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Israel switches flight paths; says jet interception legal by Hugh Orgel I EL AVIV (J I A) I he Trans port Ministry’s Civil Aviation Authority announced Sunday it has established new flight paths tor civilian aircraft arriving at and departing from Israel. The mea sure was taken in response to threats by Libya, Syria and various terror ist groups to retaliate for the inter ception by the Israel Air Force last week of a private Libyan plane which Israel had reason to believe was carrying top terrorist leaders. Israel’s intelligence proved false in this case and the plane, a Gulf- stream Executive jet enroute from Benghazi, Libya, to Damascus, was released four-and-a-half hours after it had been forced to land at an air base in northern Israel. The reprisal threats were not specific but they are taken seriously here and in other countries. Ter rorist leader Abu Nidal. one of those presumed to have been aboard the intercepted plane, warned civ ilians to stay off Israeli and Ameri- can airliners. Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi charged that the U.S. Sixth Fleet, operating near Libyan waters, had pinpointed the private plane for the Israel Air force. Greek civil aviation authorities who operate air traffic controls in the eastern Mediterranean jointly with Cyprus, have also assigned new' flight paths well away from L ibyan air space, Maariv reported. A spokesman for El Al, Israel's national airline, said the Libyan threats have had no adverse effects on bookings. Israeli officials, meanwhile, sought to justify the interception as having been within Israel's rights under international law. Israeli officials have pointed out that the intercepted plane was not a commercial airliner carrying pay ing passengers on a regular route but a private plane not subject to ICAO regulations chartered to carry home participants in a conference in Tripoli, Libya, where terrorist activities were discussed and prob ably planned. According to these officials, there was sufficient intelligence informa tion to indicate that prominent ter rorist leaders were in the plane and to justify the intercept order. Some sources said that Nidal and George Habash, leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, may have actually boarded the plane in Libya and promptly left by another door to mislead foreign agents who may have been watching the aircraft. Terrorist leaders have been known in the past to switch planes at the last minute. AJF hails Shcharansky release The following statement has been issued by the Atlanta Jewish Feder ation in conjunction with the release of Anatoly Shcharansky by the Soviet Union. In the community’s program where organizations and synagogues “adopted” a refusnik for special communication, Shcharan sky had been adopted by the Federation. Editor It is with profound joy that we greet the release of Anatoly Shchar ansky from the Soviet Union. Lovers of freedom throughout the world can have nothing but the deepest respect for Mr. Shcharansky whose courage and heroism have given strength and hope to the 2.5 million Jews living in the Soviet Union and to millions of other people who struggle for the retention of their human rights. ATLANTA’S . FINEST FRENCH RESTAURANT Qnly a 10 minute cab ride from Downtown The Patio Restaurant 3349 Piedmont Rd. Phone: 237-5878 The Atlanta Jewish Federation and all other organizations in the Jewish community, as well as many non-Jewish organizations and reli gious institutions, take inspiration from the bravery of Mr. Shchar ansky, and reaffirm their commit ment to advocate on behalf of the over 20 Jewish Prisoners of Con science still languishing in Soviet labor camps: on behalf of the 30,000 refusniks; indeed, on behalf of all 2.5 million Soviet Jews. The Atlanta Jewish Federation expresses its appreciation and grati tude to President of the United States Ronald Reagan, to Secretary of State George Schultz and to all American officials who have been so instrumental in securing the release of this brave man, thereby allowing him to reunite with his beloved Avital. We hope and pray that the gates of emigration will open soon and that all Soviet Jews will be given the opportunity to return to their home land, Israel. Gerald //. Cohen, President Atlanta Jewish Federation Give Blood. 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