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Show T l q- - y ;g) Hlf Hy'y ly 'Mjiiriiiiiimf mj Ai. m qi hhi innp y ly ij yr ir riy uy HjrniiHiiiij.i miji " ing "ij nr " y i- I jjr y y , "M The Salt Lake Tribune, Tuesday, May Much Cooperation Today 22, 1973 Iajie 15 Arabs in Israel Making Progress By Dr M illem J Kolff The Druze are a proad Arab people They split off from the Moslem faith about 900 years ago, but they are Arab have their They 4 own representative, 1 Kamal Tanf, in the Knesset an im- --re -man with pressne y the bearing of a leader He invited us, and about 24 4 other guests, Dr. Willem J. Kolff, professor of surgery and head of the Artificial Organs Division, Imversitv of College of Medicine, is recipient of the Harvev Prize of the American Society for Technion-Israe- l Institute of Technology He is internationally recognized for his work in developing artifical organs, parmachines. ticularly kidney and heart-lun- luh g part of the Harvey prize he visited Israel (or four weeks. This series of articles presents Dr. Kolff's views on As repre-sentativ- how the Arab refugee problem might be settled from embassies and others. to an official Druze dinner at his home Carefully and elaborately prepared dishes filled an enormous table m the middle of a ery large room, a tmder boiled lamb forming the center Thrvugh the good offices of an Arab doctor vie were able to converse with some of the Druze leaders The Druze have full citizenship in the in the state of Israel Their men serve Third in a Series Israeli army ttieir girls do not They cling very much to their ancient traditions which honor the wife highly but keep her at horrr The Druze obviously participate in the general Israeli prosperity There are about 35,000 Druze in sheik's dinner They teach the Bedouin children in the nearby school One teacher spoke English. Originally his family was from Jerusalem and he had studied in Alexandria During the last two years he had crossed the Suez Canal frequently, with no difficulty. He wants to live here, he said, avoiding the word Israel, and not m Jordan or in Egypt. This young Arab was articulate and intelligent. He worked as a schoolteacher because he was unable to find work as a sociologist It is encouraging to know that the Bedouin girls are allowed to go to school as are the girls of the Druze but after they are 12 they cannot be taught by a male teacher. More women teachers are needed During the discussion with the Aiab schoolteacher who had studied in Alexandria, it came out that, unlike Israel, on tne West Bank and in the Gaza S'rip childrtn have fre" h.gh school iduca'ion This is so because boh Egypt and Jordan had established it and the Israelis after the occupation did not change it. Israel The Circassians The Circassians are Russian Moslems The Turks setTed them to defend the bordeis oi the Turkish empire against the Bedouin Of the four Circassian villages. the inhabitants of two fled l.i 1947 and 1948, but the inhabitants of two other villages stayed and the Circassians sene in the Israel army. A The Bedouin The Bedouin have been shepherds for thousands of years. They are Moslems and Arabs. They live m the more and areas, mainly in the Negev Desert. They are now in the process of changing from a nomadic existence to a settled one. or Many still prefer then- large goat-hai- r tents, but galvamzed iron shacks and stone houses are beginning to be seen. There are about 30,000 to 40,000 Bedouin, not counting those in Sinai. Gen. Sharon took us to the tent of a Bedouin sheik. There were 30 to 40 guests. tent was open The enormous camel-hai- r on one side. The floor was covered with colorful rugs and we lounged on mattresses albng the sides. The Bedouin women, of course, were nowhere to be seen. After three rounds of Arab coffee and tea, enormous platters were brought to the tent in procession. The platters, first covered with pancake-lik- e bread, had been piled up with very hot nee. Deliciously cooked lamb was hidden m the nee. To get the pieces of soft, warm lamb, you dig into the nee with your hands. Before and after the dinner a Bedouin comes around with a large basin and soap so that you can wash your hands, followed by a Bedouin carrying a towel camel-hai- r Making Progress In conclusion, the Bedoum are making more progress now than they have made in thousands of years. They are beginning to own expensive agricultural equipment. They seem to be interested in economic improvement, and they work together with the Jews in Israel. During the ceremony, Gen. Sharon was presented with .n enormous sword m an antique silver sheath as a token of the appreciation and trust between you and our people. Bernstein on Words Word oddities The phrase G. Staley of Columbus, Ohio, who wonders whether it goe back to the days when barons wore boots with heels to help them keep their feet in the stirrups and the serfs wore sandals or went barefoot. Thats an imaginative piece of folk etymology, but apparently its errovjous. Dictionaries agree that well heeled is an Americanism, so that rules out the connection with barons. well-heele- d The Bedouin do not have to serve in the army, but they provide the trackers or scouts that help to patrol the long border m the desert. General Sharons interests Leo southern army group patrols 3,600 kilometers of dust roads every day. Along the desert roads are tracks that are disced so that sand will reveal the footprints of intruders. group of Arab schoolteachers, men and women, had also been invited to the A few The mother brought in mattresses.. The sister prepared coffee in the kitchen. It was a separate shack, and the boy took from her hards the tray with the coffee cups to offer it to us. The father works m a hotel. They own no a'unals other than a donkey to carry w ater. Prosperity for this family will come when all the children go out to make money. At present, only the father works, and the government pays an allowance for each child. With 10 children our Bedouin fnend does pretty well. Token of Trust A Bedouin scout may report: A strange camel crossed the sand accompanied by an old man carrying a burden. This happened four hours ago. I talked, via an interpreter, with one of the older scouts. Mmes are a problem. Since 1967, 17 people have been killed around the Gaza Strip by mmes and 72 were wounded. Now things are much quieter. Teachers Invited Bedouin Coy kilometers outside Nazareth we gave a nde to a Bedouir. boy lie was immaculately dressed and was returning from school in Nazareth to his home in a wadi near the Sea of Galilee. His English was good and he invited us to his home for coffee. He might have been 14 years old. His family, with 10 children, live in a fairly large, corrugated, structure about a year old and obviously a vast improvement over what they had owned before. His sister, who also went to school m Nazareth, was home for the holidays. Otherwise, she stayed m the dormitory of a convent. A - The phrase seems to derive from cockfighting, in which metal spurs, or gaffs, were strapped to the heels of fighting cocks to make them more deadly. A bird so equipped was said to be heeled. Then a man with a pistol was said to be heeled. And then a person who was well usuequipped to take care of himself was described as well ally with money heeled. In any case, says Mr. Staley, it is well to remember that a man may be well heeled and still be a heel. Israeli Arabs form the largest Arab group in Israel, tolling 14 percent of the population Most of them are Moslems They are the Arabs who did not leave in 1948 but remained m the villages The most striking thing in the villages is the amount of building which is going on While I was taking a photograph of a village with its new houses perched against the hills, of the mosque, of the trees and a large, flowering bouga villia, three young Arabs approached to serve as foreground for my picture One of them invited us over to the home of his father, who was a local storekeeper He was a dignified Arab who welcomed us to the store The store gave in a nutshell a picture of the growing prosperity of the v It was a grocery, a hardware store and clothing store . 11 compressed into one. The Arabs like to build their houses around porches and around an open space. Electricity was just being connected to the largest room of the house had easy chairs on three sides and an enormous piece of furniture, an elaborate cupboard panelled with Formica This cupboard was provided with niches, glass uoors and a mirror It was filled coffee pots, tea pots with and numerous cups and glasses for entertaining guests. bne-a-bra- A Mountain A illage A voung Christian Arab doctor look us to visit his family m one of the northern mountain villages. The village is perched against the hillside Even win re we saw ..11 the new buildings going up budding If possible, the is done in concrete Arabs like to keep the lower floor completely free. All you see is the supporting concrete poles the house begins on the second flour. Since family ties .tie veiv tight, they like to build a cluster of houses for the members of the family close together. The house we visited was provided with all modern conveniences. Many young American families would have loved to exchange it for what they can have in Amencan cities today. It must be taken into account that the climate is warm so that no complicated arrangements have to be made for heating Hot water is provided by solar heating units which can be seen on top of many houses. Television poles on the roofs of Arab village houses also testify to their prosperity. The relatives of the Arab doctor belong to the intellectuals. Actually, the intellectuals have a more difficult time than skilled blue collar workers. Yet, economically they are better off than they were before. From the house we witnessed the procession of a Greek Catholic Arab marriage. The bride and the bridegroom were led to the church by a large crowd, men separated from the women, a sound truck went ahead and a singer sang about the things they he sang about the passed on the road the parbridegroom, the father-in-laents, the priest, the archbishop and somewhere m his song he said we want our Arab villages back. In summary, the cooperation between the Israelis and the various Arabs in Israel itself is good, and the Arabs are so delighted with their present economic boom that it is unlikely that tney will feel more enthusiasm for radical activity. This does not mean that in the long run Israel does hot have a serious problem, particularly since the birthrate of the Arabs Is much higher than that of. the Jews. Once the economic needs of the Arab population of Israel are satisfied, once they are accustomed to modern standards of living, they will question their rights. I know that Israel takes great pains to promote the education of the Arabs. Nevertheless, Israelies will have to lean over backwards to provide economic opportunity for the Arabs. Much of the building industry is in their hands, but building activity is apt to fluctuate. Arab culture should be protec' ,d and it would be desirable if more of the Israeli youth would learn to speak Arabic, certainly because Israel is surrounded by Arabic speaking countries. This paper, however, restricts itself to discussion of the Arab refugee problem. By C. H. Goren East-We- vulnerable. North st NORTH A K Q 10 5 g? Void 0 743 A AKI 10 8 4 EAST WEST A 762 V A K O K9 A3 1096 3 g? O A65 J7542 AQJ62 3 SOUTH A AJ98 V Q8 4 O 10 8 5 A J72 The bidding: Mike Hoffman, Minneapocomlis, Minn , a puter operator playing in his fir d National Championship, "ombined with Jack Rhati-gaCottage Grove, Minn . a 41 year old pharmacist, to wm the National Op.ft F;hr Championship held in St. Louis last March A tremendous final session enabled them just to nose out Dan Rotman, Skokie. 111., and Charles Peres, Chicago. The hand above gave rise considerable discussion when it was dealt m this event. The bidding almost invariably followed the pattern shown and several North-Sout- h pairs bought the contract for five spades after their opponents had competed up to five hearts. to Where West chose to open the king of hearts, declarer proceeded at a merry pace Dummy ruffed with the king of spades, the closed hand was entered with the eight of spades and South's remaining heart was ruffed with the queen of spades The ten of trumps wes overtaken by the jack and declarer pulled Wests la4 spade with tl.e ace He ran dtiimn's elub suit rextTdis- - carding all of his diamonds in the process. He took all 13 tricks. At a few tables, East refused to give up in the auction and persisted to six hearts. His attempted sacrifice was doubled and the opposition cashed two club tricks and one spade td administer a 500 point sting. this Ordinarily penalty would provide ample compensation for a game which in tournament bridge is awarded a ?oo point bonus in addition to the trick score. However, s those who took all the tricks plavirg at North-South- spades scored 510 prints T210 for the trirk score n us the 300 game bonusl. The mere saving by sacrificing at six hearts represents a kev margin at dunlicate bridge, where the scoring is based solely on a pure point comparison of the results of every pair that played the deal Aussie Premier Steers New Direction LONDON The stmy of the m settle! s who wme tl.e same dies-- , suit wuen presented to tile goxiiur at the opt long of government hi ire n, sun !; Vus'i ilia veuis 'id uare agi Unities a prel em which has persisted ri Vus'mIh ia tl day, when a new stile iinio inaastu wants to give Ks nui'div a i.utnallv changed taco bly took plereure in the ccremoii'al as-pot tne occaaon and even now in a lor despite bough tthitluin, the labor prime minister's dcsne to dissociate Australia trom certain of its emotional and ceremonial ties with Great Bntain, three of the six autonomous states m the Australian federation remain conservative and there is considerable doubt that they would go along with these desires in anything like toto. these things c Hang Onto Ties Tile settlers accomplished their feat at government house in Adelaide long years ago by dodging in and out between presentations. They accepted and proba ay ami age. tlic'.r defendants m ,v dogjcdlv i.alg onto 'hul diut ties wnh f'e I.iitish down nulmhi't the light to be kin Jib'd and the ugh! to appeil to the queens privy council as their highest couit dilUient Uh.ti.un dchn.tciy does not want Uiue are even some that lie - steering Vistialia to the status of a republic, although he has denied that there is any intention of such a thing, at least for the tune being Mi But there is a snag, or a couple of them, in Bntain s desire to do ngbt bv Misti alia She can accept such things as the alteration of the vow. of the flag and of the anthem as minor constitutional matteis, but the queen can hardly iefu.se to accept honors recommendations from the Australian states that want to make them, or to depnve those states of nght of appeal to her privy council unless 'he maturity of the Austrahar.s as a whole indicate thev w ant that. Lnacceptable Declaration of a republic would be even more unacceptable unless Australians acted as a whole, but the matter does not anse at the moment Far Cry It may seem remaikable, but the Bntain of today, being a far cry from the imperial Bntain of the times of However that may be, the Bntish attiQueen Victoria, does not take Mr tude on both these questions is that Britambitions, officially or unofficially, amiss. Mr. Wtutlarn on his recent ain does not want to get caught in intervisit to England was m fact entertained nal Australian political differences, and it by the queen herself at her castle in seems Mr. Whitlam was told hat, very Windsor. politely, when he was here. A Good Relations Goren on Todays Bridge Hand deals. John Lloyd's. London Let lor The top score for East and West was obtained at a table where West devoted considerable attention to the selection c? an opening lead against Souths five spade contract. He despaired of the prospects of cashing many heart tricks, and it appeared to him that any hope for defeating the bid rested in uncovering some hidden strength in his partners hand. Since West had a high card in diamonds, he decided to launch his attack in that direction despite the fact that he held only a doubleton in that suit. Accordingly, he opened the king of diamonds. East overtook with the ace and continued with the queen and jack. three tricks were cashed, the defense cheerfully conceded the balance to the declarer. When all the scores were in, it turned out that they were the on'y .East-Wepair to register a profit on the deal. After "It's that bank again! iilley Bank again Suddenly it's Spring! And time to make those home Improvements youve been wishing for all winter long. An Econo Loan from Valley Bank will let you modernize your kitchen, add a room, put in a patio, install a sprinkling system, fence your yard, paint up, fix up, even put in a swimming pool. 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