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Councilwoman's Israel Stance

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newspaper of my participa-
tion in a meeting sponsored
by a Detroit area Palesti-
nian group has prompted
harsh questions and
charges about my stand on
Israel.
The critics have neither
inquired what my views are
nor have they sought to
learn what I said at that
meeting. The clear infer-
ence is that, because I ap-
parently do not agree 100
percent with all of Prime
Minister Begin's policies
and actions, I am an enemy.
This is not only errone-
ous, it is dangerous. Many,
if not most Israelis, have dif-
ferences with their prime
minister over such issues as
Camp David, the Western
settlements, the Golan
Heights and work on the
Sabbath. I insist on my
rights too, to my ow n politi-
cal evaluation without
being judged on the basis of
one scanty, inaccurate and
generalized newspaper
quote.
My whole adult life has
been dedicated to a con-
ern for human rights and
justice for all. I have
actively and vigorously
opposed racism, anti-
Semitism, discrimination
and stereotyping of any
and all minorities and
ethnic groups.
My support of Israel dates
from the earliest days of the
struggle for independence. I
believe with passion that all
peoples have the right to de-
termine their own destiny,
to live in peace, to organize
their own lives without
threat or use of outside
force.
My feelings toward Israel
were warm and deep even
before my marriage 30
years ago to my Jewish hus-
band and the birth of our
Jewish daughter. My hus-
band's family, incidentally,
was decimated in the
Holocaust and a cousin was
a heroine of the under-
ground, famed for her re-
fusal to talk when tortured
to death by the Nazis.
My admiration for and
support of Israel does not
preclude my strong belief in

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the right of every people to a
homeland, to self determi-
nation and to freedom —
and that includes the Pales-
tinian people. My opposi-
tion to the unlimited exten-
sion of Israeli homesteads in
no way represents ac-
ceptance, approval or con-
doning of terrorism or
threats to the existence of
the state of Israel. Instead
— as do many other friends
of Israel here and elsewhere
— I regard my respect for
the rights of the Palesti-
nians as consistent with our
basic democratic philos-
ophy.
In the same fashion, I
supported the movement
to end the war in Viet-
nam. Likewise, I have
gone to Chile on behalf of
the National Association
of Social Workers to ex-
press support for the
Childean people and thus
work against the U.S. pol-
icy which covertly helped
to overthrow their
elected government and
supported a fascist re-
gime. It is consistent with
such actions on the De-
troit City Council as my
resolution calling for de-
velopment of a cur-
riculum to teach the hor-
rors of the Holocaust in
Detroit schools.
The Palestinians should
have their own homeland.
They should be given equal
treatment in Israel for jobs,
education and services.
They, too, are part of the
worldwide human race that
merits understanding,'
compassion and brother-
hood.
I share the feelings of
most Americans in my pro-
found and unshakable sym-
pathy and support of the
people of Israel. But I will
not allow that bond to be
threatened by those who in-
sist that I adopt in toto their
specific and narrow defini-
tions of loyalty to a cause.
I join with the Jewish
people in their historic sup-
port for human rights
throughout the world and
for the preservation of the
state of Israel.

Maryann Mahaffey

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