THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 26 Friday, September 21, 1919 Caricatures for your party B y SAM FIELD Call 399-1320 Synagogue Sale Nixed? NEW YORK — Con- gregant.s of a Lower East. Side synagogue asked the New York Supreme Court. this week to overturn the sale of their synagogue to a Buddhist chit.ch. The Orthodox congrega- tion, Chebra Ukadisha Is- rael Mikalwarie, said the building was sold impro- perly last January by three men who represented them- selves as trustees of the synagogue. The congreg- 25% OFF FAMOUS PORCELAIN 557-0924 547-1393 ants say they only know one of the men, and he was not. an officer of the cong-re. ga- tion. New York Assemblyman Sheldon Silver intervened in the case and found that the men did not notify the congregation or the New York attorney general as required by law. They did, however, have the sale ap- proved by a judge. The synagogue, at 13 Pike St., was built in 1904. Normally, 20 persons attend Sabbath services and 60-75 come for the High Holy Days. The congregants were locked out of the synagogue last week and held Sabbath services on the sidewalk. • 112t1Zri 7Z1m 13V5 go az SNany 9tiEnciJ SPay WE ExtEnci c4oficlay .12Elt ( 1441LS 9- 0e a oVal212,9 arid ot-fEaftfiy .111E(A7- Eat (14ctcrt (WiciEngaum & 9ain1f y (Wiltzgaurn g tulkin & 9arnif y gfiE Entitz S't.aff tarn CreatJenelers • 1 1 ---- D,---- - ‘ Full Selection of Canes COMPLETE SELECTION OF HOME HEALTH CARE EQUIPMENT IS AS NEAR AS YOUR TELEPHONE i, Mobile Commodes Folding Wheel Chairs AVAILABLE FOR SALE OR RENTAL ill Adlustable 24-Hr. Emergency Service on Oxygen Equipment JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Cabinet on Sunday lifted a 12-year ban on the purchase of private land in the administered territories by Israeli citizens. The Cabinet acted on a proposal by Premier Menahem Be- gin. A government spokes- man said afterwards that the ban is now outdated'. "Israelis have been permit- ted to buy land everywhere but Judaea, Samaria and Gaza since 1967 and we feel this is now ludicrous and outdated," he said. The decision brought pro- tests from West Bank Arabs and the governments of Egypt, Jordan and the United States. The Cabinet decision was unanimous and a ministerial committee will work out the details of how sales are to be made, he added. The un- derlying assumption of the proposal is that in the future, private citizens who may wish to pur- chase land will be able to do so subject to govern- ment guidelines. This would not, however, permit unauthorized set- tlement projects camouf- laged as land purchases. The Egyptian Foreign -Ministry commented that the Israeli decision was a "serious obstacle" to the middle East peace talks. 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The mayor said it was "blatant discrimination" to allow Israelis to pur- chase West Bank land. "Will Menahem Begin permit West Bankers to buy land in Israel?" he asked. "I feel deeply turbed by this decision, but it justified our suspi- cion that the autonomy talks are simply a hoax." There was a general agreement in the territories that landowners would re- fuse to deal with Israelis. There is a general consen- sus that any Arab selling land to Jews was risking his life. Arab leaders in the ter- ritories sent cables of pro- test against the decision to world leaders, including President Carter and Egyp- tian President Anwar Sadat. Several municipalities published statements condemning the Cabinet decision. The Carter Administra- tion condemned the deci- sion, saying "it runs con- trary to the spirit of the peace process itself." Faced with questions on the Arabs prohibiting Jews from buy- ing property in their 22 countries, the administra- tion backtracked to ac- knowledge that it was not assuming that a settlement of the West Bank issue would not prohibit Jews HOLIDAY GREETINGS Audette Cadillac, Inc. 1?' 7100 Orchard Lake Road West Bloomfield 851-7200 from buying property there. Reading a prepared statement on Tuesday, State Department spokesman Hodding Carter said, "While there is some question about the legal implications of this action and its practi- cal effect, it appears to be contrary to the spirit . and intent of the peace proc-__ ess." He said, "What regret in general" abot. the purchase decision and "other steps" are ac- tions that make the "negotiations , in the peace process more dif- ficult." Carter said "no" when he was asked whether he based his statement on the as- sumption that a West Bank settlement would prohibit Jews from buying property there. He was then asked how he knows now that the Israeli decision is inimical to the peace process. Carter responded that "We don't know" what a settlement would say about Arabs and Jews buying land but that "I am talking of the spirit" of the peace process. "I can't tell what the long-range practical effect will be." He said that the decisions "might best be reserved for the process in which we are now engaged." But while Carter said that he was "not trying to make a legal tie whatever" about the decision and the peace process, he said that the U.S. position on new Jewish settlements and on the land purchase decision is "not greatly dissimilar." WC. Trojan "Son of C. Trojan" CUSTOM FURNITURE & CARPET CLEANING ON LOCATION f-H,t. ESTIMATES Phone 576-1140 .