---------

is commonly known as a
"small minded" syndrome in
Israel, defined as what often
happens when Israelis anal-
yze only the "short term
gain" to be accrued from in-
volvement in day-to-day
issues. Other reasons he men-
tions include the fear of a
vengeful image, the financial
c burden, the emotional effort,
and the structural problem of
not having a serious enough
investigations unit designed
to deal with war crimes,
which remains Israel's only
capital offense.
Zuroff counters these
arguments on two levels, the
practical and the existential.
From a practical point of
view, says Zuroff, Israel

>

/--"

/

.

Overall, he points
to the "small
minded"
syndrome in
Israel, when
Israelis analyze
only the
short-term gain.

would have no problem
garnering the necessary
financial sources and expand-
ing its small Holocaust
crimes investigation unit,
which currently operates out
of a tiny office in lel Aviv.
Holocaust survivors them-
selves could help take up the
slack and raise funds for such
an effort. Countering the
"vengeful image" could be ac-
complished head on, accord 7
ing to Zuroff, to articulate the
issue as a search for justice in
the democratic state of Israel,
providing a public, fair trial
for any accused Nazi war
criminals.
Just as any sovereign state
demands the trial and punish-
ment of those who abduct
and kill its citizens, Israeli
leaders have always expressed
a verbal responsibility to take
the full legal responsibility to
redress the grievances of the
Jewish Holocaust. After all,
Israel sees itself as the heir of
Hitler's victims.
For that reason, Israel
secret service people did hunt
down Holocaust architect
Adolf Eichman, who was cap-
tured, tried and executed in
Israel during the early '60's.
But the greater Holocaust
issue seems to lie in whether
Israel really wants to expend
more energies in the area of
Nazi war criminals investiga-
tions. Shmuel 'Pamir became
the first Israeli Justice
Minister to request the ex-
tradition of Nazis not on a
level of Eichman, opening ex-
tradition cases in 1977
against various well-known

Continued on next page

•

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

Best wishes for a
happy. healthy
New Year.

SHEILAH GOLDBERG

LORRAINE GREEN
ROBERT & KAREN

Best wishes for a
happy, healthy
New Year.

DR. & MRS.
LEONARD N. BABA & FAMILY

MR & MRS.
LEONARD FURMAN

L'Shana Tova

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.

JACK & MIRYAM GUN & FAMILY

L'Shana Tova

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.

ANTAL AND ERMINE GRUBER

We wish our family and friends a
very healthy, happy and prosperous
New Year.

STEVE, SAREE AND SCOTTY HANTLER

214 Stuart

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.

Savannah, GA 31405

L'Shana Tova

Wishing all our family and
friends a year of
health and happiness.

KARL AND ESTER GUTMAN

BARBARA GOLDSTEIN'S T.L.C.

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

lanDn

rmn

to all

our friends
- and relatives.

MR. & MRS.
LOUIS BORDOLEY

A Very Happy and Healthy
New Year to All Our Friends
and Family.

MARVIN & JUDITH DUBIN

BRUCE DUBIN, ERIC DUBIN & DANIEL VICTOR

May the coming year be
one filled with health,
happiness and
prosperity for all our
friends and family.

May the coming

year be filled

with health and

happiness foi-

raw nacn

to all
our friends
and relatives.

NEAL & KAREN BRICKNER

May the coming

year be filled

with health and

all our family

happiness for

and friends.

all our friends.

LENA & MOE R. MILLER

DANIEL T. MURPHY,

COUNTY EXECUTIVE

ANNE & AARON GINSBERG

To All Our
Relatives
and Friends,
Our wish for a
year filled with
happiness,
health and prosperity.

MAGISTRATE EUGENE AND
VIVIAN FRIEDMAN

May the New Year Bring
To 241 1 Our Friends

.

and Family — Health,
Jolt, Prosperity
and Et9er. ifthing
Good in Life.

MAE AND MILT GOODMAN
AND CINDY

139