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 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $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 (Continued on Page 3) 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 (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 5) 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 (Continued on Page 3)