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August 14, 1992 - Image 45

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1992-08-14

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all else fails — in getting
these camps opened to in-
'spection by international
human rights organiza-
tions. We must make it
clear that we will take
every necessary step, in-
cluding the use of force, to
put a stop to this madness
-and bloodshed.
Every day we delay, inno-
cent men, women and
children will be
slaughtered.
The reminder addressed in
this challenge could also put
• to shame those who do

forget. How could a cons-
cience-stricken humanity
possibly ignore the bar-
barities and permit them to
recur? The demand for ac-
tion and for an end to what is
imposed upon innocent
peoples is self-explanatory.

The challenge co-
sponsored by the three na-
tional Jewish movements
must become a demand on
everyone. May there never
be a continuation of
anything resembling death
camps! ❑

Cabinet Condemns
•Settler Activities

Jerusalem (JTA) — Just
hours before President Bush
welcomed Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin at his Maine
vacation home, Israel's
Cabinet issued a statement
sharply condemning pro-
vocative activities staged by
Jewish settlers the day
before in Jerusalem and the
West Bank town of Kiryat
Arba.
The statement blasted the
settlers' activities, which in-
cluded confrontations with
the Israel Defense Force, as
illegal and said they were
"intended to divert public
attention from the peace
process and (immigrant) ab-
sorption efforts" being

A senior member
of the dovish
Meretz bloc hinted
there were likely
to have been state
funds involved in
the new
settlements.

discussed by Mr. Bush and
- Mr. Rabin.
It vowed the government
would take legal action to
thwart the settlers' efforts
and would use "the means at
its disposal in order to
restore order and security."
But while Cabinet min-
isters said they expected the
attempt to start a new
neighborhood of Kiryat Arba
to be thwarted by legal ac-
tion, they made it clear that
the occupation of Jewish-
purchased homes in the
Moslem Quarter of
Jerusalem could not be re-
versed by process of law.
At the suggestion of
Energy Minister Amnon
Rubinstein, however, the
Cabinet ordered a close ex-

amination of the monetary
sources used to purchase the
four buildings in question.
Mr. Rubinstein, a senior
member of the dovish Meretz
bloc, hinted there were like-
ly to have been state funds
involved, possibly funds
from the public custodian,
who is charged by law with
disbursing bequests left to
the state.
"It is quite unthinkable,"
Mr. Rubinstein told
newsmen after the meeting,
"that this government
would condone state monies
going to such purposes."
The settlers who occupied
the Jerusalem homes said
that they were bought with
private funds and that addi-
tional purchases would take
place. They did not deny that
their timing was deliberate-
ly chosen to drive a point
home to Mr. Rabin and Mr.
Bush.
Likewise, the Cabinet
statement was issued with
the clear purpose of
counteracting any possible
impact of the settlers' ac-
tions on Mr. Rabin's visit to
the United States.
It said that the settlers' ac-
tions, particularly their con-
frontations with the IDF,
were "worthy of all condem-
nation."
"The government of Israel
will not acquiesce to the il-
legal activity of the settlers
who acted yesterday in
Hebron," it said, adding that
the government "will not
allow any element to act
against the law."
The statement was issued
after the Cabinet's weekly
meeting, which was held a
day later than usual because
of the Tisha B'Av holiday.
With Mr. Rabin out of the
country, the session was
chaired by Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres.

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