Israel in Lebanon Accumulated Summation _ Villifying Condemnation - And Defensive Responses The Media and War Blunders, the Emerging Role of Jordanians So much bitterness has been unleashed on Israel, the war conducted to end the PLO terrorism inspired so much hatred accompanied by reiterated threats to Israel's existence, that serious Jewish concern over such occurrences became a responsibility for 4srael's defenders. Resort to "genocide," "holocaust," "fas- cism" became commonplace in the judgment of Israel. There are Jews in the ranks of the movements that began to function under. the appellation of the quest for peace and while it is a minority there is an Israeli element that joins in such appeals while condemning the Begin government. In the process, lies began to spread and were quoted as facts. Vituperative advertising pol- luted the media. Biased interpretations of hap- penings and exaggerations of the extent of the damage caused by Israeli troops were treated as facts in the press, radio and television. While these manifestations were in progresS, Is- rael gave evidence of its democratic principles. While the fighting was going on, in a manner unique in the (Continued on Page 14) WS • THE JEW'S A Weekly Review ininentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events An Approach to Peace With a Sense of Justice; Honor and With Dignity Editorial, Page 4 Copyright (c) The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXI, No. 26 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35C August 27, 1982 Israel to Launch Peace Drive After PLO, Syrian. Withdrawal Israel Cheers News of Gemayel's Election JERUSALEM (JTA) — In an of- ficial government response to the election in Beirut on Monday of Bashir Gemayel, the 34-year-old Christian Maronite leader, as the nex t, president of Lebanon, Israel shad him success in his efforts to re-establish Lebanese sover- eignty and independence. "We are happy that the Lebanese people have taken the right path, electing their new president in a democratic proce 7 dure," a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. "We wish Gemayel the best success in fulfil- GEMAYEL ling his mission and hope that tinder his leadership Lebanon will once again become united, independent and free." Premier Men_ ahem Begin sent Gemayel "warmest wishes from my heart." Referring to Lebanon's new leader as "my dear friend," Begin stated in a telegram: "May God be with you . . . in the fulfillment of your grave historic mission for the liberty and indepen- dence of Lebanon." Gemayel, the only presidential candidate to emerge from the many diverse religious factions of Lebanon, re- ceived 58 of the 62 votes in the Lebanese Parliament. (Continued on Page 10) Kresge and Pew Grants Will Assist Brandeis Libraries WALTHAM, Mass. — The Kresge Found- ation of Troy, Mich. and the Pew Memorial Trust of Philadelphia, have granted Bran- deis University $550,000 towards the con- struction of the new Leonard L. Farber Li- brary and the expansion and renovation of the Jacob Goldfarb Library. The irustees of the Kresge Foundation d $300,000 challenge grant, and ar Trust announced a gift of thP $250,000. The grants are a boost to the li- brary campaign which, as Brandeis President Marver H. Bernstein noted in a letter to Alfred H. Taylor, president of the Kresge Foundation, "constitutes Brandeis' highest priority.at this time." Ground-breaking for the Farber Library took place last September. When completed early in 1983, the new library will include the Undergraduate Study Center, the Norman and Rosita Winston Creative Arts Center and the Carl and Ruth Shapiro Cen- ter for Library Technology and Journals. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will launch a new peace offensive immediately after all the terrorists and Syrian forces withdraw from Lebanon, Cabinet Secretary Dan Meridor announced Sunday following the weekly Cabinet session. But Meridor made it clear that while the government of Israel "will initiate action for the establishment of a comprehensive peace in the Middle East" it will do so "in accordance with the Camp David accords." In reference to voices heard both in Europe and the United States in favor of an early solution of the Palestinian problem, Meridor declared: "There will be no negotiations on any proposal whatsoever which deviates from the framework of peace as established in Camp David." His statement followed a series of reports from Washington over the weekend that the Reagan Administration was working on extending the dimension of the Camp David accords and the expectation that West European governments would also reinitiate their Mideast peace efforts. One of the more troublesome statements to emerge from Washington was that by Secretary of State George Shultz, Israeli political analysts said. Shultz told a news conference last Friday, his first since being named Secretary of State, the Camp David accords had "lots of room for ideas" and that the Reagan Administration was forming its own views. He said the Administration expected to be moving on the issue. of Palestinian rights, but he did not elaborate. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt also zeroed in on the Camp David accords, saying that Israel "is maintaining a narrow and unbelievably restricted interpretation of the provisions of the 'framework.' " Writing on the op-ed page of the Washington Post,Mubarak said three steps needed to be implemented to reach a long-term settlement of the Palestinian question: the U.S. should recognize the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination; all settle- ment activities in the occupied territories must halt; and "certain confidence-building measures" must be • a taken, to "restore the trust of the Palestinian inhabi- tants on the West Bank and Gaza." WASHINGTON (JTA) — Legislation to rescind the Most Favored Nation status for Romania, intro- He wrote that the "conversion of Arab land into duced by Rep. Robert Dornan (R-Cal.), went to the Israeli settlements is causing a steady erosion of good floor of the House several days ago. However, the will and hope" and called on the Palestinians and Representatives decided to postpone voting on this Israelis to mutually and simultaneously recognize bill indefinitely, thus automatically continuing each other. Shultz, in his press conference Friday, MFN status for Romania as well as for the People's R o mania ' s M Status Is Continued One dear Republic of China and Hungary for another full year. (Continued on Page 5) Survivor to Press $17 Million Case Against Neo-Nazi Unit Elderly Complex Ground-Breaking Is Set for Sept. 12 LOS ANGELES — The Auschwitz Study Foundation and Mel Mermelstein of Huntington Beach, Calif. have decided to continue their $17 million lawsuit against the Institute for Historical Review. Mermelstein charges that the institute, operated by Willis Carto who also runs the right-wing Liberty Lobby, intentionally tried to defraud him after he took up its challenge to prove that the Holocaust actually happened. Last year, in Los Angeles Superior Court, a judge ruled that the Holocaust "is not reasonably subject to dispute" and that Jews were gassed at Auschwitz. That ruling came after the institute said Mermelstein had not proven that the Holocaust had actually happened and refused to pay Mer- melstein $50,000 for such proof. Mermelstein is a survivor of Auschwitz - Birkenau and Buchenwald. Mermelstein lost his mother and two sisters in the Holocaust, and contends in his lawsuit that Carto and his Institute for Historical Review injured him by claim- ing that the Holocaust is a "hoax" and a "Zionist plot." The Liberty Lobby has been described as one of the best-organized and financed anti-Semitic organizations in the U.S. The Institute for Historical Review has pub- lished a number of books and pamphlets that claim the Holocaust never td6k place. Last year's court ruling, Mermelstein says, shows that doek, the Carto groups broke their "contract" with him. MERMELSTEIN Ground-breaking ceremonies for the Maple - Drake complex for Jewish elderly will take place 2 p.m. Sept. 12 in West Bloomfield. The community is invited. The Jewish Welfare Federation and its agencies, the United Jewish Charities, Jewish Home for Aged and Jewish Federa- tion Apartments have planned the complex on a site west of the Jewish Community Cen- ter. The complex will offer separate living facilities both for the aged in need of mini- mal services and for those able to live inde- pendently. A common area will be accessible to both residences. Members of the donor families. the Blum- bergs, Fleischmans and Hechtmans, will break ground with chrome-plated shovels. Speakers at the Sept. 12 gathering will include Federation President Judge Avern L. Cohn and board members of the Jewish Federation Apartments and the Jewish Home for Aged.