis visiting Rumania, was returning from a visit to West Germany. Ellash, bis wife and a brdther and sisterin-law were members of an Israeli group which had toured the Balkans and were on the El Al plane. 1 Two slain passengers identified earlier were Harold Rosenthal, an-aide to Sen. Jacob Javits (R. NY) and Yakao Hlramo, a Japanese tourist guide in charge of a" group ot tourists from Japan who were en route to Israel. Avnleri and Foreign Minister
Yigai Allon sent condolences to Javits on the murder of tils aide. Friday, Aug. 13, an El Al plane brought home the injured passengers who had been hospitalized, in Istanbul. wctc Oil liuiu 6l Ben Gurion Airport and the injured persons were removed en stretchers. The other criticism was aimed at what was considered a too hasty expression of appreciation by Israeli officials to Turkish authorities. It was learned over the weekend that while the Turkish security personnel in the incident acted promptly and courageously In stepping end selling the two terrorists^ personnel of the government hospitals where (Continued on Page2)
SERVING DESMOINES Vol. LV No. 41
Deadlines
, Classes ore. open ~ to all • Jewish high school students, grades 9-12, regardless of . synagogue affiliation. Classes -will meet on Wednesdays, - 7ti5-Sp.ni., at BeUsE! Special e v e n t s and a s s e m b l i e s , "throughout the year wiii take
ThelWNewYcar'sEdition of the Jewish Press will have a copy deadline of August 30. The advertising deadline,is Aug. 23. All material should be typed andjtriple spaced. _
,COUNCIL BLUFFS. LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha, Neb., Frl., August 20,1976 "
DekMoines Family Lives At Absorption Center ly with just about every ministry of the Israeli government to provide these services. Any Jew who wishes to , settle in Israel (make aliyah) may avail himself of the ser- vices ol the Sachnoot. he is entitled to these services, but it J E , R U S_A L E M , Is not mandatory that he Israel—Shalom Chaverlm. utilize them. For the past month, we have ollm—Immigrants to Israel been residing at an absorption , ulpan—intensive Hebrew center (mercaz kllta) located language training program: 10 minutes by car from, the g a n - a s -in " C a n "city of gold", Jerusalem, r-r Eden"—garden or preschool' For those ol you who have educational facility mercaz already visited Israel, you klita—absorption center. A may recall the trip from Tel' special residential facility adAviv to Jerusalem when your ministered by the Sachnoot lor* guide pointed out a monument ollm who must have full use of on the hills to the left and talk- the Hebrew language'hi order' ed about the castle arid the to begin work (anyone other, • battle which waa-fougtit there than skilled or unskilled during the Waivof In- laborers). '\ dependence—well we're Just '-: Now, about our-croercaz over the hill from there, The klita, Mevasseret Ziyyon. This •countryside Is beautiful, but particular mercaz is just one the weather is boring. It Is of many such facilities located clear, bright and warm throughout Israel. However, everyday• wit|i cool, breezy Mevasseret Ziyyon Is unique nights. . ': In many ways, ttis the largest . In order for me to explain a of all the facilities with a housmercaz kllta I realize I must, "Ing capacity of 250 families in .^ familiarize you with several separate apartment units -of Jiebrsw. .words -asd itbsi? -iwvioia three bedrooms. ii-is .meanings (something the located away from the Danlets family has been doing metrojxrittan. area Utt ot the a great deal of lately ) • ethers are in cities) with ac'f Sachnoot—Jewish Agen- cess to every service of the cy—This is the agency to Sachnoat 'available on the which goes a huge portion of premises. the UJA funds raised in Des > The Idea was to create a proMoiasS and every Jewish com- tective-BUttOUttdlng^ a munlty across the U.S. They "womb" where the process of are responsible for settling adjustment could best begin. new olim by providing for In addition to the apartment language education, housing, and administrative buildings, health care, social services, there's™ riassnwms fer g»'-T-^S assistance In locating jobs, adult ulnon, fully equipped-. - .a r etc. The Sachnoot works close(ContinuedonPage6) -
Omaha Jewish High School Offers Curriculum Choice OMAHA - This year, for place at Beth Israel. the first time, students attenThe board of directors of the ding the Omaha High School of school includes Rabbi KenJewish Studies will be able to neth Brombcre. Rabbi Isaac elect a totally new curriculum Nadoff, Dr. Martin P. Wolf, .format, according to Carolyn Dr. James Wax, Stanley MitNovlcoff, director of the chell, Rabbi David Levin, Dr. school. Classes within this new Arthur Fishkln, Manny format, entitled Beit Mi/Jrash, Goldberg, Ginger Rothenberg, will be more intensive than the Caryl Greenberg, Steve general curriculum and will Rlekes and Carol Gendler. * be geared to tfle more serious . The board urges parents to student, Mrs, Novlcoff said. encourage their high school age .children. to> attend the traflon lor the Omaha classes. Staff an^d curriculum High School of Jewish Studies, will be announced soon, Mrs. which Is sponsored Jointljr'by Novicoff concluded. ." Beth El and Beth Israel s y n a g o g u e s , w i l l b,e Wednesday, Sept. 8,7:15 p.m., New Year's atBethEI.
Medical personnel and crewmen remove a victim of the Istanbul terrorist attack from an £1 Al plane after Islanded at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport. (RNS Photo)
Presidential Commendation OMAHA—Molile Delman, the Jewish Community Centers Older Adult advisor, displays a commendation and letter, both signed by President Gerald Ford, citing her for exceptional service to the older adults of the community. Mrs. Delman's name was submitted through the efforts of Congressman John Y. McColUster and Morrie Epstein. (JP Photo).
1952 Massacre Recalled - NEW YORK, (JTA) - A - p r o g r a m _pf d r a m a t i c readings that commemorated the massacre of leading Jewish artists in. the Soviet Union in 1S52 was held Aug. 12against a grim backdrop of h u g e -d 6 c u m e n t e d ; photographs 'that depleted desecrated Jewish -buildings •and cemeteries. Similar programs were held in other major cities, The program was sponsored «n the steps of tee New Yfcrk PUDIIC Lrorary'smain branch in mio-townManhattan by the
Greater New York Conference y a presentation of readings of the. works or the slain Jewish artists and Intellectuals. Among the noted artists who took part were actor Joseph Weizman; Marian Seldcs, female star of Broadway's '(Equls"; David Bryant' the lead of the Broadway show, "Bubbling Brown Sugar"; Yiddish actor Tzvi Scooter; Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, spiritualist leader of congregation KehliaUi Jeshurun; (Continued on Page 2)
'* " By June Daniels Editor'*, note:, Ron and June Daniel* of Des Molnes, their three children, June'! mother and a cousin are (pending five months In ttrMl a* "ollm" at an absorption center just outside Jerus&tem. Hereto their message home: ,