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SLOMOVITZ Business Manager PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher ALAN HITSKY News Editor HEIDI PRESS Associate News Editor DREW LIEBERWITZ Advertising Manager Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the eighth day of Adar II, 5741, the following scriptural selections will be read in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portion, Leviticus 1:1-5:26, Deuteronomy 25:17-19. Prophetical portion, I Samuel 15:1-34. Thursday, Fast of Esther (reading of Megilat Esther in the evening). Friday, Purim. Candle lighting, Friday, March 13, 6:26 p.m. VOL. LXXIX, No. 2 Page Four Friday, March 13, 1981 THE ROOTS OF TERRORISM Without the support and encouragement pro- vided by the Kremlin, the worst of all evils for mankind might never have reached its present stage of terror. It has never been a secret and now it is becom- ing more explicitly evident that the chief sup- port for the terrorists is provided by Russia. It is becoming equally more evident that from Cuba have come the training forces for the PLO and for the forces of evil that are menacing Ik-ael and other areas in the free world. Media Analysis Center has just made public a chronological record of the USSR ties with the PLO and its chief leaders, notably Yasir Arafat, from June 19, 1977 to Jan. 8, 1981. It provides a list of 97 occurrences of Soviet relationships with the PLO, including many of the most hor- rifying acts of terrorism. The Media Analysis Center provides these facts of the evil partnership: 1. This chronological record of USSR-PLO rela- tions attests to the degree of intensity that marks the/ contacts between the two sides. Arafat visits Moscow often, as do other leaders of the Fatah and of other PLO groups, who either accompany him or arrive in the USSR or its satellites on their own. Nor is this the only form of ties between the PLO and the USSR; as - the survey shows, the Soviet embassy in Beirut is in constant touch with the PLO hierarchy. 2. The high frequency of these contacts and their complex nature on the various planes — against the backdrop of the PLO's relatively low weight on the inter-Arab strategic plane — throw light on the vital- ity of the connection (for the PLO) with the USSR in order to form a firm image in the eyes of the Arab leaders and of the West. 3. The frequency and complexity of the contacts show also that the PLO is aware of the fact that its essence and the nature of its aspirations are consis- tent with the essence of the USSR's interests in the Mideast (outside the realm of the Arab-Israeli con- flict), whereas they conflict with those of the U.S. 4. The nature of the relations between the PLO and the USSR explains the organization's standing as a means (one of many) in the hands of the USSR (which is an irreplaceable support for the PLO) which uses it to promote its objectives in the region: agitation, harming the conservative and pro-Western regimes that control the oil sources, and undermining the Western strategic interests. 5. With the start of the peace contacts between Israel and Egypt, as the PLO joined the pro-Soviet "rejection front," Soviet support for the PLO in- creased. This enhanced support stems from Moscow's assumption that the PLO — together with more im- portant radical Arab elements in the Mideast — can serve as a means to torpedo Western moves and achievements. Against this backdrop stands the USSR's readiness to supply military equipment to the PLO and to train the terrorists to operate the equipment can be understood. However, the nature of the relations between them also points up why Mos- cow is not ready to supply the organization with mili- tary equipment in a quantity and quality that would increase its freedom of maneuver. 6. The PLO's activity under the baton of the USSR (and of Syria) aimed at undermining the West's standing in the Middle East is not confined only to the plane of the war against Israel, but characterizes also its support for the Soviet invasion of Muslim Af- ghanistan — as it lines up in one camp together with the radical and anti-Western states of Syria, Libya, smith Yemen and Ethiopia. This irregular stand of the PLO — in relation to the stand of most other Arab states — is consistent with the position adopted by the organization's representative in the Islamic foreign ministers' conference in Dakar, when it de- fended the USSR against the charge that it had in- tervened, in Africa's internal affairs (Al Ahram, July 11, 1978). Arafat demonstrated another diver- gent pro-Soviet position when he met on July 4, 1978 with a South Yemen minister in a period when Arab leaders tended to keep their distance from South Yemen, which has colluded with the USSR in an effort to take over Muslim Eritrea (which is so vital to the Western strategic interests in the Red Sea). The organization's involvement in Iran is also coordi- nated with the USSR, to the point where its close- ness to the leftist circles there has caused friction between it and Khomeini and Bani-Sadr (the Economist Foreign Report writes on May 16, 1979 that the USSR is transferring arms to the Iranian left through the PLO). 7. One of the conclilsions to be drawn from the above, and from the survey, is that the life expectancy of the USSR-PLO connection does not stem from (nor is it connected with) any temporary policy of the organization or of the USSR, but is a long-term out- growth of the fundamental substance and ambitions of the two partners. 8. The intensity and complexity of the USSR-PLO connection refutes the Western illusion that to give this organization a state would sever it from Moscow. In contrast to other organizations in Africa and Asia which did not resort to Soviet aid after they realized their immediate goal (independence from unaccept- able local or Western rule) and subsequently turned to a certain cooperation with the West; the PLO's essence, the essence of its aspirations, its relatively small weight in the inter-Arab power struggles, and the power struggles and rifts that characterize its organizational structure — all these show why the PLO needs the USSR's closeness, and why the USSR regards any connection with it as a secured long-term investment. It becomes increasingly clear that the Soviet aid gives comfort to the terrorism, that it is a menace to the world and to the Arabs as well. An official PLO admission has just confirmed these charges: The admission is that hundreds of Palestinians have graduated from the Soviet Military Academy. "Scores and hundreds of Palestinian officers eligible to command major .sectors such as brigades have graduated from Soviet military academies," Brigadier Mohammed Ibrahim al-Shaier, head of the PLO's Moscow office, re- vealed in a lecture in Beirut and published in Beirut newspapers. He said there are also some 2,000 Palestinians studying in Soviet schools and the PLO received 300 scholarships a year, mostly for scientific and technical studies. "During PLO chief Yasir Arafat's visit to Moscow last year agreement had been reached on Soviet-Palestinian coordination in all mat- ters of joint interest,' Shaier said. The-re have been recurring reports that the USSR has been training Palestinians." The exposed facts now emerge as an official record. The menace is appalling. This is no longer an issue affecting Israel's security. It is also an admonition to the world to act for a halt to such actions. If permitted to continue, the peace of the entire world will be at stake. `New Jewish Yellow Pages' Provides Services Directory Yellow Pages as adjuncts to telephone directories are indispens- able for modern living. A Jewish counterpart provides guidance to many movements and the services that are vital to Jews seeking community identification. • "The New Jewish Yellow Pages" (SBS Publishers) fills such a need. Mae Shafter Rockland, the author and compiler of this impor- tant and large-sized book describes it as "a directory of goods, services and more," and there is, indeed, more. This is a directory providing mail order information for the entire country, for art works, calligraphic needs, ceramics, metal objects, glass and enamel, textiles, etcetera, etcetera. Names of firms, addresses, sources for the artistic works desired, are provided here. 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His program has recently been accepted by major school systems in Michigan for use in classroom study. The book is well-illustrated with photos of sculptures and other art objects about the Holocaust and with maps of all the geographical locations discussed in the book of the locations of the major concentra- tion camps." The author calls her work a "cultural smorgasbord." That's what it is, as a guide for all who are concerned in vital issues and desire to locate the headquarters of creative forces. Museums, periodicals, teaching aids, antiques, art dealers, needlework, camps, music and musicians, theaters, toys and games, travel agencies, charities, food producers are among those listed and locations provided. In addition, there is a section for holidays and ceremonies. It is indicative of the services provided in this directory. `Bottom Line': Council Guidelines on M.E. Issues "The Bottom Line" is the title of a brochure prepared by the • Jewish Community Council of Detroit providing guidelines for fac- tual dealing with Middle East issues. Frequent misrepresentations and distortions which place Israel in a bad light are refuted in the factual data in this pamphlet. Sugges- tions are made in this text on the manner of confronting issues. The PLO program, the facts about the so-called West Bank, the role of the Arabs and the treatment accorded them, the Camp David agreement, the demand for a unified Jerusalem administered by Israel, the American national interest in the Middle East, and numerous other questions are tackled by means of providing backgrounds and undis- puted facts.