THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, September 24, 1982 19

Rome Jews Stage Strike to Protest Pope-Arafat Meeting

ROME (JTA) — The Jews
of Rome went on strike last
Friday. They shut down
their many shops in the
heart of the city to protest
the red carpet treatment
'given to PLO chief Yasir
Arafat who had a private
audience with Pope John
Paul II on Wednesday, was
cordially received by
President Sandro Pertini at
lunch and met at some
length with Foreign Minis-
ter Emilio Colombo.
The Jewish community
demonstrated outside the
main synagogue. Italy's
Chief Rabbi, Elio Toaff, sent
a telegram to the Pope say-
ing he was "profoundly dis-
turbed by the audience con-
ceded Arafat, a non-
repentant persecutor of
Christians in Lebanon,
chief of an organization sul-
lied with the horrible
crimes of killing women and
children; who aims at the
destruction of the state of
Israel. I fervidly protest
against this grave act which
hurts and disorients the
religious sentiments of the
faithful."
Italian Foreign Minister
Colombo presented a sum-
mary of his talk with Arafat
to the 69th Interparliamen-
tary Union meeting. He
spoke of Italy's position in
the Middle East conflict,
approving both President
Reagan's new peace initia-
tive and the results of the
Arab League summit con-
ference in Fez, Morocco.

He maintained that both
could lead to reciprocal
recognition between Israel
and the Arab states.
Colombo said, "The Ita-
lian government will
undertake, in harmony
with all the other coun-
tries of the European
Community, every op-
portune initiative to
make a negotiated and
peaceful solution to the
Middle East possible;
negotiations which will
lead to the regognition of
Israel's right to exist
within secure and
guaranteed boundaries,
respecting United Na-
tions resolutions, and
which is in line with the
document recently for-
mulated in the seat of the
European Community
and with prospects for of-
ficial Italian recognition
of the PLO as representa-
tives of the Palestinian
people."

Colombo was referring to
the 1980 Venice declaration
on the Middle East, recetnly
reaffirmed by the European
Economic Community
(EEC). It calls for, among
other things, the "associa-
tion" of the PLO in the Mid-
dle East peace process.
The Italian Foreign
Minister stressed that Italy
"will favor the reciprocal,
unequivocal and simul-
taneous recognition be-
tween the PLO and the state
of Israel."

Reagan Demanded Israel's
Withdrawal From Lebanon

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The State Department
stressed that President Re-
agan in his nationally tele-
vised speech Monday, had
"demanded" that Israel
leave all of Beirut, not just
west Beirut, so that a mul-
tinational force can help the
Lebanese government "re-
store control over its own
capital."
It was the second time in
less than a week that Re-
agan demanded an Israeli
pullout.
"The sooner Israeli forces
are out of Beirut, the sooner
the Lebanese government
can restore order," depart-
ment spokesman John
Hughes said. But he main-
tained that the departure of
Israeli forces are not a
"pre-condition" for the mul-
tinational force made up of
U.S. marines and Italian
and French troops to enter
the Lebanese capital.
Hughes said there had
been a "thinning out" of Is-
raeli troops in Beirut but
"entire units have not left
the city.
Secretary of State
George Shultz, appearing
on NBC-TV's "Today"
show Tuesday morning,
said that, while the U.S.
marines would be in Be-
irut for a "limited dura-
tion," he could not give
an exact time of 10, 20, 30,
or 40 days. He said the
reason was he did not
know how long it would
take the Lebanese gov-
ernment to "create stabil-

ity and govern" in Beirut.
Shultz rejected the
charges by some that the
marines were pulled out too
early when they left Sept.
10. He said that at that time
Lebanese President-elect
Bashir Gemayel, who was
later assassinated, "was in
the process of bringing
about a reconciliation" in
Lebanon.
"So the conditions that
were presumed at the time
we came in had been met,
and so we left, and I think .
properly so," Shultz said.
Meanwhile, Hughes said
the United States "wel-
comed the election of Amin
Gemayel as President.
He added that Reagan "is
determined to assist Leba-
non in the arduous process
of rebuilding and reconcili-
ation." He observed that the
multinational force "is an
essential element in this
important effort aimed at
enabling the Lebanese gov-
ernment to restore security
to its capital and eventually
throughout its territory."
Reagan did not announce
the composition or the size
of the American contribu-
tion to the multinational
force. Apparently, it will
consist of the same marines
from the U.S. Sixth Fleet
who participated in the ear-
lier force. They were with-
drawn from Beirut on Sept.
10 and are reportedly
stationed at Naples, about
72 hours by sea from the
Lebanese capital.

While Italy appears to be
leaning toward official
recognition of the PLO, it
will not move in advance of
the EEC. The members of
parliaments attending the
meeting are not all in
agreement on this, even on
the extent of de facto recog-
nition Italy has already bes-
towed on the PLO and on
the extremely cordial recep-
tion given Arafat in Rome.
There are also sharp
differences within the
Italian government and
Parliament. Signific-
antly, Prime Minister
Giovanni Spadolini, a
major political personal-
ity, flatly refused to see
Arafat. President Pertini,
on the other. hand, gave
the PLO chief a warm
welcome. He also deliv-
ered a scathing attack on
Israel's invasion of
Lebanon in a speech be-
fore the Interparliamen-
tary Union.
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 one-sided and
took no account of the his-
tory of PLO terrorism
against Israel and its re-
sponsibility for the deaths of
10,000 Christians in Leba-
non.
The Israeli delegation is-
sued a press release detail-
ing PLO crimes, among
them the massacre of Is-
rael's Olympic team in
Munich in 1972, the hijack-
ing of an El Al plane to
Entebbe, Uganda in 1976,
and the documented ties be-
tween the PLO and other in-
ternational terrorist

groups, including Italy's
Red Brigade.
In Israel, the Foreign
Ministry issued the follow-
ing statement:
"Israel expresses its
shock over the fact that
Pope John Paul II has
granted an audience to
the man who heads the
organization of murder-
ers which stands at the
center of international
terrorism.
"Israel expresses pro-
found disappointment at
the fact that the audience
took place in spite of appeals
from numerous individuals
and groups the world over
urging the Pope to refrain
from meeting the head of an
organization that has per-
petrated countless crimes
against the Jewish people
and against the citizens of
many states. The decision of
the Pope contradicts his
OWn declaration, on Jan. 1,
1980, in favor of peace and
against violence.
"It shall now be recorded
in the national memory of
the state of Israel and of the
Jewish people that the
spiritual leader of millions
of believers around the
world did not recoil from
meeting with the head of an
organization that has writ-
ten into its constitution as a
central aim the annihila-
tion of the Jewish state.
"The raising of Arafat's
status by the Pope meeting
with him is a grave act also
because it harms the peace
process that constitutes the
avowed personal wish of the
Pope himself as well as the
supreme aspiration of the
state of Israel."
The statement also ex-
pressed "profound re-
gret" at President Per-
tini's meeting with
Arafat. It noted that "this
terrorist leader is re-
sponsible for the disease
of international ter-
rorism that has spread to

Italy too
... The
president has bestowed a
prize upon the perpet-
rators of terror who
threaten the very founda-
tions of democracy and
moral values.
"This is a day when free-
dom and justice everywhere
have been dealt a severe
blow."
In Detroit, David Leben-
born, president of the
Jewish Community Coun-
cil, wrote to the Vatican
representative in Washing-
ton to protest the Pope's
audience with Arafat.
In Baltimore, the Polish-
Jewish Dialogue involving
the Polish community and
the Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith wrote

directly to the Pope.
The organization ap-
pealed to the Pope to recog-
nize Israel's struggle to sur-
vive and called Arafat "a
negative and destructive
force in the struggle for
world peace."

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