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Recently, Senator Levin,
his most fanciful claims?
Rabbi Brickner is right about Michigan Congressmen Howard
one thing, when he says that Wolpe and Sander Levin, and
the Managua Synagogue re- other politicians co-sponsored
mains intact. Since the the Anne Frank exhibit, which
firebombing, the synagogue has toured Metropolitan Detroit and
been seized, repaired, and con- other parts of Michigan. Unfor-
verted into a center for San- tunately, Anne Frank and 11
dinista youth, plastered with million other victims of the
PLO posters and smeared with Holocaust are long gone and
anti-Semitic: graffiti. I guess cannot be revived. Yet, those
that the Sandinista government who Senator Levin and Con-
just didn't show or tell Brickner gressmen Wolpe and Levin can
about any of this when they fed take legislative action to help —
him their propaganda on his the Anne Franks of today living
trip to Nicaragua. in Central America — they have
The entire Jewish population chosen to betray. All three voted
of Nicaragua was forced to flee against aid to the Contras, re-
gardless of blatant Sandinista
Nicaragua as a result of San-
anti-Semitism. Perhaps this is
dinista anti-Semitism. Now,
because they oppose only pro-
however, Jews elsewhere in the
U.S. dictatorships which violate
region have reason to worry as
the Sandinista try to spread human rights, but not com-
munist dictatorships that com-
their revolution to other coun-
mit the same crime to a greater
tries. The recent capture of a
degree.
Sandinist-trained terrorist in
I would like to commend U.S.
Costa Rica, must have sent
Senator Chic Hecht (R-Nevada)
chills up the spines of the Jews
there. The terrorist told police of and Congressmen Mark Siljan-
der (R-Michigan) and Mario
an elaborate plan to kidnap the
Biaggi. (D-New York) for their
leaders of the Costa Rican
outspoken reporting of San-
Jewish community.
dinista anti-Semitism. As the
Sandinista anti-Semitism is
1986 elections draw near, let us,
not manifested solely in attacks
as Jews, remember the elected
against Jewish communities in
officials who proved to be our
Central America. The Sandinis-
true friends.
tas have a long history of in-
The Sandinistas represent a
volvement with the PLO, that
real threat to all Central
evil group bent on destroying Is-
American Jews. What will hap-
rael. The PLO maintains a fully
pen if the Sandinistas forcefully
accredited "embassy" in Man-
spread their ideology beyond
agua. During a ceremony mark-
Nicaragua to other countries? I
ing the Sandinista takeover,
shudder to think what will be-
Nicaraguan Interior Minister
Tomas Borge said, "We say to come of the Jews in Costa Rica °,
Honduras, Guatemala, and El
our brother Arafat that
Salvador.
Nicaragua is his land and that
I, and others in the American
the PLO cause is the cause of
the Sandinistas." Arafat replied, Jewish community, have a spe-
cial interest in convincing our
"The links between us are not
new. Your comrades did not elected officials that Sandinista
aggression must be recognized
come to our country just to
and halted, that we must sup-
train, but also to fight. Your
port those fighting for freedom
enemies are our enemies."
Arafat's statement was not by authorizing aid to the
Nicaraguan Democratic Resis-
mere rhetoric. The Sandinistis
tance — the freedom fighters.
are proud to have fought in the
We cannot again sit idly by as
Middle East with the PLO. They
have made a martyr of Patrick Central American Jews face the
threat of official anti-Semitism
Arguello Ryan. Arguello, who
was killed leading the famous and exile!
PLO hijacking of four airplanes
in 1970, has a Nicaraguan
power station named after him.
Many of the current San-
First Spanish •
dinista leaders trained in PLO
camps. As a Sandinista spokes-
Envoy Arrives
man told a Kuwaiti newspaper
Tel Aviv (JTA)— Pedro Lopez.
in 1979, "In the early 1970s,
Nicaraguan and Palestinian Aguirre de Goa, the first Am-
blood was spilled together in bassador of Spain to Israel, ar-
rived here last Sunday and will
Amman and in other places dur-
ing the 'Black September present his credentials to Presi-
dent Chaim Herzog soon. Spain
battles.' "
It is interesting to note that and Israel established dip-
Michigan's U.S. Senator, Carl lomatic relations in January and
Levin, stated publicly that he the first Israeli envoy, Shmuel
will support the Sandinista gov- Hadass, has already taken up
ernment because it is popular his post in Madrid.
among and has the support of
In remarks to reporters,
the Nicaraguan people, I ques- Lopez Aguirre stressed that his
tion which "people," besides the country's diplomatic recogni-
Nicaraguan communist elite, he tion of the Palestine Liberation
is referring to. Furthermore,
even if this allegation were true, Organiiation would in no way to
Adolph Hitler and the Nazis, a affect its relations with Israel.
group whose policies and tactics He noted that the PLO has had
the Sandinistas seem to be an office in Madrid for some
emulating, were a popular re- years and raising it to Embassy
gime. Does this mean that we status did not herald any new
should have supported them too? developments. '

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