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NEWS
Reich To Ask State
To Reassess PLO Talks
New York (JTA) — The Con-
ference of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions will ask Secretary of
State James Baker to "pro-
mptly and thoroughly"
reassess the U.S. policy of
holding substantive talks
with the Palestine Liberation
Organization, it was an-
nounced by Seymour Reich,
chairman of the conference.
In a statement from
Jerusalem, where the con-
ference concluded three days
of meetings with Israeli
leaders, Reich said the recent
clash between a PLO member
group and Israeli soldiers in
southern Lebanon has made
"worthless Yassir Arafat's
assurances that he has re-
nounced terrorism."
Reich said that unless the
PLO chief "disavows, disowns
and condemns this latest ter-
rorist attempt," then the
"American policy of holding
substantive talks with the
PLO should be promptly and
thoroughly reassessed."
He said the conference in-
tends to "raise this matter"
with Baker when its
members return from Israel.
The infiltration attempt in
southern Lebanon has been
linked to members of the
Popular Front for the Libera-
tion of Palestine. On Wednes-
day, the United States said it
had formally notified the
PLO of its "serious concern"
over the clash.
Following Reich's an-
nouncement, four groups
within the Conference of
Presidents claimed that Reich
had failed to consult with
them before releasing a state-
ment on behalf of the consen-
sual organization of 46
American Jewish groups.
The four groups are the
Labor Zionist Alliance, the
Federation of Reconstruc-
tionist Congregations —
Havurot, Workmen's Circle
and Women's American ORT.
Speaking on behalf of the
four groups was Menachem
Rosensaft, president of the
LZA. He said in New York
that their objections were not
over the substance of the
statement, but that "we
refuse to be bound by an ar-
tificial consensus."
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1989
Rome (JTA) — The Vatican's
blanket condemnation of
anti-Semitism, in its docu-
ment on racism issued last
week, was well received by
several Jewish organizations,
though they found some
flaws.
While it is probably the
strongest statement of its
kind yet made in the name of
a pope, the document stopped
well short of examining the
Church's historic role in the
persecution of Jews.
Furthermore, while it
acknowledged that anti-
Zionism "serves at times as a
screen for anti-Semitism," it
contains no reference to the
infamous Zionism equals
racism resolution adopted by
the U.N. General Assembly
Nov. 10, 1975.
While it condemns racism
in general as "blasphemy,"
the statement specifically
calls attention to recent
manifestations of anti-
Semitism linked to protests
against the political policy of
Israel.
According to Orazio
Petrosillo, a journalist who
closely monitors the Vatican,
the statement "constitutes a
significant Vatican signal
toward the Jewish state."
It also is "a testimonial of
solidarity for the Jewish vic-
tims of terrorist attacks, such
as the attack on the Rome
synagogue in 1982," Petrosil-
lo wrote in Il Messaggero.
The Vatican statement also
recalled that "Never in
history was there a form of
racism more serious than
Nazism, whose homicidal
madness above all, and to an
unheard of degree, struck the
Jews, but also other peoples."
The statement added,
"Anti-Semitism has not com-
pletely disappeared, despite
the horrors of the Holocaust."
Diamonds Set
Export Record
Aviv (JTA) — Diamonds
are not only a girl's best
friend.
Israel's diamond exports
grossed a record $2.3 billion
in 1988, a 23 percent increase
over the previous year. Net
earnings amounted to $600
million, after deducting the
high cost of importing rough
stones and the 22 percent to
25 percent value-added tax.
More than 13,000 workers
are employed in diamond pro-
cessing.
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