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He was joined by the Israel Defense Force chief of staff, Gen. Dan Shomron, and the chief of military intelligence, Gen. Amnon Shahak. While the civil defense au- thorities plan to distribute gas masks and anti- chemical-warfare kits to the entire population, including the Arab community, they are in no rush to do so, partly because Mr. Hussein could interpret that to mean Israel planned to attack Iraq. The distribution will take place by the end of the year, first in the densely populated Tel Aviv area and then in the Galilee town of Safed. The authorities have ask- ed manufacturers and dealers meanwhile not to sell masks to the public now, to avoid hording and profiteering. The gas masks retail for $150 to $300, including kits that contain a disposable syringe with atropine, a poison gas antidote. Ira Silverman Resigns Asa AJCommittee Exec New York (JTA) — Ira Silverman, executive vice president of the American Jewish Committee, has stepped down after a year of battling health problems. "The American Jewish Committee is an organiza- tion struggling for its health, and I'm a person struggling for mine. That Mr. Silverman, who took the helm at AJCommittee in June 1988, has digestive ailments. partnership isn't as strong as what's needed," Mr. Silverman said in a tele- phone interview. Mr. Silverman was referr- ing to financial cutbacks and extensive restructuring which AJCommittee has undergone during the past year, problems which have been affected by instability in the organization's profes- sional leadership. Mr. Silverman's resigna- tion represents the sixth time in the past decade that AJCommittee has had to search for a new executive vice president. Sholom Comay, president of the AJCommittee, said that the organization hoped to replace Mr. Silverman "as quickly as is humanly possi- ble." He said that it was hoped that a new executive vice president would be in place by early September. "We hope to find a new professional leader who will exemplify the same qualities of vision, competence and leadership that Ira Silver- man has given to the Ameri- can Jewish Committee," Comay said. Mr. Silverman, who took the helm at AJCommittee in June 1988, has suffered from digestive ailments since last summer. In December, asso- ciate executive vice presi- dent Shula Bahat officially stepped into Mr. Silverman's shoes as acting executive vice president. "We all had hoped and Ira had hoped that he would re- cover fully," said Mr. Com- ay. "But that didn't happen." He said that Mr. Silver- man would remain affiliated with AJCommittee as head of the organization's In- stitute for Human Relations. 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