THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel Prepares Unilateral Redeployment in Lebanon (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Continued from Page 1) 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 Daily—Hospital Sympathy Failure to do what is right is the result of lack of cour- age. OFFICIAL AGENCY OMEGA FRUIT BASKETS AUTHORIZED SALES & REPAIRS 3 Times Daily Nation-Wide Delivery $ 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. 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