THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel, Lebanon and the Jews of Beirut
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changed its policy towards
Israel: The atmosphere is
tense and hostile.
The Lebanese people
seem to have forgotten, that
Israel has freed them from
the Palestinian terrorists
and the Syrian army.
Visits of members of Is-
raeli women's-
organizations . to help
Arab refugees have stop-
ped. There are no more
visits of Hasidim to pray
with Israeli soldiers and
tourists from all over the
world. President Amin
cancelled the visit of his
sister in Israel.
Shopkeepers in Beirut
and other places do not wait
any more for Jewish buyers.
Instead of them they have
American, French and Ita-
lian soldiers. Many shops no
longer accept Israeli
shekels in payment.
There is no prospect any
more for a peace treaty with
Lebanon. There will be
negotiations between Israel
and Lebanon about the
withdrawal of all foreign
forces. It is characteristic
that the Lebanese govern-
ment chose their former
representative in the UN,
Assan Toueni, to head the
negotiations. He is known
as extremely anti-Israel.
A Jewish inhabitant of
Beirut told Kol Israel's
Matti Eden that he was af-
raid to meet Israeli soldiers
in Beirut. He is living in the
Jewish quarter Bawadi
Jamil, has learned Hebrew
in an Alliance school. He
said, that many Jews left
during the Lebanese civil
war for Europe. The Pales-
tinian terrorists persecuted
the Jews and extorted
money.
A Jew who once lived
in Beirut, Jair Doar, told
us that before the estab-
lishment of the state of Is-
rael there was free
movement between Is-
rael and Lebanon. In
summer many Jews came
from Eretz Israel to the
mountains of Lebanon.
Jews could visit the vil-
lages and Tripoli without
fear and enjoy them-
selves. The summer re-
sorts in Lebanon were
called "Little Paris."
Doar came to Lebanon
from Damascus 60 years
ago. He went with his par-
ents to Eretz Israel. Today
he works in the Israeli De-
fense Ministry. He hopes
that there will be peace with
Lebanon and that one will
be able again to visit freely
and meet old friends.
A 40-year-old Jewish
woman, who is unmarried,
came from Lebanon to Is-
rael. She appealed to the
rabbi of Migdal Haemek,
David Grossman who is
famous for his "miracles," to
give her a blessing, that she
and her sister would find
Jewish husbands. She had •
heard in Beirut about the
deeds of the rabbi and got a
permit from the „Jewish
military authorities to come
by car to Israel. After re-
ceiving the blessing of the
rabbi she returned to Be-
irut.
* * *
A Jewish soldier, who
married a Christian girl
from Lebanon during the
"Peace for Galilee" action, is
now divorced.
Ilan Ilus, a paratrooper in
the Israeli army, fell in love
with an 18-year old Chris-
tian girl in Beirut. Their
wedding took place several
months ago in a monastery. •
The bride left her job as
bookkeeper in Beirut and
came to Israel. But the par-
ents of the husband refused
to accept her as their son's
wife and demanded the di-
vorce.
The husband gave in to
his parents. But there is a
difficulty. The woman is
considered by the Chris-
tian church as married,
while according to to
Jewish law the marriage
is not valid.
The girl appealed to the
Israeli army to give her fi-
nancial aid because she had
spent all her money on her
wedding.
* * *
A Jewish inhabitant of
Beirut wishes to visit Israel
to see his family and buy
kosher meat. Josef Hasuk is
religious, 35-years old and
speaks Hebrew. When Is-
raeli soldiers entered Be-
irut, he received them with
flowers and asked them to
help him visit Israel, where
his two brothers and sisters
live with their families.
He was born in Beirut,
married there and has three
children. His whole- family
has lived in the Jewish
quarter of Wadi Abu Zamet
in Beirut. From there they
went to the Boushira Quar-
ter near the French hospi-
tal.
Continued Draft Registration
Urged by Orthodox Group
NEW YORK (JTA) — An
advisory letter to officials of
Jewish religious schools
throughout the United
States, urging that they re-
quest their students to con-
tinue to register for the
draft when they become 18,
despite a federal court order
invalidating the draft regis-
tration system, has been
distributed by the Orthodox
Jewish Coalition on the
Selective Service, according
to Rabbi Herman
Neuberger, the coalition
chairman.
Neuberger said the letter
was prompted by the wide-
spread publicity given to
the recent decision of Judge
Terry Hatter in Federal
District Court in Los
Angeles invalidating the
draft registration.
The coalition, an urn=
brella group Of major Or-
thodox Jewish organiza-
tions was_ established in
1980 to deal with the prob-
lems presented to the Or-
thodox Jewish community
by the reintroduction of
draft legislation.
After the Six-Day War
in 1967 his three brothers
and sisters left for Israel.
During the civil war in
Lebanon 17 Jews were
killed, some by Palesti-
nian terrorists.
His brother Abraham is
living in Holon. The family
is waiting for him. Ab-
raham, who served as a re-
serve soldier in the
Lebanese fighting regretted
that he was not sent to Be-
irut and could not meet his
brother Josef.
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