18 Friday, September 11, 1982
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Is Outraged by Pope John Paul's Meeting With Arafat
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giving moral encourage-
ment to this arch-butcher
and shake the hand
drenched in the blood of in-
nocent Jewish men, women
and children in Israel and
other countries . . . and
who must bear the entire
responsibility for the mass
murder of Christians in
Lebanon during the past
years."
* * *
Francois Mitterrand
Would Meet Arafat
PARIS (JTA) — French
sources said that Palestine
Liberation Organization
chief Yasir Arafat will meet
Foreign Minister Claude
Cheysson said on a radio
interview that Mitterrand
"will most certainly see
Arafat when he thinks fit."
Asked if such a meeting
would not raise a storm of
protest among French Jews,
Cheysson replied, "If Mr.
Arafat comes to Paris, it
with President Francois
Mitterrand as part of a top
level six man Arab delega-
tion selected by the Arab
League summit conference
in Fez last week to visit var-
ious world capitals to pro-
mote the Mideast "peace
plan" drafted by the Arab
leaders.
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would mean that there has
been some progress toward'
peace." The Union of French
Jewish Students warned
that an Arafat-Mitterrand
meeting "would mean a
split between France's Jews
and the government."
* * *
Italian President
Hits Lebanon War
ROME (JTA)
—
President Sandro Pertini of
Italy delivered a scathing
attack on Israel's invasion
of Lebanon at the opening of
the 69th Interparliamen-
tary Union meeting on
Wednesday, attended by
delegates from 98 countries,
including Israel.
There was no immediate
reply from the Israeli dele-
gation. But its chairman,
Labor MK Moshe Shahal,
told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency that he considered
it improper for the president
of the host country to single
out Israel for criticism when
there are many more
dangerous conflicts in the
world.
Shahal said he thought
the president's remarks
were very onesided and took
no account of the history of
Palestine Liberation
Organization terrorism
against Israel and its re-
sponsibility for the deaths of
100,000 Lebanese Chris-
tians.
Pertini charged Israel
with "an undiscriminat-
ing rage" which "has de-
cimated innocent crea-
tures. Nothing is spared
in its bloody, destructive
path," he said. He also
expressed strong sym-
pathy with the Palesti-
nian cause, drawing a
parallel between Jewish
homelessness over the
centuries and Palesti-
nian homelessness today.
"Israel, after the bitter
exodus and the cruel perse-
-cutions, was given a
fatherland and a country. A
fatherland and a country
must be given also to the
Palestinians," the Italian
president said. He main-
tained that the Arab
League summit conference
at Fez, Morocco last week
and President Reagan's new
Mideast peace initiative
announced Sept. 1 could set
the stage for a peaceful solu-
tion in the region. He urged
the members of the Inter-
parliamentary Union to let
their "voices be heard in
this matter because any si-
lence would mean tacit
complicity."
Pertini recalled Italian
solidarity with the Jewish
people during their persecu-
tion by the Nazis. He
pointed out that his brother
had been murdered at the
Flossenburg Concentration
Camp. But now, he said,
"The Palestinians are com-
pelled to the same tragic
exodus which, for centuries,
had been the destiny of the
people of Israel. Why stoop
to this aggression, censured
also by a great part of the
Jewish people,?" Pertini
asked.
He mentioned specifically
the late Dr. Nahum
Goldmann who; before his
death last week, had con-
demned "the Israeli aggres-
sion (in Lebanon) with
harsh words."
The Israeli delegation
to the Interparliamen-
tary Union meeting is-
sued a press release list-
ing the crimes of the PLO
over the years. They men-
tioned the massacre of Is-
rael's 1972 Olympic team
at Munich; the massacre
at Fiumicini Airport in
Italy; the hijacking to
Entebbe, Uganda in 1976
and the documented ties
between the PLO and
other international ter-
rorist groups, including
Italy's Red Brigade.
"After all this, the Inter-
parliamentary Union in-
vites the responsible party
of all these crimes which re-
present the most serious
and immediate threat to
peace, not only in the Mid-
dle East but the entire
world," The statement said.
It was referring to PLO
chief Yasir Arafat who ad-
dressed the meeting Wed-
nesday.
Amal Nasr E-Din, an Is-
raeli Druze, was the only Is-
raeli delegate to speak at
Wednesday's session. He de-
livered his speech in Arabic.
Only the Iranian delegation
walked out.
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The holiday services may
be Orthodox, Conservative
or Reform but they will
have in common a new di-
mension of commitment to
Israel this year.
That dimension is re-
flected in High Holy Day
appeals that mark the cul-
mination of State of Israel
Bonds' Emergency De-
velopment for Peace cam-
paign aimed at injecting
funds into Israel's develop-
ment and at relieving the
economic strains imposed
by the war in Lebanon.
As part of the appeal,
congregants in 1,100
synagogues will drop their
tab cards indicating their
Bond pledges into a "ballot
box," symbolically casting a
vote for Israel and for
United Jerusalem, which
this year marks the 15th
anniversary of its reunifica-
tion, in contrast with the
series of anti-Israel votes
passed by the United Na-
tions during the hostilities
in Lebanon.
Israel Bonds annually
sells about $35 million as a
result of the High Holy Day
appeals. These sales repre-
sent 20 percent of the low-
interest loans which Bonds
provides for Israel's de-
velopment. Monies go to a
range of projects in indus-
try, agriculture, communi-
cations, energy and con-
struction, all channeled
through Israel's Develop-
ment Budget.