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Greek Parliament
Rejects Proposal

Athens (JTA) — The Greek
Parliament has overwhelm-
ingly rejected a proposal by
the government that would
have made the listing of re-
ligion on national identity
cards optional instead of
obligatory.
The amendment, long
sought by Jewish groups as
well as Greece's Catholic
minority, was denounced by
the country's all- powerful
Orthodox Church and
defeated in a rowdy Parlia-
ment session.
For the first time in many
years, the Socialists and
Communists voted alongside
conservative deputies of the
ruling New Democracy Par-
ty, backing down from the
proposal made by Greek
Interior Minister Yiannis
Kefalogiannis.
Last month, Mr.
Kefalogiannis told a visiting
delegation from the World
Jewish Congress that Greece
would be dropping its in-
sistence on having religion
listed on I.D. cards.
No other country in the
European Community issues
national identity cards with
a listing of religious affilia-
tion.
Nissim Mais, president of
the Central Board of Jewish
Communities in Greece, said
he was surprised and disap-
pointed at the Parliament
vote.
"The Greek Parliament
will be responsible for
Greece's image abroad," he
added.
In New York, Jewish
leaders who were involved in
discussions with the Greek
government regarding the
issue said they were disap-
pointed with the vote.
"This comes as a deep dis-
appointment," said David
Harris, executive vice presi-
dent of the American Jewish
Committee.
"The question then will be
what happens next. Clearly
the government had wanted
to move Greece toward the
position of the ,other E.C.
governments.
"We knew that there were
strong forces of opposition to
this, especially rooted in the
Greek Orthodox Church,"
Mr. Harris said.
Elan Steinberg, executive
director of the WJC, said his
organization would pursue
the matter further with
Greek and E.C. officials, as
well as European diplomats.
The Greek Jewish com-

munity, meanwhile, is con-
sidering challenging the
regulations in Greece's High
Court of Justice or in the
International Court of
Justice in The Hague.
Mr. Kefalogiannis also ex-
pressed his dismay at the
vote, saying, "Tonight we
made a mistake whose con-
sequences we will see in the
future."
Parliament members
opposed to the change
stressed that Orthodoxy was
an integral of the Greek
nation's identity and that
the country must not bow to
external pressures.
Roughly 95 percent of the
country's citizens belong to
the Greek Orthodox Church.
The few deputies in
Parliament who supported
the government's proposal
said the current policy was
unconstitutional, but they
were heckled amidst scream-
ing and shouting.

Judge Upholds
Right To Die

Jerusalem (JTA) — A Tel
Aviv District Court judge
has issued a temporary order
upholding an 83-year-old
woman's request that life-
prolonging medical treat-
ment be suspended.
The judge issued a tem-
porary injunction barring
kidney dialysis treatment
for Rachel Tsa'adi, who
suffers from chronic kidney
disease.
Ms. Tsa'adi apparently fil-
ed a legal petition through
her daughters, after doctors
told her a decision about
suspending treatment was
in the hands of the courts.
Judge Uri Goren made the
decision after visiting the
patient and determining she
was lucid and understood
the consequences.
While the judge reportedly
said he believes Ms. Tsa'adi
has the right to decide about
life-prolonging treatment, it
appeared he would leave the
ultimate outcome in the
hands of her doctors.
In a similar case last June,
a patient suffering from
Alzheimer's disease peti-
tioned the Tel Aviv District
Court to suspend medical
treatment.
The court ruled that the
patient's wishes had to be
taken into account, but left
the final decision in the
hands of the doctors.

