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Rome (JTA) — Rallies of
solidarity with Israel,
following last week's two at-
tacks by Iraqi missiles and
preceding Tuesday's third
attack, drew thousands of
Jewish and non-Jewish sup-
porters in Rome, Paris and
Amsterdam on Sunday and
Monday of this week.
But strong anti-Israel sen-
timents were expressed at
peace rallies in Italy and
Holland, where the issue of
Israel's conflict with the Pa-
lestinians drew more atten-
tion than Saddam Hussein's
occupation of Kuwait.
Meanwhile, in Washing-
ton, the Rev. Jesse Jackson
met with Israeli Ambas-
sador Zalman Shoval for a
half-hour Monday to express
his sorrow that Israel had
been attacked by Iraqi mis-
siles.
Rev. Jackson, an
outspoken critic of President
Bush's decision to use force
to drive Iraq out of Kuwait,
said he also was pleased that
Israel now had U.S. Patriot
missiles to help defend it
from further attacks.
Mr. Shoval expressed his
gratitude to Rev. Jackson for
making a point by- coming to
the Israeli Embassy on the
holiday celebrating the bir-

thday of the late Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr.
In Paris, about a thousand
pro-Israel demonstrators
massed outside the Israel
Embassy on Monday eve-
ning, waving Israeli, Am-eri,
can, British and French
flags.
They shouted "Am Yisrael
Chai" and "Bastard
Saddam, the world will get
you."
The rally, organized by
Herut-France with various
Zionist organizations, was
attended by many junior pol-
iticians of right-wing opposi-
tion parties, who were
received earlier by the
Israeli ambassador, Ovadia
Soifer.
A similar demonstration
was held outside the Israeli
Embassy in Rome on Sun-
day, attended by more than
1,000 people.
Many of the men in the
crowd wore yarmulkes and
waved Israeli flags and
posters reading "Israel, we
are with you."
The demonstration was
organized by the Italy-Israel
Society as a gesture of soli-
darity with the Jewish state
and to express hope it will be
left in peace.
But many participants ex-

pressed concern over the pro-
Iraq, anti-American and in-
creasingly anti-Semitic at-
titudes being expressed by
hundreds of thousands of
self-proclaimed pacifists all
over Italy since the Gulf war
broke out.
Strong pro- and anti-Israel
rallies took place in Amster-
dam.
More than 2,000 people,
including prominent Dutch
political figures, attended a
solidarity rally for Israel on
Monday night sponsored by
the Israel Coordination
Committee, an ad hoc group
set up by the major Jewish
and Zionist organizations in
Holland.
But there was another side
to the coin.
A public meeting in
Amsterdam on Sunday
night, organized to "combat
the enemy image" of all
Moslems and Arabs in
Holland, developed into a
verbal mass attack on Israel
and ended in pandemonium.
One of the panelists. was
Ronny Naftaniel, director of
the Center for Information
and Documentation on
Israel, who expressed regret
that the Western world,
under the influence of the
Gulf war, is becoming in-

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Pro-, Anti-Israel Rallies Held;
Rev. Jackson Expresses Sorrow

Two Israeli women inspect the damage to their home Jan. 18 from the
Iraqi Scud missile attack.

creasingly hostile to the
Arab world in general and
fails to distinguish between
regimes and people.
But many members of the
audience — Kurds, Turks
and Dutch- born Moslems —
attacked Israel and the fact
that Palestinians were not
issued gas masks when they

were given out to Jews.
They also complained that
Jews in Holland are treated
with much more respect
than Moroccans and Turks.
A pro-Moslem rally at-
tended by several hundred
people was held outside the
American Consulate on Fri-
day night.

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Meanwhile, the Agudath
Israel of America has com-
piled a list of tehillim
(prayers) to be said for peace
in the Middle East. To
receive the Tehillim Cards,
call the Agudath at (212)
797-9000.

A guard tower at Auschwitz.

ROUND UP

How To Tell
Your Best Friend
New York — It has wilted
flowers, killed young love,
ruined many a business deal
and sent baby-sitters runn-
ing from homes in holy
terror.
The curse of bad breath.
But now you can get rid of
your mints and eat garlic-
and-onion sandwiches with
an easy heart. A researcher
at Tel Aviv University's
school of dental medicine
has developed a new product
to diagnose (in case you
didn't know why birds drop
dead every time you yawn)
and treat bad breath.
The cure: an oil-and-water
mouthwash that absorbs the
bacteria and sulphide
molecules that cause
halitosis.
Bad breath results from an
excessive buildup of oral
microorganisms, which pro-
duce a variety of offensive
gases, said Dr. Mel
Rosenberg, who heads the
dental school's lab. The new

mouthwash works because
many of these organisms cl-
ing to the oil droplets cre-
ated when one rinses his
mouth.
But first, diagnosing the
problem. To this end, Dr.
Rosenberg has developed a
portable sulphide monitor, a
"halimeter," that measures
halitosis levels in the mouth.
Perfect for parties and office
gatherings, the halimeter
displays results instantly on
a screen — for all to see and
enjoy.

Jewish Agency
Opens New Offices
New York (JTA) — As part
of its ongoing efforts to ex-
pedite the process of aliyah
for Soviet Jews, the Jewish
Agency for Israel has opened
two new offices in the Soviet
Union.
The offices, in Odessa and
Kishinev, will be responsible
for all facets of the prepara-
tion for aliyah, including
Hebrew education and pro-
fessional training. The two

add to the Jewish Agency's
recently opened offices in
Tbilisi, the capital of Soviet
Georgia, and Vilna,
Lithuania.
A course designed to teach
building trades began in
Kishinev with an initial
enrollment of 50 Jews.
Planned by the local Jewish
organization, the course is
based on the program taught
in trade schools in Israel.

Packages Planned
For Soldiers
The Union for Traditional
Judaism is sponsoring
Operation Magen David,
sending care packages to
Jewish servicemen and wo-
men involved in Operation
Desert Storm.
The packages will include
a Bible, Sabbath candles, a
kippah, and prayers said
before battle and for a safe
journey. The Jewish War
Veterans and the JWB Jew-
ish Chaplains' Council are
assisting with the program.
Individuals are encourag-

Importance Of
Holocaust Noted
Washington, D.C. — Sev-
enty-six percent of the
American public believe it is
important for all Americans
to know about and under-
stand the Holocaust, accor-
ding to a survey released
last week by the U.S. Holo-
caust Memorial Council and
the Anti-Defamation
League.
The survey consisted of
telephone interviews with
885 randomly sampled
American adults, less than 3

percent of whom were Jew-
ish.
The survey also shows that
Americans understand the
relevance of the Holocaust
and its lessons to contem-
porary issues, including the
activities of U.S. hate groups
(72 percent); the resurgence
of anti-Semitism in the
Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe (62 percent) and the
existence of Israel and its fric-
tion with neighboring Arab
nations (60 percent).

Compiled by
Elizabeth Applebaum

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