NCJ Number
62241
Journal
Commentary Volume: 58 Issue: 1 Dated: (JULY 1974) Pages: 30-39
Date Published
1974
Length
10 pages
Annotation
THIS 1973 ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE REACTIONS OF ISRAELI CITIZENS TO TERRORIST ACTIONS, THE DEVELOPMENT OF TERRORIST GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT, AND FUTURE IMPLICATIONS.
Abstract
SOVIET ATTITUDES TOWARDS ISRAEL IN AND OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED NATIONS ARE EXAMINED, AS IS THE CREATION OF A SPECIAL JEWISH DEPARTMENT IN THE FIFTH DIRECTORATE OF THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, THE KGB, WITH THE APPARENT PURPOSES OF RECRUITING JEWS TO INFILTRATE JEWISH COMMUNITIES, OF HALTING PUBLIC PROTESTS, AND OF INTIMIDATING IMMIGRANTS. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE THE SOVIET UNION'S PROGRAM OF TRYING TO TURN THIRD WORLD NATIONS INTO CLIENT OR SATELLITE STATES; SYRIAN ORGANIZATION OF PALESTINIAN GROUPS; AND GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT BY EGYPT, SYRIA, LEBANON, LIBYA, AND IRAQ OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION (PLO), THE POPULAR FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF PALESTINE (PFLP), AND SAIQUA. THE ROLE OF THE SOVIET INTELLIGENCE DIRECTORATE, THE GRU, IN TRAINING PALESTINIAN RECRUITS IS DESCRIBED AND THE INTIMIDATION OF EGYPTIAN FELLAHIN AND SYRIAN PEASANTS IN CARRYING OUT TERRORIST ACTIONS IS CONSIDERED. OTHER EVENTS DISCUSSED INCLUDE SOVIET BUILDING OF TERRORIST CELLS IN THE OIL SHEIKDOMS SOUTH OF KUWAIT; THE LINKAGE OF THE JAPANESE RED ARMY GROUP WITH THE PFLP, USING NORTH KOREA AS A BASE; AND THE ENCROACHMENT OF TERRORISTS GROUPS UPON WORLD ORDER AND UPON WESTERN LAW, REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT, AND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. THE MASSACRE OF ISRAELI CHILDREN AT MAALOT AND THE REACTION OF THE WORLD PRESS IS DESCRIBED. THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE ISRAELI GOLAN HEIGHTS FRONTIER MAY ALSO SYMBOLIZE A FRONTIER FOR THE ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC WEST. (AOP)