THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Christian Responses to Lebanon By RABBI MARC TANENBAUM Saven Arts Feature been one-sided and biased against Israel. The most vehement Lebanon has become a fault-line in Jewish- statements of anti-Israel Christian relations, reveal- hostility have come from ing who are our Christian the United Presbyterian Church, the United Church friends and enemies. That conclusion emerges of Christ, the Reformed starkly from a study of Church in America, and "Christian Responses to the predictably, the Antiochian Lebanon Conflict" just com- Orthodox Church. All of pleted by the Interreligious them have called in differ- Affairs Department of the ent words for the unilateral American Jewish Commit- withdrawal of Israel from tee. With the exception of Lebanon, and urged the Bishom James Armstrong U.S. government to with- of Indianapolis, newly- hold economic and military elected president of the Na- aid from Israel. tional Council of Churches, They totally ignored and a few others like him, the massacre of nearly the majority of the "ecu- 100,000 Lebanese and menical elite" of major Pro- Palestinians since 1975 in testant denominations have Lebanon, and their sys- tematic destruction in South Lebanon. While Roman Catholics and Evangelical Christians have been critical of the loss of civilian lives, they gener- ally acknowledged the PLO's murderous provoca- tions to Israel, and Israel's right to self-defense. Apparently the liberal Protestant elite think nothing of continuously violating the biblical com- mandment, "Thou shalt not bear false witness!" Friday, September 3, 1982 27 MAKE A MEMORY Send A Balloon Bouquet Attached To A Basket of Sweets For All Occasions I Talking Balloons Shipped Nationwide AT NO EXTRA CHARGE We Specialize In Party Centerpieces GOURMET. BALLOONS 661-9331 TEMPLE ISRAEL A Congregation of Liberal Judaism UNRWA Tents• to Relieve Lebanon Housing Shortage JERUSALEM (JTA) — attack Israeli forces, Israel Some 8,000 tents were ship- has always been critical of ped from Pakistan to Leba- UNRWA, which was set up non this week by the United in 1949, accusing it of allow- Nations Relief and Works ing terrorists to operate the Agency (UNRWA) to help camps as training bases. solve the immediate hous- Meridor said Israel had ing problems of Palestinian no choice but to ask for refugees in southern Leba- UNRWA's help to solve non, Yaacov Meridor, the immediate housing minister in charge of the refugee problem in Leba- problem before winter sets in because the non, told reporters here. Lebanese government Meridor, who is also had refused Israel's re- Minister of Economics, said quest that it resettle the there are nearly 30,000 ref- refugees in permanent ugees without adequate housing, not in the old housing in the area under refugee camps. The Israel control. They are Lebanese government from refugee camps in Si- insisted instead, Meridor don, Rashidiye and Tyre. said, that the refugees be The refugee camps, which transferred outside of Israel said contained armed Lebanon. Palestinian terrorists as well as refugee families, Meanwhile, the United were heavily damaged in States Agency for Interna- the fighting. tional Development (AID) Most of the families left as airlifted 85,000 pounds of the fighting continued and emergency medical supplies the terrorists used the from JFK Airport in New camps as sites from which to York to Lebanon last week. UN to Hear Shamir Sept. 30 UNITED NATIONS Israeli offensive at the UN (JTA) — Foreign Minister this fall will be even more Yitzhak Shamir of Israel "ferocious" than in the past will arrive in New York at because the Arab countries the end of September to will want to cover up for attend the 37th session of their failure to assist the the UN General Assembly. PLO in its war with Israel in Shamir is scheduled to ad- Lebanon. dress the Assembly on Sept. "It is not unlikely that 30• even Iran and Iraq, which During his visit in New are currently at war, would York, Shamir is expected to join forces together to at- meet with various delegates tack Israel at the UN," one and foreign ministers who diplomat noted. will be here for the Assem- bly session, which officially opens Sept. 21. Synagogue Fund Diplomats at the UN pre- LOS ANGELES (JTA) — dicted that Israel is going to face a "very tough" cam- The Jewish Federation paign against it, even Council has decided to tougher than in previous again sponsor a pioneering years in view of the war in program to fund synagogue projects for single parents, Lebanon by Israeli forces. In that context, dip- senior citizens, handi- lomats said, the Arabs capped and deaf Jews and are probably going to related programs. demand the suspension For such programs the of Israel's credentials to first year, the Federation's the Assembly and would Council on Jewish Life allo- press for Security Coun- cated $75,000. The special cil meetings to seek sanc- allocation for $72,000 this tions against Israel. year was made through the According to some dip- Jewish Community Found- lomats, the Arab anti- ation. . Invites You and Your Family to Selichot Worship on Saturday, September 11, at 11:00 p.m. Preceded by a reception at 10:30. 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