An Accumulated
Animosity
To Be Negated
by Urgent -
Need for
Increased
Friendships
Commentary, Page 2
THE JEWISH NEWS
A Weekly Review
of Jewish Events
The 'Brotherly'
Approach in
the Middle East:
A Monarch's
Revealing
Diplomacy
Editorial, Page 4
Copyright (C) The Jewish News Publishing Co.
VOL. LXXXII, No. 18
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$15 Per Year: This Issue 35' December 31, 1982
Lebanon Negotiations Point
to Long, Drawn-Out Disputes
Labor Pact to Allow
Resumption of El Al?
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Histadrut and the temporary re-
ceiver for El Al signed an agreement this week which may
save Israel's national air carrier from liquidation and allow
it eventually to resume service.
The agreement, which includes far-reaching conces-
sions to management, was signed by Histadrut on behalf of
the airline's 5,000-member work force, except the pilots.
The latter announced afterwards that they could not
accept Histadrut as their bargaining agent because of dis-
putes with management over safety factors, including
longer hours in the cockpits. Airline sources and the Minis-
try of Transport warned that if necessary, El Al would hire
outside pilots on individual flight contracts.
Histadrut has agreed to accept responsibility for
all El Al employees. They had been represented prev-
iously by a dozen separate work committees, a fact
blamed for the company's instability and frequent
strikes and work stoppages. The labor federation also
agreed that management could dismiss 500 employees
— 10 percent of its present staff, within a year as an
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By DAVID LANDAU
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli negotiators in the talks with Lebanon will continue to insist that
normalization of relations be a key item on the agenda, though they will not hold out for the use of that
specific term.
At a briefing session Wednesday, Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Defense Minister Ariel
Sharon instructed the Israeli team to stand firm on this issue, which has already become the main bone of
contention after the opening session of the negotiations in Halde, near Beirut, on Tuesday.
The Israeli, Lebanese and American delegations convened again Thursday morning at Kiryat
Shmona, the northern border town, setting the pattern for twice-weekly meetings alternating between
Lebanon and Israel.
Israeli sources said they did not expect the wrangling over the agenda to be ironed out in
Thursday's session: it would probably take longer than that. But they presented an upbeat
perspective of the talks in direct dialogue with an Arab country which, they said, transcended the
immediate and transient differences. In the long run the talks begun at Halde this week should be
seen as an important step along the long road of Israel's eventual integration into this area, they
said.
On Tuesday, the two sides exchanged draft agendas with Israel, as expected, proposing that
the normalization be the first item -of discussion and the Lebanese stressing the withdrawal issue.
In the event there is agreement to proceed on a parallel course, subcommittees will probably
be set up to handle three issues already agreed upon:
• A termination of the state of war.
• The establishment of security zones.
• The withdrawal of all foreign forces.
Lebanon's chief delegate, Antoine Fatale, argued in his opening address Tuesday that no state of war_
exists between the two countries, while Israel's David
Kimche insisted that there did, because the 1949
armistice agreement had been vitiated in 1967. But
Israeli sources said Wednesday they were happy that
Fatale had declared there was no state of war, and
would be pleased if this affirmation could be
enshrined in an accord,_ regardless of how the
By HEIDI PRESS
Lebanese side justified it.
While the print and broadcast media bombard us with pictures of soup kitchens and
food distribution to the needy, the Jewish Family Service is taking a different tack in
Israeli sources were plainly embarrassed
helping the Jewish poor and hungry.
when pressed to explain the fate of Defense
Jewish poor and hungry? Hardly believable in the era of video games and computers
Minister Sharon's much-vaunted secret agree-
and other marks of affluence, but many in Oak Park, Southfield and northwest Detroit
ment on a framework which has to serve at least
are receiving financial assistance and food under the auspices of the JFS.
as an agreed agenda. There seemed to be no
However, the circumstances of the Jews who are in need are not publicized as in the
echoes
of that paper, disclosed by Sharon two
general community, and that is on purpose, according to Samuel Lerner, executive
weeks ago amid such fanfare, at the talks in
director of the JFS.
Halde on Tuesday.
According to Lerner, the aim of the JFS is to protect the dignity and privacy
Some Israeli observers argued that the influence
of the persons receiving assistance so that they will not be made to feel inferior
of Lebanese Premier Shaffik Wazzan had perhaps
because of strained circumstances.
Paraphrasing Maimonides' instructions on giving charity, Lerner said the rule the
been underestimated. Sharon had negotiated
JFS follows is that "the best giving is anonymous."
secretly with men close to Lebanese President Amin
SAMUFL LERNER
"It's a good way to give if you wish to give on a personal basis."
Gemayel, but the priiiie minister and other Moslem
Lerner said that this year, especially during the current holiday season, there is a "significant increase" in the
circles in Beirut were apparently less eager than
number of Jewish poor and in the number of persons who want to give to the poor.
Sharon's counterparts to proceed towards a normali-
Asked to what he attributed the increased number of givers, Lerner cited the gift-giving season and
zation
of ties with Israel.
ntacted
the
JFS
wanting
to
increased awareness of the hungry as depicted by the media. He said a family co
Protecting Dignity and Privacy of Jewish
Poor Object of JFS Assistance Program
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Community Forum, Women's Telethon Spur 1983 AJCampaign
Two major functions are announced to spur the communal efforts assuring support
for Israel and sustenance of the local and national agencies included in the Allied Jewish
-
Campaign.
A community forum planned for Feb. 6 and a telethon by the AJCampaign Women's
Division become the priorities in the fund-raising efforts that call for renewal of the
traditional Detroit Jewish generosities.
Merle A. Harris has been appointed chairman of the community forum,
which has been entitled "The United States and Israel in 1983: Time of Decision."
The event, announced by Federation President AvernCohn and Campaign Chair-
man Joel D. Tauber, will take place Feb. 6 at the Jewish Community Center in West
Bloomfield. The entire community is invited. Participants will register at 9 a.m.
Several nationally-respected speakers on the Middle East will be presenting their
views in a keynote session and "meet the press" format, with time for questions and
answers from the audience.
Advance registration for the event, which is not a fundraising gathering, is advised.
A former general chairman of the Allied Jewish Campaign, Harris has been a
member of the Federation Board of Governors and its Executive Committee, as
well as the board of the Detroit Service Group.
He is a past president of the Jewish Family Service, and a member of the Sinai
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