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Israeli Shoppers Jam Appliance Stores to Beat New Import Tax
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli shoppers stormed appliance stores and automobile
show rooms Tuesday in anticipation of an imminent sharp rise in import duties.
In addition to raising duties on imports, the government re-introduced compulsory
deposits by importers, which is an indirect tax, and increased the sales tax on imported
items.
Hate on the
Campuses:
Mobilizing
for Decency
Intermarriages:
Lessening
of the Shiva
Customers jammed shopping centers to make their purchases before the expected
deadline. Shekem, one of the largest department store chains, reported increases of 17-22
percent in the sale of electrical appliances during the past week. Automobile salesmen
reported a surge in demand with customers ready to pay cash for cars if they are delivered
immediately.
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Peace Groups Pushing Likud
to Pull Troops from Lebanon
Genocide Accusation
by Quebec Teachers Unit
MONTREAL (JTA) — Three Montreal area members of the Cana-
dian Parliament have called for a parliamentary investigation of an
anti-Israel poster and pamphlets produced by the Quebec teachers
union and distributed to teachers in the provincial schools. The poster
and pamphlet accuse Israel of "genocide" against the Palestinian
people.
The protesting MPs — David Berger, Pierre Deniger and Celine
Hervieux-Payette — were joined by Dr. Luc Larivee, chairman of the
Montreal Catholic School Commission, who condemned the poster be-
cause "the role of teachers is not to take one side or another in political
or ideological disputes."
Yvon Charbonneau, president of the 70,000-member
teachers union, said the posters and pamphlets were distributed
to teachers for their information, not as teaching material, and to
raise funds for the victims of Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
The three MPs have asked for a parliamentary committee to study
racism all over Canada and to investigate the activities of the Quebec
teachers union. They charged that the union headquarters in Montreal
houses a wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization which operates
under the name of Quebec Movement to Fight Racism.
According to the MPs, that organization is linked to the Interna-
tional Organization for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Dis-
crimination, based in Tripoli, Libya which is, in turn, linked to the
World Council for Peace. The MPs claimed the latter is a "puppet of
Moscow."
Charbonneau acknowledged that his union headquarters houses a
Palestinian information office which "disseminates information about
the Palestinian cause. The teachers union is anti-Zionist but not anti-
Semitic," he said.
He claims the MPs were trying to divert attention from the
Wednesday visit of former Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon.
The union and affiliated organizations demonstrated in front of
Sharon's hotel to protest his presence in Canada.
The Canadian Jewish Congress, Bnai Brith and Canadian Zionist
(Continued on Page 7)
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin's government has come under mounting
pressure from opposition ranks and various anti-war groups to end Israel's presence in Lebanon
without delay. Next week will mark the first anniversary of Israel's invasion of Lebanon with
the ostensible objective of clearing Palestine Liberation Organization terrorists out of south
Lebanon and achieving "peace for Galilee" — as the operation was dubbed..
But with a large Israeli army still in Lebanon ; sustaining almost daily casualties from
ambushes and hit-and-run attacks by Syrian-protected PLO terrorists, Begin was forced to
defend his government's policies in the Knesset on Wednesday.
Speaking in reply to an agenda motion by Labor Alignment MK Michael Bar-Zohar, Begin
urged all Knesset factions to unite — just as they were united behind the Peace for Galilee
operation a year ago — "so that our boys can return home." He said it was undesirable to create
the impression that there is a wide gap on this issue.
Begin said no one in Israel was hurt more by the casualties than he himself. But he
criticized the opposition "for at-
tacking the government at dif-
ficult times." He recalled that
when his party was in the opposi-
NEW YORK — Irwin Field of Los Angeles, son of
tion during the War of Attrition
Detroiters Walter and Leah Field, has been elected chair-
with Egypt in 1969, it behaved
man of the United Israel Appeal. He is a former national
chairman and president of the United Jewish Appeal. The
differently.
UIA channels UJA funds to Israel.
Bar-Zohar said he did not doubt
Elected with Field were Mrs. Sylvia Hassenfeld and
Begin's sincere sorrow over the losses
Mrs. Bernice Tannenbaum,
of life and injuries among Israeli
vice chairmen; Jack D.
soldiers in Lebanon. But he criticized
Weiler and Detroiter Paul
the
premier for not visiting the
Zuckerman, treasurers;
soldiers in Lebanon or the bereaved
Morris L. Levinson, secre-
families of those who died. Bar-Zohar
tary; Irving Kessler, execu-
embarrassed coalition MKs by open-
tive vice chairman; and
Harold Goldberg, assistant
ing his statement with a call for a
secretary.
minute of silence, in memory of the
Detroiters elected to
Lebanon war dead. Some MKs ac-
serve • as UIA trustees in-
cused him of making a political issue
clude Judge Avern L. Cohn,
out of the casualties.
Martin E. Citrin, Max M.
Begin stressed that Israel has no
Fisher, Stanley L. Frankel,
plans to attack Syria although it has
Irwin Green, Mrs. Jane
Field to Head UIA
IRWIN FIELD
Sherman and Zuckerman.
ADL Fighting Campus Propaganda
By LEONARD ZAKIM and SAM A. GRONNER
(Editor's note: Zakim is director of the New England regional office of the Anti-Defamation League and
Gronner is editor of the ADL Bulletin. This Article is published concurrently with the ADL Bulletin.)
NEW YORK — The level of political activity on American college campuses today pales in comparison with the
upheavals characteristic of the turbulent 1960s. Unlike those days, there is now only a small cadre of activists involved
with public affairs issues on a continuing basis.
Only occasionally, and in selected spots, such concerns as nuclear energy and disarmament tend to draw the
attention of the general student body.
But one issue which flares up regularly on many campuses is the Middle East conflict. Rarely, however, is this
debate a rational discourse. In practice, it often degenerates into a chorus of anti-Israel harangues more characteristic
of the United Nations.
Arab and Third World students, with support from off-campus groups, are usually the initiators of the
anti-Israel activities on campuses. Their aim is to utilize simplistic slogans and rhetoric to appeal to those
students unfamiliar with the complexity of the issues involved.
Throughout the country there has been a relentless parade of forums and resulting campus newspaper stories.
Anti-Israel speakers, while frequently drawing small audiences, receive extensive publicity. The student newspaper of
Keene State College in New Hampshire, for example, published a 21-paragraph story and photo to report an anti-Israel
speech by a member of the "Communist Cadre" that by its own account drew an audience of only 10 persons. The
newspaper left the speaker's remarks unchallenged, including his claim that "largely against their will" millions of
Jews displaced by World War II were relocated to Palestine by the Allies as "settler occupiers."
Israel is often condemned for its alleged vices, while rarely, if ever, are Arab governments criticized for their
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Reagan Re-Affirms
Support for Israel
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (JTA) — President Reagan
re-affirmed his Administration's commitment to Israel and
pledged that the United States would continue the peace
process in the Middle East
during a 10-minute tele-
phone press conference.
with American Jewigh
journalists at the 41st an-
nual convention of the
American Jewish Press
Association (AJPA) last
week.
President,
The
speaking from the White
House, said he was op-
timistic that pressure
from moderate Arab
states would persuade
Syria to withdraw its
(Continued on Page 8)
RONALD REAGAN