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Britain refuses oil sale to Israel
LONDON (JTA)—The European Court of Justice will be
asked to pronounce on the legality of Britain’s refusal to sell oil to
Israel.
This was decided in the English High Court last week despite
opposition by the British government. Lawyers expect the case to
come to the European Economic Community’s tribunal in the
latter part of next year, barring a successful last minute appeal by
the British government’s attorney general.
The case stems from a dispute between two oil companies
following a refusal to load an Israel-bound cargo at the British
North Sea oil terminal in the Shetland Islands.
Trudeau: Leave West Bank/Gaza
MONTREAL (JTA)—Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
said in Kuwait, where he is visiting as part of his worldwide trip to
promote peace, that Israel should leave the territory it captured
during the Six-Day War and allow the Palestinians there to elect
their own leaders, even if it means the election of PLO chief Yasir
Arafat.
“The Palestinian people should be given their rights and a
homeland in the West Bank and Gaza Strip," Trudeau told
reporters in Kuwait City. “Consequently, we ask that Israel
withdraw and its settlement policy be stopped and reversed." He
added that the Palestinian people “should be at the center of any
settlement to the Israeli-Arab wars.”
Illinois Hlllel House vandalized
CHICAGO (JTA)—Unidentified vandals smashed all the
windows at Hillel House at the University of Illinois inChampaign
recently, but caused no other damage. No one has claimed
responsibility. The damage to the windows was estimated at close
to $7,000.
According to Barry Mehler, a student in the university, the
»«nilil« alao overturned • dumpster “which weigh* more than a
car, leading us to suspect that more than one person was involved."
He said there was no one in the building at the time.
Syrians down Israeli drone
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Military sources announced that a
pilotless Israeli drone was shot down over Lebanon Tuesday by
Syrian anti-aircraft fire while on a reconnaissance flight.
Lebanon's rightwing Phalangist radio reported Tuesday that
an Israeli jet was shot down by Syrian missiles over Lebanon and
its pilot taken prisoner. The official Syrian news agency, Sana,
claimed that two drones were downed, one in the Anjar area of
eastern Lebanon near the Syrian border and the other in Deir
Aldas in southern Syria. The Syrians made no claim to have
downed a manned Israeli aircraft.
The Israeli military sources ignored both reports, stating that a
single drone had been lost.
Shamir denies secret accords
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir flatly
denied in the Knesset Monday that Israel made any military
commitments to the U.S. during his and Defense Minister Moshe
Arens’ talks with President Reagan and top administration
officials in Washington last week.
There was no secret agreement reached in Washington and
reports to that effect are “erroneous rumors and baseless
interpretations,” Shamir declared in a statement to the Knesset
explaining the substance of his agreements with the U.S., with
emphasis on their economic as well as military benefits to Israel.
Israel, Chile make trade plans
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The official visit of Chile’s Foreign
Minister Miguel Schweitzer Walters ended last week with
agreements to expand trade and agricultural cooperation between
Israel and that South American country. While in Israel, Walters
conferred with acting Foreign Minister Moshe Nissim and Deputy
Foreign Minister Yehuda Ben-Meir.
Chile, an arid country, is particularly interested in Israel’s
experience and know-how in the development of advanced
irrigation techniques. Israel will send a team of experts to Chile
shortly to discuss possible joint projects in that field.
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Invitation to Unicoi ’84
Editor:
As program chairman for
Unicoi ‘84, I feel certain that your
Southern Israelite readership,
particularly the women, will be
interested in this program.
Unicoi (held for the past four
years in various places in Georgia)
is the annual 24 hour retreat for the
Women's Division of the Atlanta
Jewish Federation. This year it will
be held on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at
Lake Arrowhead. As in the past.
the programming will be
provocative and educational, all
for a very nominal registration fee.
At this retreat, Atlanta’s women
of all ages with a diversity of
commitment will have the unique
opportunity to come together, to
befriend one another, and, most
importantly, to learn in-depth
information about Israel, Jews in
other countries, and our own
community. Unicoi will include
multi-media presentations.
workshops, lectures, fireside chats,
and scholars-in-residence.
What a special opportunity
Unicoi provides for Atlanta’s
Jewish women to learn, to grow, to
feel a part of our own community,
and to experience the inextricable
connectin to our fellow Jews
throughout the world!
1 invite you to join us on Jan. 31.
Jody Franco
Program chairman
Unicoi 'H4
Hold TSI cover up to mirror
By placing the photo in front of a
mirror, the Hebrew letters spell out
“Be-si-man-tov” (Praise be to G-d,
or Good Luck). This expression
was used by the Sephardic Jews at
weddings and celebrations instead
of the popular Mazel Tov.
Also, on page 11 there are three
spellings of the word “Hanukkah "
In designing the Jewish holiday
calendar for the Coca Cola
Company, I was informed the
proper spelling recommended was
Hanukkah. Evidently, Delta An
Lines agrees.
Sol Beton
We are all too aware of the error
on the cover of our Hanuka issue.
Our printer accidentally flopped
the negative of the photograph
which was sent, resulting in the
mirror-image Hebrew. He's sorry,
and so are we.
As to the multiple spellings of
the holiday, the American Jewish
Press Association issued a spelling
guide for Jewish holidays and
other words which have several
interpretations. In copy under our
control. The Southern Israelite
follows the AJPA guideline’—
Hanuka. However, in advertising
topy, we adhere to the wishes of
the advertiser, which accounts for
the variations.
Any way you spell it:
Hanukkah, Chanukah or Hanuka,
we hope everyone had a happy
one.
—Editor
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Sharon, Arens—a comparison
Editor:
Your attention is invited to your
cover of the Hanukia (Dec. 2),
wherein through some error in
production the photo is flopDed.
Who lived In
Popasnaya?
Editor:
HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant
Aid Society, seeks assistance in
helping to implement a project
taken at the request of the U.S
government.
We have been asked to locale
Jewish survivors who lived in the
city of Popasnaya (also known as
Koganovich) in the Ukraine
during the years 1941-44. They are
being sought as possible witnesses
in an ongoing Justice Department
war crimes investigation.
If you or someone you know has
any information or questions on
this matter, please contact Brenda
Schaefer, c/o HIAS, 200 Park
Avenue South, New York, N Y.
10003; or call (212) 674-6800.
Leonard Seidenman
Executive Vice President
HIAS
Editor:
The unseen hand works in
Israel. Two of its strong leaders
have substantial weak points. Arik
Sharon is a tremendous general
who understands Arabs. They are
terrified of him, and things are very
quiet when he is in charge of an
area; but he doesn’t understand
Americans, and he made a botch of
his dealings in Washington. On the
other hand. Defense Minister
Moshe Arens has wonderful
relations with the United States,
and gains many agreements and
concessions otherwise obtainable
but he just doesn't understand the
A rab mentality. I n order to make a
gesture of magnanimity for his trip
to Washington, he turned loose
4,600 Arab terrorists to give them
another chance to behave.
Instead, a suicidal terrorist has
now blown up a Jerusalem bus
together with SO Israelis going
home early for Hanuka, the festival
celebrating the cleansing of Israel.
There will not be an immediate
and powerful resurgence of the
Sharon methods with massive and
necessary restrictions on every
Arab Who SEEK to ride a bus in
Israel. Such restrictions will slowly
but inevitably result in a
depopulation of Arabs—and they
did it to themselves.
How often does the Bible tell
how God confused the minds of
the enemies of Israel?
Aaron Baranan
PAGE 5 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 9, 1983