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PAGE 6 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE April 4, 1986 Modern Printing. QfHh-tinu' •prices. Mr. Zippy Tickets Invitations A Annoutx ements Quality Quick Copy (Xcto* 9500*) full Service Printing l 090s A Graphic Design PRINTERS OF DUNWOODY Next to Winn-Dixie in Dunwoody Village Don and Skip We Hand 393-8588 Pnrri| Norman, realtors At Vxir Service. Promise. Brian Lawson Realtor Specializing in listing, marketing and selling residential property in Northeast and Northwest Atlanta. t/i•niber Uniuiih him .S't Office: 329-0188 Res : 325-5588 It’s April, and Atlanta will have a restaurant with a personality all its own. W. Peachtree at 15 th Five injured by Katyushas; Israel retaliates with air raid by Yaacov Ben Yosef Special to The Southern Israelite JERUSALEM—Once again, Katyusha rockets were fired on the northern border town of Kiryat Shentona last week, this time wounding four school children and a teacher, one seriously. Though rockets have fallen on the town a number of times since last June when the Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon, this marked the first time that Israel had suffered casu alties from such attacks since the pullout. Accordingly, it came as no sur prise that Israel reacted sharply to the Kiryat Shemona attack Thurs day morning, sending its air force into action just 90 minutes later against a pair of targets in south Lebanon. Reports from Lebanon suggested that eight people were killed and another 30 wounded. Early Sunday, three days later, more Katyushas were fired at the Galilee but only one missile landed inside Israel, at Har Dov. There were no casualties. What has the Israelis increas ingly concerned are reports that Yasir Arafat, head of the PL.O, has managed to send 1,000 of his men back to south Lebanon, particu larly to the refugee camps in Sidon. The Israeli air attack focused on that region. Clearly, the Israelis have no stomach for another invasion of Lebanon to root out terrorists. The price Israel paid in Israeli soldiers was seen as extremely high, some 650 1DP troops dying during the Patronize our advertisers. They help bring you The Southern Israelite Yaacov Ben Y osef three years of Israeli occupation. Senior Israeli officials are known to feel that the government should act with restraint. To send the IDF back into south Lebanon would, in their opinion, serve only to unify Amal and the PLO, the two main Arab forces in south Lebanon w hich for the time being are at each other's throats. But. beyond that, now that Is rael has been out of Lebanon since June 10. the Israeli population has enjoyed nine months of “normal” life without the continuing casu alties. without the reserve duty, without the burden on the econ- omv. Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin was conscious of all this Monday afternoon when he spoke to the Foreign Press Association at a luncheon at the Tel Aviv Hilton. In a veiled criticism of Israel's three- year war in Lebanon (from 1982 to 1985). Rabin said: "Terrorism cannot be finished with one good w ar." It was a little-disguised slap at Menachem Begin. Ariel Sharon and the other government leaders who took Israel into Lebanon nearlv tour years ago. Rabin made clear that he cannot promise the residents ot the north that no Katyushas will ever fall again in their region. But he assert ed that there will be no peace on the south Lebanon side if the shells tall on the north. "We will pursue them and strike them wherever they are,” the defense minister said shortly after last Thursday’s attack on Kiryat Shemona. As for the American attacks on Libya last week, Israel backed Washington’s tough measures, eager ly pointing out that when a major power like the U.S. acted against a beachhead of international terror, as Libya was, it would send a signal to the rest of the world. The Israelis were less pleased, however, with the decision of two American senators, Gary Hart and Bennett Johnston, to cancel their visits to Israel. Both senators con tended that they had been advised by their government that it was too dangerous to visit Israel and the rest of the Middle East in view of the Libyan threats against Ameri can officials. “How can you say to a senator don’t come and to tourists, do come,” Rabin asked angrily at that same meeting in Tel Aviv. “I don’t believe such advice should be part of the policy of fighting terrorism When you advise senators (like that), practically you give in to terrorism.” Finally, the Knesset on Monday evening approved the new budget for 1986 without the usual arguing The 30.2 billion new shekel budget (S20 billion) provided a series of benefits in the form of lowered taxes that indicated a phasing out of the austerity measures which had been introduced a year ago to curb inflation. The passage of the budget, minus the usual acrimony, was due to the strong political position of Prime Minister Peres. He had threat ened last week that if there were any objections to his proposed budget he would bring the govern ment down. There were no prob lems. In the wake of the self-de structive Herut Party convention three weeks ago when a deadlock emerged and no vote of confidence was given to Foreign Minister Y it zhak Shamir as party leader. Peres is enjoying a new measure of pop ularity and political strength. THE EPSTEIN SCHOOL Solomon Schechter School of Atlanta 600 Peachtree Battle Ave., N.W. -He have ch u »e„ a pa,h lor our children uhich cci understand their Jew ls h heritage.” Enroll now—Call 351-7b23 ill help them to feel proud and Fo:s and Dana Kumanske» parents