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Presbyterian
Church Passes
Compromise

Biloxi, Miss. (JTA) — A com-
promise document on Chris-
tian-Jewish relations that
recognizes Israel only "geo-
politically" was ratified here
last week by delegates to the
99th General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
The paper, "A Theological
Understanding of the Relation-
ship Between Christians and
Jews," had been in preparation
for six years by a committee of
the 3.1 million-member church.
In a series of compromises, its
status was downgraded from
"policy statement" to "study
document."
The document, while acknow-
ledging God's promise of a
homeland to the Jews, rejects
the notion that Israel fulfills
that promise. "The State of
Israel is a geopolitical entity
and is not to be validated
theologically," the statement
said.
Another compromise was the
reference to obligations of the
Jews to the Palestinians as told
by the "Hebrew prophets." The
document explained, "Those in
possession of land have a re-
sponsibility and obligation to
the disadvantaged, the op-
pressed and the strangers in
their gates."
The document also acknow-
ledged that Jews have an ex-
isting covenant with God and
should not be cursed because of
refusal to accept Jesus as
Messiah or be candidates for
conversion.
Opposition to the pre-com-
promise, draft document came
from Presbyterians who have
worked in Arab countries,
notably the Rev. Benjamin
Weir, who was a hostage in
Lebanon for 16 months and just
completed a term as leader of
the Presbyterian Church.

Shamir, African
Leaders Discuss
Ethiopian Jews

Tel . Aviv (JTA) — Prime
Minister Yitzhak Shamir said
on his return from West Africa
last Sunday that he had raised
the plight of Ethiopian Jews
with the African leaders he met
and urged them "to try to ex-
ert their influence on Ethiopia
so that this problem will be
resolved." There are between
7,000 to 15,000 Jews remaining
in Ethiopia in dire circum-
stances but unable to leave.
Shamir said Israel is ready to
solve the problem "in any possi-
ble way to put an end to this
tragedy." He said of his hosts,
"I found considerable response
among all of them. I spoke with
heads of state, I asked them to
intervene with the Ethiopian

authorities. Whether and how
far this will help, no one yet
knows. We are trying."
Shamir, who visited Togo,
Cameroon and Liberia, said his
trip "generated tremendous
reverberations on the African
continent" and "a number of
African states which had not
yet renewed relations with us,
are showing an interest and are
acting in the most suitable
manner to renew relations."
The countries Shamir visited
have restored diplomatic rela-
tions with Israel which they
broke during the 1973 Yom
Kippur War. So have Zaire and
Ivory Coast. But 24 other Black
African states still have no ties
with Israel.
Maariv reported that Israel's
eagerness to make progress in
negotiations with African coun-
tries to renew diplomatic ties,
possibly during Shamir's trip,
prompted some of them to
"raise their price." Maariv
quoted an expert on Africa who
accompanied Shamir as saying
that negotiations with certain
African states "became a mat-
ter of bargaining and in some
cases, even extortion."
According to Maariv reporters
Tamar Golan and Rafael Mann,
the expert was referring to
Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and
the Central African Republic.
The President of Gabon was
particularly blatant, deman-
ding hefty monetary credit
either directly from Israel or
from Washington via Israel, in
addition to the standard re-
quest for economic aid from
Israel, they reported. Avi
Pazner, Shamir's media adviser
who accompanied him on the
trip, hinted there was some
truth to reports certain African
governments were demanding
financial inducements to
restore diplomatic ties.

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Ethiopians
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Hun-
dreds of Ethiopian immig-
rants demonstrated outside
the Prime Minister's Office
this month on behalf of the
thousands of Jews unable to
leave Ethiopia.
They demanded the release
of 37 Jews reportedly impris-
oned there for trying to or-
ganize immigration to Israel.
Baruch Tegenya, a spokes-
man for the demonstrators,
told reporters the 37 were ar-
rested for distributing relief
funds to needy Jewish
families in Ethiopia.
He likened them to the
"Prisoners of Zion" in the
Soviet Union, and contended
that if the Israel government
can exert pressure on their
behalf, it can do so also for
Jews imprisoned in Ethiopia.
He also said there are about
1,500 Ethiopian children in
Israel without families.

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