Israel's 29th Anniversary Events Set for Jewish Center April 16-24 Campaign Divisions Gear Up; UJA Sabbath This Weekend —AJCampaign Roundup, Pages 18-19 —Story on Page 19 \ Accelerated The Sakharov Saga of Libertarianism • Expose of Arab Support for D.C. Terror THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary • Page 2 VOL. LXXI, No. 2 9 of Jewish Events International Terrorism . . . Lunacy as a Perversion of Diplomacy Editorials Page 4 $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30 4 , March 18, 1977 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 Terror in Nation's Capital Anti-Semitic Diatribes,Vandalism Mark Hanafi Bnai Brith Takeover MC-Financed Workshop Aids Tel Aviv Disabled A pretty teenager confined to a wheelchair, and without the use of her hands, is shown weaving a rug with a wire tool in her teeth in the occupational therapy room and sheltered workshop established in the ILAN Center in Tel Aviv by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. A JDC grant enabled the ILAN Center to purchase special tools and equipment, including a table loom, floor loom, pneumatic press and a threading machine. Those unable to get to the center on their own are driven to the center in a minibus financed by the .Central British Fund. The bus has a ramp and hydraulic lift for wheelchairs. By JOSEPH POLAKOFF WASHINGTON (JTA) — Nearly all of the employees at Bnai Brith national head- quarters were back at work this week, including those who were held hostage by gunmen of the Hanafi Muslim sect who seized the eight-story building last Wednesday morning. Extra security precautions have been taken however. _ _ entrance and all An additional armed guard is on duty at the building's single entrance visitors must sign a register in his presence. Security experts are exploring the building with a view to recommending further security measures. Most of the offices, including those severely damaged by the gunmen, are back in use, but repairs to the damage, estimated minimally at $250,000, are still going on. Bullet holes are visible in some of the walls and smashed doors. Walls and furniture are being repaired or will be replaced. Blood-stained carpeting has been removed and bloodstains have been washed from-the. walls. Two specialists from the U.S. government's National Institute of Mental Health will be conducting therapy sessions and group and private observation among employees who may be affected by the trauma of last week's events. A Bnai Brith spokesman said that project may not be completed for years. The specialists were present at the meeting of Bnai Brith employees at the May- flower Hotel, Tuesday, addressed by Bnai Brith President David Blumberg and Execu- tive Vice President Daniel Thursz. Both officials lauded the employees for their courage under severe stress and reassured them about the security measures being taken. The employees were told that they could resume their work at a pace commensurate with their personal psychological and physical conditions. Only a few failed to report for work Tuesday. At least one employee is still hospitalized. (Blumberg and Thurz had asked police to negotiate an exchange, offering themselves to replace the women hostages, but police officials refused.) Three of the freed hostages were called before the congregation of Temple Adas Israel on Saturday to recite a blessing in celebration of their deliverance. One of the woman hostages, a Mrs. Lantz, had been forced at one point during the siege to get on her knees and recite from the Koran. Members of the congregation, and its rabbi, Stanley Rabinowitz, expressed anger at the release of some of the terrorists. During his_sermon, Rabbi Rabinowitz mourned the slaying of a young, black reporter and said, "We are gratified that so many emerged with their lives, grateful not to the men of violence, for it is ridiculous to feel grateful for the restraint shown by men who speak of murder, but grateful to God, that sanity eventually prevailed." Bnai Brith public relations di- rector Bernard Simon, in a New York Times article, wrote of his U.S. Jewish Leaders, Congress hours as a hostage. "For some 38 Members, Ambassador Herzog hours the discipline is an ominous silence. 'Keep your mouth shut or Condemn UN Invitation to PLO Story on Page 8 - (Continued on Page 14) Rabin-Carter Talks Showcased 'Dramatic'U.S. Changes • By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM — The Middle East peace picture seems to have changed dramatically since Premier Yitzhak Rabin's visit to Washington and Rabin's task now will be to adjust to the new situation while fighting a tough election campaign and trying to unite a sharply divided Labor Party. The visit, which appeared to be going very well, suddenly soured — at least from the viewpOint of many Israeli — when President Carter made it clear at-a press conference that the United States expected Israel to withdraw eventually to its 1967 borders, with only minor adjustments, as part of a final, overall peace settlement with its neighbors. The extemporaneous comments by the President, following six meetings with Rabin over the previous two days, caught the Israeli leader off balance. He was taken aback more by the timing than by the content of Carter's remarks. In their private talks, Carter almost certainly explained his views in detail. But his public disclosure of them starkly silhouetted the differences between Israel and the U.S. on the question of- Israel's final borders. There were, of course, many favorable aspects to the President's remarks, and Rabin stressed them in his own public comments and in interviews with Israeli radio and television correspondents for broadcast at home. He emphasized that Carter's definition of a final peace settlement coincided with Israel's insis- tence on full peace, mutual recognition, open borders, free trade and tourist travel. He also played up Carter's recognition that Israel needed defensible bor- ders and that the 1967 lines fell short of that need. But there is no denying that American diplomacy in the Mideast has -taken on a new coloration. Leading newspapers and other'experienced observers here say now that no matter how many "reassurances" may be forthcoming from Secret- ary of State Cyrus Vance, Carter's remarks signalled an end to the diplomatic standstill that has existed since the September, 1975 interim accords. Moreover, despite his own assurances that the U.S. seeks only to encourage, not impose, a settlement in the region, Carter's remarks indicated that the role of "middleman" as construed by his Administration is far more active than . the one (Continued on Page 5)