I PURELY COMMENTARY I final Winter Clearance 50% to 75% Off Israel On Entire stock Continued from Page 2 including shoes and boots into Askar and spread the word that the old man had been killed by the Israelis, Colonel Yisrael said. Thursday - Friday - eSaturday January 14, 15, 16 ZEZA Parkwest Plaza Northwestern Highway 352-0030 Mon. thru Sat. 10 - 6 p.m. All Previous csiales Are Excluded "The people there went on a rampage and burned the police station," the Israeli officer said. "They were throwing everything they could find — stones, bottles, even slingshots. I had to go in with six men and restore order?' It is not a pretty picture and the Friedman report must be judged as unprejudiced. It is the evidence of the grave dif- ficulties confronted by Israel. It is part of the agonized road to peace for Israel, and it must be travelled on a way that should eventually lead to peace. It must be a peace that will affirm that Israel will not submit to a suicidal status. The obligation to labor for peace rests upon the statesmanship of the world's diplomatic leaders. The pre- judices accumulated against Israel in the process will sure- ly be condemned in the world records as the most deplorable of the current experiences. NEWS your advertising dollars do better in THE JEWISH NEWS Call Us Today! 354 6060 - Call 4243068 to lose weight and keep it off. Register for Providence Hospital'sphysician-led Takeoff' Weight Reduction Frogram. - Losing weight is easier than you think with Providence Hospital's comprehensive Takeoff' Weight Reduction Program. Takeoff" is a pressure-free, medically- supervised strategy for helping you lose weight and keep it off. During our eight, two-hour sessions, you'll learn about the different types of overeaters and how to manage your own food-related vulnerabilities. You'll begin and end your training with a computerized body composition analysis that helps plan diet and exercise options for future maintenance. 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Hamadei, 29, is the brother of Mohammed Ali Hamadei, who is serving a prison term in Frankfurt. The prosecution alleges that Abbas arranged the ab- ductions of Rudolf Cordes, Middle East representative of the Hoechst Chemical Co., and Alfred Schmidt, an employee of Siemens Indus- tries, to be released in ex- change for his brother. The kidnappers freed Schmidt last September but continue to hold Cordes. They have threatened to kill him if Ab- bas is convicted and warned of retaliation in West Germany. They are also demanding the release of Mohammed, 23, who is accused by the United States of the June 14, 1985 hijack of a TWA airliner enroute from Athens to Beirut and the murder of an American passenger, U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. Mohammed was arrested in Frankfurt on Jan. 13, 1987 for illegal possession of ex- plosives. Bonn rejected U.S. requests for extradition. He was tried in West Germany, but not charged with the hi- jack and murder because they were committed against an American aircraft and an American citizen. At the opening of proceed- ings in the packed district court, heavily guarded by armed police, Abbas appealed to the kidnappers to release Cordes. His lawyers insisted he had nothing to do with the kidnappings. Jews Supported Mayor Goode Philadelphia, Dec. 21 — While a substantial majority of Philadelphia's Jewish voters voted for Frank L. Riz- zo — a white — in their city's recent mayoral election, Jews nevertheless gave a far larger percentage of their votes to incumbent Mayor W. Wilson Goode — a black — than did other white ethnic voters. This was one of the key fin- dings of a study of the elec- tion sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee. "While Jews for the most part did vote like other whites," stressed Dr. Sandra Featherman, "nevertheless, in Philadelphia and in many other cities across the nation, Jews have apparently been more supportive of black mayoral candidates than other whites have been." Jewish Grants Fight Hunger New York — In an effort to help relieve the widespread hunger and malnutrition in the black "homelands" of South Africa, the American Jewish Committee and the American Jewish World Ser- vice recently announced a grant of $60,000 earmarked for eight villages in Lebowa, South Africa. The joint grant of the Jewish agencies will help pro- vide local residents with tools, supplies and expertise to grow food.