THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
24 Friday, February 1, 1900
Falasha Tells Difficulties
of Ethiopian Jewish Life
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.
— "Budda, the evil eye.
That's what they think of us
in Ethiopia," said Rachel
Solomon, a Falasha stu-
dent, at a meeting of the
Pacific Association of Re-
formed Rabbis.
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lages on Thursdays to go to
the markets in Christian
towns, the Christian
mothers hide their children
from us so they will not be
afflicted by the evil eye, by
Budda, and become ill.
"Oh, they can recognize
us alright. We live in sepa-
rate villages and never
come to the market on the
Sabbath, but only before.
After all, we do not cook or
work after 3 p.m. on Fri-
day."
"Also, the Jewish women
cut their hair close to their
heads, and, because of our
ritual washings, we are
often spoken of as 'people
who smell of water."
"Sometimes, when Chris-
tian children become ill,
their parents go and fetch a
Falasha child and place him
in the same room. The
Christians believe the
Falasha also has the power
to drive out the evil eye."
"I give you these exam-
ples," said Rachel, "not to
imply that there is any gov-
ernment policy to torment
Jews." "Rather," she went
on, "it is extremely difficult
to live in a country steeped
in superstition and prej-
udice against Jews."
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The Battle Continues in South Lebanon
By MOSHE RON
The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent
TEL AVIV — A group of
Israeli editors recently went
to southern Lebanon to
meet the leader of "Free
Lebanon," Major Said
Hadad, his soldiers and the
local population. We had
the opportunity to watch
the daily life in the small
"republic."
We passed through the
"good fence" in Metulla by
bus and entered Lebanese
territory. First we visited
the village of Marjayun and
found a desolated airfield
which has been built by the
British Mandatory Power
before the establishment of
the state of Israel. We met
Arabs tilling the soil and a
lone tractor moving in the
area.
We saw a big stone build-
ing full of holes from the ar-
tillery shells and the ruins
of houses shelled by the ter-
rorists.
Our first visit was to the
new broadcasting station
of Free Lebanon, "the
voice of hope." This sta-
tion broadcasts news and
features daily about the
situation in Lebanon.
Years ago it was a
Lebanese police station.
Then it was fortified by
the Lebanese army. Now,
the station is under the
control of the comman-
der of the Christian
Militia, Major Hadad. His
militia was joined by
Moslem inhabitants of
villages in southern
Lebanon who fight to-
gether with Hadad's
forces against the PLO.
We see a lot of ruins and
heaps of rubble, twisted
concrete and iron.
We climbed a hill to see
the desolated town of
Elhyam. In 1977, this town
was occupied by Arab ter-
rorists. Most of the inhabi-
tants left to avoid the con-
stant shooting. Elhyam was
the chief bastion of the ter-
rorists.
In the Litani operation by
Israel in March 1978, the
terrorists were driven out
and Elhyam became desol-
ated and ruined. There are
houses without doors and
windows. From here we can
see positions of the UN
troops and of the armed
forces of Major Hadad.
The sky cleared and we
could see the enchanting
landscape and scenery of
this country which has suf-
fered so much. We see to our
right the villages of Galahia
and Ibl-e-Saki and to our
left Har Dov, Shuba and
Arkub marking the begin-
ning of Fatah land. It is a
region of ambushes shoot-
ing and bloodshed.
From afar we could see
the peak of Mt. Hermon.
We entered the fortress
of Major Hadad in Mar-
jayun. We passed paved
streets, a mosque, a
monastery and beautiful
houses. Once this was the
center of all the settle-
ments in southern Leba-
non.
Major Hadad's staff lives
in an old Lebanese army
position five miles from the
Seven Dutch War Criminals
Are Found in West Germany
AMSTERDAM LJTA) —
A group of former resistance
members in the northeast-
ern province of Groningen
in The Netherlands have
announced that they have
discovered the whereabouts
of seven Dutch war crimi-
nals in West Germany
where they have been hid-
ing since the end of World
War II.
The major criminal
among them is
is Albert Zuur-
ing, 62, who as a "Rotten-
fuehrer" of the SS was co-
responsible for killing 17
Dutch men, women and
children near the town of
Breda in 1944. He was sen-
tenced in absentia to
lifelong imprisonment by a
Dutch de-Nazification court
in 1947.
Dutch Public Prosecutor
Louis de Beaufort, who has
been placed in charge of
coordinating the investiga-
tion of the whereabouts of
more than 300 Dutch war
criminals still missing, has
stated that the whereabouts
of the seven war criminals
have been known to him for
some time and he has had
contacts with the West
German authorities about
them.
The main problem,
however, is not locating
them but extraditing
them. If some of the seven
war criminals have
meanwhile acquired
West German citizenship,
as they claim, this must
be verified. For the time
being, however, they
cannot be extradited.
Some of them were sen-
tenced in Holland solely for
collaborating with the
Nazis. According to West
German law, this is not a
basis for extradition. Ac-
cording to de Beaufort, the
disclosure by the Groningen
group may make his work
more difficult.
Israeli border at Metulla.
The flag of Free Lebanon is
flying in the sky.
me 10,000 Palestinian
tern-fists are today concen-
trated in Lebanon, 6,000 of
them between the Israeli
border and the Zaharani
River. Beirut is the center of
all Palestinian terrorists
organizations; the terrorists
act and move freely with the
permission of the Lebanese
government and army. Ter-
rorists are trained in Pales-
tine refugee camps and sent
to carry out terror and
sabotage acts across the Is-
raeli border and in Europe.
The town of Tyre is a cen-
ter for terrorists staff offi-
cers, bases and arsenals.
From here, terrorist groups
are sent by land and sea into
Israel. These facts compel
the Israeli army to retaliate
by land, sea and air. The
army of Major Hadad fights
the terrorists successfully,
foiling many terrorist at-
tacks on villages in south-
ern Lebanon and Israel.
The Israeli government
provides humantiarian
services for the inhabi-
tants of southern Leba-
non. It opened three
crossing points at the
border: Metulla, Dovev
and Hanita. It provides
medical help.
Israel repaired the water
supply lines, opened a post
office and employs
thousands of Lebanese resi-
dents.
Major Hadad told us that
,
he has been fighting the ter-
rorists for five years. "Israel
helps us in this struggle for
existence and life," he said.
"We want to live in peace.
The terrorists want to de-
stroy us. Our hope lies in the
struggle for freedom.
"Israel strives for peace.
It made peace with Egypt
and wishes to extend the
peace to Lebanon. We are
strong, but I am afraid that
time does not work in our
favor. We are sorry that the
United Nations is support-
ing the terrorists."
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