THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Boris Smolar's . . and-Me- Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.) ANTI-ISRAEL EFFORTS IN CHURCHES: Since the dramatic visit of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to Jerusalem, public opinion polls show that pro-Arab senti- ments have been growing among Americans. It is not that their sympathy for Israel has diminished; they still want to see Israel secure in its borders. But they were impressed with Sadat's move and took it as an indication of his desire for peace with Israel. Today cadres of hundreds of church professionals in the various denominations of the Protestant church are engaged in promoting pro-Arab and anti-Israel sentiments. They are considered as "experts" on Arab-Israeli problems. They come with a background of missionary, philanthropic and educational service in the Arab Middle East where their denominations have long been involved in work with universities, secondary schools, social service centers and refugee aid. projects. They now hold staff positions in the National Council of Churches of Christ and in the Middle East departments of their denominations. They exert significant influence within the organized Christian community and in church institutions. They are the drafters or Pro-Arab and anti- Israeli resolutions for conventions of church groups. They recommend lecturers for churches. They provide churches with material on the Middle East. They seek to win Ameri- can public sympathy for their views through religious channels. They advocate American recognition of the ter- rorist Palestine Liberation Organization which has com- mitted itself to the destruction of Israel. The most active anti-Israel staff members can be found in the United Presbyterian Church, the United Church of Christ, the United Methodist Church, the Reformed Church of America, the Quakers and the Mennonites. The Quakers have published an article in their organ "Quaker Life" hostile not only to Israel but also to Jews._ A somewhat similar situation prevails in the Catholic community. Oome of the Catholic church leaders with a background of philanthropic and educational service in Arab countries actively promote anti-Israel propaganda. Outstanding among them is Father Joseph L. Ryan, who - was connected with universities in Beirut and Baghdad and is a member of anti-Israel organizations in this coun- try. THE ARAB-AMERICAN COMMUNITY: Despite the intensified propaganda against Israel conducted in the church community by church professionals, the support for Israel is still broad. The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has affirmed the right of Israel to live in security. So did the major Protestant denominations. Even the Na- tional Council of Churches, a Protestant group which is strongly pro-Arab and seeks U.S. recognition of the Pales- tine Liberation Organization, recognizes Israel's right to exist as a sovereign state with secure borders. American Christian Arabs are not all against Israel. Many Lebanese support Israel as the defender of the belea- gured Christian Arabs in Lebanon. Among the various Arab Christian groups in this country the more vehemently anti-Israel religious leaders, in their efforts to foster a growing pan-Arab consciousness in the Arab-American community — which is far from being monolithic — succeeded in forming a Standing Con- ference of American Middle East Christian and Moslem Leaders. The Conference claims now to represent two mil- lion Americans of Arabic heritage and to be composed of representatives of Eastern Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholics, Protestants and Moslems. The largest Arab church in the U.S. is the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church, the Holy Synod of which is based in Syria. It has 110 churches broadly distributed throughout the U.S. but most numerous in California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania. It claims to have 350,000 persons attached to it, but church directories report its membership as being only 152,000. Its influence goes, however, beyond its num- bers because it is a member of the National Council of Churches and has its representatives on the Governing Board there. It is vigorously demanding U.S. recognition of the PLO. At one of its annual conventions it adopted resolutions against the Israel government for legalizing "Zionist- Israeli settlements in occupiecLArab lands in violation of international law." It urged President Carter to exercise pressure on Israel to abolish these settlements. Another resolution demanded that the United States withhold eco- nomic and military aid from Israel. Its Patriarch, Elias IV, visited the United States for six weeks and was received by President Carter and UN Secretary Kurt Waldheim. He traveled from coast to coast and delivered anti-Israel speeches at conferences in New York, Boston, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Los Angeles and other cities. Friday, April 25, 1980- 25 ADL Warns Journal Seeking Jewish Subscribers Is PLO NEW YORK — The and intellectuals through- Anti-Defamation League out the world, particularly warned that a scholarly- at universities. looking journal seeking Jewish subscribers is really a propaganda mouthpiece , for the Palestine Liberation Organization. The publication, "Journal of Palestine Studies," is launching its subscription campaign through mailing lists of Jewish names, ac- cording to Seymour D. Re- ich, chairman of the ADL's national fact-finding com- mittee. Billed as a "Quarterly on WITH YOUR OWN MEASUREMENTS over 3 blind Palestine Affairs and the Arab-Israeli Conflict," the weunrifire BI G DI ssio journal contains 100 to 150 ON pages and resembles, in ap- DRAPES & SHADES pearance and content': Installation Available scholarly journals pub- lished by universities. To project an image of 17350 W. 10 Mile Rd. objectivity, Reich said, the journal carries such regular features as THEM. RECIA "From the Hebrew Press" and occasionally other articles suggesting sensitivity to Israeli con- cerns. "But beneath the veneer of scholarship," Reich said, "is a heavily-slanted PLO line." He added that the journal — which is-carefully edited and sprinkled with footnotes — "is far more ef- fective an instrument for the PLO cause than are the shriller publications of the PLO itself." The quarterly is pub- lished jointly by the Insti- tute for Palestine Affairs, the PLO "think tank" in Be- irut, and the University of Kuwait, Reich said. 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