hillside
She does not evoke warmth,
nor does she suffer fools —or
dissenters — gladly.
Yet, when political scien-
tists and psychologists of the
future come to assess
Britain's first woman prime
minister, they may well con-
clude that the address she
delivered at the WIZO lunch
— and the people she turned
to in her darkest hour
—offers a profoundly reveal-
ing insight into the heart
and soul of one of the most
remarkable Western leaders
of the 20th century.
The lunch marked the
centenary of the birth of
WIZO founder Rebecca Sieff,
and Thatcher's close per-
sonal identification with this
female Zionist pioneer, who
exemplified to her "the
image of the Jewish
mother," was unmistakable.
Indeed, the British prime
minister, perhaps experienc-
ing intimations of her own
political mortality, might
almost have been describing
herself —or, at least, the
idealized image by which
she would like to be re-
membered.
All contemporary ac-
counts, said Thatcher, show
Rebecca Sieff to have been
an outstanding person: "She
was vivid, brilliant, pas-
sionate, one of those rare
people who light up every
cause and every occasion
with which they are assoc-
iated.
"She was no shrinking
violet. She was a lioness, a
woman who knew exactly
what she wanted for her
husband and children; a
woman who upheld family
values and who was known
for her strength of character
and values." Margaret
Thatcher might well have
employed the very words she
would choose for her own
epitaph.
The lunch raised some $1
million for WIZO projects in
Israel. Not surprisingly, it
was also announced that an
additional single donation
would enable WIZO to en-
dow the Margaret Thatcher
Day Care Center in the
Negev Desert town of Sderot.
Given the unvarnished
philo-Semitism of the
British prime minister, that
news is likely to have
delivered as much personal
satisfaction as an extra hun-
dred thousand votes. ❑
NEWS
Islamic Jihad Threatens
To Knife Soviet Emigres
Jerusalem (JTA) — The
extremist Islamic Jihad
movement in the Gaza Strip
has threatened "a revolution
of knives against the mill-
ions of Soviet Jews arriving
in the country."
The exhortation to use
knives on Soviet Jewish
immigrants was addressed
to Moslem believers by the
Islamic fundamentalist
organization, which is urg-
ing that the intifada be
escalated into a holy war.
It was contained in leaflets
the Islamic Jihad, or Islamic
Holy War, recently
distributed in the Gaza
Strip.
Violent encounters bet-
ween residents and Israeli
security forces have, in fact,
peaked on religious occa-
sions.
One of the worst clashes of
the nearly 29-month-old in-
tifada occurred in the Gaza
Strip April 26 on the holiday
of Id el- Fitr, which marked
the close of the month-long
fast of Ramadan.
About 1,000 resident of the
Jabalya refugee camp
stormed a local military out-
post. The soldiers opened
fire, killing three Palestin-
ians and wounding 150.
The intifada started on
Dec. 9, 1987, with just such a
mob assault on an Israel
Defense Force position. It
was triggered by a traffic
accident fatal to four local
residents, which the Pales-
tinians claimed was
deliberately caused by the
IDF.
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