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national furor in Quebec.
Mr. Richter's latest book,
Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!: Re-
quiem for a Divided Country
was released several weeks
ago and the author has
become a veritable "public
enemy No. 1" in the eyes of a
majority of French
Quebecers and some English
ones as well.
The Montreal Jewish
community has been
dragged into the fray, as
well, as Quebecers demand
that they choose between
Mr. Richler and their prov-
ince.
In the 277-page book, he
assails the historic anti-
Semitism in Quebec society
and the Jew-baiting of some
of the icons of its nationalist
movement.
He takes pot-shots at the
late Quebec premiere Rene
Levesque ("did not merit his
reputation for honesty") and
Canadian Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney ("a
shameless flatterer").
But his comments on anti-
Semitism have provoked the
most angry response from
French-speakers, an anger
that stunned Mr. Richler
with its ferocity.
"They overreacted," he
said. "I was very surprised
at how foolish they were."
Pierrette Venne, a mem-
ber of Parliament from the
federal Bloc Quebecois par-
t y , which advocates
separatism, demanded that
the book be banned "because
it is a book handing out hate
propaganda."
The contents of the book
were no surprise when it hit
the bookstore shelves. Last
September, his 31-page
essay ridiculing Quebec's
language laws — which for-
bid any language on public
signs except French — pro-
voked controversy when it
appeared in the New Yorker
magazine.
Quebec Jews were par-
ticularly disturbed,
however, by nationalist
leaders who demanded that
the Jewish community
either condemn Mr. Richler
or be seen as siding with
him.
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Jerusalem (JTA) — Pales-
tinian support for the peace
process has plummeted since
the first direct talks with
Israel began in Madrid last
October.
A survey conducted by Dr.
Saleh Abdul Jawad of Bir
Zeit University in the West
Bank showed that nearly as
many oppose it as support it.
Only 39 percent of the
Arabs living in the West
Bank and Gaza Strip believe
the talks should continue,
compared to 61 percent who
felt that way after the
Madrid conference. More-
over, 37 percent of Palestin-
ians now oppose the peace
process entirely, compared
to 27 percent who were
opposed when the Madrid
meetings began.
A further hardening was
evident in the 86 percent of
the respondents who said no
political solution is possible
without the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization, which
Israel has barred from par-
ticipating in the peace pro-
cess.
No less than 96 percent
said they would refuse any
autonomy scheme which did
not include east Jerusalem.
The expression of those
views coincided with a re-
cent upsurge of intifada ac-
tivity in the territories. But
the Israel Defense Force
claims to have it well under
control.
According to the IDF, ac-
tivists on the most-wanted
list are turning themselves
Only 39 percent of
the Arabs living in
the territories
believe the talks
should continue.
in to the authorities rather
than risk death in confronta-
tions with security forces.
The military authorities
are reportedly offering more
lenient sentences to those
who give themselves up. In
some cases, they are given
the chance to voluntarily
leave the country for a
prescribed period in lieu of
serving time in jail.