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PAGE 6 THE SOUTHERN ISRAEEITE January 3, 1986
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Torah Day School
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Parents of incoming first graders:
Jan. 6, 1986 8 p.m.
at the home of
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1389 Stephens Dr.
Parents of incoming 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th graders
Jan. 15, 1986 8 p.m.
at the home of
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1293 Bernadette Lane
Meet with Rabbi Eliezer Vilinsky, Principal
Learn about Torah Day School; we blend
educational innovation with religious tradition.
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Mrs. B. Gottlieb
633-3761
Mrs. S. Schwartz
634-2682
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The Pollaid affair
Its effect on U.S. Jews
by Boris Smolar
Editor-in-chiet emeritus. JTA
All indications point to the fact
that Jews in the United States were
more agitated and have shown
more concern than non-Jews over
the spy activities ot Jonathan Jay
Pollard, the U.S. Navy counter
intelligence analyst accused of selling
classified information to Israel.
The Pollard affair has caused
troubling questions in the American
Jewish community, but all major
Jewish organizations engaged in
the community relations field do
not believe, at this point, that it has
caused any fundamental damage
to U.S.-Israeli relations. Theadmini-
stration and the media have, for
the most part, reacted firmly but
also w ith understanding. The admini
stration. in particular, has demon
strated a desire to resolve the matter
quickly, and so has the Israeli govern
ment. Congress and most of the
media have clearly distinguished
between Israel and America's
enemies—like the Soviet Union,
China, and others—whose extra
ordinary spy activities were discovered
recently.
Jewish Community Councils
throughout the country received
few. if any. calls from the media
Since Congress was in recess from
Nov. 22 till Dec. 2 during the
height of the Pollard incident.
Congress people w ere generally not
sought out for comment and few of
them sought out the press. The
American Israel Public Affairs
Committee (A1PAC) reported.
COOKJNGUPAPIOT
however, that a significant number
of its members have received negative
constituent feedback.
Regarding certain fears that arose
in the American Jewish community,
the National Jewish Community
Relations Advisory Council
(NJCRAC)—the roof organization
of the most important national
Jewish organizations and of more
than 100 local Jewish Community
Councils—w as assured by the Israeli
go\ernment that it is sensitive to
the concerns raised in the community.
Israel has publicly apologized to
the United States for the Pollard
incident, recalled the involved Israeli
diplomats back to Jerusalem, and
permitted officials from the U.S.
Department of Justice to conduct
in Israel an investigation by providing
them with access to the individuals
who are knowledgeable about the
case. Israeli Prime Minister Shimon
Peres assured U.S. Secretary of
State George Shultz that if the
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allegations against the recalled Israeli
diplomats are confirmed, those
responsible will be brought to
account, the unit involved in the
activity will be completely and
permanently dismantled, and neces
sary organizational steps will be
taken to ensure that such activities
are not repeated.
On Dec. I, a public statement to
this effect was issued by Peres.
Shultz welcomed it as “an excellent
statement,” and said he is satisfied
by it. Both the U.S. and Israel are
now committed to resolving this
crisis promptly and preventing it
from causing serious damage to
U.S.-Israel relations.
The administration is determined
that whatever the outcome of the
case, it should not disrupt the
overall relationship between the
two countries, including continued
cooperation in matters of intelligence
sharing.
American Jewish leaders now
take the attitude that because of
the compartmentalization of the
Israeli intelligence-gathering
apparatus and the competition among
its various branches within the
Foreign Ministry and the Ministry
of Defense, it is conceivable tha*
Pollard’s Israeli contacts acted
independently—and irresponsibly
w ithout the know ledge of accountable
superiors in their department or
within the upper echelons of the
Israeli government. The facts, w hat-
ever they may be, will be brought
out by the investigation now going
on.
But American Jewish leadership
is also anticipating the possibility
of a campaign—possibly an adver
tising campaign—in the coming
weeks by anti-Israel groups which
used such techniques in the past in
connection with aid to Israel. It
these groups activate a letter
writing campaign, or an ad campaign,
there will be response by local
Jewish communities.
One casualty of the Pollard case
may be the proposed amendment
in Congress that would reduce interest
to Israel on U.S. loans from ll
percent to 7 percent. Such a reduction
would have saved Israel 5700 million
a year since Israel spends a large
part of its annual budget in servicing
debts. Israeli officials feel that the
amendment would not pass in
Congress in the current atmosphere
and it seems that the Israel govern
ment is inclined to ask the sponsors
to drop it for the time being until it
will have a better chance and will
not involve the Pollard case in
debates from the Congress floor.
As the investigation develops,
facts are revealed showing that the
United States routinely engages in
certain espionage activity in Israel
and in other friendly countries. In
the Pollard case, the intormauon
which Pollard supplied to Israel
for 18 months for a reported payment
of 52,500 a month, dealt primarily
with secret information gathered
by the U.S. on Arab military capabi
lities. It is noted that Israel has
been willing to permit U.S. miln ar >
See Pollard, pagt-’ I 7