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Argentine Jews traumatized
over role•during repression
Buenos Aires (JTA) —
The Jewish community in
Argentina, reassured from
the top levels of the new
government that anti-
Semitism will not be
tolerated and the crimes of
the previous authoritarian
regime will be punished, is
still in a state of emotional
turmoil.
Jews suffered, perhaps
disproportionately, from
the excesses of the old mili-
tary junta that ruled Argen-
tina. Anti-Semitic prop-
aganda in its most blatant
forms was, if not officially
inspired, generally con-
doned. Thousands of Jews,
mostly young people, were
among the tens of
thousands of Argentines
who "disappeared" and are
presumed to have been
murdered for political rea-
sons.
The trauma of those days
has not ended and is often
manifested in recrimina-
tions against leaders of the
so-called Jewish establish-
ment who allegedly failed to
react vigorously to the
anti-Semitism, arbitrary
arrests and kidnappings of
Jews under the military dic-
tatorship between March
1967 and October 1983.
The passions and heated
controversies in the Jewish
community were evident at
the 11th Congress of the
Federation of Jewish Com-
munities of Argentina
(Vaad Hakehilot) — the
eauivalent of the Council of
Jewish Federations (CJF)
in the U.S. — which
ended last week. It was the
second major Jewish
gathering in Buenos Aires
this month, the first being
the Sephardic Conference
where the guest of honor
was Israel's former
president, Yitzhak Navon.
Navon, who is Sephardic,
is a beloved figure of the
Jewish" community here.
His presence was a demon-
stration of Israel's deep con-
cern over the condition of
Argentine Jewry, as was
the attendance at the Vaad
Hakehilot Congress of, in
addition to Navon, four
members of the Knesset.
The visits of Labor MKs
Uzi Baram and Rabbi
Menachem Hacohen; Likud
Liberal Dror Zeigerman;
and Geula Cohen of the
Tehiya Party, underlined
Israel's ongoing interest in
the fate of the Jewish "dis-
appeared," many of whose
families live in Israel; and
the the problems of anti-
Semitism and violations of
human rights in general.
The clamor for justice and
the pain over atrocities of
the past permeated the
Congress. Some voices were
raised for unrestricted ven-
geance. There was bitter
criticism of many who
headed the Jewish commu-
nity during the years of the
military regime for their al-
leged passivity and self-
censorship.
These included Nehemias
Resnitzky and Mario
`Clorenstein, forrrxer
•
enemies of the rule of law
are also the enemies of the
Jewish community," he
said.
The Interior Minister
gave assurances that the
Alfonsin government "in-
tends to punish any ha-
rassment or incitement to
harassment of- persons or
groups, and will create new
legal strictures and tighten
existing ones against acts
based on race, religion, na-
tionality, sex or political
ideas while at the same time
being careful not to. restrict
freedom- of expression."
He condemned anti-
Semitic incidents which, he
said, were perpetrated by
people "who do not have
faith in democracy." The
government stands ready to
severly punish those who
commit such crimes, he de-
clared.
Dov Schmorak, Israel's
Ambassador to Argentina,
spoke of events in the Mid-
dle East and expressed hope
that the Argentine govern-
ment might use its influ-
ence through its Third
World position, to avoid the
constant, arbitrary con-
demnation of Israel - at in-
ternational forums. Navon
reaffirmed the bonds be-
Israel denies
tween Israel and Diaspora
Jewry. He said this strong
recent sale
link found its best expres-
of arms to Iran
sion in the Zionist move-
ment.
Bonn (JTA) — Israel de-
There was a variety of
nied that it has sold arms to
Iran during the last three meetings, workshops and
years, a direct refutation of panels during the Congress
West German press reports that focused on education,
last week, believed inspired youth, culture, social re- ,
by government sources in search, organizational de-
velopment, social assis-
Germany, that Israel was
an important supplier of tance, relations between Is-
weapons to Iran and plans rael and Diaspora Jews, the
situation of Jews in the
to sell that country 200
anti-tank guns this sum- Soviet Union and in Arab
countries. The recom-
mer.
The denial was made by mendations of these panels
an Israeli spokesman dur- were adopted at the closing
ing a meeting between the session.
A highlight of the Con-
pro-Israel West German
publisher, Axel Springer gress was a performance by
and Premier Yitzhak the Buenos Aires Philhar-
Shamir in Jerusalem. It was monic Orchestra, conducted
widely published in by Dalia Atlas at the Colon
Springer's mass circulation Opera House. In addition to
dailies Saturday. The de- the delegates, it was
nial covered only the last attended by senior Cabinet
ministers, among them
three years.
The spokesman did not Foreign Minister Dante
say that Israel never sold Caputo, Minister of
arms to Iran or whether it Economy Bernardo
Grinspun, Minister of Labor
intends to in the future.
The appearance of reports Antonio Mucci, and Minis-
in leading West German ter of Education and Justice
dailies last week about Alconada Aramburu.
Israeli-Iranian arms deals
were viewed as an attempt Begin remains
by Chancellor Helmut in Knesset
Kohl's government to gain
Jerusalem (JTA) —
public support for the Former Premier Menachem
planned German arms sales Begin said that he has no
to Saudi Arabia.
intention of resiging from
Government sources the Knesset at this time.
argue that one reason for
Begin, who has been in
the controversial arms deal seclusion ever since he res-
is that the Saudis are igned as prime minister last
menaced by Iran.
September, had been widely
Kohl has charged on one expected to drop out of the
occasion that Israeli arms Knesset after he failed to
shipments to Iran were pro- appear for the crucial vote
longing that country's war on the Labor Alignment's
with Iraq, and it was there- early elections bill.
fore urgent for Bonn to sup-
Given the 61-58 margin
ply arms to the moderate, in favor of the bill, Begin's
pro-Western countries in vote would not have affected
the 'region. " - -
tlies outcome.' ' •• ' • ' '
presidents of the DATA, the
representative body of
Argentine Jewry; and
Jacobo Kovadloff, director
of South American Affairs
of the American Jewish
committee who was himself
forced by the junta to leave
Argentina.
But these men, and
others, could bear silent
witness to the fact that they
were caught up in events
beyond their control and
that they had acted, or
failed to act, solely to save
Jewish lives, not out of in-
difference.
The gathering was ad-
dressed by Interiof Minister
Antonio Troccoli, speaking
on behalf of President Raul
Alfonsin. He stressed the
contributions of the Jewish
community to the develop-
ment of Argentina and
called upon it to cooperate
in building the new demo-
cratic reality.
Troccoli, who was warmly
received by the assembly,
noted that difficulties ex-
perienced by Jews coincide
with authoritarian rule.
Hatreds and misun-
derstandings have their
roots in such regimes and "it
is no wonder that the
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