THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Cabinet OKs Settlement Policy, Alternate Site for Elon Moreh JERUSALEM (J1A) — The Cabinet agreed Sunday to expand existing settlements on the West Bank and Gaza Strip and to establish new ones, but only on state-owned lands. It left the details to a special ministerial committee that is expected to be named within the next few days. It also accepted Defense Minister Ezer Weizman's proposal of a new site for Elon Moreh, the Gush Emunim settlement that the Supreme Court has or- dered removed from seized Arab lands. The Cabinet session was unusually calm and Pre- mier Menahem Begin was credited with effectively de- fusing the bitter differences between Weizman and Ag- riculture Minister Ariel Sharon over settlement pol- icy, at least for the-time be- ing. Cabinet Secretary Arye Naor told reporters that the decisions were unanimous, indicating that Sharon, the most outspoken advocate of unrestricted Jewish settle- ments, concurred. Accord- ing to Naor, the decisions were nothing more than an affirmation of policies adopted earlier by the gov- ernment. Sharon's plan .for the establishment of a chain of 16 new settlements on the West Bank during the current Jewish calendar year was rejected. Also rejected was a proposal by Weizman to build six new towns around exist- ing settlements. Sharon's plan would have re- quired•an investment of some IL 2.5 billion and Weizman's idea was also considered too costly at present. But the Cabinet agreed to Weizman's proposal to shift Elon Moreh to a new site on Jabel el Kabir, a little further away from Nablus than the present site. "This is government land and more spacious than the pre- sent location," Naor said. Under the Supreme Court order, Elon Moreh must be removed by next Wednes- day. Weizman met with Gush Emunim leaders and Elon Moreh settlers in Tel Aviv Sunday afternoon. Their conversation reportedly Change in Attitude Toward Jews Seen by WJC Leaders_ CHICAGO (JTA) — After 30 years of relative security and sympathy resulting from the memories of the - Holocaust, an erosion has taken place in the attitude toward Jews, even among circles that traditionally supported Jewish concerns and aspirations. This was one of the con- clusions reached in analyz- ing the present worldwide Jewish condition at a two- day meeting of the World Jewish Congress Executive. The meeting, which was chaired by Philip Klutznick, president of the WJCongress, focused on de- termining priorities for the 1980s and the policies, pro- grams and structural changes that follow from them for the WJCongress. According to the analysis, the erosion has resulted in a reawaken- ng of anti-Semitism both in its traditional manifes- tations and in new forms, and entirely from new quarters. The most obnoxious ex- pression of this anti- Semitism, it was noted, is the tendency to deny the fact and the extent of the Holocaust. The executive, in consid- ering the Jewish situation in many areas, particularly Europe, -Latin America and Moslem countries, ex- pressed great concern over the growing sense of insecu- rity among Jewish corn= munities which has re- sulted in migration move- ments on a scale not seen since the immediate post- World War II years. The WJCongress officials expressed satisfaction with the continued substantial increase in the number of exit visas granted by the Soviet Union. The executive urged the Soviet Union to grant Jews adequate facilities for reli- gious and cultural self- expression, permit Soviet Jews to have contact with their fellow Jews through- out the world and to protect them against antiSemitic propaganda within the USSR. Among those attending the meeting was an offi- cial delegation of Moroc- can Jewish leaders which presented a re- quest for the affiliation of the Moroccan Jewish community with the WJCongress. The delega- tion said the application had been authorized by the plenary assembly of the Jewish Representa- tive Council which repre- sents all the communities and institutions of the 20,000 Jews in Morocco. The executive unanim- ously approved the applica- tion for affiliation. Energy Program for the JWB NEW YORK — The Jewish Welfare Board has been included in an energy conservation and manage- ment program designed to assist national and local organizations. The program was initiated by the Na- tional Assembly of National Voluntary Health and So- cial Welfare Organizations. The JWB plans to share the expertise with its affil- iated Jewish community centers and camps. History of Hillel Material Needed dealt with the ideology of Jewish settlements. There were no indications,that the Elon Moreh people would accept the new site or leave the present one without re- sistance. Government circles sym- pathetic to the Gush Emunim said they expected the special ministerial committee to be named without delay so that it can start working on settlement plans well before the Wed- nesday deadline. They said this would demonstrate to the Elon Moreh settlers that the "government means business" in its expanded settlement program. But other government sources denied any lin- kage between the new committee and the Elon Moreh issue. They said that even if the committee is set up quickly and manages to hold one or two sessions before next week, it could hardly take substantive deci- sions involving large budgetary outlays in such a short time. It is believed that the first order of business of the new committee will be to hear detailed reports from At- torney General Yitzhak Zamir on the legal status of the lands earmarked for the expansion of existing set- tlements and the creation of new ones. The government wants to make sure that these are state-owned lands - in order to avoid another Elon Moreh fiasco. While the Cabinet was deliberating on Sunday, a large group of Black Panth- ers forced their way into Elazar settlement in the Etzion bloc south of Jerusalem to protest the fi- nancial support given Gush Emunim settlements at the expense of urban slum- dwellers. About 150 members of the group, which is associated with the Rakah (Com- munist) Party, arrived at Elazar in buses and man- aged to break through the strongly-guarded perimeter fence. Verbal exchanges with the armed settlers soon de- veloped into lift fights. One settler who fired a shot into the air was pounced upon by the Panthers and badly beatened. He suffered head injuries. The military governor or- dered the area closed. The history of the Jewish movement on college cam- puses throughout America is currently being written by Rabbi Benjamin Kahn, former international direc- tor of Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation. Rabbi Kahn, whose asso- ciation with Hillel goes back some 40 years, is dedi- cating the project to Dr. Abram L. Sachar, chancel- lor of Brandeis University and the architect of the Hillel movement. Rabbi Kahn is currently soliciting stories and per- sonal reminisces from those who have been involved in Hillel throughout the years. For further information, contact Rabbi Kahn at Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation, 1640 Rhode Island Ave., N.W., Wash., D.C. 20036. Friday, November 16, 1919 25 PRESCRIPTION OPTICAL CO. PHIL ELLIS PHIL ELLIS INVITES YOU TO INSPECT OUR LARGE SELECTION OF EYE FASHIONS SILHOUETTE, AVANT GARDE, ANTHONY MARTIN & MORE Tues.-Fri. 9:30-6 26001 COOLIDGE HWY. Thurs. Evening 7-9 p.m. 543-3343 OAK PARK, MICH. 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