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Carl Bernstein
Carl Bernstein
to be in Atlanta
Carl Bernstein, the journalist
who helped uncover the White
House connection to the break-in
of the Democratic National Com
mittee headquarters at Watergate,
will be the speaker at a communi
tywide program at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, at The Tem
ple. The evening is being spon
sored by the Young Leadership
Council of the Atlanta Jewish
Federation.
Bernstein will draw upon his
wide experience as a journalist to
reveal an insider’s view on the
coverage of events in the Middle
East and to look ahead into the
future of Israel.
Starting out as a 16-year-old
copy boy at the Washington Star,
Berstein’s career has included
news-breaking reports in both
print and television journalism.
He received the New Jersey Press
Association’s top awards in fea
ture news, news on deadline and
investigative reporting. In 1972,
Bernstein’s reporting of Water
gate with his colleague. Bob
Woodward, won a Pulitzer Prize
for the Washington Post.
Bernstein and Woodward de
tailed their investigative efforts
in “All the President’s Men,”
which became a national best
seller and was the basis for a
movie of the same name. In a
second best-seller, “The Final
Days,” Bernstein chronicled the
end of the Nixon administration.
Bernstein joined ABC News as
the Washington bureau chief in
1980, reporting regularly for
“Nightline.” He became producer
and principal correspondent for
an ABC special reporting effort
in 1981. In 1984, Bernstein left
ABC to write a book about the
McCarthy era. Last year he com
pleted a report dealing with Pres
ident Reagan for the New Repub
lic.
The Young Leadership Coun
cil evening with Carl Bernstein is
co-chaired by Viki Freeman and
Jim Grien. Admission is $10 in
advance, $12 at the door. A re
ception with Bernstein will follow.
For reservations or more infor
mation, call Beth Gluck, 873-1661.
Former military intelligence chie
assess Israel’s arms supply to Ira
Scene of special Hanuka
This 18th century home in Norfolk, Va., was the residence of Moses Myers, one of the city’s most
prominent citizens of his day and its first permanent Jewish settler. He reportedly entertained President
James Monroe here. Now a museum open to the public, the house will be the scene of special
Hanuka festivities. See story, page 32.
by Hugh Orgel
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Two for
mer chiefs of Israel’s military
intelligence see advantages for
Israel in the supply of arms to
Iran but differ over whether Is
rael would benefit if Iran won its
six-year-old war with Iraq.
Res. Gen. Aharon Yariv, direc
tor of Yaffee Institute for Stra
tegic Studies at Tel Aviv Univer
sity, believes Israel’s interests
would be served if the war con
tinues, or at least ends in a stale
mate because there can be no
Eastern front against Israel as
long as the war continues.
But Res. Maj. Gen. Yehoshua
Saguy, a member of Yaffee Insti
tute staff, said President Reagan
was right to supply arms to Iran,
even though he failed in trying to
explain it to the American peo
ple. Yariv and Saguy participated
in a seminar on the Gulf war last
week.
According to Saguy, Israel has
an interest in an Iranian victory
in the Persian Gulf war because
there is at least a chance it would
then remain in the Western orbit.
Yariv, however, said a victory for
the regime of the Ayatolla Rohol-
lah Khomeini w'ould be “a disas
ter” for Israel.
Yariv said a good case could
be made for Israel to supply
enough arms to Iran to prevent
an Iraq victory, but not enough
to ensure a victory for Iran. He
admitted he did not know what
had happened with respect to
arms for Iran.
Reagan got into deep trouble
with his supporters and adversar
ies alike last week when he con
ceded that the White House had
been secretly sending arms to
Iran in hope of gaining ground
with “moderate” elements who
might succeed Khomeini.
He also admitted, after deny
ing it in a nationally televised
press conference last Wednesday
night, that a “third country” had
been involved in the clandestine
operation. Reagan did not name
the country but White House
aides had said earlier in the week
that it was Israel.
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir
said last Thursday that it “has
never been, and is still not, Israel’s
policy to disclose anything about
arms sales to other countries.”
He also said he had no sympathy
for either side in the Gulf war.
Yariv explained that even if
Iran does not win the Gulf war,
and whether or not it continues
to have differences with its
neighbors, “we have an interest,
in the long term, in relations with
Iran.”
He said he understood “that
we sell arms to Iran when she is in
a difficult situation, and since we
have no interest in an Iraqi vic
tory. What I do not understand —
and 1 hope this did not happen —
would be the sale of arms to Iran
in quantity and kind which could
result in victory for the Kho
meini regime, because this could
be a disaster for us. We are not
talking about monetary gain but
about helping a great friend (the
U.S.) and preparing the ground
by Michael Deverey
Kansas City Jewish Chronicle
KANSAS CITY (JTA)—Con
troversial Knesset member Rabbi
Meir Kahane was arrested last
week in Overland Park, Kan., a
suburb of Kansas City, on a
charge of disorderly conduct fol
lowing a brief clash with Palesti
nian protesters during his speech.
He was released on his own
recognizance and is scheduled to
be arraigned in Overland Park
Municipal Court on Dec. 2. He
could send a lawyer in his place.
for relations (with Iran) witht
giving Khomeini victory.”
He said Israel had lessons to
learn from the Gulf war, particu
larly Iraq’s use of chemical wea
pons. which have not been used
since World War 1, except by the
late Egyptian president, Gamal
Abdel Nasser, in his military ad
venture in Yemen in the 1960s.
The peril, Yariv pointed out, is
that other Arab countries also
have chemical weapons and this
must serve as a warning to Israel.
according to a spokesman for the
Overland Park Police Depart
ment.
About 20 minutes into Kahane’s
75-minute address on Tuesday
evening, Nov. 18, at the Double-
tree Hotel in Overland Park, he
berated Arab presence in Israel.
Mousa Shukair, 41. a member of
the Palestinian Human Rights
Coalition, and a group of sup
porters began shouting from the
back of the hotel’s meeting room.
“You took their land from
them,” yelled one. Kahane yelled
for the protesters to be quiet
while he spoke. When they did
not, Kahane demanded that the
police eject Shukair.
Then, numerous police and
hotel security officers and about
140stunned onlookers went hush
as the rabbi charged at Shukair.
Arms Hailed, punches reportedly
were thrown, and Gary Lock
hart, a Kach International mem
ber from Lawton, Okla., helped
police separate the rabbi and
Shukair.
Shukair and one of his suppor
ters. Rezek Muslet, 26. were led
away in handcuffs by police,
charged with disorderly conduct.
Another half dozen of their sup
porters also left the ballroom.
Despite the interruption, Ka
hane, founder of the militant
Jewish Defense League and the
Kach Party’s lone member of
Knesset, continued his speech at
Police arrest Kahane
after K.C. disturbance
See Kahane, page 26.
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