NEWS The time it takes to make a hat could keep you from hitting your child. 1 Next time you feel like hitting your child, try another approach. Do something like playing this game together. Or any game that gives you the time you need to cool off. Try it out. You'll be glad you did. For a free booklet, write "Parenting," P 0. Box 2866P Chicago, Illinois 60690. Take time out. Don't take it out on your child. r n e xi A i A Public Service of l l i This Publication Reprinted by permission from ABC's of Origami: Paper Folding For Children by Claud Sarasas; Charles E. Tuttle Co., Inc. N@ t National Committee for Prevention of Child Abuse 'Maas For Givin pip A Little Piece Of Your Heart. Your Gift Is Providing Help And Hope ® To Thousands Right Here In Your Community United Way 108 FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1992 Australian Governemnt - Favors Palestinians Sydney, Australia (JTA) — The Australian govern- ment's sharp tilt toward the Palestinians in the Middle East conflict has brought it under heavy fire from oppo- sition leaders, the Jewish community and the main- stream Australian press. Prime Minister Paul Keating, clearly on the defensive, tried to justify the change of policy, which per- mits high-level dialogue with the Palestine Libera- tion Organization that was previously banned. In his first speech to a Jew- ish organization since replacing Bob Hawke in December, Mr. Keating told the 35th biennial conference of the Zionist Federation of Australia that "the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization has played a more positive role in encouraging the peace process over the past six months." He added that "the resto- ration to our earlier policy of contact with the PLO is con- sistent with our long- established aim of encourag- ing the forces of moderation rather than extremism within the PLO." The prime minister did not address another key change in Australia's policy, which is to state support for the "right of return" of Palestin- ian refugees to Israel. But he reiterated his government's opposition to Israeli set- tlements as "an obstacle to peace." Mr. Keating spoke three days after Foreign Minister Gareth Evans expressed Australia's strongest-ever condemnations of Israel's human rights record during a two-day visit to Israel. Opposition leader John Hewson, who also addressed the Zionist conference, called the renewal of contact with the PLO "extra- ordinary." "Just as the PLO has not earned a place at the negoti- ating table in the Madrid peace process, so too it has not earned a place in bilateral relations with Australia," Mr. Hewson declared. He claimed the move "is driven by the prime min- ister's indebtedness to the Australian Labor Party Left faction for his overthrow of Mr. Hawke, and it is driven by Sen. Evans' ego." Mr. Hewson called the Keating government's at- titude to Israeli settlements unfair. The opposition par- ties "do not believe it is fair to expect Israel to make unilateral concessions that compromise its security," he said. A senior government member and former min- ister, Clyde Holding, also criticized Mr. Evans, argu- ing that no Australian parliamentarian is in a posi-c, tion to give advice to a coun- try which has lived with ter- c=", rorism since its beginning. Representatives of the Labor Friends of Israel j organizations in the five Australian states criticized, Evans' "policies made on the run." Editorials in the mass- circulation daily the Herald- Sun and the major national newspaper, the Australian, blasted the changes in The prime minister 5 is blasted by Jewish groups. government Middle East policy. The Australian observed that "the Australian government is now less sympathetic than Egypt to Israel's problems." The Herald-Sun maintained that "by publicly supporting the PLO, Australia makes the job of moderate Palestinians more difficult." Isi Leibler, Australian- based co-chairman of the Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress said, "Senator Gareth Evans' latest critique of Israel is ill- (=, conceived, ill-timed and leaves one at a complete loss as to what he hoped to achieve." Mr. Leibler argued that raising the "non-issue" of a return of Palestinian Arabs to Israel "can only serve to alienate Israel and seriously undermine the delicately poised peace talks currently under way." The Executive Council of Australian Jewry branded the policy changes "counterproductive to the peace process." Council President Leslie Caplan said Mr. Evans "exhibited an extraordinary double standard by criticiz- ing Israel and praising for its moderation the totalitarian regime in Iran `- within 24 hours." The president of the Zionist Federation of < Australia, Mark Leibler, at- tacked Mr. Evans as "provocative and one-sided."