THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday, November 14, 1980 BETTER BUSINESS National Council of Churches Statement on PLO Hit EQUIPMENT CO HOLIDAY PORTABLES WE GOT 'EM (Continued from Page 1) EXECUTIVE CHAIRS $695° OPEN SAT. 231 W. 9 MILE RD., Ferndale 1 /4 Blk. West of Woodward 548-6404 cials charged that the NCC had contributed to under- mining the Camp David agreement — the only peace process currently underway in the Middle East." Rabbi Henry Siegman, executive vice president of the American Jewish Con- gress, charged that the 32- page NCC statement was "a You Don't Need Your Jewelry Appraised... Until You Lose It Diamond and Gold prices are changing daily. If your jewelry is not appraised at todays replacement prices, you may lose hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Protect yourself... 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The NJCRAC asserted that throughout the United States, "Protestant church leaders have stated to us that this statement does not represent their judgments and beliefs and those of other leaders of Protestant churches both nationally and locally." The NJCRAC added that the PLO "defines itself by its statemehts, covenant and actions" and that "nothing in that defini- tion has changed for the bet- ter since its creation in 1964 and the NCC is indulging the most dangerous wishful thinking to suggest that Is- rael or the United States should act on the belief that it has or will." The NJCRAC also as- serted that while the NCC turns to the United Na- tions, the NCC at the same time "takes a de- cidedly negative posture regarding the United States' role in search of peace." The statement added that "in the end, the self-determination which the Palestinian Arabs demand, no matter how the NCC may wish to define and support it, is an unremitting plan for ••••••••••• • , We Take The Worry Out Of 1 DRAPERY CLEANING • • Drapery cleaning when properly done is an art, we at CUSTOM • DRAPERY CLEANERS practice most diligently, in our never ending quest to improve our service to you by seeking better • systems and methods. • • Don't take good drapery cleaning for granted. We at CUSTOM • DRAPERY CLEANERS make good cleaning happen. • • • • DRAPERIES • BEDSPREADS • BLANKETS • (Cleaned or Laundered) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •, the destruction of Israel." Rabbi Sol Roth, president of the Rabbinical Council, declared that the members of the PLO "are not the elected representatives of the Palestinians and should not be considered their spokesman. In any event, criminals should not occupy positions of leadership under any circumstances." He said the Rabbinical Council was urging the NCC to reconsider its new policy statement "and to re- pudiate the PLO on the ground that its conduct is repugnant to all who es- pouse human ideals." Rabbis Tannenbaum and Rudin said that while the AJCommittee "welcomes the conscientious efforts of the NCC to be responsive to the rights and needs of both Israel and Palestinians," the NCC appeal "for simul- taneous and mutual ac- ceptance by Israel and the PLO of each other's legiti- macy flies in the face of his- tory." They declared that the appeal "assumes that by some mechanical. act, the articulated purposes, func- tions and murderous record of the PLO will be canceled out by a mere verbal dec- laration, with no provision . made to test its implemen- tation or demonstrate its sincerity." Declaring that the PLO came into being in 1964, three years before Israel occupied the West Bank in a defensive war, for • If I 891-1818 4, 40 41 41 40 40 0 0 IP 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 0•40 40 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ID • "To demand that Isarel accept as a partner in negotiations a coalition of terrorist groups whose only unity has been based on a common determination to destroy Israel is a negate historical memory and traumatic human experi- ences, as well as to misread political reality," the two rabbis declared. The rabbis noted that the NCC views as a requisite step toward peace, "either an amendment of the Pales- tine National Covenant of 1968, or an unambiguous statement recognizing Is- rael as a sovereign state and its right to continue as a Jewish state," adding that the AJCommittee would welcome such action by the Palestine National Council. They added, however, -that "just as the United States, however strong its desire to limit nuclear test- ing, refused to accept mere verbal promises of com- pliance from a nation it had reason to distrust, and in- sisted on procedures for ver- ification of commitments as a prior condition, surely Is- Christmas Plays Are Upheld WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld an Appeals Court ruling allowing hymns and carols in public school observances of reli- gious holidays. The action came in a case Israeli Agency Needs Scientists and Engineers NEW YORK — The Galilee Development Foun- dation, an applied research and development center es- tablished by Israel's gov- ernment, is looking for additional scientists and engineers. Scientists and engineers currently working at the WINDOW SHADES LAMPSHADES PILLOWS • , center are originally from VENETIAN BLINDS (Cleaned retaped & re-corded) • 1 Russia and North America and have at least a Master's • Degree. 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The American Civil Liberties Union and the American Jewish Congress had opposed guidelines used by the Sioux Falls schools. HOUSE of SHUTTERS rael, a tiny nation of three million surrounded by mil- lions of hostile and conflict- ridden Arabs, has not only the right but the obligation to the survival of its own citizens to ensure that amendments" of the Pales- tine National Council cove- nenant or "unambiguous statements" have "verifi- able results as an essential precondition." They cited the Iraqi- Iranian conflict as one which has already result,,d "in the destruction of cot less innocent lives ai.“..t threatens the peace of the Middle East." They added, "It would be an act of unim- aginable irresponsibility to introduce consciously an- other explosive powder- keg" into the Middle East "through the creation of a hostile, aggressive PLO state that neither in princi- ple nor practice is commit- ted to co-existence and reli- gious national plurialism." 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