The terrorist bombing which killed 13 persons and wounded 73 in Jerusalem was condemned today by Frank R. Lautenberg, general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal, who declared:
“This is a time of shame and horror. Wanton violence again stains the Jewish homeland and everyone of our lives. Such savageness reflects the cowardice of those who live by violence, and the indifference of a world which has allowed human suffering to continue in the Middle East. For this evil to occur on July 4th, a day all Americans take great pride in, is to recall our own nation’s struggle for freedom and safety, and remind the world that those who live by violence are sure to lose their cause and pay the cost. I’m sure that this terrorism will only strengthen the morale of the people of Israel and the American Jewish community will draw great strength and courage from their brethren.”
About 100 persons joined in a demonstration Friday sponsored by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry to protest the terrorist bombing. The group assembled at the Isaiah Wall across from the United Nations and then marched to the United States Mission to the UN where they demanded that the U.S. provide adequate security for Israel. When police told them to leave the mission the group marched back to the Isaiah Wall.
In London, The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the British Zionist Federation registered their profound horror and outrage at the terrorist bomb atrocity. Lord Fisher, the Board president, cabled a message to President Ephraim Katzir stating:
“The Board, on behalf of the Anglo-Jewish community condemns the perpetrators of this foul action which was aimed at preventing peace and understanding in the Mideast. Please convey our sincere and deep sympathy to the government and people of Israel, and especially to the bereaved families.
SCORE FAILURE TO OUTLAW TERRORISM
The Zionist Federation, in a statement, also offered its deep sympathy and condolences to the State and people of Israel and said it was “alarmed at the world community’s failure to outlaw Arab terrorism, and in particular the PLO with its murderous offshoots, whose stated policies lauded as heroic acts find expression in cowardly massacres of women and children.”
The ZF also called upon the British government “to use its good offices in the United Nations, as well as with those governments that permit the free operations of PLO offices in their respective countries, to ban their insidious and destructive activities which pose a direct threat to their institutions and way of life.”
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