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FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1992
Opposition Protests
Settlement Restrictions
Jerusalem (JTA) — The
nationalist opposition to the
present Labor-led govern-
ment fired what it called
"the first shot in the battle
for Eretz Yisrael," holding a
large demonstration in
downtown Jerusalem.
The demonstration was
timed to coincide with Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin's
departure later that night
for the United States.
Police estimated that some
8,000 people crowded into
Menorah Square to hear
leaders of all the opposition
parties in the Knesset —
with the exception of
Agudath Yisrael, which is
teetering between joining
the coalition and opposing it
— rail against building re-
strictions on the West Bank
and in Gaza.
"Cry the Beloved Coun-
try," Rehavam Ze'evi, the
Moledet Party leader, told
the crowd. He accused the
government of conducting
its settlement policy "in
order to please the boss in
Washington and the
murderer in Tunis," the
latter being a reference to
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization leader Yassir Arafat,
who is based in Tunis.
Rafael Eitan of Tsomet
compared Housing Minister
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer with
Neville Chamberlain, the
former British prime min-
ister who was an author of a
"white paper" forbidding
Jewish settlement in parts of
Palestine.
Gush Emunim leaders
promised further demon-
strations during Rabin's
week-long stay in the United
States. They also hinted at
the possibility that the party
will initiate new — and
potentially illegal — set-
tlement efforts in the ter-
ritories.
On a local level mean-
while, leaders of three right-
wing factions in the
Jerusalem municipal council
joined ranks to launch an
unprecedented, sharply-
worded attack against
Mayor Teddy Kollek and his
attempts to put a halt to
Jewish settlements within
Arab population blocs in
east Jerusalem.
This new development
followed the announcement
two days earlier by Police
Minister Moshe Shahal that
students of the Ateret
Cohanim yeshiva — who two
years ago had taken over
two buildings in the Moslem
Quarter of the old city —
were residing there
unlawfully.
The buildings had been
confiscated in 1990 from
their Arab owners "for
security purposes." With the
help of the housing ministry,
the yeshiva students and
their families subsequently
took over the buildings.
Mr. Shahal maintained
that as long as the buildings
did not serve their original
owners, they could only be
used by Israeli officials for
security purposes.
The heads of the right-
wing factions were also ir-
ritated by Kollek's state-
ment that he would no
longer sign demolition
orders on illegal buildings in
east Jerusalem. Mr. Kollek
cited the government's
failure to provide the Arab
population with adequate
housing opportunities.
The right-wing leaders
announced at a press con-
ference here that they were
forming a new bloc that
would be composed of repre-
sentatives from Likud, Shas
and the National Religious
Party.
Knesset Member Hanan
Porat of the NRP said that
despite all of Teddy Kollek's
accomplishments over the
years, the very fact that he
systematically opposed Jew-
ish settlements in east
Jerusalem meant that he
ought not to serve as
Jerusalem's mayor.
Song Contest
In Canada
Montreal (JTA) — Jewish
musicians have a few more
weeks to earn international
recognition. The Interna-
tional Jewish Song Competi-
tion, sponsored by the Haz-
zan Mendelson Music Foun-
dation of Montreal's Con-
gregation Shaar
Hashomayim, has extended
its deadline for entries until
Aug. 31.
The songs, which can bas-
ed on any Jewish theme, will
be judged at a concert to be
held on Nov. 12 Shaar
Hashomayim, one of
Canada's oldest synagogues.
First prize is $2,000
(Canadian), with $1,000 and
$500 to go to the second- and
third-place winners, respec-
tively.
Applications can be re-
quested by writing to Shaar
Hashomayim at 450 Kens-
ington Ave., Montreal,
Quebec H3Y 3A2 or by send-
ing a fax to (514) 937-2067.
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