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Ariel Sharon Talk
Critical Of Israel

Los Angeles (JTA) — Warn-
ing that the Arabs are about
to achieve through peace
what they failed to ac-
complish in war, Ariel Sha-
ron drew large crowds dur-
ing a recent three-day swing
of Southern California.
During his appearances
here, the hard-line former
defense minister of Israel
harshly criticized the pre-
sent Israeli government,
which has signed a peace ac-
cord with the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization.
He also attempted to raise
money for Jewish set-
tlements in the territories
and downplayed his own
plans for the future.
The veteran general and
Likud stalwart told

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Ariel Sharon:
Raising funds for settlements.

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reporters, "The Arabs have
learned that while the Jews
can't be defeated in war,
they fall apart by peace.
When Jews hear the word
`peace,' they melt."
Mr. Sharon charged that
since the signing last
September of the self-rule
accord between Israel and
the PLO, all concessions had
come from the Israeli side;
and that of 15 Palestinian
terrorist organizations, only
one — PLO Chairman
Yassir Arafat's mainstream
Al Fatah group — had ac-
cepted the accord.
Mr. Sharon's visit to Los
Angeles and Orange
counties was part of two-
week tour he made of 10
North American cities,
sponsored by the Yesha
Council of Jewish Com-
munities in Judea, Samaria
and Gaza.
During his cross-country
tour, which included numer-
ous private meetings with
potential donors, Mr. Sharon
hopes to raise between $2
million and $3 million, ac-
cording to Yechiel Leiter,

executive director of Yesha's
foreign desk.
During a news conference
here, the feisty 66-year-old
Mr. Sharon saved his bit-
terest denunciations for the
government of Prime Min-
ister Yitzhak Rabin, which
he charged had all but aban-
doned the settlers.
Likening the settlers in
the territories to the early
pioneers who established the
first Jewish towns in
Palestine, Mr. Sharon said
that "160,000 Jews (in the
settlements) are being
boycotted by the Jewish
government in Jerusalem."
The actions of the Rabin
government necessitated his
current trip, Mr. Sharon told
more than 100 people at a
meeting of the Jewish Fed-
eration Council's Jewish
Community Relations
Committee.
"I never thought I would
have to go around the world
knocking on doors and ask-
ing people to donate money
for ambulances, more
kindergartens and sup-
plementary education (for
the settlers), because these
are not being provided by
the government," he said.
At a news conference, Mr.
Sharon ducked questions
about his previously re-
ported plans to campaign for
the post of prime minister.

UNIFIL
Retraction

Tel Aviv (JTA) — A Finnish
soldier serving with the
United Nations Interim
Force in Lebanon was slight-
ly wounded when the
UNIFIL post north of the
southern Lebanon security
zone came under shelling.
UNIFIL filed a complaint
against Israel but then
retracted it when it learned
the shell that hit the soldier
had been fired by the South
Lebanon Army, Israel's ally,
but not by the Israel Defense
Force.
The incident occurred after
a roadside bomb attack
against an SLA patrol, in
which an SLA soldier was
slightly wounded.
The Believers Resistance,
a radical Shi'ite organiza-
tion that broke away from
the Amal Shi'ite movement
several years ago, claimed
responsibility for the attack
against the SLA unit. ❑