6 Friday, March 17, 1918 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS MAGICIAN Protection Against PLO Terrorists Aim of Border Belt Available For All Occasions 25 years experience (Continued from Page 1) MAGICAL MEL deployed in southern Leba- non, wish to avoid a con- . 547-2464 _ AA Muffler& Brakes t;Dic15'441:1:1 LIFETIME GUARANTEE ON MUFFLERS & SHOCKS As Long As You Own Your Car 10520 W. 7 MHO Rd. at Mendota SPECIALIST Al's Foreign Car Service IN VOLKSWAGEN AND PORSCHE CARS CALL . 548-3926 548-4160 541-9704 1018 W. 9 Mil. Rd. Alfons G. Rohme FERNDALE MMN. Between bretnon Imehurs1 HAPPY PURIM from SPITZER'S of Harvard Row Greggars-Masks-Puppets Beards-Crowns-Records Story Books for your Shalach Monot Giving complete line of Kosher Wines & Champagnes SUPER SPECIAL RUMMI GAME $24.95 re 2g4 NC1 W $ 1195 SPITZER'S Hebrew Book i GIA Center 11 Mkt i Latreer, Southfield Harvard Row 35640110 Open AN Day Sunday frontation. Syrian forces, including the Damascus- sponsored Palestinian ter- rorist group Al Saiqa, have remained out of the battle. Syrian anti-aircraft fire was directed against Israeli planes attacking Damur but Damascus Radio broad- cast Israel's statement that it was not fighting Syria. The Israeli pilots did not re- turn the fire. Radio broadcasts from Damascus stuck to straight news reporting, stressing the Israeli announcements that the raid was directed at the Palestinian terrorists and not at the Syrians. The Damascus Radio broadcast did not make any evalua- tive comments on the Israeli action. Two Katyusha rocket shells were fired at Metulla and Kiryat Shmona on the Lebanese border but caused no casualties. All of the vil- lagers were in bomb shel- ters and had been there as a precautionary mea- sure since the Israeli op- eration began. Israeli army chief of Staff Gen. Mordechai Gur told reporters that Israeli forces pushed into Lebanon to a depth of 7-10 kilometers. He said the forces would join all enclaves into a 100- kilometer long security belt. He insisted, as did Weizman, that the Israeli forces will not remain in Lebanon permanently and that Israel has no claims on Lebanese territory. "Israel is not making war on Leba- non, its army or against the Syrian army. It is only against the terrorists," Gur said. The continuous sec- urity belt which is Israel's objective would extend from Ras Nikura on the Mediter- ranean coast to the slopes of M . .. Hermon on the Eastern e> tremity of the border which overlooks the so- called "Fatah Land," long a region under terrorist con- trol. Israeli forces have taken Ras Nikura, Bint Ji- bal, Maroun a-Ras, El Khyiam and Abel a-Saqui. Maroun a-Ras is a strategic village about a mile from the . Israeli border. It was captured by Palestinian terrorists from Lebanese Christians two weeks ago. According to reports, the Christians are assisting the Israeli forces. The operation against the terrorist bases was planned for earlier this week but was postponed because of had weather. The go-ahead order was issued late Tues- day night and the action was announced officially at 2 a.m. local time. The initial military communique said the mission was to hit and destroy the terrorists at their bases. The attack was pre- ceded by heavy artillery barrages and air strikes aimed at terrorist stron- gholds. Massive infantry, tank and armored col- umns advanced into South Lebanon at day- break. Terrorist artillery was quickly silenced and retreating terrorists were mopped up as they at- tempted to find refuge in the hills and woods. The progress of the at- tack was plainly visible from Israeli settlements along the border. Resi- dents of Avivim watched Israeli soldiers enter Ma- roun a-Ras and Bint Ji- bal. Those at Metulla witnessed the advance toward Al Khyiam in Fatah Land. In Washington, secretary of State Cyrus Vance said Wednesday, after a meeting with President Carter, that "We neither approve nor condemn" Israel's action. He added, "We had hoped, as we said yesterday, that no innocents will suffer." Vance said the U.S. "is in touch with all the par- ties." Asked what these developments would do to the Middle East peace process, the secretary replied, "I think any of these incidents, like this and the incident that took place the other day, the terrorist act— all of these have much to do with the peace process." He said he thought these de- velopments would be "an impediment to the peace process and we will have to work around them." Vance disclosed that Begin sent a message to President Carter. He indi- cated that it was the first word the U.S. had about the Israeli action in Lebanon. "We heard about it just be- fore it happened, almost contemporaneously," Vance said. He noted that Begin is coming to Washington Monday and will meet with President Carter Tuesday and Wednesday as previ- ously arranged. JERUSALEM (JTA) Premier Menahem Begin reported Wednesday even- ing that Israel's military operation in Lebanon was effectively concluded with Israeli forces in control of a 100-kilometer belt along the Lebanese border of an average depth of 10 kilometers. He said he "expects an ag- reement or arrangement as a result of which the ter- rorists shall not return to those places from which they were ejected" by the Is- raeli army. He said the army was sent into Lebanon not to "stay there perma- nently" but that Israel would no longer counte- nance a situation in which South Lebanon served as a base for terrorist attacks. He indicated that Israeli forces would stay in South Lebanon, or at least exer- cise control of that area, until the agreement he mentioned was reached. He called on the United Nations to propose a plan which would guarantee no further PLO incur- sions into Israel from Lebanon; a plan that would allow Israel to withdraw its forces from Lebanese territory. The Soviet News agency Tass called the operation "a bandit sally" and Tass charged the U.S. with com- plicity and the Egyptians with untying the hands of the Israeli army in the Sinai." Begin blasted the Soviet attitude which he termed "sheer and shameful hypoc- risy." He displayed a certifi- cate in Russian and Arabic which, he said, a PLO ter- rorist had earned at an of- ficers course in the USSR. Egyptian Foreign Minis- ter Mohammed Kaamel cal- led the Israeli operation "an organized genocide" against the Palestinians and asked the big powers to halt "the killing of innocent people." United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim "deplored Israel's massive use of force." Border Agreement Sought Mexico-Israel Relations Growing MEXICO CITY (JTA) — Mexico's relations with Is- rael, badly strained two years ago over anti-Zionist resolutions in the United Nations General Assembly, are better than they have been for many years, ac- cording to Mexico's Foreign Minister Santiago Roel. He told the press he was pleased with the growing cooperation between the two countries in the realms of business, science and cul- ture. The daily El Nacional, an organ of the Mexican gov- ernment, meanwhile, WHAT'S NEW IN EARRINGS? TAPPER'S JEWELRY 3u% SEE WHY EVERYONE'S TALKING OFF suggested retail — ON ALL EARRINGS from Fri. 3/17 to 3/24 Free Gift Wrapping No Due Bills, Cash refunds In Racquetime Mall N.E. Corner 12 Mile & Northwestern 357-5578 M., Th., Fri., til 9, Tues., Wed., Sat. til 6 JEWISH praised the Israeli Minister Yigal Horowitz who pres- ides over the Israeli section of the joint Israeli-Mexican Commission on Trade. 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