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the various groups only want
to meet with people they are
already in agreement with."
Conyers' opposition to clos-
ing the PLO offices in this
country was based on his
focus on widening the Middle
East dialogue. "If the U.S.
was less belligerent and
bellicose in its actions
towards the Palestinians, we
could do more to establish a
dialogue in that region. After
all, wasn't the Camp David
Accords doomed by the PLO's
exclusion from the process?"
Conyers explains his
periodic votes against foreign
aid appropriations as votes
against the foreign aide pro-
gram in general, and not
against Israel. "The priorities
of the program are clearly out
of focus, with far too much
money being spent on
military assistance, and not
enough provided for really
critical problems like the
overwhelming indebtedness
of many African nations. The
foreign aid program is a
wasteland, and those really
weren't difficult votes for me!'
As chair of the criminal
justice subcommittee, Con-
yers has taken on another
maverick cause that has rais-
ed hackles in the Jewish com-
munity. Conyers claims that
the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation has identified a
suspect in the murder of Alex
Odeh, the head of the Arab-
American Anti Discrimina-
tion Committee office in
Southern California, but has
so far delayed attempting to
bring the suspect to justice.
"We know the suspect is an
American citizen, affiliated
with the Jewish Defense
League, and he is currently in
Israel," says Conyers. " The
FBI should ask for the sus-
pect to be extradited, but they
have been less than forthcom-
ing in explaining why they
haven't moved yet!'
A representative of the
JDL, Jerry Rubin, told The
Jewish News that Conyers
was leading a one-man
vendetta against the FBI and
also unfairly accusing
"Jewish extremists" without
offering any proof.
Says Conyers, "Actually,
I've been holding off speaking
out about this case in order to
give the FBI a chance to the
right thing. And I think
everyone in this country,
Jewish or not, would want to
see justice done here. This is
a civil rights matter — Alex
Odeh was a United States
citizen!'
The Odeh case is only one
example of what Conyers sees
as a difficult period for rela-
tions between blacks and
Jews. "The massive power
changes over the last 20 years
has caused difficulties over
issues like affirmative action.
"But still, the cooperation
between the black and Jewish
communities that started
during the civil rights move-
ment still exists, both among
individuals and organiza-
tions. We may disagree on one
issue, but there are many
others we work together on in
Washington."
Although Conyers is aware
of the criticism he incurs from
sections of the Jewish com-
munity, he is not resentful of
it. "There are a number of
Jewish leaders in agreement
with me, but they don't run
the decision-making councils
of the political hierarchy. I'm
sometimes viewed as being
hostile to the Jewish nation,
but I'm actually swimming in
a sea of Jewish friends whom
I work with supporting jazz
music or full employment
policies."
Horwitz, Conyers' former
assistant, counts himself as
one of those good friends.
"I've never seen any anti-
Semitism in John. I
remember his father, John,
Sr., who died a few years ago,
telling me, 'I raised my four
boys to beware of people who
say negative things about
Jews, because they're saying
the same things about blacks
when you're not around."
"I know people believe John
is anti-Israel, but criticizing
specific Israeli actions does
not mean he's uniformly op-
posed to Israeli security. Con-
yers has a strong concern for
underdogs and the disadvan-
taged, and that puts him in
opposition to many Jews who
perceive Jews as a
discriminated and persecuted
minority, and do not see the
Arabs as underdogs."
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Lawrence Gives
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ing will feature Detroit Free
Pres
publisher David
Lawrence, Jr., in a special
presentation on "Ethics and
the Media" on Sunday, at 2:30
p.m.
On Thursday at 10 a.m.
Rabbi Sherwin Wine will ex-
plore the subject of rebirth
and the New Age religion
craze in a review of Sylvia
Cranston's Reincarnation.
Both discussions will take
place in the Somerset Mall
auditorium. The public is in-
vited at a charge. For infor-
mation, contact Susan Levin,
352-0264.