14 Friday, February 18, 1983
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
State Department Human Rights Report Scores Israel, Others
By DAVID FRIEDMAN
its annual report on the
human rights situation
throughout the world,
charges that Israel's human
rights problems have been
"excaberated" by its settle-
ment policies in Judaea and
Samaria.
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Humanitarian Affairs, in
explaining the 1,323-page
report, covering 162 coun-
tries, said that the Israeli
settlements were not a vio-
lation of human rights "per
se." Instead, he said the Re-
agan Administration con-
siders them an obstacle" to
the peace process.
The report, which was
presented to the Senate
Foreign Relations Com-
mittee and the House
Foreign Affairs Commit-
tee Jan. 31, predicts no
change in the situation on
the West Bank.
"Israel is likely to con-
tinue its efforts to contain
and reshape the politics of
the West Bank and Gaza
through the acquisition of
land for settlement, official
subsidization of population
growth in existing settle-
ments and political support
for the Village Leagues."
"Absent dramatic pro-
gress in the peace process,
confrontation between the
inhabitants of the ter-
ritories and the occupation
authorities is likely to re-
main at the same level as in
recent years," the report
concludes.
Abrams pointed out that
the report differentiates be-
tween the situation in Is-
rael, which is a full democ-
racy, and the West Bank
and Gaza, which is under
military occupation. He
said the residents of the
occupied territories do not
have control of their gov-
ernment but added that
there are "a number of mili-
tary governments, included
in the Middle East which
are a good deal harsher"
than Israel.
The report also ex-
pressed concern for the
same 5,400 Palestinian
prisoners held in Israel
as a result of its invasion
of Lebanon. Abrams said
the U.S. hopes that many
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trial have their trials
soon.
The human rights situa-
tion in Lebanon deter-
iorated during 1982 because
of the thousands of persons
killed as a result of Israel's
invasion, Abrams said, but
he added that no one knew
the exact number of
fatalities.
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overwhelming majority in
Parliament, "individual
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