THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Lebanese American Leader Basil Lauds Israel's Aid to Lebanon Christian Forces THURMONT, Md. (JTA) — Robert Basil, president of the American-Lebanese League which claims a membership of two million, Buy a brick! 557-7650 The Largest Selection of BRAND NAME BLINDS 30% OFF LIST PRICE now at LEYELOR 714131 r'' BALI LA PETITE FREE ESTIMATES Since 1952 SHADES STACY .lam ~ tod1 DRAPES 559-8209 tatithw- WINDOW-WORLD DAKOTAN•SPREADS FREE ESTIMATES HURTIG WINDOW INTERIORS SEPTEMBER "CHAT" SPECIAL 30 Day Trial MEMBERSHIP Including 1 Free Massage MEN'S/WOMEN'S HEALTH CLUB For Further Information Call: SYLVIA ZUKIN BERNIE WOLF MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT 661-1000 d. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER Of Metropolitan Detroit 6600 W. Maple Rd. W. Bloomfield strongly defended Israel's aid to Christians in war- torn - Lebanon and de- nounced the "barbarous Sy- rian occupation" of that country at a press confer- ence Tuesday. At the same time, the Shah of Iran, whose country is also wracked by internal strife, publicly assured Is- rael of a continuing oil sup- phNi-etw sruitei %Vag leum needs. Conflicting reports are emerging from Iran on the position of the Jewish corn- munity in that country. Maariv special correspon- dent Shmuel Segev reported from Teheran that Iranian Jews are convinced that their lives and property are not endangered in the grow- ing uprising by Moslem religious elements and others against the shah. But Jews who arrived in Tel Aviv Monday after visiting relatives in Iran said anti-Semitic leaflets were being distributed and that Iranian Jews re- ceived anonymous letters warning them to get out of the country. Basil, meanwhile, ap- pealed to the conferees at Camp David for a statement affirming Lebanon's ter- ritorial integrity and sover- eignty as "a Western- oriented democracy." He declared that Syria" no longer is a stabilizing" ele- ment in Lebanon, but was trying_to destroy the Chris- tian community there and -to "turn Lebanon into an-oc- cupation state." Basil said he was neither pro-Zionist or pro- Phalangist, but that he "fully believes in a pluralis- tic Lebanon" and the "re- moval of all foreign ele- ments from Lebanon. Re- plying to a question, he said "Palestinians are not Lebanese." In a related development, Chief of Staff Gen. Rafael Eytan reportedly told the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Security Committee that Soviet and Libyan military experts are train- ing Palestinians in Lebanon in the use-of sophisticated weaponry. In Jerusalem, Bernice S. Tannenbaum, president of Hadassah, warned that Syria might take advantage of Israel's preoccupation with peace negotiations at Camp David and step up op- erations in Lebanon that would lead to an eventual takeover and the conversion of Lebanon into a Palesti- nian state. In Bonn, President Hafez Assad of Syria received the red carpet treatment when he arrived in Bonn Monday for a five-day official visit, the first by a Syrian chief of state to West Germany. He was praised at a ban- quet given in his honor by President Walter Scheel, who described Syria's role in the Middle East conflict as one "based on the willingness to negotiate and strive for peace." Scheel said that Syria's attitude "strengthened Germany in its belief that the conflict can be peace- ably settled," but he ex- pressed concern over events in Lebanon where the Syrian peace-keeping force has been battling the Christian militia for the past two months. He said hostilities in Leba- non threatened not only that country's existence but the entire Middle East. Official sources in Bonn are describing Assad as a "reasonable man" who is "open to persuasion" and "not without influence on more radical Arab states like Algeria or Libya." Friday, September 15, 1918 19 Caricatures for your party By SAM FIELD Call 399-1320 The New ROBERT 1\4AN1 FURS cordially invites you to the Preview Showing of the KASPER FUR COLLECTION Informal Modeling Friday — Saturday September 15 & 16 12 noon — 3 p.m. Applegate Square Northwestern Highway at Inkster Road