Israel-Lebanese Relations Have Ups and Downs Lebanon participated, but not very intensively, with the other Arab states in the 1948- 49 war against Israel. On March 23, 1949, an armistice agreement was signed, fixing the f or m e r international boundary between Israel and Lebanon as the armistice demarcation line; according- ly, Israel evacuated 14 vil- lages in Lebanese territory which it had occupied during the fighting. The Lebanese-Israel border then was generally quiet for a period of almost 20 years, states Encyclopedia Judaica. The peaceful situation was a result not only of Lebanon's military weakness, but also Colored Movies by Frank's Studio Weddings, Bar Mitzvas & Other Occasions 474-7768 ' of the delicate balance be- tween Christians and Mus- lims in the Lebanese popula- tion. While many Christians may have agreed to peace with Israel, they had to take into account the desire of the Muslims for stronger con- tacts with the Arab world. For the same reason, the Christians were opposed to the integration of the Pales- tinian refugees (about 175,- 000, mostly Muslims), al- though their integration would not have been too dif- ficult. Consequently, most refugees continued to live in camps and were not granted citizenship, Encyclopedia Ju- daica said. Lebanon did not engage in military actions against Is- rael, but a gradual deteriora- tion of the situation began in October 1968 when Pales- tinian terrorist organizations initiated armed attacks across the border. Gradually, thou- sands of terrorists concen- E. BOOMIE MIKRUT JUDGE COURT OF APPEALS 2nd DISTRICT trated on the slopes of Mount Her m o n, overlooking the north of Israel. In retaliation for the attack on an El Al plane at Athens airport, an Israeli commando unit de- stroyed a number of planes at Beirut airport. From that time, the issue of whether to allow terrorist activities against Israel from Lebanese territory became a major focus of political life in the country. On Nov. 3, 1969, Lebanon signed an agreement recog- nizing the terrorists' presence and activity in Lebanon, assigning them special areas and points through which they could penetrate into Is- rael, but forbidding shooting across the border, in order not to incriminate Lebanon. The terrorists established themselves along the entire Lebanese-Israel border in an effort to convert Lebanon into a "northern front." This brought a sharp increase in the frequency of anti-Israel attacks from Lebanese terri- tory and acts of mortar shell- ing, mining and sabotage against the settlements of Northern Galilee. Israel re- taliated regularly by air- attacks against terrorist bases and the dispatching of armored units and para- chuters. The killing of school chil- dren by terrorists in Mta'alot was the most horrible of these attacks, and Israel re- taliated. NOW IS THE TIME TO Place Your New Year Greetings in THE JEWISH NEWS or to all your relatives and friends er 1 -a The Jewish News 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Michigan 48075 Gentlemen: Please insert my New Year Greeting In the Bible, only acci- formed, or if the pregnancy dental abortion is discussed: is the result of rape. e.g., causing an abortion of An important factor in de- a fetus in the course of a ciding whether or not an quarrel as a result of kick- abortion should be permitted ing or striking a woman. A is the stage of the pregnancy: By RABBI SAMUEL FOX fine was imposed on the the shorter the period, the (Copyright 1974, JTA, Inc.) perpetrat9r. stronger are the considera- Jewish law allow the viola- During the talmudic period, tions in favor of permitting tion of the Sabbath in the however, as indicated in En- abortion. case of danger to life. It must be stressed that cyclopedia ,Judaica, a basic A number of reasons are rabbinic statement appears neither economic reasons nor advanced by the rabbis. One in the Mishna (Oholot 7:6) the fact that the child is is based upon the verse in which contains the fundamen- simply not wanted are suf- Exodus (31:14) which states tal regulations on abortions ficient for even considering that the "Sabbath is Holy which have been kept alive an abortion under Jewish Unto You." This is said to throughout the centuries. It law, Encyclopedia Judaica states. imply that the Sabbath was follows: given by the Almighty for "If a woman travails to the sake of the people and give birth and it is feared Experience usually sells people were not given the she may die, one may sever above par—yet seldom pays sake of the Sabbath. If there the fetus from her womb and dividends. is a choice between a life of extract it, member by mem- a person and the Sabbath— ber, for the mother's life has THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS the life therefore, comes first. precedence over the child's The second reason is based life. But if the greater parts Friday, August 2, 1974-45 on the verse in Exodus of the child has already (31:16) which commands the emerged into the world (from Are the courts Hebrews to observe the Sab- the womb), either its head bath "throughout their gen- only, or its greater part, it too lenient? erations." From this follows may not be touched even if the logic that one may violate it endangers the mother's life the Sabbath to save a life . . because one may not because the violation will reject . one lif e to . save violate one Sabbath while another." saving a life may make it With the reservation con- possible for the individual tained in the above quotation, and generations to keep many all the codifiers agree that Sabbaths. an abortion when the mother's life is in danger is Some rabbinic sources con- Circuit Court Judge tend that the allowance of not only permitted by Juda- Sabbath violations to save _a ism but it must be performed. Many authorities have gone life comes under the general than this, by permit- category of allowing the further ting, e.g., an abortion "if in- violation of many command- tended to serve the mother's ments in the face of danger needs . . . even if not vital." to life based upon the state- At the time of the Holo- ment in the book of Leviticus (18:5) which states that a caust, in 'the Kovno ghetto, person should do the com- the Germans decreed that mandments and "live by every pregnant J e wish shall be killed to- them." This means, say the woman gether with her fetus. As a rabbis, that a person should result, in 1942 Rabbi live by God's commandments Ephraim Oshry decided that and not die by them. an abortion was permissible in order to save a woman ENDORSED BY: from the consequences of the • Detroit Police Officers Assoc. 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