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UNITED TO RESPOND :
Rhaman, Kramer
Eyes On Oil
Washington (JTA) — Moham-
mad Rahman, a Texas business-
man, and Leo Kramer of
Washington, D.C., have joined
forces to build an olive oil pro-
cessing plant in Jericho that will
employ 150 Palestinians after
construction is completed this fall.
The joint venture is one of sev-
en announced under the auspices
of Builders for Peace, a private
initiative set up last year to sup-
port the Middle East peace
process.
A total of 10 American compa-
nies have pledged to develop busi-
nesses in the autonomous regions
of Gaza and Jericho. The compa-
nies say they expect to employ
over 3,600 Palestinians generat-
ing an estimated $168 million a
year.
An agreement clearing the
way for the ventures between the
Overseas Private Investment
Corp., the Palestinians and the
American businesses was an-
nounced at a ceremony com-
memorating the first anniversary
of the signing of the Declaration
of Principles between Israel and
the Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation.
Vice President Al Gore, head-
lining the program at the Old Ex-
ecutive Office Building, hailed the
programs as "the first in what we
hope will be a series of profitable
new business ventures."
Noting the Jewish High Holi-
days, Mr. Gore said the holidays
"allow us to reflect on the year
that has passed," and "cause us
to look ahead and make resolu-
tions about what we intend to do
to create a future worthy of our
children and grandchildren."
Builders for Peace emerged
under Mr. Gore's leadership last
September as a means to build
bridges between the American
Jewish and Arab communities to
shore up private investments._
Co-chaired by James Zogby,
president of the Arab American
Institute, and former Congress-
man Mel Levine, Builders for
Peace, with the help of loan guar-
antees from the Overseas Private
Investment Corp. have "commit-
ted to the long haul," Mr. Zogby
said.
Mr. Levine said there are
many more projects in the
pipeline that he expects will come
to fruition in the coming months.
Some participants will also re-
ceive technical assistance and
help with feasibility studies frok
the United States Trade and De-
velopment Agency, the chairmen
said.
Among the other projects
launched at the ceremony are a
$7 million venture by Astrum In-
ternational to bottle spring wa-
ter in Jericho and a $58 mil.,
construction deal to build mote,.i
in Gaza by GRdG of Virginia.
The American Jewish
Joint Distribution
Committee
The African-American
Institute
Photograph by A. Nogues-SYGMA
This cry for help
must not
go unheeded.
As Blacks, Jews, and other concerned Americans,
we cannot turn away from the terrible suffering of
the Rwandan people.
Our history cries out to us to do all we can to help
those fleeing the consequences of wanton killing and
civil strife.
Since April, over 500,000 men, women and children
have died. Without food or access to safe drinking
water, thousands more now face death from disease
and starvation. Literally, millions are seeking shelter
in refugee camps.
We urge our government leaders to commit all neces-
sary resources to help end this unprecedented tragedy.
And we call upon all Americans to help us provide
doctors, medical facilities, shelters and other
humanitarian aid for some of the most vulnerable of
these refugees.
The American Jewish Joint Distribution
Committee, the overseas arm of the organized
American Jewish community, and the African-
American Institute, a multi-ethnic, multi-racial
private voluntary organization, have come together to
provide desperately needed assistance to Rwandan
refugees.
But this vast humanitarian project cannot succeed
without you. As the world watches, the people of
Rwanda cry out for help. In the most literal sense,
the power to snatch life from the jaws of death rests
in your hands.
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Peter KovIer
Washington, D.C.
Alan Ades
International President
The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism
Mary Anderson Bain
Washington. D.C.
Harry Belafonte
Robert J. Berg
President
International Development C<InfefErn..
Ellen Bernstein
Executive Director. Shomrei Adarnah
Rabbi Louis Bernstein
President
Rabbinical Council of America
Edward D. Blatt
National Commander
Jewish War Veterans of the USA
The Honorable Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Supervisor. Second District
County of Los Angeles. Board of Supervisors
Arm Bucheister
Executive Director
American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors
The Honorable Dan Burton
U.S. Representative. R-Indiana
Audrey Citak
National President
Women's League .r Conservative Judaism
Dr. Sidney Clearfield
Executive Vico President
B"nai B'oth
Dr Johnnetta B Cole
President
Spelman College-
George A Dailey
Counsel
U S. Alma Ainvays
Vivian Lowery Derryck
President
The African-American Institute
The Honorable David N. Dinkins
Former Mayor of New York
Thomas R. Donahue
Secretary-Treasurer
AFL/CIO
Abraham H. Foxman
National Director
Anti-Defamation League
Ronald P. Gault
New York, NY
Rabbi Sanford Hahn
Co-Chairman
Black-Jewish Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Dowd A. Harris
Executive Director
American Jewish Committee
Dr. Dorothy I. Height
President
National Council of Negro Women
Norman Hill
President
A. Philp Randolph Institute (APR.)
David V. Kahn
President
American Jewish Congress
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Susan Katz
President
National Council of Jewish Women
Martin Kesselhaut
President
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
The Honorable Donald Payne
U.S. Representative, D-Now Jersey
Rev. William Moore
Co-Chairman
Black Jewish Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
Richard Pearlstone
National Chairman
United Jewish Appeal
American ORT
Michael S. Preston
President
New York Association for New Americans
Howard Universtly
Marlene Provizer
Executive Director
Jewish Fund for Justice
Mildred Robbins Lent
President
Trickle Up Program
Dr. John Spencer
Professor of African Studies
Middlebury College;
Co-Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees
The African-American Irutitute
Dr. Donald M. Stewart
President
College Board
Herbert Teitelbaum
President
New Israel Fund
Maurice Ternpelsman
Senior Partner
Leon Ternpelsman & Son
Dr. Delores C.Tucker
Chair
National Political Congress of Black Women
Roger Wilkins
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
The African-American Institute
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Randall Robinson
Executive Director. TransAfrica
Council of Jewish Federations
James H. Lowry
James H. Lowry & Associates
Chicago. IL
Ellen Y. Rosenberg
Executive Director
Women of Reform Judaism
Arab. Milton A. Wolf
President
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Rabbi Mordecha,obling
Executive Director
Federation of Reconstructionist Congregations and
Havurot
Rabbi David SaPets.lf,
Director
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism
Timothy W. Wright. III
Senior Vice-President
Pryor. McClendon. Counts & Co.
Chicago. IL
Rabbi Alan Silverstein
President
The Rabbinical Assembly
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Notional Jewish Community Relations Advisory
Council
Dr. Betty Shabazz
CEO. Malcolm X Educational Foundation
Yael Shuman
Director
Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association
William Lucy
International Secretary•Treasurer
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The Honorable Harry Johnston
U.S. Representative, D•Flonda
Chairman of Africa Subcommittee
CITY
The Honorable Joseph E. Newsome
State Representative
Rhode Island House of Representative
Rabbi Haskel Lookstoin
President
Synagogue Council of America
Alan S. Jaffe
President
UJA-Federation of New York
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Lenore Miller
President
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Managing Director
Lehman Brothers
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National President
Hadassah
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Chair/President/CEO
The Martin Luther King. Jr. Center for
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The Honorable Don Fraser
Former Mayor of Minneapolis
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