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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Four Jews Get Death Sentences for 'Economic Crimes' in Ukraine
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The Supreme Court of the
Ukraine has affirmed the
death sentences of four Jews
convicted last August of
"economic crimes" follow-
ing a year-long trial in
Donetsk, according to in-
formation received by the
National Conference on
Soviet Jewry.
Fifty co-defendants in the
closed trial, all of whom are
not Jewish, received lesser
sentences, according to in-
formation available to the
NCSJ.
The four men sentenced
Women Squatters in Hebron
° Are Reunited With. Husbands
mitted their husbands to
spend the Sabbath with
them for the first time last
weekend. The families con-
ducted religious services
and celebrated the birth of a
daughter to one of the
women.
The women claimed the
premises because they be-
longed to a Jewish institu-
tion 50 years ago. They con-
sider themselves a van-
guard of the Kiryat Arba
settlers, mostly Gush
Emunim members, who
demand the right to live in
Hebron and to repossess
buildings said to have been
owned by Jews who were
killed or fled during the
Arab uprising in 1929.
When they took over the
deserted building more
than two months ago, the
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squatters were kept in iso-
lation. Premier Menahem
Begin even went so far as to
criticize the Gush for taking
unauthorized action. But
NEW YORK (JTA) — of the intention to populate the military government
The Jewish Labor Commit- the West Bank with settle- supplied them with food,
tee has called on the gov- ments has played a major water and other necessities
ernment of Premier role in turning away the and later allowed the
Menahem Begin to halt the sympathies of liberal- women free movement to
establishment of Jewish minded Americans who and from the building.
settlements in the occupied were among Israel's
The family reunion was
Arab territories because staunchest allies and has the latest concession al-
"New settlements at this undermined our credibility though journalists and
time cannot be anything but in defending the policy of other civilians are still
inimical to Israel's security" the Israeli government," banned from the build-
ing.
and they have "thrown Is- the JLC said.
rael's supporters into disar-
Last week Begin offered
Harsh Prison
ray."
to bring the womens' de-
The statement, released Destination for
mand up at a Cabinet meet-
by Jacob Sheinkman,
ing if they agreed to
president of the JLC, noted Argentine Jew
evacuate, but the Kiryat
that the organization "is
NEW YORK (JTA) — Arba residents association
strongly committed to a se- Jaime Lokman, the first rejected the proposal.
cure-Israel, militarily able Argentinian Jew arrested
Hikmat AlMassri, the
to defend its population on the day of the March former chairman of the Jor-
against hostile neighbors so 1976 coup which brought
danian Parliament, told Is-
long as this need exists." It the current military junta
rael Radio Friday he joined
to
power,
has
been
trans-
pointed out, however, that
the
anti-settlements
"It is the view of the major- ferred to Rawson prison in
demonstrations in Nablus,
ity in the Israeli Labor south Argentina, known for
because "the settlements
Party that such security is its harsh conditions.
really annoy the people."
aided by the maintenance of
According to Morton Ro-
"There is no longer mod-
a limited number of defense senthal, director of the
eration," he said. "All the
settlements in specific Latin American Affairs De-
people here, whether mod-
areas, distant from popu- partment of the Anti-
erates or radical, seek self-
lated Arab communities."
Defamation League of Bnai determination. Therefore
The JLC observed that, Brith, Lokman, an auto- there is no difference be-
"While not evaluating de- mobile dealer in Cordoba, tween moderates and radi-
fense settlements as such, remains imprisoned with- cals in pursuing the ulti-
it is clear that the crea- out formal charges filed mate object of self-
tion of these settlements against him.
determination," he said.
at this time has thrown
Al-Massri said since
Rosenthal said the
Israel's supporters into Argentine government re- self-determination was the
disarray and serves no fused Lokman's request to key issue, he did not see any
immediate defense pur- leave the country four prospects for Palestinian
pose.
times. The Right of Option participation in the au-
"The repeated assertions clause in the Argentinian tonomy talks, unless it was
constitution guarantees the agreed that after a transi-
Jewish - Arab
right of emigration for citi- tional period, the Palesti-
zens held in prison without nians- were granted self-
Music Festival
being charged with a crime, determination.
He said that if Israel
Held in Paris
Rosenthal noted.
agreed to this, even the
PARIS (JTA) — North
It is feared that Lok-
- African Jewish music man, who developed a Palestine Liberation
ensembles and dance heart condition during Organization might join the
groups joined with Arab his three years of con- talks. "If they (the PLO) are
entertainers last Sunday finement, will not survive not convinced, we will go
and convince them," he
night for the first "Jewish-
the move to Rawson, Ro- said.
Arab musical festival" held
senthal warned. Rawson
here.
However, he said he was
The festival was or- normally houses crimi- not hopeful, because he
nals
charged
with
ganized by an association of
charged that Israel did not
show good will toward the
North African Jews with felonies.
Rosenthal said that Lok- Palestinians. "Settlement
the help of several Arab or-
chestras and dance groups, man appears to be the "vic- after settlement after set-
all from North Africa. The tim of a personal vendetta tlement . . . the settle-
1500-member audience was by certain key officials in ments issue is very impor-
mainly Jewish. The or- the province of Cordoba." tant," he declared. "As long
- ganizers said they planned He added that the ADL is as you say that you will con-
repeat performances, hope- urging the Argentinian tinue with the settlements,
ful that the audience will be government to at least re- you are actually saying that
as "mixed" as the turn Lokman to a prison in the West Bank and the Gaza
Buenos Aires.
Strip is part of Israel."
entertainers.
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The Israeli authorities ap-
pear to be relenting in the
case of a group of women
d children from the Or-
odox township of Kiryat
Arba who have been squat-
ting for the past 70 days in
the former Hadassah hospi-
tal building in the adjoining
Arab town of Hebron. The
military government per-
Jewish Labor Committee
Seeks Halt to Settlement
to death are Gavriel
Sepiashvili, 39, from
Sukhumi, who is married
and the father of three chil-
dren; Raphael Abziashvili,
48, from Tblisi, married
with three children; Elia
Mikhashvili, 42, from
Tblisi, married with four
children and a Baku man
surnamed Abassov.
Although the pro-
secutor had asked for
sentences of 12 years for
Sepiashvili, 15 for Ab-
ziashvili and 10 for
Mikhashvili, they and
Abassov received death _ mation received by the Na-
sentences on Aug. 28, tional Conference on Soviet
Jewry.
1978.
Vilig, from Volgogrod,
The decision of the Uk-
rainian Supreme Court can applied to emigrate last
be upset only by the Sup- year and received his visa
reme Court of the USSR. and draft notice at the same
Failing that, a grant of cle- time.
mency by Soviet President
Leonid Brezhnev would be
the only recourse.
Meanwhile, a Soviet-
Jewish student, Alexander
Vilig, 21, has had his 18-
month sentence for draft
evasion reduced by six
months, according to infor-
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Soviet Jewry Student Unit
Under Surveillance of FBI
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The Student Struggle for
Soviet Jewry has been
under surveillance by the
FBI almost from the day it
was founded 15 years ago,
the SSSJ reported.
The organization, which
has militantly pressed the
cause of Soviet Jewry for
emigration and civil rights
but eschews violence, said it
received a 100-page Xerox
copy of its FBI dossier six
months after requesting it
under the Freedom of In-
formation Act.
"The file shows that FBI
surveillance commenced
May 1, 1964, four days after
the SSSJ was founded when
it ran its first demonstra-
tion, a protest at the Soviet
UN Mission. Over the
years, the SSSJ has been
listed under 'nationalistic
tendencies' and 'internal se-
curity'," the SSSJ said.
It said that "Although
there are several FBI
references to the SSSJ as
a peaceful movement, the
FBI has periodically
linked it in reports to the
Jewish Defense League.
The G-men seem to have
gone even further astray
when they inserted in the
SSSJ file flyers distrib-
uted by a Ukrainian
group at a demonstration
at a Soviet performance
in Seattle," the organiza-
tion said.
According to the SSSJ, 41
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