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ot my Aectc tlio 8 18 oan ali Pe NE RFR I ) “\p\ SECRET - WN The newspaper "The Militant”, in its issue of March 27, 1970, on page 7, carried the following article: Israeli social Fil . # NEW YORK — The Committee on New Alternatives in the Jiiddle East, ar- “nounced March 19 jhat it is sponsoring a speaking tour of the United States during April and May for Arie Bober, a young istacti yew Wao) a leading spokesman for the Israeli Socialist Or- ganization. The ISO, which publishes the maga- gine Afaizpen, is a joint Jewish-Arab or- ganization committed to the struggle for a socialist, untied Middle East, freed of all imperialisma and colonialism) in which all peoples enjoy full national rights. As a first step toward this goal, it demands the immediate withdrawal _ of Israe} from all oceupied territories, recognition of the right of all displaced Palestinians to return to their land or to receive compensation as they choose, and the abrogation of all laws confer- ting special privileges in Isract on Jews, especially the Law of Return. The ISO has recently come under increasingly severe attack from the Is- raeli government. The Arabic edition of Matzpen has been completely panned, he shea im, Florencs we, Louis J “ne n, Dwi muacdonal ein, agu, pi saseer, 1. FAyfione, Louis and the Hebrew edition of the magazine .- an has been heavily censored. Arie Bober was born in Haifa and lived on the Kefar Rupin kibbutz in Beit Sha’an Valley during his early sy gull. Ha icy gi chase and o bri yaers in the Israeli Navy, and bas just been released from a three-month four of duty in the Army. He is a graduate student of economics and political sci- ence at the Hebrew University in Jeru- salem and a research assistant in the Vaervold School of Social Work there. He has published a number of articles on the Israeli economy and is a {re- quent contributor to Afatzpen. Among the sponsors of the Committee of New Alternafives in the Middie“ast are: Eri exitey, Nop hgmsky, 4 Kain £7 Wilha 1 Ruagstler, fr wy TS : . Tnierrreyer and Howargy inn, a ees Aw onaremsemrtns aap Ta + Fur furiter information, contact the commiittee’s secretary, Berta Langston, ’ alt at 145 E. 16th St., Apt. 90, New York, N.Y. 10003. (212-254-6362). 0 ETGH DISSEMINATION ” Se sea een emer