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The larger body, however, did not repeal its 1992 resolu- tion. Both decisions were reach- ed by overwhelming majorities at the ALA's an- nual convention held in New Orleans from June 24 to July 1. About 18,000 librarians attended the con- vention. Protestors have charged the ALA with singling out Israel while ignoring censor- ship and human rights violations in other countries. They have also said it was inappropriate for the ALA to involve itself in complex po- litical issues. The 1992 resolution, pass- ed by both the council and the membership, called for "the government of Israel to end all censorship and human rights violations in the Occupied West Bank and Gaza, and in Israel itself." The council repealed the 1992 resolution on the grounds that it had been passed without being sub- mitted to the ALA's Interna- tional Relations Committee for study and recommenda- tions. The council, however, did not rescind another resolu- tion passed last year con- demning Israel for the deportation of a Palestinian librarian, Omar al-Safi. Al-Safi, a member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine — a hard-line faction of the Palestine Liberation Organ- ization — was in fact never deported and was released by Israel earlier this year. This year's annual conven- tion was marked by addi- tional controversy regarding Israel. Protestors charged that one of the sessions, a panel discussion titled "Israeli Censorship: There and Here," would be nothing more than an excuse to bash Israel. The session was the only one focusing on a single government at this year's convention. The session was sponsored by the Task Force on Israeli Censorship and Palestinian Libraries and the Human Rights Task Force, a sub- committee of the ALA's So- cial Responsibility Round Table. In response to the con- troversy, ALA President Marilyn Miller asked the International Relations Committee to examine how the ALA can take effective positions on censorship and human rights violations in the future and communicate these positions to foreign governments. ALA officials said they have received many letters and phone calls expressing a wide range of opinions about the controversy. While some criticized the ALA's involv- This year's annual convention was marked by controversy regarding Israel. ing itself in politics and singling out Israel, others supported the resolutions condemning Israel. "Several officers of the ALA have basically told us that no issue has ever caused such concern and dissension on both sides ever before," said an officer of the ALA's Jewish Library Committee, who asked to remain anon- ymous. Outside the convention, Hadassah members pro- tested the 1992 resolutions and distributed leaflets to ALA members about the issue. The Association of Jewish Librarians, an independent 1,000- member group, also responded to the controver- sial resolutions at their an- E( nual convention in June by condemning the ALA for an- ti- Israel bias and calling for the immediate repeal of the Israel resolutions. The officer of the ALA's Jewish Library Committee praised individuals and Jew- ish communal organizations for their interest in the issue. "We are deeply indebted to all the librarians — Jewish and non-Jewish — who wrote letters and made phone calls, people who felt ALA should not get involved in highly complex interna- tional issues," the official said.