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Friday, July 25, 1986
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
NEWS
Syrian Book Revives
Ancient Blood Libel
New York (JTA) — The Syrian
Defense Minister, Mustafa Tlas,
was accused recently of author-
ing an anti-Semitic book said to
be widely distributed in Syria
which revives and gives credence
to the ancient blood libel accusa-
tions of the Middle Ages.
Secretary of State George
Shultz, alerted to the book's cir-
culation in Syria, has instructed
the United States Embassy in
Damascus to investigate the
charges raised against Tlas by
the Los Angeles-based Simon
Wiesenthal Center.
A spokesperson for the Syrian
Embassy in Washington told
the New York Times that the
Embassy had no knowledge of
the book. 'Syria is against
Zionism, not Judaism," the
spokesperson said.
According to the Wiesenthal
Center, Tlas' book,' The Matzah
constitutes "a
of Zion,
dangerous campaign"against
the Jewish people. The book is
said to be widely distributed in
Syria, although it is not
available in the libraries or
research centers of Western
countries, the Center reported.
The book calls the true
religious beliefs of the Jews
"black hatred to all humanity
and all religions," and contains
such statements as "from that
moment on, every mother was
warning her child, do not stray
away from home. The Jew may
come by and put you in his sack
to kill you and suck your blood
for the matzah of Zion."
This is a revival of the blood
libel against the Jews stemming
from what is referred to as the
1840 Damascus blood libel
which claimed that Christians
were killed by Jews in the Syrian
capital and their blood used in
preparing the unleavened bread.
At that time, the Syrian
Jewish community totalled
some 10,000 persons, including
many refined and wealthy
Jewish families. An investiga-
tion into the disappearance of a
Capuchin friar, Father Thomas,
led to an investigation by the
authorities and accusations of
Jewish responsiblity for the
crime.
The Jewish community was
subjected to brutiil harassment
and, in one instance, 60 children
of the ages of three to ten were
locked in cells without food in
order to have their parents to
make a confession. Several Jews
died in prison, one under torture.
An international effort brought
an end to the campaign against
the Jews.
Tlas is the author of numerous
books and poems which are
widely distributed throughout
the Arab world, the Center
reported. The former President
of the Damascus Military
Tribunal and Chief of Staff and
Deputy of Syrian President
Hafez Assad, Tlas has won a
reputation as a tough and
ruthless leader of the Syrian
elite.
But while the blood libel
charge is being raised again in
Damascus, the Jewish com-
munity there is now fewer than
5000. Jews are required to carry
identity cards with the word
"Jew" stamped on them,
whereas other Syrian citizens do
not have their religion written
on- their papers. Jews have no
right to travel abroad, or even
outside their own city.
Syrian Jews have their ac-
tivities monitored, and are sub-
jected to other restrictions, ac-
cording to sources reporting on
Syrian Jewry.
Greece May Upgrade
Ties To Israel
Athens (JTA) — The Greek
government is inching toward
the upgrading of diplomatic rela-
tions with Israel and may have
sent up a trial balloon to test
Arab reaction to the possible
eventual establishment of full
diplomatic relations with the
Jewish State. Such develop-
ments were indicated recently in
the remarks of government
spokesman Militiades Papaioan-
nou who was questioned by
reporters about a story in the
daily, Acropolis, that Prime
Minister Andreas Papandreou is
seriously considering the issue
of full diplomatic relations with
Israel.
The spokesman, replying,
used the word "upgrading" with
respect to Greek-Israel relations.
Hitherto, government
spokesmen would speak only of
"improving" relations. Greek-
Israel ties are presently at the
consular level.
Papaioannou noted that "the
Greek government has estab-
lished certain conditions for
complete restoration of diplo-
matic relations with Israel, such
as the withdrawal of Israeli
forces from the occupied ter-
ritories and the opening of a
dialogue with the Palestine
Liberation Organization."
He added, "Our positions have
not changed, but that does not
mean we cannot proceed with
other kinds of procedure for im-
proving relations with Israel
which could be characterized as
an upgrading in relations."
Israeli diplomatic sources in
Greece said that although rela-
tions are being improved, Israel
could hardly accept the condi-
tions demanded by Greece.