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Haifa Fakhouri, vice president
of the National Association of
Arab-Americans, agreed that the
peace process, which was sealed
Sept. 13, 1993 with a handshake
on the front lawn of the White
House, has had a profoundly pos-
itive effect on the local commu-
nities of Arabs and Jews.
because of the signing of the ac-
cord, but it is not a state of peace
as long as our people are being
killed," Rabbi Bergstein said.
Local leaders say the violence
will not stop anytime soon.
Proposed peace negotiations
with other Middle East nations
are expected to bring more ter-
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Yitzhak Rabin, President Clinton and Yassir Arafat at the signing of the peace treaty
last September.
Although relations have rarely
been hostile, since the peace
treaty the two have sought
greater understanding of one an-
other, she said.
"There are Arab committees
and organizations that are pro-
moting harmony and under-
standing of the Jewish
community as well as Jewish
groups who seek understanding
of Arabs," Ms. Fakhouri said.
But beyond the local scope,
blood has spilled in both corn-
munities as a result of terrorist
acts.
On Sunday, 40 people gath-
ered for a memorial service,
held at Bais Chabad in Farm-
ington Hills, to commemorate the
more than 60 Jewish victims
of terrorist violence since the
signing of the peace accord. The
hour-long service included the
reading of the victims' names
and the lighting of memorial can-
dles.
Rabbi Chaim Bergstein at-
tended the service and expressed
outrage that the peace process
had been not delayed by the
deaths. He was even more an-
gry by what he sees as the lack
of regard by the local communi-
ty for the tragedy.
"The killings show that Jewish
blood is cheap in the Arabs' eyes
as well as the government's eyes
as well as the American Jewish
community's eyes," he said. "Why
weren't there 100 people at the
service? Why weren't there
5,000?"
He said the lack of outrage is
a result of the optimism ex-
pressed for continued peace and
the absence of open warfare.
"We don't stop to think. We
have been in a state of euphoria
rorist acts. Other leaders point
to the economic disparity be-
tween the Palestinians in the
self-ruled areas and the Jews in
the rest of Israel as a potential
hot spot. "If there is to be a last-
ing peace, there has to be pari-
ty," said Zana Macki of the
Muslim-American Affiance. She
said she is "cautiously optimistic"
regarding continued calm. "I
don't believe we should be eu-
phoric, but we should stay on
track."
Others were more hopeful that
the violence in Israel and against
Local leaders say
the violence
will not end
anytime soon.
Jews in other areas of the world
will soon dissipate.
"Peace is a cumulative pro-
cess," said Allen Zemmol, presi-
dent of the Jewish Community
Council. 'Wars are resolved with
lightning speed but peace takes
a little longer."
Both Ms. Fakhouri and Mr.
Zemmol pledged that the two
communities would continue to
grow toward a better under-
standing through further events
and discussions.
"Hopefully this type of activi-
ty," Mr. Zemmol said, gestur-
ing to Tuesday's roomful of
people, "will be the precursor to
more events locally and more
peace declarations internation-
ally." 0