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More critically, it is so important to the Soviet Jews who know that their American coun terparts care.” Women's American ORT coordinates the Bar/Bar Mitzva Twinning Program. For further information, call, 252-6309. Senators ask Shultz to deny visa to Arafat WASHINGTON A bipartisan bloc of 26 Republican and 19 Democratic senators, including some of the most liberal and con servative members of the Senate, have asked Secretary of State George Shultz to deny Yasir Ara fat a visa to enter the United States. They indicated the Palestine L ib eration Organization chief is seek ing a visa to attend and address a meeting of the United Nations Security Council in New York in June. “By admitting him into the Uni ted States, we recognize Arafat’s terrorist activities rather than con- demningthem,” the letter, authored by Sens. Jeremiah Denton (D.-Ala.) and Frank Uautenberg (D.-N.J.), said. “Arafat has intentionally directed his terror against the United States on Nov. 13, 1985, when he proudly stated ‘We are on the threshold of a fierce battle—not an lsraeli-Pales- tinian battle, but a Palestinian- U.S. battle,’ ” the letter, dated May 23, said. “We cannot and must not again open our doors to him.” Among the 45 senators are lib erals such as Chris Dodd (D.- Conn.), Howard Metzenbaum (D.-Ohio), Edward Kennedy (D.- Mass.), and conservatives such as Jesse Helms (R.-N.C.), Steven Symms (R.-Idaho) and Strom Thurmond (R.-S.C.). Other signers included Mack Mattingly (R.-Ga ). —Joseph Polakoff The Southern Israelite The Weekly Newspaper For Southern Jewry 'Since 1925' Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, May 30, 1986 No. 22 Spy chief rift, Thatcher visit have Israel buzzing by Yaacov Ben Yosef Special to The Southern Israelite JERUSALEM—An embarrass ing, and potentially explosive, con frontation has developed between Prime Minister Shimon Peres and Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir over the future of the head of Israel’s General Security Services (GSS). Zamir has sought a police probe into the security chiefs role in the April 1984 Gaza Strip bus hijack ing but Peres, supported by others in the Cabinet, has thus far suc cessfully blocked the attorney general. At the heart of the controversy was the killing of two captured Palestinian Arab terrorists soon after the bus hijacking episode ended. The commander of the 1DF assault on the bus, Brig. Gen. Yitz hak Mordechai, was eventually exonerated after claims were made that he had killed the two terrorists while trying to discover whether explosives remained on the bus. Mordechai contended that he had turned the two terrorists over to the border police who in turn handed them over to members of the GSS for questioning. According to Israeli press reports, Zamir believes that he has enough evidence to indict the head of the GSS for covering up the Israeli kil ling of the two terrorists. The incident has deeply divided the nation. Some who side with V f Yaacov Ben Yosef Peres fear that the prime minister and others might become the sub jects of the probe; others, who side with Zamir, argue that the attor ney general’s independent status has been severely compromised by Peres’ interference. One burning question on eve ryone's minds; if the head of the GSS did violate the law, did he do so with the knowledge of his super ior, the prime minister, who at the time was Yitzhak Shamir? And if Shamir knew, why then is Peres acting so zealously to shield his main political rival, Shamir? The answers have yet to be made public. On Monday evening the inner Cabinet met for the second time within 36 hours on the matter. Peres remained adamant afterwards about keeping Zamir from press ing the investigation. The affair has focused attention on one of Israel's most secretive figures, the director of the GSS, whose identity is closely-guarded. The ABC television network iden tified him as Avraham Shalom, and for the first time his name has been spread widely on the pages of the Israeli press to the displeasure and shock of many Israelis. The affair has also focused at tention on the delicate relationship between the attorney general and the government: if the attorney general is indeed independent and free to probe anyone, the prime minister is unable to interfere with his work. Yet, Peres claims—and he has wide support for this claim—that in this case, the nation’s security might be jeopardized by Zamir’s pursuit of the affair. Because the Israeli military cen sor has exercised a heavy hand in this story, Israelis and others have been forced to read between the lines to learn what was going on. For the first few days, the Israeli press could only say that Zamir was trying to probe a “senior offi cial.” Eventually, after the ABC disclosure, Israelis acknowledged publicly that the figure was the head of the GSS, though they have remained tight-lipped about re vealing his name. Only next week will the head of the police return to Israel from abroad and then a resolution of the crisis may be possible. See Spy chief, page 19. ‘Will continue to expose anti-Semitism’ ADL won’t be silenced by LaRouchies NEW YORK The Anti- Defamation League of B’nai B'rith has declared it will not be muzzled by a complaint of election law vio lation filed against it by the La- Rouche for President campaign organization—and at a news con ference here last week, made public its new, comprehensive 54-page report on the political cult headed by Lyndon H. LaRouche Jr. Kenneth J. Bialkin, ADE’s na tional chairman, called the La Rouche complaint to the Federal Election Commission “an attempt to intimidate the League and pre vent it from continuing to expose the extremist group’s anti-Semi tism.” He said that the LaRouche charge of ADE “intervening into the electoral process” is “baseless.” Bialkin said the new complaint is not the first time the LaRouche movement has tried to silence ADL. There have been several libel suits—all of which failed. In one case, the court ruled that ADL’s characterization of the LaRouche organization as anti-Semitic con stituted “fair comment.” The latest ADL study traces the cult from its left wing origins as an ally of the Students for a Demo cratic Society (SDS) during the 1960s to its current form of extrem ism which the League said “defies categorizing.” The cult, according to the study, employs “a secret strategy of deception” which in cludes: hiding its extremism while Lyndon LaRouche espousing such legitimate causes as support for strong defense and opposition to the Soviet Union; engaging in “dirty tricks” against public officials and others; alleged “skulduggery" in garnering loans and contributions, and using “fronts” with deceptive names w hich have public appeal —such as the National Anti-Drug Coalition and the National Democratic Policy Committee. Some of the topics the study covers are LaRouche and organ ized labor; the movement’s con tacts with Liberty Lobby and other far right groups; its sources of funding and its strategy and partic ipation in election campaigns, in cluding the Illinois 1986 primary. The report also describes the cult’s attempt to capitalize on the farm crisis, its controversial presence and activities in Leesburg, Va., where it maintains headquarters, and its various “tactics of intimida tion" including threats and pre tense telephone calls. The report has two appendixes. One, “The LaRouche Cult’s Fan tasy World A Sampler," contains seven pages of direct quotes ex pressing its anti-Semitism and bizarre attitudes on a broad range of subjects, including the slur link ing Queen Elizabeth with drug pushing. The other, “The La Rouche Network," lists and describes 27 See ADL, page 19.