UPTRONT
Peace Despite Uprising,
Says Labor Dove Beilin
DAVID HOLZEL
Staff Writer
J
erusalem — Unlike many
many Israelis, Dr. Yossi Beilin
Beilin believes that Israel must
not wait until the end of the Palesti-
nian uprising before negotiating with
the Arabs.
"I want peace because I want
peace, not because of their intifada. I
don't care if they say if it is their vic-
tory."
Beilin, the director general of
Israel's foreign ministry, bucks the
common wisdom that negotiation in
the face of Arab violence will make
Israel appear weak and bring more
troubles in the long run. Israel's
primary concern should be ending its
occupation of the Palestinians, he
said.
"The question is how we can
preserve the Jewishness of this state.
If Israel is not Jewish, it doesn't mat-
ter if the Arabs feel it is their victory"
Beilin rose to prominence four
years ago as one of a handful of young
men then-Prime Minister Shimon
Peres brought into government. In the
Knesset elections scheduled for
November 1, Beilin is running for a
seat on Peres' Labor Party ticket.
Beilin's high position on the party list
guarantees that he will be elected.
The 40-year-old political scien-
tist's positions have placed him
squarely in Labor's dovish wing. He
has, for instance, pushed hard for
reduced Israeli ties with South Africa.
He welcomes superpower involvement
— including the Soviet Union — in the
Middle East peace process.
"The argument that an interna-
tional peace conference will bring the
Soviet Union back to the Mideast is
wrong," he said. "The USSR is very
much here."
The Soviets are the main patrons
of Syria and have improved relations
with Egypt and Jordan, he said.
"They are the only ones who can jump
from Iran to Iraq in the same day?'
Soviet military experts assist the
Arab countries surrounding Israel.
Peace will bring about a reduction of
Soviet involvement in the region, he
said.
Beilin argued that the interna-
tional peace conference is "the only
game in town." It is the only format
that will bring Jordan's King Hussein
to the peace table. "Bilateral talks are
better, but we don't have that choice?'
The intifada has made the Jorda-
nian option — the return of parts of
the administered territories to Jorda-
nian control — more remote a
possibility than before because it has
weakened Hussein's hand, Beilin
said. Even so, Jordan unquestionably
will be part of any solution, preferably
as part of a Jordanian-Palestinian
peace delegation.
A byproduct of an international
conference will be renewed ties with
the Soviet bloc. "Many (communist)
countries are in bad economic shape.
They believe we can help them direct-
ly or indirectly. They connect rela-
tions now with an international con-
ference."
All communist bloc countries ex-
cept Romania severed relations with
Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
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Jason Graff, Jason Remner and Danny Zendell beat the heat by swimming at the Jewish
Community Center pool.
Jewish Community Center
To Push Jewish Programs
KIMBERLY LIFTON
Staff Writer
S
tuart Rogoff figures his myr-
iad of experiences dealing
with Jewish children, teens
and adults will be an added plus in
his new position as director of family
programming at the Center for
Jewish Creativity and Exploration at
the Jewish Community Center.
"I feel like I'm coming home to
the Center," said Rogoff, who served
this past year as Michigan region
assistant director for the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai B'rith.
"This is where all my experiences
have led ma"
Over the years, Rogoff has coor-
dinated programs for adults, teens
and children within the Center and
has worked with the summer day
camp. He also served as youth direc-
tor for Congregation Shaarey Zedek.
Rogoff's job, which begins next
week, is one of two newly created full-
time staff positions at the the JCC.
Earlier this month, the JCC added a
teen director position. Executive
Director Morton Plotnick said the
jobs are part of the JCC's overall plan
to expand its services to the
community.
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ROUND UP
Pollard Begins
Hunger Strike
New York (JTA) — Jonathan
Pollard, who is serving a life
sentence for spying for Israel,
went on a hunger strike
Thursday at the federal
penitentiary in Marion, Ill.,
according to members of his
family.
Jonathan Pollard's father-
in-law, Bernard Henderson,
said Pollard went on strike to
call attention to his
deteriorating condition in
prison and to the precarious
situation of the health of his
wife, Anne Henderson-
Pollard, who is serving a five-
year sentence as an accessory
to her husband.
Henderson-Pollard, who is
imprisoned in a correctional
institution in Rochester,
Minn., suffers from a rare
gastrointestinal disorder,
which causes her a great deal
of pain and, according to her
family, endangers her life.
She does not receive proper
medical care, her father
charged.
According to Henderson
and Carol Pollard, Jonathan
wants to protest the fact that
he is not able to obtain a
lawyer to represent him, and
the fact that all his outgoing
mail has been recently con-
fiscated and not mailed out.
Henderson said that the
government prevents lawyer
Alan Dershowitz from
representing Pollard by re-
questing the attorney sign a
document that bars him from
disclosing any information he
obtains as Pollard's lawyer.
State Dem Chief
Moving Up?
state
Wiener,
Rick
Democratic Party chairman
since 1983, may be in posi-
tion to become national
Democratic chairman. Wien-
er denies that he is seeking
the post that Paul Kirk of
Massachusetts will relin-
quish next year, but party
sources told the Detroit Free
Press this week that Wiener
has been quietly testing the
waters.
Identity Report
To Be Unveiled
The Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion will disseminate its
three-year study on Jewish
identity and affiliation in the
Detroit area at a meeting of
Federation leaders on Tues-
day at United Hebrew
Schools.
A 45-member commission
chaired by David Page
prepared the report. The
report contains recommenda-
tions from five subcommit-
tees: education, Israel, fami-
ly life, teens, and quality of
life.
WSU Completes
Elliman Fund
Wayne State University has
exceeded its $15 million goal
to finance construction of the
100,000-square-foot Elliman
medical research building in
the Detroit Medical Center.
The funding campaign was
launched in 1987 with a $1.5
million gift from philan-
thropist Louis M. Elliman.
The three-story facility at the
corner of Canfield and Brush
is expected to be completed
this year.
Knesset Wins
Horse Race
New York — As Israeli
politicians geared up to run
for seats in the Knesset,
another Knesset ran and won
the Group Three Ballylogan
Stakes at Ireland's Leopard-
stown race track last month.
This Knesset is a five-year-
old race horse, born in
America and owned and
trained by Irishman J.
Castelloe. The horse is nam-
ed after its father,
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