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PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November I, 1985
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Dulzin says Soviets line
on Jews won’t soon shift
by David Landau
JERUSALEM (JTA)—There is
no evidence of an imminent change
in the Soviet Union's policy on
Jewish emigration, despite all reports
and rumors that such change is
imminent, Jewish Agency executive
chairman Leon Dulzin and Absorp
tion Minister Yaacov Tsur said
Tuesday in separate statements.
Dulzin said, at a press conference,
that it was “not impossible’’ that
World Jewish Congress president
Edgar Bronfman, who recently visited
Moscow, was being“strungalong”
by the Soviets.
Dulzin said that Bronfman, who
was in the Kremlin in September
and met with a number of officials.
including one Politburo member,
had been promised a “gesture”
before Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev’s visit to Paris last month.
But nothing had materialized, Dulzin
said.
There were reports last weekend
that Gorbachev had asked France
to fly several thousand Soviet Jews
from the U.S.S.R. to Israel on a
special airlift, planned to precede
his upcoming summit meeting with
President Reagan in Geneva. The
reports, from Paris, said Gorbachev
had discussed this plan with President
Francois Mitterrand but it has
been dropped for the time being.
There were also unconfirmed reports
from Sofia, Bulgaria, last week
that the Soviet Union was opening
its gates to Jewish emigration. But
nothing has materialized.
Tsur told the Knesset Aliya Com
mittee that an artificial atmosphere
of expectation might be deliberately
engendered, since it served the
interests of the U.S.S.R., especially
at this time.
Dulzin told the press that the
Jerusalem C onference (formerly the
Brussels Conference) on Soviet
Jewry has scheduled a session Nov.
17-18 in Geneva and that it would
embark on a massive worldwide
public campaign on behalf of Soviet
Jewry unless there were tangible
signs of increased emigration by
then.
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AIPAC leader comes to Emory
to pitch strong U.S., Israeli ties
by Allen Rabinowitz
In an effort to get pro-Israel
college students involved in the
American political process, Jonathan
Kessler, leadership development
coordinator for the Washington,
D C.-based American Israel Public
Affairs Committee (AIPAC),
addressed Emory University students
at the campus Hillel House on Oct.
25.
Kessler’s appearance, the first
AIPAC visit to Emory, was part of
a Southern speaking tour that also
saw him address student groups in
Florida, Alabama and Tennessee.
In a telephone conversation with
The Southern Israelite prior to his
Emory address, Kessler said his
tour was an opportunity for AIPAC
to “work with America’s future
policy-leaders and opinion-makers
to sensitize them to the importance
ofa stong U.S.-Israel relationship.”
The main topic for Kessler’s
discussion was the proposed sale of
sophisticated weaponry to Jordan.
“AIPAC feels,” he explained, “that
the proposed arms sale is not only
a significant threat to Israeli security,
but also a threat to peace. The
package includes a number of
sophisticated fighter jets, planes
that have a fast reaction time and
are the most sophisticated and
maneuverable fighter aircraft in
the world. Israel’s major population
centers would bejust minutes away
from Jordanian air bases.”
Kessler said AIPAC was “very
pleased” with President Reagan’s
decision to postpone the sale. “The
president realized there was over
whelming opposition on Capitol
Hill,” he explained. “The president
was afraid of losing the sale. He
realized if it were deliberated over
this month, it would be blocked by
the passage of the Resolution of
Disapproval in both the House
and Senate.”
Kessler feels that the postponement
may bring Jordan closer to the
negotiating table since the sale would
be linked to that nation’s acceptance
of the peace process. He explained
that the Resolution “stipulates that
no sale of A merica’s most sophisticated
weapons can go through to Jordan
until the commencement of direct,
bilateral negotiations between Jordan
and Israel. We believe that linkage
will serve as an incentive for King
Hussein to come to the negotiating
table. By the same token, we’re
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convinced that if there were no
linkage—if the sale went through
prior to the commencement of direct,
bilateral negotiations—that Hussein
would no longer have an incentive
to sit down with Israel.”
Among the topics on Kessler’s
agenda were the recent events that
have undercut the position of the
Palestine Liberation Organization.
He pointed out that with the
admission of the Achille Lauro
hijackers that they were following
instructions from the PLO’s top
leadership, “the PLO has been
unmasked. For 20 years Arafat has
been saying he opposes terrorism,
while we know he’s been supporting
it. And here, the link is clear. The
PLO remains what it’s always
been—an organization dedicated
to terror." Kessler also sees the
Reagan administration’s decision
to pursue the Achille Lauro terrorists
and seek indictment, the Thatcher
government in Britain declining to
meet with PLO representatives and
the United Nations withdrawing
its invitation to Yasir Arafat to
speak before the General Assembly
as further signs of the PLO’s decline.
Kessler hoped that his visit would
serve as a “catalyst to get students
to understand the very real impact
that they can make on the way
policy is developed in Washington.
Other young, pro-Israel activists
have been impacting on the political
process in regard to the arms sale.”
He added, “Over 100 college
campuses mobilized against it by
first raising campus consciousness
through letters to the editor, com
mentary pieces in campus newspapers
and petition drives. Many pro-
Israel activists are sporting T-shirts
that read ‘Peace, not planes. Stop
the Jordan arms sale.’”
Although it was AIPAC’s first
visit to Emory, Kessler praised the
efforts of Caroline Fanaroff, the
organization’s campus liaison. He
felt that this was the start of a
“relationship with the pro-Israel
student community. Hopefully, we’ll
be strengthened and we’ll be doing
more work here in the future.”