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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Support for Israel Drops
Newsweek Survey Reveals
WASHINGTON — Israel
has fallen out of favor with
the American public since
its invasion of Lebanon, ac-
cording to a Newsweek poll.
Some 60 percent of the
people questioned think Is-
rael has gone too far with
the invasion, which began
June 6, and 43 percent favor
a cutoff of U.S. military aid
to the Jewish state, the
magazine said.
The poll, conducted by the
Gallup organization, indi-
cated only 16 percent of the
American people fully sup-
---n\ort Israel's actions in
?banon.
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Israel Aids Return of Normalcy to Sidon
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that Americans are becom-
ing increasingly aware of
the Palestinian problem
and that 37 percent feel an
independent Palestinian
state should be created.
However, 45 percent of
those questioned rejected
this idea.
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has upheld the right of IDF
officers who belong to the
various groups which have
banded together under the
"Peace Now" banner
against the war to demon-
strate.
• "I am not encouraging
demonstrations," he told a
group of reservists last
month, "But I do not wish to
live in a country where
demonstrations are forbid-
den."
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SIDON, Lebanon — We
passed through this big city
as twilight was beginning to
fall. A large ferris wheel,
which we had noted in the
morning when headed
north,was now brightly il-
luminated with colored
lights. The sound of music
could be heard. What better
indication of return to nor-
malcy, than the reopening
of this entertainment park,
with its roller coaster and
its side shows. According to
reports later, the children
and their parents came in
droves.
and fear, and can look for-
ward to an early return to
their homes. In the mean-
time, there is running
water, power supply and
functioning police, courts,
hospitals and mail. The
sprawling Sidon oil refinery
is almost untouched, again
a sure sign that the PLO did
not fortify it.
The next immediate
goal is to assure that the
schools open on time,
Brigadier General David
Maimon told us. The 53-
year-old administrator
emphasized that he is the
"adviser on civilian af-
fairs" and not the mili-
tary governor. There is
no military occupation.
Of Yemenite birth,
Maimon has had a distin-
guished military career,
topped by his appoint-
ment in 1971 as the goy-
ernor of Gaza. As a result
of his policies (firm hand
with trouble-makers,
friendship and help for
peaceful elements) Gaza
became the quietest area
of the country.
Sidon's streets are begin-
ning to look clean, as befits
a modern, European-style
country like Lebanon. Hun-
dreds of local youths volun-
teered their services to help
sweep up and straighten up.
Israel bulldozers shoveled
the debris onto empty lots.
Only the hulks of blasted
buildings downtown, and
the refugees, are evidence
that there had been a war
here. The only thing that
neither Maimon nor the
CARL ALPERT
suiting run on the banks
would create panic.
The Israel authorities ar-
The central square in Si-- ranged to have a very large
don, through which all traf- supply of cash, in Lebanese
fic passes, is a scene of de- currency, on hand to meet
vastation, sure sign that the all demands and to seek to
PLO were entrenched there, promote confidence. On the
and fought from apartment day set, the banks opened,
houses and office buildings and as expected long queues
and public institutions. But formed at once. But not as
one who detours into the expected, most had come to
side streets of this city of make deposits, rather than
around 100,000 people will to withdraw. The explana-
find major communities and tion: If Israel was behind
block after block in which the matter, the people had
there is no sign whatever of confidence.
There are still many prob-
war except for the neglect
lems
in Sidon. Hundreds of
caused by breakdown of
families which had fled Be-
municipal services.
irut are temporarily housed
When the PLO had been in empty or unfinished
eliminated, and the ter- stores. These people have
rorist occupation ended, Is- immediate physical needs,
rael's first goal was to re- many of which are being
turn the city to normalcy, met by the American
and this meant picking up Jewish Joint Distribution
where the quiet existence Committee, the Israel gov-
had ended seven years ago. ernment and private Israel
Normal life and normal philanthropy.
But for the first time in
commerce meant that the
populace must have con- almost a decade they do not
fidence in the situation. live under a regime of terror
The opening of the banks,
closed for almost a
month, would be one
good indication that the
threat was over. The local
BERUNS
bankers were fearful,
however, that on the day
CHILDRENS
they reopened for busi-
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ness the local citizens
would line up at once
seeking to withdraw
their deposits, and the re-
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local authorities have no
control over at this time is
the traffic — something
fierce!
We leave Sidon behind
and again head north,
toward Beirut. We have
been here before, and again
the roadway heading south
is filled with cars, usually
small ones, or small vans
loaded down with the
household possessions of
those who were lucky
enough to get out of west
Beirut. Where they are
going is not always clear,
but they know that in
southern Lebanon, where
the Israel army is, there is
now peace and quiet and se-
curity. Better times will
come.
About 10 miles before
Beirut we see ahead of us
a small group of people
walking in our direction
by the side of the open
road. As we approach
them, we see an elderly
Arab, with khefiya head-
dress, striding steadily
along, swinging his arms,
and puffing at a cigarette.
Behind him, walking at a
proper distance, are two
buxom women, heavily
laden down with bundles
of all sizes and shapes in
their arms and on their
heads.
How long had they been
walking? Where are they
from? Where are they go-
ing? Our car moved swiftly
along, and they were soon
lost to sight. The old Arab
was headed south. He did
not need a car.
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Syrian Economy
Facing Problems
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Friday, August 13, 1982 41
WASHINGTON — The
economy of Syria is facing
major problems, according
to U.S. News and World Re-
port magazine.
In a recent article, the
magazine said foreign aid,
oil exports, and money sent
by Syrians working abroad
is drying up.
Syria's military takes
55 percent of the gov-
enment's income. One
Western diplomat told
the magazine that the
only reason Syria fought
in _Lebanon was to keep
the Arab revenues. Its
poor battlefield perform-
ance against Israel may
cut those aid payments
even more, he said.
Arab world donations are
also being cut because of Is-
rael's support of Iran in the
Iran-Iraq war.
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