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of Israel attacked

By PIERO DELLA SETA

This is a moment to reconsid-
er certain problems which we
thought had been settled and
which recent events in the Mid-
die East show us had merely
been set aside for the moment:
the question of Zionism, the fu-
ture of the Jewish people—guar-
antees and payment of the debt
to a people which has suffered
persecution from the pogroms
of the past up to recent world
history (which some of us ex-
perienced directly!) These prob-
lems must be considered because
they are basic in today’s situa-
tion. :

A tremendous propaganda
campaign is taking place today:

“Those who attack Israel seek to -

commit genocide against the en-
tire Jewish people.” “The Jew-
ish people which has suffered so
much throughout its history is
again being persecuted.” “This
is no longer a question of a piece
of land. or a particular political
regime—it iis a question of life
and death for an entire people.”
These are some of the expres-
sions most frequently repeated
by those who are anxious to con-
fuse two distinct things — the
State of Israel and the attitude
of the world toward the Jewish
people. They wish to underline
the tragic past of the Jews, ex-
piate (in part) the guilt com-
plex toward this martyred part
of humanity—but with a quite
different purpose in mind.

It might come as a surprise to
certain people to note that the
loudest expressions of profound
sympathy for those who escaped
death in the gas chambers come
from those who, 30 years ago,
were among the Jewish people’s
worst persecutors and helped to
augment anti-Semitism all over
the world. We feel, however,
that this is quite logical and we

believe that. the, Jewish. ene da
. which hasbeen the victim of

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lize this. fact.

Certain people say. “The State
of Israel is a reality that cannot
be eliminated.” Of this there
can be no doubt. We have af-
firmed this concept in all our
documents. Only a madman
could speak seriously of cancel-
ling Israel from the world map.

But we say clearly to the
world and among ourseives as
Jews that this is not the real
problem. The real problem is the
kind of state and the future of
this State of Israel. The original
idea was and is that it must be
the potential nation of the entire
Jewish people, the final safe re-
fuge after past tragedies and a
protection from possible trage-
dies in the future: a nation com-
posed solely of Jews.

This concept inevitably in-
volves certain consequences
which the Jewish people must
understand and reject. There
are about 13 million Jews in the
world. To consider Israel as the
possible “refuge” for these 13
million human beings—whether
one likes it or not—inevitably
leads to acceptance of a policy
of expansion, annexation and
aggression. Today’s frontier will
not be sufficient tomorrow,
when and if other millions: of
Jews arrive from other lands,
and then there will be new ag-
gression to conquer new land.
We already hear everywhere
the statement that “Israel will
never return to its 1948 bor-
ders.”

And this idea brings us to a
racist-chauvinist concept of Is-
rael. Recently on TV we heard
Prime Minister Eshkol say,
speaking of the Arab refugees:

“They cannot return to their
old lands. After all, they are
better off among their own
people of the same race and re-
ligion.”

Strange words indeed from a
representative: of a people

July 14, 1967—PACIFIC TRIBUNE—Page 6

the worst racism.

Italian Jews: You who have
felt the brand of anti-Semitism
on your own bodies, do you
want a State founded on ra-
cism?

In the second place—and this
in our opinion is the more im-
portant—this concept of Israel
as the proposed solution for
the problems of all the Jewish
population of the world serves
to distract us from the heart of
the question for those who really
want equality and an end to dis-
crimination, The struggle against
racial persecution and chauvin-
ism can have only one purpose:
to ban any and all forms of dis-
crimination in all countries and
to establish equality and human
rights for all peoples and
groups, be they Jewish, yellow
or black.

The State of Israel must be
protected and saved but only
on condition that it change ‘its
nature and become a state for
all, including majority and min-
ority ethnic groups. Such a
state must renounce all policies
of free and complete integra-
tion, within its own borders, of
Jews with people of other
“races” and religions.

To accept any other concept
of the State of Israel is to
march in the opposite direction
and contrary to the real inter-
ests of the Jewish people. It
means giving a hand to those
who have always supported ra-
cial discrimination and chau-
vinism.

Why in this last period have
the Jewish people received such
unexpectedly warm _— support
from the right and from the fas-
cists? We continually hear this
expression:

“This people (the Jews) which
has paid such a high price for
survival certainly has the right
today to a little peace and re-
paration for its past suffering.”

We would agree completely

I’M TRAN VAN CHIEN.-:

. +. ten years old, a second-form pal
I live-in the workers’ living quarters of t
evamelware factory and Binh Hail group

of lodgings.
That day,

in a small pond.

As soon as we finished getting dress
the alert was sounded, Prenas » jet plane
roared over our heads, C.B.U.s were rail
and exploded all round us.

We were too panic-stricken to rull
shelter and held on to one another.

sitting in the middle.

Another wave of planes flew ov -erheat
another shower of C.B.U. bombs ct
down. Four of my mates fell on the p2
edge and the other into the water.

Unable to control my feeling, I dees:
into the pond to save a friend. But,
reached the shore, I was hit in the chal a
hip with a steel pellet. My left leg

broken.

Moi and Hien died on the spot vant
Thang Khang and Son died the same night
after ‘being taken to hospital together

nme.

—A boy's view of. the war, quoted in Vi

with this if those who are so
vociferous in repeating it were
to say: Yes, we too will help to
rebuild our society and elimi-
nate racism and discrimination.

But, it so happens that those
who say it most loudly are
those who are anxious to pass
the buck to other countries, to
other peoples.

They prefer to let other peo-
ples and nations repay the tre-

_mendous debt due the Jewish

How = helps
Canada-USSR 112%

HE Soviet Union, ever alert
to promoting East-West
commerce, has an impres-

sive piece of Soviet workman-
ship on display in Montreal’s

harbor. This is the high-speed

Soviet hydrofoil Raketa (rocket),

which is docked in Expo’s Cité
du Havre Exhibition Grounds. It
will be on view at Expo for the
remainder of the summer.

Soviet trade authorities used
the hydrofoil recently as the
setting for a press conference at
which they stressed their eager-
ness to merchandise more
Soviet goods in Canada.

The Raketa itself is up for
sale at a cost of about $150,000
(U.S.). The craft is an interme-
diate-size hydrofoil seating 64
passengers and cruising at
speeds of about 40 miles an
hour. Some larger, sea-going

- Soviet hydrofoils are capable of

speeds up to 70 miles an hour.
Several smaller hydrofoils have
already kcen sold in the United
States and Europe.

Soviet trade officials plan to
take the Raketa out on at least
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tain Canadian and foreign busi-
nessmen or newsmen.

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vastly encouraged by _ initial
trade contacts made in Montreal
as a resuit of their participation
at Expo.

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