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Four Arabs face deportation
JERUSALEM (J [ A)—Deportation orders were issued against
four Arabs from the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Security authorities
said they were suspected of hostile activities.
Three of the four were serving prison sentences for terrorist acts
when they were released in a prisoner exchange deal last May.
‘Shoah’ wins Rotterdam award
AMSTERDAM (JTA)—“Shoah,” the nine-and-a-half hour
documentary on the Holocaust by Claude Lanzmann, was awarded
the prize for best documentary of 1985 at the first Rotterdam Film
Festival.
Shoah was broadcast earlier this month on Dutch television
on two consecutive Sunday nights.
Bomb injures woman in Afula
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A woman was slightly injured and taken to
a hospital for treatment for shock when a bomb exploded in Afula
Jan. 21.
It was the eighth terrorist blast in the Jezreel valley town in
recent months. T he explosive charge was hidden under bushes near
the Afula bus station.
U.N. extends Auschwitz exhibit
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—The exhibition “Auschwitz—A
Crime Against Mankind,” on display in the visitors’ lobby of the
United Nations will be open to the public for an additional month
and will close on Feb. 28.
The announcement was made by Prof. Maurice Goldstein,
president of the International Auschwitz Committee, which organized
the exhibition together with the Auschwitz State Museum in
Poland. The U.N. display was sponsored by the U.N. Center for
Hliman Rights.
Rio leader takes office, dies
RIO DE JANEIRO (JT A)- Jacob Salvador Zweibil, 65, a
four-term member of the Sao Paulo State Legislature who was
long active in the Jewish community, died of a heart attack earlier
this month only five hours after taking office as secretary of culture
in Sao Paulo’s municipal government. He was born in Brazil.
Janio Quadros, mayor of Sao Paulo and a former president of
Brazil, who appointed Zweibil, promptly nominated Helio Dechtiar,
another Jewish community leader, to replace him.
In an unrelated development, Jose Goldenberg, a professor of
physics, was elected president of the University of Sao Paulo, the
' largest university in Brazil.
Two bombs explode in Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A bomb exploded in a Jerusalem
restaurant and another went off in downtown Haifa Jan. 26. Neither
caused casualties but damage to the restaurant was considerable.
Police detained 20 Arabs for questioning.
The bomb in the restaurant on King George Street, a busy
thoroughfare, exploded in the lavatory. Police said it was a
relatively small device.
The Haifa blast occurred in Paris Square, where many Arab
day laborers from the West Bank gather each morning to seek jobs
in the Haifa area.
El Al resumes Manchester route
TEL AVIV (JTA) — F.1 Al announced it will resume its weekly
flights to Manchester, England, after reaching a compromise with
the airport authorities there in a dispute over security arrangements.
Israel’s national air carrier had cancelled the Manchester flight
a week ago because its check-in counter was moved from the main
concourse to a basement area serving flights to Belfast.
Under the compromise agreement, its passengers will identify
themselves at the regular check-in area and proceed with their
baggage through passport control near the departure gates.
Customs will inspect their baggage at that point, where it will be
transferred to the plane.
Paris to honor Jewish leader?
PARIS (JTA) —Jack Lang, the minister of culture, called on
the Paris Municipal Council Tuesday to name one of the city’s
streets after the late Prime Minister Pierre Mendes-France, who
was Jewish, l.ang. himself a Jew, spoke while unveiling a plaque on
the house where Mendes-France was born, near the “pletzel,” as the
old Jewish quarter of Paris was called.
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On Sunday, Jan. 12, Michael
Widlanski’s headlines in the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution read: “Israel
Fears Assad Out to Regain Golan
Heights.” The question that haunted
the minds and hearts of those of us
who read his article was “What can
stop Assad?”
“Only two things have a chance
at stopping Syrian President Hafez
Assad from regaining the Golan
Heights, the highest and strategically
the most important ground on Israel’s
border with Syria and Lebanon,”
was retired Israeli Col. Arie
Shacham’s answer to this question
on his recent visit to the Jewish
National Fund (JNF) in Atlanta.
“First a strong army presence in
the area, and second, Jewish settle
ments in the Galilee.”
Currently over 60 percent of the
population in this hilly borderterri-
tory is comprised of non-Jewish
Israelis who enjoy the complete
Calling
rights of citizens (except for the
“right” to serve in the Israel army).
The highest priority of the Israeli
government and the nation is to
bring young Jewish pion'eers into
the Galilee to develop residential
and industrial communities.
The necessary first stage in any
such development is the preparation
of land and access roads and this
can only be accomplished by the
Jewish National Fund (Keren
Kayemeth Leisrael). The JNF is
the only organization with the equip
ment, labor, skills and spirit to
transform these mountain tops into
livable settlements. Israel’s increasing
ly troubled economy threatens the
progress of these vital programs.
JNF, with its sources of contributions
from the United States and around
the world, can insure the establish
ment of this very necessary and
tangible part of Israel’s security
and defense system.
The JNF is currently working
through three major approaches— *
the preparation and development —
of land, the afforestation of the 30
land, and the perhaps less publicized ^
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new settlements. Especially in these £■
strategic locations, the recreational
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“What can stop Assad?” Only
two things, the presence of a strong
army and the achievements of the
JNF. Who is the Jewish National
Fund? It is an organization whose
membership includes every Jewish
individual in the world. It is this
membership who owns the land,
acquisitions and assets of the JNF.
It is this membership who must
support its vital work with their
contributions.
Toby Director Goldman
all women to Unicoi
Editor:
Was it the small children in a city
named Yehud with their smiling
eyes looking at us and their smiling
lips singing to us? or was it the
children and adults of Ethiopia in
absorption centers yearning to learn
Hebrew, English. . . everything
. . . so they can adapt to their new
world—their home—Israel.
It may be the seedlings we planted
in honor of our children, Andrea
and Blake, in the JNF forest, over
looking the hills, trying desperately
to turn green with trees rather than
barren with sand.
Perhaps it happened when I listened
to a 23-year-old young man, the
same age as our son, speak about
the Israeli Air Force with the pride
that most sabras show toward their
country and people. And when he
showed us the fighter planes taking
off and the well-planned base, I
knew this tiny, but strong country
would survive.
The story of Masada describes
the courage our people have always
had throughout the years to prevail
no matter what the odds. Their
strength gives me strength.
No matter how many times 1 go
through Yad Vashem, it has the
same effect on me. This is how my
grandparents died. This is the
existence my parents escaped in
1938 two nights before Kristalnacht
This is six million Jews who gave
up their lives—but not in vain, for
we in the Diaspora must do all we
can to see that it should never
happen again.
This trip was something special.
It was Atlanta Jewish Federation's
Panim el Panim (Face to Face)
Atlanta Mission with 187 strong.
We met the people in Israel face to
face, identifying with them. Their
children were our children, their
faces were our faces.
The closeness that expanded among
the members of the mission made it
an unforgettable one because sud
denly. . . we were one.
1 want to commend every staff
member, group leader, and the
steering committee for making the
Panim el Panim an unforgettable
experience for Macy and me. I
hope all women in the community
make an effort to attend Unicoi at
the Falcon Inn on Sunday, Feb. 9.
This one day event will be one you
don’t want to miss. Reservations
are coming in quickly to the Federa
tion office, so register soon. We
want to meet everyone “Face to
Face!”
Jennie Morel,
Unicoi co-chairman
Kahane controversy continues
Editor:
In reference to the recent contro
versy over Meir Kahane, like him
or not, much of what he espouses is
painful reality.
Fact No. I: Israel is a Jewish
state with many Arab inhabitants.
Fact No. 2: Arabs are second
class citizens, many of whom live
for the day when they will be
powerful enough to destroy the
Jewish state.
Fact No. 3: Islam is a religion
that will never and has never accepted
“infidel” occupation of Moslem
land.
Fact No. 4: Considering current
demographics, the Arabs will even
tually outnumber the Jews.
As Jews we set our moral standards
high and it is anathema to espouse
the forceful expulsion of a people,
yet mass migrations in the name of
politics and religion have occurred
throughout the world during this
century.
Why not then consider the relo
cation of Palestinian Arabs into
Palestinian land such as Jordan or
other under-inhabited Arab lands,
(where one day’s oil revenues can
provide the basis for sustenance),
leaving the tiny sliver that is Israel
as a truly Jewish state?
Unless something is done, the
inevitable fact is that eventually we
will be a minority in our own
homeland and our plight will be
similar to that of the whites in
Editor:
The Teachers on Volunteer Service
(TOVS) organization, based in New
York City, on behalf of the Depart
ment of Education and Culture of
the World Zionist Organization,
the Israeli Ministry of Education
and O RT is seeking volunteer teachers
to tutor English in Israel for the
summer of 1986.
Part-time assignments will be
available in the various ORT schools,
W1ZO centers and public schools
in and near Tel-Aviv, Haifa and
South Africa today!
This is not a happy solution, but
before you condemn a man for
espousing it, hear him out, read his
works and then see if you can find a
more humane solution commensurate
with the realities of the Middle
East.
Alan B. Lippitt
Linda Lippitt
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Jerusalem. Prospective candidates
must possess proper teacher certi
fication and be prepared to provide
for their own traveling and living
expenses while in Israel.
For further information, write
to Ms. Edna D. Gordon, Director
of TOVS, Department of Education
and Culture, WZO, 515 Park Avenue,
New York, N.Y. 10022. Please enclose
a stamped, self-addressed legal-
sized envelope.
Ellen Arrow
Teachers needed in Israel
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