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Israel Prepares Unilateral
Redeployment in Lebanon
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Syria has said, however,
that it will withdraw its
forces only after a previous
unconditional Israeli
pullback and Israel has
clearly stated that it will
withdraw only if Syria com-
plies as well.
The Reagan Adminis-
tration appeared to warn
Israel Wednesday that its
decision to redeploy its
troops "could compli-
cate" the already "very
difficult tasks" of the
government of President
Gemayel. State Depart-
ment spokesman John
Hughes stressed that the
U.S. was still consulting
with Israel in order to
learn the details of its de-
cision which have not yet
been made public.
The Reagan Administra-
tion is continuing to rule out
the Soviet Union as a par-
ticipant in negotiations
over the withdrawal of
Romberg said the
foreign troops from Leba- United States has been
non.
hoping that the Soviets
This was made clear by would play a "construc-
State Department deputy tive" role in the Middle
spokesman Alan Romberg East but instead, Moscow
in the wake of remarks by has "not been very help-
Lebanese Foreign Minister ful." He explained that
Elie Salem on the CBS-TV the Soviet supply of
"Face the Nation" program SAM-5 missiles to Syria
on Sunday that a "dialogue" and the stationing of
with the Soviet Union Soviet troops there have
might be necessary to get had a "destabilizing" ef-
the Syrians and Palestine fect on the region.
Liberation Organization to
Meanwhile, Romberg
leave Lebanon.
said the Administration
Romberg said the Soviet would be "discussing a
Union has been regularly range of ideas" with
kept "informed" about U.S. Lebanese President Amin
"objectives" in the Middle Gemayel. But he would not
East, such as at the meet- say whether the U.S. has
ings between Secretary of devised any new approach
State George Shultz and to convince Syria to agree to
Soviet Foreign Minister negotiate the withdrawal of
Andrei Gromyko. But he its troops from Lebanon.
stressed that these consul-
Gemayel was scheduled to
tations were "not negotia- meet with President Rea-
tions."
gan today.
Army Will Permit Luba itch
MD to Wear Beard, Yarmulke
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Legal action to compel the
U.S. Army to permit a
Lubavitcher Hasid, who
went to medical school at
the Army's expense, to wear
a beard and a skullcap dur-
ing his three-year commit-
ment to military service as a
doctor, has been dropped
after the Army yielded on
the issue, Howard Zucker- -
man, president of the Na-
tional Jewish Commission
on Law and Public Affairs
(COLPA), reported.
Zuckerman said the case
of the young Hasid-doctor
was unusual in that when
he made his agreement to
get his medical training ex-
penses in exchange for the
three-year commitment, he
was not particularly obser-
vant and that, accordingly,
when he made the pledge
and enrolled at the medical
school of Iowa University in
Des Moines, the issue of
beard and skullcap was not
involved. He enlisted in the
army in 1978.
However, the man, whose
name was withheld at his
request, and who is now 29
years old, became ac-
quainted during his first
year at school with
Lubavitcher Hasidim he
had met at the local Chabad
House. His religious convic-
tions deepened to the point
that he became a Hasid and
began wearing a skullcap at
Western Aliya Up in 1983
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Immigration to Israel in-
creased by 22.8 percent dur-
ing the first half of this year
due to the large influx from
Western countries, includ-
ing Latin America, while
aliya from the Soviet Union'
has come to a virtual halt,
Rafael Kotlowitz, head of
the Jewish Agency's immi-
gration department, re-
ported.
He said 6,978 immigrants
arrived in the first six
months of 1983 compared to
5,681 in the same period
last year. Of that number,
4,940 were from the West,
an increase of 39.6 percent.
In the first six months of
1982, Western immigrants
numbered 3,539.
Kotlowitz said the up-
surge of aliya from the West
was especially noticeable
last month when 1,460 im-
migrants arrived in con-
trast to the 951 who arrived
in June 1982. He attributed
the 53.5 percent increase to
the desire of families to
bring their children to Is-
rael before the school year
starts.
American immigrants
arriving last month num-
bered 353 compared to
188 in June 1982, a 90 per-
cent increase, Kotlowitz
reported. France pro-
vided 117 immigrants last
month compared to 79 in
June 1982.
_
Kotlowitz, who • recently
returned from a visit to
Latin America said aliya
was on the increase there.
During the first half of
1983, 1,512 immigrants ar-
rived from Latin American
countries compared to 950
in the first half of 1982.
British immigrants num-
bered 598 compared to 456
last year, an increase of 31
percent.
But the situation in the
Soviet Union remained
grim. Only 102 Jews left the
USSR last month of whom
41 came to Israel and 61
went to other countries.
During the first half of the
year, only 639 Jews left the
Soviet Union compared to
1,537 in the same period
last year and of that
number, only 180 chose to
go to Israel compared to 434
who went to Israel in the
same period of 1982.
all times.
The skullcap caused no
problems for him during
his first tour of active
duty during December,
1979, at Madigan Army
Medical Center at Fort
Lewis in the state of
Washington. Zuckerman
explained that active
duty includes stints in
military hospitals during
medical school
attendance for those in
the program in which the
Army pays for medical
education taken in civi-
lian medical schools.
The Hasid-doctor, who
now maintains his perma-
nent residence in the
Lubavitcher compound in
the Crown Heights section
of Brooklyn, turned to
COLPA for help, when, in
March 1981, army officials
ordered him to report to
work at Tripler Army Medi-
cal Center in Hawaii sans
beard and skullcap. COLPA
initiated an administrative
complaint, the procedural
prerequisite to a federal
lawsuit. Zuckerman said
the Army reconsidered its
position and COLPA drop-
ped the proceedings.
Pentacostals
on Way to U S ?
TEL AVIV — The Vas-
chenko family, whose 15
members were allowed to
emigrate from the Soviet
Union to Israel earlier this
month, are reportedly seek-
ing a permanent home in
the United States.
The family of Pentacos-
tals, who had sought to
leave the Soviet Union since
1963, was granted a
three-month tourist visa by
the Israeli government.
They have asked the Israeli
government for permission
to stay permanently, but
have thus far received no
response.
Friday, July 22, 1983 3
Lebanese, Arabs Set for Gemayel
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American
Lebanese
League, said his organiza-
tion is promoting a strong
turnout for Gemayel's De-
troit visit. "If we can at least
show a strong sense of un-
ity," Hage said, "he can
take it back and say, 'See,
they are supporting my
mandate.' "
Gemayel, who arrived
in Washington on Tues-
day, met with Senate and
House members Wed-
nesday and with Secre-
tary of State George
Shultz at the State De-
partment and Vice
President George Bush at
the White House on
Thursday.
He meets with Reagan at
the White House today after
first going to the Pentagon
for a meeting with Defense
Secretary Caspar Wein-
berger.
Gemayel also plans to
meet with the Emir of Bah-
rain, Amin Sheikh Isa Bin
Sulman Al-Khalisa, at the
Bahrain Embassy in Wash-
ington.
An Administration offi-
cial said that Lebanon was
discussed at the meeting be-
tween the Emir and Reagan
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last week and that the Emir
had emphasized the need for
the withdrawal of all
foreign forces from Leba-
non, the Syrians and Pales-
tine Liberation Organiza-
tion as well as Israeli. But,
the official noted, "no magic
solutions" were offered.
Gemayel and Jordan's
King Hussein held a sur-
prise meeting in Cannes
Monday night to coordinate
their stand on the eve of
Gemayel's visit to Washing-
ton. Lebanese sources said
the two had agreed on a
joint policy based on back-
ing Lebanon's indepen-
dence and territorial sover-
eignty.
Hussein, the sources said,
also backed Gemayel's call
for American reassurances
and promises to Syria that
Lebanon will not become a
hostile territory nor harbor
any anti-Syrian elements.
Hussein, the Lebanese
said, supports American
and Lebanese reassurances
and came out in favor of
close diplomatic contacts
between Beirut and Damas-
cus to obtain a Syrian with-
drawal from the Bekaa Val-
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