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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1990

New York (JTA) — Jewish
organizations are up in arms
over a report on the Temple
Mount killings on the CBS
television program "60
Minutes," but correspondent
Mike Wallace is strongly
defending his work.
The most extensive
charges were leveled from
the Anti- Defamation
League of B'nai B'rith,
which charged that the seg-
ment, which aired Dec. 2,
"failed to meet journalistic
standards."
ADL national director Ab-
raham Foxman said that
" '60 Minutes' engaged in un-
professional techniques
which demonstrated bias
and a prejudicial attitude
toward the incident on the
Temple Mount."
Specifically, ADL pointed
out that Mr. Wallace's
interviewing method was
marked by "leading ques-
tions and essentially telling
his subjects what to say."
The report cited as an ex-
ample Mr. Wallace's inter-
view with Fatima Abu
Hadir, a wounded Palestin-
ian. Mr. Wallace interrupted
her account to say, "And
then as the ambulance pull-
ed away, it was shot at again
and tear gassed."
Mr. Wallace responded
that the interview "was a
highly emotional one. She
was still in an emotional
state in the course of the
interview and I tried to get
as clear a picture as I
possibly could."
Hadassah, the Women's
Zionist Organization of
America, called the coverage
"one-sided and incomplete."
Arnold Wagner, chairman
of the National Executive
Committee of the Zionist
Organization of America,
said that " '60 Minutes' has
launched a new low of
unreliability."
In a letter addressed to
Don Hewitt, executive pro-
ducer of the show, Mr.
Wagner also questioned the
lack of an interview with a
member of the Israeli Corn-
mission that investigated
the incident.
Mr. Wallace responded
that "we tried over and over
to meet with them. We at-
tempted to speak with mem-
bers of the commission,
police, border police and the
Government Press Office.
None would meet with us."
When asked if he felt that
this lack of official coopera-
tion by the Israelis con-
tributed to the result of the

report, Mr. Wallace re-
sponded, "100percent."
B'TSELEM, the Israel In-
formation Center for Human
Rights in the Occupied Ter-
ritories, criticized the seg-
ment for not including any
mention of an investigation
conducted by its members.
"I have nothing but praise
for their actions and the
report," Mr. Wallace said in
response, "but many things
did not make it to the seg-
ment."
ADL also charged that "60
Minutes" failed to give
historical and political con-
text for the incident, and
that Mr. Wallace failed to
challenge any Palestinian
statements. In a conversa-
tion with the Jewish Tele-
graphic .Agency, ADL's
Foxman said that "I have
exchanged my views with
Mike Wallace and shared
our perspective with him. He
felt that the charges were
inaccurate." Mr. Foxman
also spoke of a future
meeting between the ADL
and Don Hewitt, executive
producer of "60 Minutes,"
who also joined in parts of
the conversation.

Iraq 10 Years
From Warhead

Tel Aviv (JTA) — A new
study claims Iraq will com-
plete construction of an
enriched uranium plant,
capable of producing nuclear
weapons, within five to 10
years, according to a study
released by the Center for
Strategic Studies.
The study says the Iraqis
are working on developing
missiles with a range of
1,200 miles and trying to
construct warheads that can
carry biological and
chemical weapons.
The researcher, Daniel
Leshem, said Iraq is carry-
ing out missile-launching
experiments in Mauritania,
an Islamic state in West
Africa. Iraq apparently fears
Israel will attempt to
destroy its missile launchers
and has increased the
number of launchers under
construction.
Although Iraq still faces
technical problems for the
building of a serious nuclear
arsenal, experts quoted by
the Times said Iraq had
managed to acquire some of
the technical expertise and
materials necessary to begin
production.

