UP FRONT Speaker Repudiates Palestinian Propaganda SUSAN GRANT Staff Writer T raveling all over the world, David Olesker gives Jews the tools to reject the anti-Israel pro- paganda spread by Palestin- ians. Olesker, the director of Jerusalem's Institute For Countering Anti-Israel Pro- Palestinians are aware of television sound bites .. . Jewish leaders take months. paganda, told about 20 peo- ple Feb. 14 at the Maple- Drake Jewish Community Center that having informa- tion and knowing how to use it is the key. Almost weekly on the na- tional evening news, film clips showing Israeli troops suppressing Palestinian re- bellion appear. "Don't get me wrong, I am not going to say everything is rosy," said Olesker, ad- ding the Palestinian situa- tion in Israel is serious. But Palestinian Liberation Organization leaders have become sophisticated at us- ing propaganda to bend the truth. When they discuss alleged human rights abuses in Israel or make emotional appeals about their longing for a homeland, they appeal to our desires for peace and love, Olesker said. "To a Christian audience this is devastating," Olesker said. To make their case more acceptable, Palestinians have changed their agenda, he said. Once the conflict was bet- ween Arabs and Israelis. That was replaced with a conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Now it is a question of human. rights. Asking questions which give the wrong impression is another tactic used by PLO leaders, he said. Questions like "When did you stop beating Palestinians?" assumes Israelis always beat Palestinians. Palestinians know how to Continued on Page 12 Protesters gather in front of MSU's Bessey Hall prior to Farrakhan's speech. Black-Jewish Dialogue Prompted By MSU Rallies RICHARD PEARL Staff Writer A Michigan State Uni- versity adhoc faculty committee has offered to coordinate a dialogue between MSU's Hillel Stu- dent Center and As One, a black students group. The offer from Jack Bass of the Committee Against Bigotry came in the wake of two rallies against bigotry and prejudice coordinated by Hillel and two on-campus churches last Sunday. "We'll take them up on their offer," said Mark Finkelstein, Hillel executive director, who also received a call for dialogue from Tre- bian Shorters, editor of Focal Point, the MSU black students weekly. Both protests were prompted by Sunday's cam- Something Fishy About New Caviar of Kibbutz Hazorea, and American Professor Gerald Scott of the University of Iowa. Continued on Page Page 12 ROUND UP Ninja Turtles Puzzle Recalled New York — Random House has halted the sale of a jigsaw puzzle that features a swastika in a display of urban graffiti. The action follows an Anti- Defamation League letter protesting the distribution of the "Mutant Ninja Turtles" puzzle. Random House Executive Vice President Gerald Har- rison, responding to the ADL letter, said, it was "a mistake" to use the swastika and that the artist exercised "poor judgment." He said the firm had halted sale of the puzzle and ordered all inventory of the product destroyed. Convent Focus Of Polish Journal Relations between Poles and Jews in the wake of debates over the Carmelite convent at Auschwitz is in- cluded in the October Studium Papers,published quarterly in Ann Arbor by the North American Study Center for Polish Affairs. Among the articles are The Battle Over Auschwitz, The Primate's Homily on the Jews: The Polish Press Re- sponds and The Frail Web of Understanding, a review of the Anti-Defamation League film To Know Where They Are, the story of two Ameri- can Jews who visit Poland. The October edition of Studium Papers also carries responses to the journal's issue last year, "Traces of Polish Jews." For information, contact Studium Papers, P.O. Box 4391, Ann Arbor, MI. 48106. Is Gambling A Sure Bet? Jerusalem (JTA) — Israel is seriously considering legalized gambling and has named a special committee to recommend how it can be introduced and regulated. Finance Minister Shimon Peres has appointed retired Tel Aviv District Court Judge Binyamin Cohen to head the panel. Asher Arian, a senior economist at the Fi- nance Ministry, will serve as secretary. Mr. Edstein: "Want to horse around in Israel?" The committee will study various initiatives to set up casinos in Eilat or other holiday resorts and to in- troduce horse racing. It also will review the two existing gambling outlets: the Mifal Hapayis lottery and the Sportoto weekly soccer pool. Gambling casinos are il- legal in Israel. There have been attempts recently to es- tablish off-shore casinos in pleasure boats anchored off the beach at Eilat, while pressure to introduce horse racing as a sport and for bet- ting also is steady. Jerusalem (JTA) — From artificial caviar to self- destructing plastic bags, Israeli technology is forging ahead with new innovations. There is indeed something fishy about the fake caviar developed at the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. It con- tains fish and fish oil, but not fish eggs. The taste is nearly iden- tical with the real gourmet delicacy, according to Dr. Uri Kogan, head of Tech- nion's food engineering department. The only real difference is the price. While the Russian import, made from eggs of the Caspian Sea sturgeon, retails at $100 for 3.5 ounces, the Israeli fac- simile will sell for about $8. Meanwhile, Israel's Supersol supermarket chain announced that it will hereafter use and sell plastic bags that decompose after exposure to sunlight. The bags were jointly de- veloped and patented by an Israeli scientist, Dan Gilad Syrian Pilot Teaches Israelis Tel Aviv (JTA) — A Syrian air force officer who defected in October to Israel has been teaching Israel air force pilots how to fly the Soviet- built MiG-23 jet fighter in which he arrived. Maj. Mohammed Bassem Adel streaked undetected into Israel air space and landed at a small airfield in the north. His MiG was the first advanced Soviet combat plane of its type to land in- tact outside the Soviet bloc or one of its client states. . "He gave us all the in- formation we needed, and more," a senior Israel air force officer said of Adel. The officer said the intelligence would be shared with friend- ly foreign states. Compiled by Elizabeth Applebaum THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 5