THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, January 26, 1919 15

United Nations Cease-Fire Quiets Lebanese Border

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
Israeli-Lebanese border
was quiet Wednesday morn-
ing following a call for a
cease-fire by the United Na-
tions Interim Force in
Lebanon (UNIFIL). It was
the first such call by UN-
IFIL since the UN forces re-
placed Israeli troops in
south Lebanon last spring.
Meanwhile, life was re-
turning to normal in Israel's
northern villages, including
Kiryat Shmona, which were
heavily bombarded by
Palestinian terrorist roc-
kets Tue.sday. All the
schools were opened includ-
ing the Kiryat Shemona
school hit by a Katyusha
rocket tearing a hole in its
roof. The main topic of con-
versation in the town was
the miracle that the chil-
dren had gone into shelters
moments before the rocket
hit and exploded in a
classroom.
UNIFIL officers ap-
proached both Israel and
the terrorists with the re-
quest forthe cease-fire after
several days of heavy artil-
lery barrages between the
two sides. Israel lobbed
1,000 shells Tuesday in the
direction of Al Aisha, where
the terrorists are concen-
trated north of the Litani
River; the Arnon area and
the Rashidieh refugee
camps where many terrorist
bases are located. Israel de-
nied that it shelled the port
city of Tyre, despite a claim
by the terrorists that this
was done. During the
nights, the terrorists and
the Christian militia ex-
changed artillery fire.
A senior Israeli source
in the north said that Is-
rael's aim is to force the
terrorists out of the vil-
lages in which they are
not entrenched. Israel
has announced it will not
shell any village in which
the village chiefs promise
not to shelter terrorists.
The Christian militia will
patrol the villages to
make sure this promise is
kept.
In Washington, State De-
partment spokesman Hod-
ding Carter said the U.S.
was "in contact" with Israel,

Leganon and Syria and was
urging them "publicly and
privately" to exercise
"maximum restraint." He
said the U.S. was not com-
municating with the Pales-
tine Liberation Organiza-
tion on this problem be-
cause of its policy of not
dealing with the PLO.
At the UN in New York,
Lebanon complained in a
letter to Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim about- the
Israeli shelling. Mean-
while, Israel has taken spe-
cial security measures
throughout the country fol-
lowing the death in Beirut
Monday of Ali Hassan
Salemeh, the notorious Abu
Hassan, who engineered the
1972 Munich Olympics
massacre.
The rocket attacks drew a
tough warning by defense
Minister Ezer Weizman
that if these attacks con-
tinue, Israeli artillery will
hit civilian centers in Leba-
non. Weizman said if the
terrorists hit civilians, Is-
raeli forces will strike at
civilian targets across the
border. He noted that Israel
has far greater fire power
than the terrorists.
Rocket and artillery
duels have been going on
since last Friday when
Israeli armor, artillery
and gunboats attacked
and destroyed several
Palestinian bases in
Lebanon. The attack was
in retaliation for a bomb-
ing in Jerusalem last
Thursday;
According to Israeli
authorities, an estimated
8,000 terrorists are concen-
trated in south Lebanon,
about 3,000 of them south of
the Litani River.
Since the Israeli army
withdrew from that terri-
tory more than six months
ago six terrorist attempts
were made to infiltrate Is-
rael. The latest occurred
Jan. 13 when three ter-
rorists attacked a gues-
thouse at Maalot and were
slain by Israeli troops.
A five-month extension of
the mandate of UNIFIL was
approved by the Security
Council last Friday coupled
with a warning to Israel

Israelis Believe Palestinian
Problem Must Be Solved

TEL AVIV (ZINS) — The
number of Israelis who be-
lieve that a Middle East
peace can not be achieved
without solving the Pales-
tinian problem has risen to
69.3 percent.
According to the Public
Opinion Research Institute,

Jewish Leaders
Meeting Hassan

NEW YORK — A delega-
tion . of American Jewish
Congress leaders, invited by
the Moroccan government
to visit the country, are
meeting with King Hassan
in Rabat this week during a
mission that will inrlude
meetings with government
officials and leaders of the
Moroccan Jewish commu-
nity.

the figure was 65.9 percent
last September (Camp
David) and 59.4 percent in
December 1977 (after
Sadat's visit to Israel).
Only 17.8 percent now be-
lieve that pea-ce is possible
without solving the Pales-
tinian problem, four percent
said that "perhaps" it was
possible and 8.9 percent had
no opinion.

The Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) were established in
1948 during the War of In-
dependence, on the basis of
the Hagana and the other
voluntary underground
organizations that operated
during the Mandatory
period, and of veterans of
the Jewish Brigade and
other units which fought
with the Allies during
World War II.

pied by UNIFIL with ap-
that it was obstructing de-
ployment of the UN force.
parent support from Chris-
The new mandate expires tian militia artillery in the
June 19.
enclaves. Both his report
and the resolution em-
Approval of the exten-
sion of the 6,000-man phasized the UNIFIL was
force was by a vote of hampered in its assignment
12-0. The Soviet Union
of control of the area and
and Czechoslovakia helping to restore the
abstained, as before, be- , authority of the Lebanese
cause they refust to share government.
in the $11 million a month
Donald Mills of Jamaica,
cost for UNIFIL. China, the Security Council
president, said after the
as usual, did not partici-
pate because it opposes vote that the Council had
agreed that Waldheim and
use of UN troops in prin-
ciple.
the Lebanese government
should prepare a program to
A provision in the resolu-
tion "deplores" Israel's promote restoration of
Lebanese authority and to
"lack of cooperation" and Is-
rael's support for a report back by April 19.
Lebanese Christian militia
Yehuda Blum, Israel's
which controls a six-mile Ambassador to the UN,
zone along the Lebanese- declared, in a statement
to the - Security Council
Israel border.
session, that the Council
Secretary General Kurt had again "produced a
Waldheim told the Security highly one-sided and un-
Council session that the Is- balanced political resolu-
raeli attack on Friday took tion." He asserted that
place north of the area occu- the operative part of the

resolution "begins by
singling out Israel for
criticism, while at the
same time turning a blind
eye to the real threat to
UNIFIL in the implemen-
tation of its mandate and
to international peace,
and security in the
region."
Blum declared that "to
detach the question of
southern Lebanon from the
situation in Lebanon as a
whole will not enhance the
cause of peace."

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