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THE JEWISH HERALD-VOICE
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the Middle East made up with
Iran, Egypt and Israel, could pose
as an effective deterent to Russian
aims. Not only would Middle East
oil fields be protected, but the
underside of the Soviet Union
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It has been less than a week since the most recent blood
bath has taken place in Israel. Thirty-seven lives were lost in
perpetrating an act PLO leader Yasir Arafat said was in the
name of peace. Menahem Begin said, “We will never forget!’
The Houston Jewish community is urged to participate in a
memorial service for those brutally slain. The service, set for
Friday noon at U of H, will counteract a simultaneous rally
by Palestinian students. Please attend - let Begin know that
American Jewry "will never forget”!
JOSEPH W. SAMUELS -Publisher, Editor
IDA S. WHITE - Associate Editor
MARCIA A. FRIEDMAN - Managing Editor
JEANNE F. SAMUELS - Research Editor
HARRY VITEMB - Singles Editor
MAURENE S. WATERMAN - Graphics
LAUREN KEEPER -Art
JERRY DARTEZ - Typography
DOROTHY BRACKMAN - Advertising Manager
LAZAR GOLDBERG - Advertising
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part in peace negotiations with Israel.
R. Alan Rudy, President
Jewish Federation of Greater Houston
Seymour Cohen, Chairman
Community Relations Committee
presence on the West
were wounded. I am particularly
distressed that an event such as
this should occur just as you were
preparing to depart on your
mission of peace. I continue to
look forward to talking to you
soon and relaying to you in per-
son the deep emotion which this
event has aroused in this coun-
try.”
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance, in a message made public
was stopped. Those on board said
it was ‘hell fire and we hit the
floor’.
“Some of the terrorists jumped
off the bus. *1 saw a swarthy man
come out of the door. I shot at
him,’ said the police sergeant.
“Helicopters swooped over-
head.
" ‘One of the terrorists lay
with his head on me,’ said a
survivor by the name of Shamir. A
level-headed war veteran, the Is-
raeli got the Arab’s gun and man-
aged, he said, to shoot two of the
gunmen. ‘One of them behind me
on the West Bank. If Israel were
to agree to this, the terrorist
problem with the Palestinian
homeland might evaporate in a
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violence, even retaliatory
violence.” But, he observed, peo-
ple in a life and death situation
such as the Israelis were in, had to
make those decisions for them-
selves.
Meanwhile, 18 Soviet Jews,
along with Nobel Peace Prize
winner Andrei Sakharov, demon-
strated in Moscow against the
terrorist atrocity in Israel. The
demonstrators, according to the
Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry,
carried signs stating that the
Kremlin was encouraging Arafat
to commit these atrocities.
In New York, Rabbi Alexander
Schindler, chairman of the Con-
ference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations,
said, this newest terrorist outrage
“underscores once again” that to
give the Palestinians the right of
self-determination as President
Sadat demands, amounts to legiti-
mizing the terrorists’ vow to
said that “the murderous assault”
by the terrorists “must evoke
from all decent, sane persons the
horror and revulsion expressed by
President Carter and Secretary of
State Vance. The PLO faction
that claimed responsibility for the
atrocity clearly seeks Israel’s
destruction, not peace. For Israel
to agree to give them a staging
area for their murderous attacks
10 miles from Tel Aviv is ob-
viously impossible.”
and a lack of respect for innocent destroy the Jewish State. The
human life.” latest bloodbath makes a mockery
In his personal message to of Sadat’s “blithe assurances that
Begin, Carter said: “I offer you he will guarantee Israel’s security
the condolences and deep sym- and how dangerous are the de-
pathy of myself and all the Ameri- mands that Israel surrender terri-
can people who share your tories that have been used by her
sorrow. Please give my personal enemies four times in 30 years to
sympathy to the families of the attack in an effort to destroy
many who died and to those who her,” Schindler said.
at the State Department, con- with horror, the senseless and brutal attack by PLO terrorists
demned the "outrageous attack" on the Jewish Sabbath of March 11, 1978. The murderous
by the terrorists as murder that attack clearly demonstrates that the PLO persists in its goal
the of destroying the State of Israel. While stating zhat the raid,
punishment they deserve. I offer which murdered 37 innocent Israel and American civilians,
my condolences for this tragic loss was the PLO s answer to peace negotiations, Yassir Arafat has
of life. We oppose terrorism in all reconfirmed the Palestinian National Covenant which is
its forms and this incident only based upon the elimination of the Jewish State.
serves our determination to com- By attempting to undermine efforts for Middle East peace,
bat terrorism with every means at the PLO continuously reminds us that the creation of a PLO
our disposal.” dominated state between Israel and Jordan would only serve
The Israeli Embassy stated that as a staging ground for future PLO atrocities against Israel,
the tragedy, for which the El Clearly, Israel’s concern for its security, and its opposition to
Fatah has taken credit, “proves such a state, must be respected by all nations interested in a
our position of not agreeing to negotiated settlement in the Middle East.
withdrawal from Judea, Samaria President Carter and Secretary Vance have voiced the
an aza" srae i spo esman yi revulsion that all decent people must feel in reacting to the
those thre arrsenssstnainigwn wanton murder of defenseless civilians. Unfortunately, re-
that we can have a degree of action in the Arab world has been characterized by the so
control over situations that other- called “moderate” regime of Saudi Arabia which termed the
wise might produce terrorist raid “a courageous operation to let the world know that the
attacks on a daily basis like that Palestinians do exist.” Speaking on behalf of Egypt, Butrus
we have just witnessed.” Ghali did not condemn the act, but instead, reiterated the
Andrew Young, the U.S. Egyptian demand for Palestinian self-determination.
Ambassador to the United Na- The Jewish Federation expresses the hope that Egypt will
tions, expressed hope that Israel return to the negotiating table with Israel and drop her
would not automatically retaliate demand for a new Palestinian state. We reiterate our
against the terrorist assau t, long-standing belief that the Palestinian issue is one aspect of
Ppres.°te envoy said- 55[ the total Middle Eastern picture that must be negotiated with
would hope that Prime Minister Arab nations such as Jordan, which thus far refuses to take
Begin’s visit coming here would
certainly precede any decisions
that would escalate the tensions.”
He added: “I would ask anybody
to consider the consequences of
stopped. daughter, I don’t remember.’
"A taxi stopped and out “The highway had become a
jumped several armed men. Wit- battlefield. Some of the passen-
nesses said there were 7 to 10 of gers jumped off the bus. A
them. One was a woman. They grenade went off inside the
had machine guns and bazookas, vehicle. There were more explo-
They also carried grenades in their sions and the bus blew up.
overalls. "The fighting died down at
“They ordered everyone onto about 6 p.m. The road was stained
the bus, including those from the with blood. Charred bodies lay
vehicle they had encountered on strewn about. The stench of
the road. smoke filled the air...”
“The ride became terrifying. * * *
They were continually shooting This latest blow to progress of
over the heads of the passengers, the current peace initiative came
They started to shoot at every- at a time when new ideas were
thing they saw. They fired being discussed in the Middle East
through the window at a passing to end the impasse brought on by
police car. Other police vehicles Egyptian president Anwar Sadat’s
gave chase, firing at the bus. insane wish to create an irrespon-
"The bus broke through a sible Palestinian state on the West
roadblock and continued towards Bank. The Fatah attack proved
Tel Aviv now 16 miles away. again the instability of Arafat’s
“By now police feared the ter- leadership.
rorists aimed to drive into the There is now some thought in
heart of Tel Aviv. The prospects the Middle East — when peace
of a gun battle were horrendous, plans resume — to seek NATO
The bus, they decided, had to be (North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
stopped at all costs. tion) membership for Iran, Egypt
“Witnesses reported they were and Israel. It this were to come
being shot at from all directions, about, Middle East NATO head-
The bus wheels were hit and it quarters might possibly be located
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got up and just then I turned would be exposed.
around and saw him aiming at me. If the Soviets preferred
We must have both shot simul- detente, they could offer a home-
taneously. He hit either me or my land to the PLO in Birobidzhan,
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