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their funds used, and never
ask what alternative options
could help Israel. The lack of
information about current
problems of Diaspora philan-
thropy in Israel is tragic, and
no change is in sight.
My view favors abandon-
ment, but donors could try to
separate the World Zionist
Organization entirely from
the Jewish Agency. There is
no justification whatsoever
for any political party involve-
ment in the governing of
charitable funds raised by the
federation abroad. The WZO
and the Israeli political
leaders should leave these
funds alone and allow
qualified laymen and profes-
sionals in the health, educa-
tion, welfare and housing
fields in both Israel and

America to distribute them as
they see fit, together with
donor (elected?)
representatives.
Since the current lay and
professional Council of
Jewish Federations leader-
ship apparently are captives
committed to the WZO part-
nership, it is best to call for
abandonment of the Agency
and to seek more innovative,
efficient vehicles for the
distribution of Diaspora
philanthropy in Israel.
The sad truth is that
serious reorganization of the
charity effort cannot take
place by appeasing and pat-
ching. It may require an
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Israel Keeps Pounding
Terrorists In Lebanon

Tel Aviv (JTA) — Israeli air
force jets continued to pound
targets in and around
Louwaze village, a Hezbollah
stronghold north of the
security zone in southern
Lebanon, while Israeli
helicopter gunships raided
the Ein Hilwe refugee camp,
south of the Lebanese coastal
city of Sidon. It was not clear
whether the two attacks were
related.
Two people were killed and
four were wounded, according
to reports last week from the
Ein Hilwe area.
But the Israeli public and
foreign observers were puzzl-
ed by conflicting versions of
the operation offered by
members of the Israel
Defense Force high command.
The chief of staff, Lt. Gen.
Dan Shomron, insisted that it

was an SLA operation with
"limited" support by the IDF,
notably tank and artillery
fire from inside the security
zone. He admitted, however,
that air force jets had
precision-bombed three ter-
rorist targets in the village.
However, Shomron stressed
that foreign media reports of
large-scale IDF troop involve-
ment were untrue.
Maj. Gen. Yossi Peled, com-
mander of the northern
region, where the fighting is
taking place, said that troops
of his command comprising
more than "a routine force"
initiated and carried out the
battle. He said they crossed
the boundaries of the securi-
ty zone to attack the village
about a mile away. According
to Peled, it was the SLA that
played the minor support role.

Israel To Sign Lease
For Mormon Center

Jerusalem (JTA)—The
Israeli cabinet has agreed to
sign an agreement with the
Mormon church to lease it
Brigham Young University's
Jerusalem Center for Near
East Studies.
The agreement stipulates
that Mormons will refrain
from missionary work "as
long as it is the policy of the
Israeli government to object"
such activity.
Four cabinet ministers —
Zevulun Hammer and Yosef
Shapiro of the National
Religious Party, Yitzhak
Peretz of Shas, and Ariel
Sharon of the Likud — voted

against the agreement.
According to a source in
Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir's office, Shamir told
Shapiro that President
Reagan had requested the
government to ratify the
agreement.

Erecting the Mormon stu-
dent center next to Hebrew
University and its student
dormitories has been em-
broiled in controversy since
first proposed three years ago.
Protests from Israel's Or-
thodox community have been
led by the Yad Le'achim anti-
missionary organization.

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