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Friday, March 9, 1984 29
Canadian Officials Meet Arafat
MONTREAL (JTA) — In liberal and conservative,
a telephone interview from met with Yasir Arafat in
TERRY I. BERLIN Baghdad, Ian Watson, Lib- • Amman last week.
eral member of the Cana-
Attorney At Law
Watson shrugged off
dian Parliament for comments from Canadian
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tarians with Arafat. But
Watson said Jewish groups
should be asking them-
selves where their priorities
are.
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the Arab League and will
take the group of seven
liberal and conservative
MPs to the Israeli-
occupied West Bank,
Damascus and Tunis.
In Ottawa, an aide in
Watson's office said that his
boss does not consider him-
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self to be representing
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Canada on this trip.
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liamentary Group, not as a
representative of Canada or
the Arab League," he said.
Allan 'Rose, executive
vice president of the Cana-
dian Jewish Congress said
"I am astonished that
Canadian MPs would visit a
well known terrorist like
Arafat."
In a related develop-
ment, Brian Mulroney,
leader of the opposition
trying to avoid a
backlash among the
Canadian Jewish voters
over comments made to a
group of Arab diplomats,
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countries warned Mulroney
recently of severe economic
consequences for Canada if
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considers Israel as an ally.
loyal customers, that we can celebrate. The only
It appears that Mulroney,
way we know how to say thank you is by having a
in a private meeting with
giant and fantastic
the Arab representatives,
had apologies to them for
earlier remarks he made in
Toronto in which he re-
ferred to Israel as an ally.
with
We were made to under-
stand," divulged one of the
Arab diplomats "that the
use of the word ally, was to
be interpreted as nothing
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made by the chief of the
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In his statement last
week, Mulroney ex-
pressed surprise that the
Feb. 9 meeting was men-
tioned in, the press be-
cause it was a private
-session and Mulroney's
press secretary, Bill Fox,
said that Mulroney does
not intend to comment on
private meetings at any
time, least of all those in-
volving representatives
of foreign governments."
The statement made by
Mulroney added "Mulroney
wishes to state that at the
meeting in the presence of
friendship for the state of Is-
rael as a matter of irrevers-
able policy."
The Arab diplomats from
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Jordan,
Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco
and Somalia had expressed
concern that the use of the
word ally implied a rela-
tionship between Canada
and Israel that included
treaties and strategic coop-
eration.
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financial stake in the Mid-
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UNIFIL Soldiers
Defuse Bomb
TEL AVIV (JTA) —
Norwegian soldiers of the
UN interim forces in Leba-
non (UNIFIL) discovered
and deactivated an explo-
sive charge they found on a
roadside east of the south
Lebanese town of Mar-
jayoun. It was the second
such charge found by UN-
IFIL in that area last week.
During the past month
six attempts at sabotage
were made near the
Lebanese-Israeli border.
The Cultural Commission of
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PATRONS CHAMPAGNE PREVIEW — FINE ARTS EXHIBITION AND SALE
(Jewish artists — selected galleries)
Tuesday evening, 8 P.M., March 13, 1984
Morris Adler Hall
Donation $12.50 per person
Door Prizes Opening Night Only
Hope Palmer, art professor at Wayne State University,
to speak at 9 P.M. on
"From The Heart; The Importance of Self in Modern Art"
Exhibition and Safe continue
March 14 (1-10 p.m.)
March 15 (1-5 p.m.)
ADMISSION FREE
For patron ticket information contact:
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Brown
Dr. and Mrs. Paul Gold
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Cherrin
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PARTICIPATING GALLERIES
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Gallery 22
I. Irving Feldman
James Hunt Barker
Park West
Rubiner
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Sheldon Ross
Franklin Siden
Sixth Street
Town Center
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