'Hyphenating' Nonsensical Accusations in Drummed-Up Black-Jew Issue THE JEWISH NEWS Commentary, Page 2 A WeekIN Review of Jetuish Events Threat to American Unity • Amity Between Two Factions • The American Spirit Prevails Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXVI, No. 2 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30c Sept. 14, 1979 `Patient Pace' to Mark Talks; •issues Dividing Arab Mayors By GIL SEDAN JERUSALEM (JTA) — Presidential envoy Robert Strauss met Wednesday with the Israeli Cabinet's ministerial committee on autonomy, apparently reaching an agreement on the principles of the Palestinian autonomy negotia- tions for. the next 3 1/2 months. , While Israeli sources described the meeting as an agreement by Strauss to slow down the pace and accept the Begin-Sadat understanding of last week that there was no rush to include the Palestinians themselves in the negotiations, Strauss spoke differently, using terms such as "We now move into second gear, in a bit of a quickened pace." The agreement deals specifically with technicalities. The Israelis under- took upon themselves to work out a timetable and a list of subjects to be discussed in working groups, such as economics, education and agriculture in the self-administration. It seems that the parties will devote more time and energy into such technical issues, and postpone for later discussion delicate issues such as Jerusalem and the source of authority in the autonomy. Strauss reportedly told the Israeli ministers that Sadat was highly satisfied with his meeting with Begin. He reportedly said that Begin contributed to the promotion of autonomy in the territories more than he, Sadat, had done. Sadat praised Begin's determination to pursue the goal of the autonomy despite the internal difficulties in Israel, Strauss said. He report- edly agreed that the talks should continue at the present pace and fashion until the end of the year, completing h4f-a-year of negotia- tions, in order to then re-evaluate the progress made. Despite different references to the projected pace of the talks, both Strauss and his Israeli counter- part, Dr. Yosef Burg, described the talks as of almost total agreement. "We are in accord, as we found accord in Cairo, that in reviewing the pro- gress of the autonomy groups we really are cer- tainly up to schedule, if not ahead of schedule, with respect to where we expected to be in September," said Strauss. We now move into what I have termed prev- iously into second gear, or a bit of a quickened pace, and we intend to do so by intensifying our discussions on a far broader set of issues at a tech- nical level. We hope those technical teams will be JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two prominent Palestinian figures on the West Bank revealed their support for Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace intia- tive but a third figure, who was also reported as supporting Sadat, has denied upholding the Egyptian leader's initiative. According to a report last Thursday in Yediot Achronot, the three Sadat supporters were Gaza Mayor Rashad a-Shawwa, Beit Jalla Mayor Farah Sabah al-Araj, and Hebron Village Union chairman Mustafa Dudin. A-Shawwa noted that Sadat's initiative would, in the final analysis, im- prove the status of the Palestine Liberation Organization in international circles. In fact, he said, the meeting between United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young and the PLO observer at the UN came directly as a result of the moves taken by Sadat. In response to a-Shawwa's statement in the Israeli Arabic daily, Al Anba, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, headed by Naif flawatma, issued a death threat to the mayor. In an interview last weekend in the East Jerusalem daily, Al Quds, a-Shawwa said his statement to Al Anba was grossly distorted. He maintained, in the Al Quds interview, that the PLO is the sole and legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Considered one of the most moderate public figures in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, a-Shawwa's support for the autonomy plan is considered essential. It is especially sig- nificant if the self-rule scheme is to be tried in Gaza before the rest of the administered ter- ritories. Until now, the Gaza mayor has refused to take part in the autonomy talks if they are not publicly linked to an eventual scheme of full de- termination. His statement issued over the weekend clearly reaffirms this poSition. On Tuesday, Bethlehem Mayor Elias Freij came out in support of a confederation be- tween a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Jordan. The idea was worked out be- tween King Hussein of Jordan and Palestine Liberation Organization chief Yasir Arafat, according to media reports abroad, although Hussein in Paris on Monday declined to say if he and Arafat favored a confederation. Freij, in an interview with Israel Radio, said he believes the majority of the people in the adminis- tered territories accept the confederation idea. In a (Continued on Page 5) Stadium Is sue Splits Jerusalem Residents (Continued on Page 5) Lubavitch Purchase Labor Zionist Bldg. Acquisition of the Labor Zionist Institute, the build- ing of the Detroit Labor Zionist Alliance on Middlebelt between 12 and 13 Mile Roads, has been completed by Cong. Mishkan Israel Nusach H'Ari-Lubavitcher Cen- ter. Rabbis Berel Shemtov and Yitschak Kagan, abad-Merkaz leaders,,and Irwin I. Cohn, acting on oehalf of a group of lay people who are among the lead- ing supporters of the Lubavitch, stated that the sale was completed last week under terms of an agreement signed in May. Lubavitch shared the Labor Zionist Institute with the LZA in an arrangement of several years' duration during which the Chabad school was conducted in the Middlebelt building. Under the purchase arrangements, the Lubavitch will occupy expanded space for the movement's school facilities, and the LZA will have until Jan. 15, 1980 to relocate its headquarters. Morris Lieberman of the LZA said the building will continue to operate under the present terms and conditions until it is vacated by LZA. • (Continued on Page 11) An estimated 50,000 persons attended this anti- stadium demonstration in Jerusalem this year. By SIMON GRIVER World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — Jerusalem Mayor Teddy Kollek has described the raging controversy over the construction of a sports stadium in the northern suburb of Shuafat as the most serious crisis in his 13 years in office. The Neturei Karta religious sect feels so aggrieved by the proposed stadium that they have announced plans to hold a "pulsa dinura" ceremony in order to curse Kollek. This ancient "rod of fire" ritual is an affair of kabalistic origin, in which three rabbis burning black candles and blowing black shofars bring down the wrath of every Jewish prophet since Moses onto their victim. At first glance, this bitterly fought issue seems minor. But in actual fact, the question brings into confrontation world outlooks so incompatible that they are bound to be hard to reconcile. The secular and Orthodox communities now find themselves face to face op the political playing field, with Kollek as the reluctant and much-maligned referee. Over half of Jerusalem's Jewish population are non-Orthodox Jews. For many of them the need for a sports stadium has high priority-. Jerusalem is a na- tional capital renowned for its high cultural standards yet lacking a prestigious sports stadium. The two existing stadiums hold no more than 7,000 (Continued on Page 7) State Dept. Unhappy Over Envoy's Votes WASHINGTON (JTA) — The State Department has disassociated itself from the votes of the American representative to the United Nations HUitan Rights Commission in Geneva, Ambassador Beverly Carter. Carter last week voted for two resolutions unfavorable to Israel and supportive of the Palestine Liberation Or- ganiztion. The State Department declared that Ambassador Carter was acting as an individual and had voted in "a personal capacity" and "without instructions." Offi- cially, the department contended to reporters, it would have opposed both resolutions because they are contrary to U.S. policy. One resolution called for peace talks to begin im- mediately between Israel and the PLO without pre- conditions. It urged all other member UN states to "en- able negotiations to begin immediately between Israel and the Palestinian people through their representa- tive, the PLO, to restore all rights" of self- determi nation. Carter was.one of 1.5 members of the UN Subcommis- sion on Protection of Minorities to support this resolu- (Continued on Page 10) . •