- A >> r 111111 %Inuit I NEWS vm ■ 1111111111M wir • A g.,.• • 4111 /1 VII .111111111 1. 11W Aiet01 1 • TL 41 South Lebanon I \? I „ . Continued from Page 1 MARKET STREET SHOPPES ON NORTHWESTERN Come . . . Visit Your One Stop Shoppes! Goldenberg Photography 350-2420 Ristorante Di Modesta 358-0344 Accessories By Ann 356-3959 Platinum Blond 353-7270 Market Street Florist 357-5810 All Your Travels 354-8000 LaCache Boutique 352-5552 Advertising in The Jewish News Gets Results Place Your Ad Today. Call 354 6060 - Motaics,Inc. BRI N GE PRIC RYE R SALE CELLNETag ent an authorized C GS 00 * $745 FOR A NEW GE MOBILE CELLULAR PHONE Carfone /10 NUMBER MEMORY 'SPEED DIALING ✓ LAST NUMBER REDIAL ,/GE QUALITY 1/FULL WARRANTY SPECIAL E 625 FREE CELLULAR AIRTIME MINUTES PHONES AS LOW AS Mob tivonics,lac. 1 gs ■ CO MMUMICA77ONS 1610 01LE AUTHORIZED RESELIER OVER 125 CITIES IN THE U.S.A. AND CANADA MORE CELLS FOR GREATER CAPACITY FREE ROAMING IN WINDSOR 14 ■ ■ Friday, January 23, 1987 CALL 585-4520 Stephenson Hwy. at 13 Mile THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS $ 1 7 88 * — PER MONTH WITH APPROVED CREDIT * RESTRICTIONS APPLY LIMITED OFFER morale. Trained, equipped and financed by Jerusalem, the SLA was created in the wake of Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in June 1985 to police a security zone that runs the full length of the Israeli-Lebanese border at a depth of up to 20 kilometres inside Lebanon. The SLA is enriched with an estimated 500 Israeli "advisers" who ride shotgun with SLA patrols and assist at SLA checkpoints. So far, the militia has ful- filled Israeli expectations, but now, reeling under the effect of a series of well-planned, ef- ficiently executed Hizbollah offensives, doubts are being expressed not only about the militia's ability to effectively maintain the "cordon sani- taire" in Lebanon, but also about its ability to survive. Senior Israeli officials have long warned that the SLA was inadequate to serve as an instrument of Israel's will in South Lebanon. Instead, they advised forging an alliance with the relatively moderate, mainstream, Shi'ite Amal movement, which shares with Israel a powerful common in- terest in keeping the Palesti- nians out of South Lebanon. With the specter of collapse hanging over the SLA — coupled with the resurgence of the Palestinians and the fundamentalists — Israeli military planners must con- front the unpalatable necessi- ty of sending a substantial force into Lebanon to defend Israel's border and maintain the security of its northern towns and settlements. The commander of the SLA, General Antoine Lahad, insists that his force will continue to function as an effective and cohesive military organization, but Israeli politicians and defense analysts are skeptical. According to Dr Yosef Olmert, of the Tel Aviv University Center for Strategic Studies, the militia is now facing one of its most formidable challenges. "The recent attacks will test the credibility of the SLA and its ability to stand up to sus- tained pressure," he said. The attacks will also test Israel's determination to stand behind the militia and maintain its security zone in Lebanon. Air raids on Palestinian and Hizbollah bases in South Lebanon and the interception by the navy of N, assels sailing between Cyprus and the Lebanese port of Jounieh with suspected Palestinian fighters on board, were clear- ly designed to curtail the operational effectiveness of both groups. The raids on Hizbollah targets, however, were muted following a request from Washington, which is con- cerned about the fate of United States hostages being held by the fundamentalists. Moreover, Israeli leaders are aware of the grave The raids on Hizbollah targets were muted following a request from Washington. dangers in a significant ) return of Israeli troops to South Lebanon, particularly if they are deployed beyond the defined security zone. In addition to increasing the hostility of the dominant Shi'ite population in the area, such a move will dramatical- ly increase the prospect of a direct confrontation with Syria, which seek hegemony over all of Lebanon. So far, Syria's President Hafez Assad has been con- c'\ tent to wage his war against Israel through proxies — Syria's Hizbollah aganist Israel's SLA. But the direct, large-scale intervention of Israel in Lebanon could prove too great a challenge for even the cautious, pragmatic Syrian ) leader to resist. Fresh Air Continued from Page 1 building would be open on scheduled days for different age groups and families, and could also be used by synagogues and Jewish com- munal organizations and schools, as well as a teen drop- in center. "We know we have the serv- ices for kids in the summer," Lipsitz said. "We want to re- create that magic between our staff and the kids in the winter in the city. We want to put that magic environment in a neut- ral environment." The Adventure Center gives FAS a chance to test a concept, "to see if we can provide a serv- ice to the community in lots of areas. It is a way of promoting camp, and a way of getting the kids out of the malls and off the streets." Lipsitz said that fees, opera- tional hours and other details (_\ of the project are still being worked out, but FAS hopes to have it operational by mid- February, utilizing 15 staff members from its summer pro- grams. "As far as we know," Lipsitz said, "this is not being done anywhere else in the country. If we can provide a comfortable environment, a non- threatening, - constructive environment, then we are serv- ing a need."