"'"'I NEWS

Israel Handles
Civil Defense

Tel Aviv (JTA) — A year
after the Persian Gulf War
was launched, the Israel
Defense Force has estab-
lished a Civil Defense Com-
mand under a major-
general, on the assumption
that in future wars, popula-
tion centers will be targets.
Brig. Gen. Ze'ev Livne,
currently deputy chief of the
General Staff Operations
Branch, has been appointed
to head the newly estab-
lished Civil Defense (Rear
Areas) Command. His pro-
motion to major-general will
take effect when he assumes
his new post.
The decision to establish a
civil defense command as a
division of the IDF resulted
from an analysis of the
lessons of the Gulf War and
the Iraqi Scud missile at-
tacks on Israel that accom-
panied it.
Civilian areas became, in
effect, a front line.
The new command will be
responsible for all aspects of
civil defense. It will in-
tegrate military units,
police, fire brigades, medical
teams and chemical warfare
detection units under a sin-
gle leadership.
Basically, the new setup
will relieve IDF combat
commanders of responsibili-
ty for the safety of the
civilian population in their
areas of operations.
A 30-year veteran of the
IDF, Brig. Gen. Livne was
born in Siberia and brought
to Palestine at age 2. He is a
graduate of Tel Aviv Uni-
versity and of the U.S. Ar-
my's Command and Staff
College. He holds a master's
degree from Haifa Univer-
sity.

Neo-Nazi Group
In Switzerland

Geneva (JTA) — A newly
organized neo-Nazi group
has been linked to a recent
rash of anti-Semitic graffiti
in the area of La Chaux de
Fond in the Jura Mountains
on the Franco- Swiss border.
Local police are in-
vestigating.
The right-wing extremists
have distributed pamphlets
and daubed swastikas and
anti-Semitic and other racist
slogans on the walls of
buildings, the Swiss daily Le
Nouveau Quotidien reported
last week.
According to the news-
paper, the group originated
in France and has since
crossed the border into
Switzerland.

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