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Anti-Semitic. Remark

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Johannesberg, South
Africa (JTA) — Zimbabwe
President Robert Mugabe
appeared on television over
the weekend to clarify a
remark he had made the
week before that was widely
cr idered overtly anti-
itic•
Hd. explanation, however,
is likely to leave at least
some Jewish observers in
the region less than
satisfied.
Speaking in Shona, the
language of the largest tribe
in Zimbabwe, Mr. Mugabe
told viewers on Zimbabwe
television that he had no in-
tention of offending the Jews
of Zimbabwe or anywhere
else.
Mr. Mugabe had made the
offending remark a week
earlier, during a visit to
peasant farming regions in
Western Zimbabwe. The
peasants were complaining
that white farmers had
refused to allow their
livestock to graze on private
lands, despite drought conch-
tions in the area.
"Commercial farmers are
hard-hearted people. You
would think they were
Jews," Mr. Mugabe re-
portedly replied.
During his subsequent
television appearance, Mr.
Mugabe said his comment
had referred to "hard-
hearted" settlers on Israel's
West Bank, whom he had
likened to commercial
farmers in Zimbabwe.
He explained that in his
view neither group was
prepared to concede land.
The commercial farmers in
Zimbabwe would not permit

cattle belonging to
tribespeople to graze on
their land, while Jews on the
West Bank were not open to
Palestinian settlement.
Observers say this anti-
Zionist stance is in line with
Mr. Mugabe's policy since
taking power.
Mr. Mugabe's original
remark elicited a flood of
protest from Jewish groups
both from within southern
Africa and from abroad.
The Jewish leadership of
Zimbabwe subsequently re-
quested a personal audience
with Mr. Mugabe, but he has
not yet responded to that re-
quest.
The Sunday Times of
Harare, Zimbabwe's capital,
has reported that Catholic
groups — including the
Commission for Justice and
Peace and the Bishops' Con-
ference — expressed sym-
pathy and solidarity with
the Jews of Zimbabwe,
describing the reported
remark as "careless."
The commission's director,
Mike Auret, said he intend-
ed to write a letter to Mr.
Mugabe seeking an explana-
tion.

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In addition, several
prominent non-Jews have
written letters of protest
that were published in the
Bulawayo Chronicle.
The televised speech was
made in Mashonaland,
where Mr. Mugabe was ac-
companied by Palestine Lib-
eration Organization Am-
bassador Ali Halimeh. The
PLO has in the past provided
foreign aid to the Shona
tribespeople.

Arab Terrorists
Stage Hebron Raid

Jerusalem (JTA) — Arab
terrorists staged a daring
raid over the weekend into
Israel's Civil Administra-
tion headquarters in
Hebron, setting two army
vehicles on fire and smear-
ing nationalist slogans on
the walls before escaping
unhurt.
Two Israeli soldiers were
hurt in the efforts to extin-
guish the fire.
The commander of the
Israel Defense Force in
Judea and Samaria, Brig.
Gen. Moshe Ya'alon, ap-
pointed a senior officer to in-
vestigate the unusual raid
on a military post.

Serious damage was
prevented because the fire
was quickly discovered and
extinguished.
The headquarters is
located on a hill high above
the town and was considered
well protected. Army sources
said it was lucky that the
terrorists had not taken ad-
vantage of the disorder in
the army camp that followed.
No Palestinian organiza- .
tion has yet taken respon-
sibility for the attack, but
judging from the contents of
the slogans smeared on the
walls, officials believe the
perpetrators were Moslem
fundamentalist activists.

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