32 Friday, January 25, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 111111 1111.111111111111111111111 Did You Remember to send someone a gift subscription to Doctors of Internal Medicine THE JEWISH NEWS? STEVEN GRANT M.D. NICHOLAOS MAKRIS M.D. LOWELL PAUL M.D. from $600. offer FREE transportation to and from our office for Senior Citizens and Shut-Ins. pH\ JDarakji Available in Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield area. FOR INFORMATION CALL: Jewelers 626-6500 23077 G reenf ield • 29100 Northwestern Advance Bldg. Franklin OfficeBld 557-0616 356-7140 Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 111111111111 IMMOWSUMIQMIct, Both locations in Southfield No greenthumb necessary: • Permanent • Care Free • High Quality • Life-like Plants & Trees on Natural Bark tr • Custom Designed Silk Floral Arrangements 20% OFF Commercial - Residential GLASS & MIRROR We Will Beat Your Best Price BI-FOLD SUPER SPECIAL Existing Doors $123.99 Installed $128.99 Installed $145.99 Installed 4 ft. openings 5 ft. openings 6 ft. openings NEW MIRRORED BI-FOLD DOORS—FINEST QUALITY Slim Fold $190.00 Installed $200.00 Installed $250.00 Installed 4 ft. openings 5 ft. openings 6 ft. openings Lowest Prices On All Types of Mirrored Walls, Furniture, Bars, Cubes, Etc. Heavy Glass Table Tops, Shelving, Beveled O.G. Edges. Shower and Tub Enclosures, Replacement Windows. MIRRORED WALL SPECIAL — 12'x8' High $425.00 Call today for free estimates: 552-0088 • Atlas Glass & Mirror PERFECTION IS OUR REFLECTION Where quality work, discount prices and you the customer make us #1 552-0088 NEWS Death Penalty Debate BY CARL ALPERT Special to The Jewish News Haifa — A relatively obscure item in the local press not long ago reported that the two Arab ter- rorists who had killed one Israeli and wounded 58 others in a mid- Jerusalem rampage last April, had been sentenced to life impris- onment. "The defendants heard the sentence with broad smiles and raised fists," the story went on. Why the smiles? The two knew that sooner or later they would be freed in one of the wholesale ex- changes whereby Israel releases scores and sometimes hundreds of terrorists in exchange for one or two hapless Israelis who had been captured and held hostage by the Arabs. The most recent sentence has led to renewed demands for im- position of the death penalty on terrorists apprehended in the act, but there have been equally vig- orous expressions of opposition to capital punishment. The death penalty exists on Is- rael's legislative books. It may be imposed for acts of treason com- mitted during time of war, for Nazi crimes against the Jews, and for cruel and unusual acts of ter- rorism carried out in inhuman manner, but it has actually been exercised only once — against Adolf Eichmann, who was cap- tured in 1960, tried in 1961, and hanged at Ramleh Prison in 1962. In practice, judges have re- frained from sentencing convicted terrorists to death because pro- secuting attorneys, acting in ac- cordance with government policy, have refrained from requesting such sentences. The judges in such trials have more than once made it clear that the courts nevertheless retain the power of exercising their own judgment in such matters. The call for the death penalty was brought to a head by an act of retaliation by a young Jew who had fired a rocket at an Arab bus. He maintained that he had been driven to this act by the killing of two Jewish students in the Ju- dean hills, and by the knowledge that the Arab who had confessed to the wanton murder would only be put behind bars until ulti- mately released. The argumentation in public forums reached the floor of the Knesset where both the pros and cons were aired, but with incon- clusive results. Opponents of the death penalty maintain that Israel, as an enlightened country, should fol- low a humane policy, in accord- ance with Jewish tradition. Rabbi Eliezer Ben Azariah, in the Mis- hnah, was quoted to the effect that any Sanhedrin which imposed one death sentence in seventy years could be considered a cruel court. Furthermore, Arab terrorists act out of ideological motivation. The knowledge that they might face execution would not deter them. Indeed, they are prepared to face death when they embark on their missions. In the mental- ity of some, death during accom- plishment of their "holy" act would assure them a place of honor in the world to come. Dr. Herzl Rosenbloom, editor of Yediot Ahronot, gives expression to the views of those on the other side. He rails against the soft- hearted "gentle souls" who de- mand of Israel a nobility and a gentility and purity of spirit which spares even the most cruel of murderers. "They will kill our babies and our sisters, our mothers and our fathers, in the most brutal manner imaginable," he writes, "and we shall send these cold-blooded murderers to warm shelters known as prisons, where they will be provided with good food, free medical care, radio and TV and theatrical perform- ances?" This kind of humanism only encourages additional murders. Execution will not deter them? Perhaps not all, but even if it makes a few pause in their mis- sions for fear of the penalty, it will have saved Israeli lives and will have justified its use as threat. "Do we have to 'appear before the world in the mantle of pure humanism and be willing to endure more kilings of our inno- cent people just to make a good impression on the world?" Rosenbloom asks. To him, Israel's failure to react is an indication of weakness and of Galut mentality. Consequently, the terrorists still plant their bombs and do their kil- lings with impunity, secure in the knowledge that even if caught they will eventually be released in an exchange agreement. The public debate has been in- creasing in intensity, and it is very possible that perpetration of some exceptionally cruel and brutal act of terrorism may bring out a reversal in what has hitherto been the soft and "humane" policy. Sephardi Vote Analyzed New York — A new analysis of the Sephardi vote in Israel's Knesset election this past July reveals that Sephardim on the whole rejected the concept of ethnic party lists, voting heavily instead for the mainstream Likud Party over the Labor Alignment by nearly three-to-one. The study, titled, "The `Sephardi-Oriental Vote' in the 1984 Elections," was released last week by the American Jewish Committee's Institute on -Ameri- can Jewish-Israeli Relations, headed by Bertram H. Gold, former AJC executive vice president. According to the report, the two Sephardi religious parties, Tami and Shas, did poorly among Sephardi voters. Tami, a breaka- way party from the (National Religious Party — NRP) received only 3.1 percent of the total Sephardi vote while Shas, a new party, won 6.4 percent of the over- all Sephardi vote. The study quotes Prof. Hanna Herzog, sociologist and an-