14 Friday, July 9, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Burg Sees Hope for Autonomy Negotiations CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES FOR SUCCESS TO OUR SONS JERRY GOLDBERG AND MARK LAVETTER ON YOUR NEW VENTURE: MICRO STATION, INC. 24484 WEST TEN MILE ROAD SOUTHFIELD, MICHIGAN 48034 Your Loving Parents Charles & Cel Friedman Aaron & Dorothy Goldberg Victor & Florence Lavetter Samuel & Pearl Zafron AB. WE DON'T SELL COMPUTERS AFTER YOU BUY A SMALL/PERSONAL/MICRO COMPUTER SEE US FOR THE LARGEST SELECTION OF SOFTWARE PROGRAMS, SUPPLIES, PERIPHERALS, BOOKS, AND MAGAZINES. Canada Names Three for Honor TORONTO (JTA) — Three Canadian Jews were among the recipients of the Order of Canada at the an- nual Canada Day lists. They are: Edwin A. Goodman, 63; Harry Vei- ner, 78; and Abby (Abigail) Hoffman. Goodman is a Queens Counsel and prominent in the Progressive Conserva- tive Party of Canada. Vei- ner was mayor of Medicine Hat, Alberta, for many years. Hoffman is a former track star and now director of Sports Canada, a govern- ment program directed from Ottawa. ACCOUNTING • BUSINESS • DATA BASE EDUCATION • ENTERTAINMENT • HOME/HOBBY TECHNICAL. WORD PROCESSING MON - FRI 11 AM - 7 PM SAT 12 AM - 6 PM O JERUSALEM (JTA) — Interior Minister Yosef Burg said that Israel's inva- sion of Lebanon might create better conditions for the successful pursuit of the autonomy negotiations. Burg, who heads Israel's autonomy negotiations team, said in an Army Radio interview that many residents of the West Bank have concluded that the war in Lebanon proved the Palestine Liberation Organization and its politi- cal line to be worthless. They recognize that the path chosen by the PLO has resulted in "a tragedy for the Arabs, for the people in Lebanon," Burg said. He suggested therefore that the Palestinians in the occupied territories now see the autonomy negotiations as their best hope. Now that the PLO has been defeated, there is a better chance to find Palestinian moderates willing to negotiate, Burg said. micro station 24484 W. Ten Mile Southfield, MI 48034 (313) 358-5820 The half is greater than the whole. CRYSTAL GIRWARE... Cross, Anne Klein, Val St. Lambert, St. Thomas, Lenox, Orrefors, Avitra . all 25% to 50% off. Subject to poor sale. $38 (large) NEVER less than 25% discount in 36 years! 31313 Northwestern • Farmington Hills 851-7333 SUMMER HOURS (July & August) Mon.-Fri., 9:30-5:00 Jewelry Designers & Manufacturers of Original and Unusual Creations • Authorized Appraisers • Estate Liquidators Boris Smolar's `Between You . . . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA (Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.) ECHOES OF LEBANON: It stands to reason that the Christian world should be grateful to Israel for bringing about the liberation of the Christian Arab population Lebanon by smashing the Palestinian terrorists. Christian Arabs in Lebanon — and even part of the Moslem Arab population — rejoiced in Israel's victory. THE PROTESTANT VIEW: The Christian Arab population in Lebanon appreciates Israel's role in bringing back freedom to the country, but this is not the case with the Christian Church in the United States. The National Council of Churches in this country — the roof organization of various denominations in the Pro- testant Church — which has never sought to protect Chris- tian Arabs in Lebanon from the terror of the Palestine Liberation Organization — continues to back the PLO even now. A lengthy statement of policy on the Middle East by the national council shows .'.efinite bias against Israel and is strongly pro-Arab. It.goes as far as advocating that the U.S. government should "start a dialogue" with the Pales- tine Liberation Organization without committing the PLO in advance to give up its goal of "annihilation of Israel." There are more than 65 million Protestants in this country. Many of them are not inclined to follow the policy of the national council which favors the PLO; there are even Protestant clergymen who participate in pro-Israel meetings. Nevertheless, the position of the National Coun- cil causes great concern among American Jewish leaders. The National Council of Churches has a long record of cooperative relationships with Jewish community rela- tions agencies on a range of domestic issues. However, this record has been marred in recent years by a strong current of pro-Arab and anti-Israel sentiments among members of its governing board. Many of these members are identified with missionary movements in their respective churches, which have large spiritual and material stakes in Arab countries. To counteract these sentiments, the National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council — the coordinat ing body of 12 leading national Jewish organizations and more than 110 local agencies engaged in intergroup rela- tions — recommends now to its constituent groups to inten- sify their efforts in seeking to involve Protestants exten- sively in conversations about Israel, in the context of more general discussions on matters of common concerns; also to be prepared to discuss issues presented by the NCC state- ment if and when the statement is introduced into such dialogue by Protestant parties. The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith, in an analysis Of the NCC statement is full of outspoken critique. It goes into great length to prove that the statement "is biased, irrelevant, an obstacle to peace," and that it sup- ports terrorism by calling for the inclusion of the PLO in responsible forums of government and church groups. It minces no words in saying that the NCC call for a U.S. government dialogue with the PLO, without PLO changes, "merits the sharpest condemnation." LEBANESE IN THE U.S.: The National Council of Churches may not recognize the relief that Israel brought for the Christian Arabs in Lebanon but the Lebanese in the United States — American-born as well as naturalized citizens — do, and they say so. There are more than 2 million Americans of Lebanese ethnicity, many of them members of the American Lebanese League. The league has now addressed an appeal to President Reagan indicating that Israel's victory over the PLO in Lebanon opens "an unprecedented opportunity:,'__ to save Lebanon and rebuild it as a free democratic count] with democratic elections of a president and a strong cen---' tral government safeguarding Western interests in the region. President Reagan is asked by the American Lebanese League to seize this opportunity "that may not reoccur again." The American Lebanese League urges him to ensure the territorial integrity of Lebanon and the with- drawal of remnants of the Palestine Liberation Organiza- tion as well as Syrian military units from Lebanon. The Catholic bishops in this country follow the Vatican policy with regard to Israel namely — a strong affirmation of Israel's right to sovereignty and to secure and recognized borders, coupled with assertion of the right of the Palesti- nians to a homeland. The Vatican continues to reject Is- rael's claim to sovereighty over the undivided city ofJerus- laem as its eternal capital. It is, however, strongly against anti-Semitism.