ef t ,
INVZIMte4. - 2..ICCU LCAthl1=22•V•n l...zusmo..4....,•;•;'
...imeasswowomouftw4147.....
• t
.4 • ••
4 , • •• • ••• •••••
••• •- • ••••••'-`•••••••••••••'''.''•••••,•
.
•
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS'
West Bank group endorses Communist
Jerusalem (JTA) — A
Communist faction appar-
ently favored by Palestine
liberation Organization
chief Yassir Arafat has
scored a significant success
in its drive for support
among West Bank Palesti-
nians against a more mod-
erate rival, the newly
formed Progressive List for
Peace.
The latter, a coalition of
Israeli Arab nationalists,
and Jewish leftists is ap-
, pealng to Israeli Arabs who
traditionally have voted for
the Communist list in
Knesset elections. For that
reason, it seeks support
from West Bank Palesti-
nian leaders who are be-
lieved to ave considerable
influence in Israel's Arab
community. It suffered a
setback this week when the
Democratic Front for Peace
and Equality (DFPE),
which is Communist, won
the'endorsement of 25 West
Bank notables. Most are
known Communists and lef-
tists. But the signatories of
a statement of support for
the DFPE include sch
strong Palestinian
nationalists as the deposed
mayors of Nablus, Ramal-
lah and El Bireh — Bassam
Shaka, Karim Khallaf an
Ibrahim A-Tawil, respec-
tively. These men are
neither Communists nor
necessarily of left-wing per-
suasion.
The statement they
signed maintains that the
DFPE has always taken
"patriotic and brave" posi-
tions in support of the
Palestinian people's strug-
gle for an independent
state.
Both the DFPE and the
Progressive List for Peace
claim to have the support of
the PLO leadership. Arafat,
in a recent interview, made
no statements in favor of
either list but one of his de-
puties urged Israeli Arabs
to vote Communist.
The Progressive List for
Peace was initially barred
from the July 23 Knesset
elections because of its ad-
vocacy of a Palestinian state
and Israel's withdrawal to
its pre-June, 1967 borders.
But the Supreme Court
overruled the Central Elec-
tion Committee's ban. The
court also overruled the ban
against Rabbi Meir
Kahane's extreme right-
wing Kach Party, which the
central Elections Commit-
tee considered a menace to
Democratic institutions.
In Sunday night's elec-
tion broadcast — a half- -
hour in which all parties are
allotted time to present
their messages — Kahane
clearly implied violence
against Arabs. Speaking
against the background of a
picture of the Arab Old City
of Jerusalem, he asked the
voters to "let me take care of
them."
Supreme court Justice
Gavriel Bach, chairman of ticipation in the elections,
the Central Elections replied, "This is Kahane's
Committee, defended the message and it is his right to
ruling. Bach, who had vig- deliver it this way to the
orously opposed Kach's par- public."
Greece denies it released
synagogue bomb suspect
Rome — A communique
from the press office of the
Greek Embassy in Rome
denied that Abdel Osama
al-Zomar, the Palestinian
suspected of having taken
part in the commando that
attacked the Rome Main
Synagogue in October 1982,
has already been released
from his Athens jail.
Serving a sentence for the
detention, transportation
and smuggling of explosives
and arms, he was reportedly
released before his prison
sentence had expired de-
spite an Italian request for
extradition.
The Italian News Agency
Ansa carried the story June
29, and the Jews of Italy had
immediately organized a
protest which included a
telegram to Italian Premier
Bettino Craxi urging the
Italian Ministry to act to
ensure that al-Zomar would
be extradited according to
Italian law, and a demon-
stration in front of the
Greek-embassy of 200
Roman Jews including
many of those who had been
seriously injured in the at-
tack of 1982.
In apparent reply to the
demonstration and the
signs with angry slogans
splashed on them, the
Greek Embassy stated "It is
unfortunate that slogans
detrimental to the dignity of
a civilized and .democratic
country like Greece were
shown outside its diploma-
tic headquarters — offen-
sive to its people who in the
dark years of occupation
generously offered help and
protection to the Jews per-
secuted by the Nazis and
fascists."
Friday, July 13, 1984
Happy 80th Birthday!
JOE ROTT
From Your Loving Family
Al-Zomar's prison sen-
tence actually ended June
22, the communique says
(Ansa had reported the
deadline as being July 22),
but he is "still in prison
awaiting the decision of the
Supreme Court (Aesopago)
on his extradition to Italy.
Therefore, we must simply
await the verdict of justice,
which as in-every free state,
and also in Greece, is inde-
pendent," the Greek
spokesman said, adding
that these matters have
been cleared up in an
encounter with members of
the Rome Jewish commu-
nity.
Control
HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
without medication
(313) 543.1990
WOMEN!
NEW YORK DESIGNER OUTLET
LIZ CLAIBOURNE TANK TOPS
reg. $15 + Just $11.99
ANDREW ST. JOHN POLO SHIRTS
reg. $12.99 Just $7.99
RIBBED TOP SUNDRESSES
reg. $15 + Just $9.99
FISHNET COVER-UPS
LINEN TOPS AND MORE!
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!
Mon. & Thurs. 7-10 P.M.
Fridays 10-5 P.M.
CALL ANYTIME
543-0389
ALWAYS 30-75% BELOW RETAIL
SAVE UP TO 60% ON
DIAMONDS
• We Sell Diamonds Only
• 11) ..%ppoi I ment Only
('all Jerry Turken at
The New York
Diamond Cutting
Company
"The Diamond Cutters"
3090 Loon ('enter.
1, SlItli
355-2300
"Every Del Monte® canned fruit
and vegetable has now been
certified kosher. Soon, all their
labels will reflect this fact. But
until they do, please accept the
Del Mont& shield of quality
as your assurance of kosher
...Rabbi Jacob Cohen
19113 Del Monte Corporation
•••••••-•
35