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PLO claims responsibility
for Oct. 15 g renade attack
by Richard Bono
TSI staff writer
Eighteen suspects were ques
tioned by Israeli authorities in
connection with Wednesday even
ing’s attack at Jerusalem’s Western
Wall, where one person—the father
of a soldier—was killed and 69
others injured.
Four Jerusalem hospitals treated
tourists, civilians and soldiers for
shrapnel wounds and broken limbs.
According to news accounts, as
many as three Soviet-made hand
grenades were thrown into a crowd
by two attackers. About 300 new
Israeli army recruits and their fam
ilies had gathered at the Western
Wall for a swearing-in ceremony
when the attack occurred.
The Palestine Liberation Organ
ization (PLO) has claimed respon
sibility for the attack, saying that
Army personnel, not civilians, were
their target. They’ve indicated that
more attacks will come.
“Sure they say the attack was at
the army and not at civilians,” says
Israeli Consul General Issachar
Katzir, “but they consider every
Israeli as a soldier. They say it
openly.”
Reaction in Israel is one of hor
ror, according to reports, which
note there has not been an attack
of this kind in Jerusalem in two
years. The last such attack occurred
in 1984 when a bomb exploded on
a local bus traveling near Jerusa
lem’s Mount Herzl military ceme
tery. Six people were killed and
dozens injured in that attack.
Out-going Prime Minister
Peres has said that Israeli Security
Forces will do all they can to cap
ture those responsible. Some Knes
set members have called on Peres
to demand that Egypt close the
PLO offices in Cairo.
Consul General Katzir comment
ed that as long as attacks like this
continue, true peace will evade
Israel and her neighbors.
“1 am optimistic that once the
Arab world reaches the conclu
sion,” Katzir said, “that Israel is
there to stay, whether they like it or
not, they will come to negotiate
without preconditions.”
Supreme Court agrees to decide
on protection of Jews’ civil rights
by David Friedman
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The
U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to
decide whether Jews are protected
by the U.S. civil rights laws. No
date has been set yet for arguments
on the case.
Opening its new term last Mon
day, the Supreme Court agreed to
hear the appeal of Shaare Tefila
Congregation, a Conservative
synagogue in the Washington sub
urb of Silver Spring, Md., that was
defaced in November 1984 with
anti-Semitic epithets and Nazi
symbols.
Eight men were charged in crim
inal court, one of whom was con
victed of destroying property. But
the 500-member congregation filed
for damages under two federal civil
rights laws passed after the Civil
War to protect blacks.
However, last March the Fourth
District Court of Appeals in Rich
mond, Va., upheld a ruling by a
federal district court in Maryland
that the statutes did not apply to
Jews because they are not members
of a separate race.
The Supreme Court also agreed
to hear the case of an Iraqi-born
U.S. citizen who sued St. Francis
College in Loretto, Pa., charging
that he was denied tenure because
he is an Arab.
Irvin Shapell, president of the
Jewish Advocacy Center, said
Shaare Tefila originally brought
the suit “to send the clear and
emphatic message that anti-Semitic
violence will not be tolerated and
that Jews will fight back to the ful
lest extent of the law.”
The Jewish Advocacy Center, a
non-profit legal service organiza
tion which represents without
charge victims of anti-Semitic vio
lence in civil damages lawsuits, and
the Washington law firm of Hogan
and Hartson are representing the
congregation in the suit.
“Although the congregation does
not claim that Jews are a separate
race, it does argue that Jews are
entitled to protection if acts of hate
violence against them are racially
motivated,” Shapell said. “Courts
should not decide whether some
one is entitled to protection based
on their racial makeup, but rather
based on the nature of the attack
against them,” he said.
“Many people and groups suffer
‘racial’ attacks even though they
are not considered a ‘race.’ Those
people and groups are entitled to
the same protection under federal
law given to others,” Shapell stated.
Vandal strikes at Jewish museum
by Steve Feldman
Jewish Exponent
PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—Po
lice were still looking last week for
a 25-year-old man about 5 feet, 10
inches tall who allegedly vandal
ized a statue on the grounds of the
National Museum of American
Jewish History on Oct. 2.
The statue, completed in 1876,
was broken in several places and
covered with a yellow-red substance
believed to be molasses.
Barry Morrison, regional direc
tor of the Anti-Defamation League
of B’nai B’rith here, said the dam
age per se wasn’t necessarily anti-
Semitic. But, he noted, because of
the location of the statue and the
fact that it was commissioned by
B’nai B’rith, “it’s hard not to con
clude that anti-Semitism was the
rationale for the act.” The vandal
ism he said, is another indication
of the need to promote religious
and racial harmony.
Sallie Gross, acting director of
the museum, said that 10 days ear
lier a swastika had been spray
painted on the museum wall facing
the statue.
She speculated that the vandal
used materials from a nearby con
struction project to climb above
the statue and damage it. She said
the broken pieces were not salvage
able.
A police spokesperson said there
were witnesses to the vandalism,
which took place at 8:30 in the
evening.
New photo policy
Beginning immediately, The
Southern Israelite will no longer
charge organizations or indivi
duals for running photographs.
However, in order to ensure
quality reproduction, we must
insist that all photos submitted
be black and white and of 35mm
quality. The editors reserve the
right to select and limit photos
for size and space. We will
honor photos already in house
by Oct. 17.
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