ARSON AGAIN DESTROYS FORESTS IN ISRAEL So he has once again gone to Rabin, his main political ally, and told him in so many words, "finish the intifada." Shamir says that the Arabs now have only two options: Either pursue his political in- itiative or face a tougher IDF hand. Till now, Shamir and Rabin have protected each other's flanks; and though it will be a difficult choice for Labor stalwart Rabin, he is likely to accept Shamir's new challenge. Mitzna's sudden departure could be the first major move. In order to achieve what Shamir and Rabin now have in mind, the IDF will have to "untie the hands" of the average soldier, so that the standing army, as well as the reservists, feel that the government is fully behind them. The deep feel- ing of helplessness among the rank and file was driven home this past week with the tragic story of a 19-year-old soldier, Yossi Hadassi. Hadassi committed suicide last week, one year after he overpowered and killed an Arab terrorist who tried to snatch his weapon and kill him. At first he was hailed as a national hero for his action. But then, Arab and Jewish propagandists of the PLO con- vinced the slain terrorist's family to file a demand for an investigation by the IDF, claiming that Hadassi and two fellow soldiers had in- stigated the attack, and that the slain man had only tried to defend himself. Under Shomron and Mitzna's policies, a soldier like Hadassi not only was not decorated, but was cast in a shadow, his word constantly doubted. Hadassi was put through legal hell because of the pro- be, even though all of the many witnesses to the attack, which occurred near the cen- tral bus station in Petach Tikva, stuck by their stories that Hadassi was totally in- nocent. As the probe went on, the 19-year-old told family members that he was being made a scapegoat. Last week, he took his life with his own gun. The average Israeli, who increasingly identifies with Jewish victims of the intifada like Yossi Hadassi, and who is worried about a general breakdown of order, is rapid- ly becoming convinced that there is a military solution to the intifada, and that there can be no political way out. This may be the first sign since the beginning of the uprising that Israelis appear as motivated as the Palesti- nians. Many Israelis now feel prepared to push the govern- ment to become more decisive. 0 Sue Ellen Eisenberg, President of the Jewish Na- tional Fund Council of Greater Detroit, announces that the Intifada movement in Israel has begun once again a program of arson of JNF forests throughout the country. To date, fires have been started at the J.F. Kennedy Memorial Forest, as well as thousands of saplings destroyed in a tree nursery in the Galilee. JNF is infinitely better prepared this season to limit this damage. 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