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—Rotation— Continued from page 1. Shamir’s turn. Peres became for eign minister on Monday. In his 30-minute speech to the Knesset Monday, Shamir vowed to fight a Palestinian guerilla build-up in south Lebanon, prom ising: “We will prevent the gangs from entrenching themselves in Lebanon and establishing bases there.’’ At the time he asserted that a “supreme priority” of his new government would be to promote Jewish settlement of Is rael s occupied territories “ The government," Shamir told the Knesset, “will seek to forge a Ziomst economy. The economy will be based not only on solid economic principles, but also on the Zionist values which must be our guide, among them the su preme value of settlement throughout the land of Israel.” Should Shamir make a point of pushing Jewish settlement in the occupied lands aggressively, he could produce a split with Peres, who has made clear that he intends to break up the govern ment if the Mideast peace pro cess is blocked. Shamir was supposed to take over as prime minister last Tues day but the transfer did not take place, as the two major parties quarreled over a set of seemingly minor political appointments. The actual reason tor the delay in rotation focused on two men, Likud Knesset member Yitzhak Modai, and Cabinet secretary Yossi Beilin, a Peres intimate. Peres had gone ahead with his resignation on Oct. 10 even though Labor and Likud had still been at odds over the politi cal future of Modai and Beilin as well as a number of lesser issues. Modai had been forced to resign in July as justice minister after mounting a personal attack a- gainst Peres; Shamir now wanted him back in the government and Peres did not. The other major issue in dispute was Peres’ demand to have Beilin appointed Israeli ambassador to Washington. Sha mir preferred Foreign Minister Deputy Director-General Hanan Bar-On. On Thursday afternoon, dur ing their third meeting to resolve the dispute, Peres and Shamir finally worked out a comprom ise: Modai would be permitted in Remembrance Continued from page 1. between Germany and Israel if Germany does not acknowledge the stark realities of its past. The book has an introduction by West German President Rich ard Von Weizsaecker, who wrote: “Not only are we responsible for the consequences of what hap pened, but our history would come to an end if we attempted to erase the years of terror from our own consciousness.” The book contains the name, date and place of birth, and date and place of death of each of the victims, where such information was available. It is far from com plete, however. Yad Vashem es timates that between 170,000 and 200,000 German Jews perished in the Holocaust. The Memorial Book does not contain the names of Jewish victims from what is now the East German Democratic Republic, which refused to co- Rally Continued from page 1. tions in Israel. “From what we can determine,” Horowitz said, “both reasons are bogus.” Horowitz said that for Soviet authorities to allow Jews to im migrate to Israel “would be an admission of the failure of their system.” He added that many other groups of Soviet citizens would also ask to leave. Key to the Soviet Union’s ref usal to allow Jewish immigra tion, Horowitz said, is that “they think of Jews as useful pawns. It’s convenient for them to have Jews in the Soviet Union to fur ther their anti-Zionist and anti- Jewish propaganda. It’s been that way for years.” The Soviets, he added, do with Jews whatever is in their best self-interest. “You can go back to the SALT negotiation in the 1970s," he said. “There were many Jews being allowed to leave then. It was in their best interest to do so at the time because it showed their good faith to the world. Jews, Christians build Zaire hospital NEW YORK—A unique part nership of Jews and Christians continents apart and the govern ments of three nations is building a modern 180-bed hospital in Kinshasa, Zaire, it was announced jointly this week by the United States Agency for International Development (A.I.D.) and Ha- dassah, the Women’s Zionist Or ganization of America. A.I.D. administrator M. Peter McPherson and Hadassah na tional president Ruth W. Popkin said that the hospital will serve 150,000 residents. The facility is under construction on the site of a small hospital run by the Kim- banguist Church, a Christian sect. The original hospital was founded in 1973 and was the first to be built in Zaire since the nation achieved independence in 1960. The new hospital is a joint pro ject of A.I.D., the Hadassah Medical Organization, the Kim- banguist Church and the govern ments of Israel and Zaire. A $1.5 million A.I.D. grant will com plete construction and the equip ping of the hospital. The Interna tional Cooperation Department of the Israel Foreign Ministry will pay expenses of volunteer Hadassah Medical Organization medical personnel from Israel who will work with the hospital’s Zairian staff. Mrs. Popkin noted that Hadas sah has conducted cooperative medical programs in Africa for almost three decades and said: “Our work in Zaire is part of the Hadassah tradition of concern for the quality of life of every human being on this planet. “We believe sharing our medi cal knowledge and skill with all those who need it, and we are proud of the role we have played in improving the quality and ac cessibility of medical care world wide,” she continued. “Hadassah is delighted to have the oppor tunity to carry on this tradition of service in Zaire.” The Medical Center had con ducted medical programs-—pri marily in eye care—in several African nations since 1959. The center also trains public health doctors, nurses and paramedical personnel from a number of countries on the African conti nent. The new facility in Kinshasa will occupy seven buildings— some already in operation. It will include departments for pedia trics, gynecology and obstetrics, surgery and internal medicine and will be equipped with opera ting theaters, recovery room, diagnostic laboratories and in tensive care and X-ray units. Doctors and nurses at Hadas sah hospitals in Jerusalem have volunteered to serve rotating two-month tours at the new hos pital over the next two-and-a- half years to work with the 157 Zairians who will staff the facil ity. The Israelis’ transportation and living expenses will be paid by the Israel Foreign Ministry International Cooperation e- partment. American H 0 Heart Association They are very conscious of world opinion.” For more information on the Oct. 27 Simhat Torah Rally for Soviet Jewry, call the Atlanta Jewish Federation at 873-1661. operate in compiling the list. It does, however, include the names of Jews from East Berlin. The data were culled from German municipal archives and Red Cross lists. But many records were destroyed in air raids. The compilers also had problems with spelling and had to weed out duplications. The dates of death of some 80,000 victims could not be ascertained. Other countries have under taken similar projects. Yad Vashem already houses memor ial books from the Netherlands, Belgium and France. the government but as minister without portfolio (he would not be given a specific ministry). Peres would be given the ex clusive right to choose nominees for the post of ambassador to Washington while Shamir could veto those nominees. Beilin, as a result, was named to the new post of political director-general of the foreign ministry, but not without fresh criticism from Av- raham Tamir, the new director- general who felt Beilin’s job would infringe on his. So incensed had Peres been at Shamir’s intransigence over Modai and Beilin that the outgo ing prime minister overlooked the public’s increasingly harsh judgment of him for delaying rotation over these seemingly minor issues. Israeli newspapers began suggesting that Peres would lose all the credibilitv and popu larity he had won over the past 25 months as prime minister. But the real pressure on the two men to put aside their differ ences came Wednesday evening in the form of the Jerusalme ter rorist attack. On Thursday evening Labor and Likud signed yet another document smoothing over their latest differences, setting the stage for Shamir to be tapped by President Chaim Herzog as the next prime minister. “Interesting, humorous and well- written, Memo From Russia is a must for book lovers of all ages!’’ — The Broward County Florida Jewish Journal “A ny age group would enjoy Rose's candid impression of the world's number two superpower. His impressions on his month long trip to the Soviet Union, including a trip to Siberia, and traveling on the Trans Siberian Railroad provided the impetus for this book.” 4 4 W n a straight- I Photos by Shirley Rose SQ95 forward, easy- to-read manner, the book gives readers a glimpse of the lifestyles and govern ment structure of the communist superpower without the dry historical style of a textbook. " Southern Israelite readers: We will send you autographed copies of MEMO FROM RUSSIA. Just fill out the Information below and include $2.00 shipping charge for each order. Address Number of book* ordered ( City State Zip ) fi *9 95 each plus *2 00 shipping charge = * Total Please send check with this order and mall to: MEMO FROM RUSSIA c/o Southern Israelite Sun Book Division 7373 W 107th St Overland Park. KS 66212 NOTE: Shipping charge applies only to first book ordered. Additional copies Included with order are *9.95. PAGE 25 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE October 24, 1986