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by Joseph PolakofT
TSI'i Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON — Although
foreign journalists found no signs
of a buildup of Israeli forces on the
Lebanese border or within the
Christian enclave friendly to
Israel, r^orts of an imminent
invasion of Lebanon has caused
Washington to demonstrate its
opposition to such a venture by
sending high level emissaries to the
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Particularly since the recent
murder by a gunwoman of an
Israeli diplomat in Paris, rumors
have emanated, mainly from
Beirut, that the Israelis were
mounting an attack designed to
wipe out the Palestine Liberation
Organization force that has been
re-equipped with Soviet arms.
While Israelis have warned that
violence against Israelis, either in
territories administered by Israel
or abroad, constitutes a violation
of the cessation of hostilities,
reports of an invasion were
regarded by analysts as ballooned
by the media with “background"
information from unidentified
sources, and Moscow joined
Washington in forecasting
possible invasion.
Using the reports to stigmatize
U.S. support of Israel, Pravda
said, “The Israeli rear is protected
by the U.S." and noted “a
multinational force, one of the
shock detachments of the
American Rapid Development
Force, is already stationed in the
Sinai.” This was in reference to the
force set up underlie Camp David
accords which the Soviet Union
oppotes. ...^
While Lebanese PressJent Elias
Sarkis spoke of Fsraef having
massed 40,000 troops on the
border and PLO chief Yasir Arafat
predicted on Saturday an Israeli
strike within 48 hours that never
materialized, journalists who
traversed the border area found no
evidence of either a buildup or
invasion. An Israeli newspaper,
Maariv, reported “tens of
thousands* of Passover vacationers
flocked to the areas designated in
Beirut as “invasion" sites.
Washington reportedly decided
to demonstrate efforts at
restraining Israel after Defense
Minister Ariel Sharon said that an
See Invasion threat, page 21.
The Souther
Israelite
The Weekly Newspaper For Southern Je'
Our 57fh Year
Vol. LV1I1
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, April 16, 1982
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Mosque shooting
Arabs say Israel is to blame
by Joseph PolakofT
rsr* Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON—The shooting
done at the Dome of the Rock
Mosque in Jerusalem by a
reportedly psychologically
disturbed American immigrant to
Israel is being whipped up by Arab
governments and their controlled
media at home and abroad as an
official deliberate act by the State
of Israel.
Official Arab reaction received
here denied the U.S. position
expressed by the State Department
that the shooting was “senseless
violence" and "obviously the work
of a deranged individual who has
now been taken into custody.” The
Arab treatment of the incident
ignored the gunman's individual
act and his apparent mental
in«Ut>ibtig y k,
A statement by the Jontanian
foreign ministry said that “the
criminal incident" was “a planned
incident” and a “repitition of a
host” of crimes “aimed at
implementing a planned and
approved scheme to destroy the
Arab and Islamic character of
Jerusalem.” The ministry said it
has instructed its mission at the
United Nations in New York to
urge U.N. members to implement
resolutions for total Israeli
withdrawal from “occupied”
territories, including Jerusalem.
Jordan’s government, including
King Hussein and Queen Noor,
has been condemning Israel in
increasingly violent terms since the
Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement
was signed.
In Saudi Arabia, newspapers
adapted versions of the State
Department’s statement to their
views. Referring to Israel as “the
racist state,” A1 Riyadh said the
department had “adopted the
Zionists' allegations that the
incident is ‘the work of a deranged
individual.’” A1 Medina front
paged an appeal to Saudi Arabian
King Kahlid to “renew the call to
Jihad (Holy War),” coupled
with action designed to “smash the
idols of JewisKjyrants in the land
of Palestine and around
Jerusalem.”
In Cairo, the Egyptian radio
broadcast Foreign Minister Kamal
Hassan Ali’s statement, after a
meeting of Egypt’s leaders, that the
incident “was a foolish action” and
nallad mUttt Israeli government to
taj^rmeaajifss to safeguard tig:
sanctity of the holy places and
ensure the free approach to these
places.”
Under Israeli authority, Islamic
holy places, like the Christian
Shrine and the Western Wall, are
open to all visitors and are
safeguarded by police night and
day. Arab police constantly guard
entrances to the Temple Mount
and the Dome of the Rock and
the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
The assailant at the mosque,
Alan Goodman, reported formerly
to have lived in Baltimore, killed
two Arab guards and wounded
nine others. He also wounded an
Israeli policeman on guard duty at
the mosque. Israeli officials said
Goodman came to Israel in 1977.
He enrolled in a state-operated
Hebrew language school in
Jerusalem but was expelled after
striking an employee there. The
school’s principal was quoted as
saying that he had “a strange stare”
and was constantly in conflict with
other students. Later, he briefly
attended a religious seminary near
Tel Aviv and afterward moved to a
Jerusalem suburb.
Prime Minister Menachem
Begin, deploring “this terrible
sacrilege,” described the Temple
Mount as “holy to Judaism,
Christianity and Islam—in that
historical order.” He said the
Supreme Moslem Council of
Jerusalem, which blamed the
incident on the Slate of Israel, was
“attempting to exploit the
tragedy.” Jerusalem Mayor Teddy
Kqlteck aid the shooting was “a
terrible incident.” He said, “We
have all these years guarded the
holy places with the utmost care.
We never had anything of this kind
happen in IS years. But mad things
do happen.”
The Temple Mount is an ancient
man-made plateau which was the
site of the original temple built by
Solomon and of the second temple
destroyed by the Romans in C.E
70. After capturing that section of
Jerusalem in the 1967 war, Israel
pledged to leave all holy sites
undisturbed and in the custody of
their religion. The site is generally
regarded as the third holiest in
See Mosque shooting, page 21.
And the
winner is...
On stage at the Jewish Home, candidates for the 1982 Ms. Jewish Nursing Home title await the judges' decision. Seated left to right are Molly
Tauber, Ida Brun, 1982 Queen Shirley Rosenblum, Sophia Weiss and Ruth Kushner, past winners who both went on to become Ms. Georgia
Nursing Home; Rose Zontz, runner-up Claire Mond, Estaire Ellison and Lena Renov. More pictures on page 19.