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In Loving Memory of Beloved Wife, Mother and Grandmother ESTHER NESSEL On December 8 - four years ago We had to say goodbye You are not supposed to question But we all still wonder why Esther gave of herself unconditionally Loving her family throughout her life She was an exceptional mother and grandmother She was my best friend, my lover, my wife She cherished all her friendships She was there for anyone in need And everyone called her "Mom" She was their mentor, they all agreed She was our jewel whom we all treasured Our Queen Esther was one of a kind Who will live in our hearts forever And she will never be out of mind. Husband Thomas, daughters Karen, Debra and Michelle and families 1 I MONUMENTS BY In Loving Memory of BERG AND URBACH JOSEPH WASSER _ FINE MONUMENTS SINCE 1910 13405 CAPITAL at Coolidge OAK PARK 544-2212 Next to Stanley Steamer Who passed away December 21, 1976, the first of Tevet. 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Call us. 1-810-399-2711 SOCIETY CANCER' YOUR NEIGHBOR — SERVING THE METROPOLITAN AREA FOR 50 YEARS i'AMERICAN Equal Funding Demanded For Druse Jerusalem (JTA) — Rami Zeiden, a 19-year-old Druse resident of Daliat al-Carmel in the Galilee, is angry. A year away from his compul- sory service in the Israeli army, Mr. Zeiden says that unless something is done to improve the standard of living in Druse vil- lages, he may refuse to serve when the time comes. Mr. Zeiden was in the capital, along with 2,000 other Druse demonstrators, protesting in front of the Prime Minister's Of- fice against what the Druse com- munity considers its second-class status in Israel. Explaining why he joined the protest, Mr. Zeiden said he is up- set that the Druse are expected to serve in the army but do not enjoy the same services afforded Jewish Israelis. Israel's 80,000 Druse citizens, clustered in 18 villages in the north of the country, say the Is- raeli government is allotting them only a fraction of the sums given to Jewish development towns. Another 15,000 Druse live in villages on the Golan Heights. The Druse are ethnic Arabs who split from Islam in the 11th century to form a new religion. The majority of the Druse corn- munity in the Middle East, an es- timated 200,000 total, live in Lebanon and Syria. Since the 1948 War of Inde- pendence, the Druse in Israel have served in the Israeli army, siding with Israel in its conflicts with its Arab neighbors. 'When it comes to government funding, the Druse receive one shekel for every seven allotted to Jews," asserted Riad Hassoun, a city clerk from Daliat al-Cannel. "We need an immediate 250 million shekels (about $83 mil- lion) to raise our standard of liv- ing to that of the development towns," he said. Benny Cohen, the prime min- ister's mocha adviser, declined to give exact figures related to the Druse budget, but he conceded that the community has received a raw deal. "During the past 47 years, all the governments of Israel have neglected the Druse," Mr. Cohen said, "and this government is de- termined to equalize their situa- tion to that of the Jewish population. "This effort cannot be accom- plished in just one year," he said. "It will take three to five years." In an attempt to pressure the government and gain widespread support for their cause among other Israelis, Druse leaders called a strike three weeks ago and began to demonstrate around the country. The prime minister, eager to keep the goodwill of the country's most loyal minority, met with vil- lage council members and offered them an immediate package of about $43 million — 30 percent more than had been promised in the original 1995 budget — plus a loan of about $33 million. Mr. Rabin also promised to in- vestigate the Druse claims of funding inequities and to formu- late a long-term funding plan by March 1. But Druse leaders rejected the offer, saying that the package "of- fered nothing new" and that the amount still falls short of that giv- en to Israeli communities. Standing in front of the Prime Minister's Office following the council members' meeting with Mr. Rabin, Mr. Zeiden said the money was too little, too late. "My grandfather and father served in the army," he said. Mr. Zeiden said the money was too little, too late. "My brother is in the army now, and my father is doing his reserve duty this month. Yet what did they get out of it?" Citing the dearth of municipal services in his village, which is home to 14,000 residents, Mr. Zeiden said, "We do not receive a good education because there are no good schools. The roads are terrible, and there is nothing for (teen-alters) to do in the evenings. The government promised many things, but hasn't delivered." Hadi Mando, a 25-year-old de- mobilized soldier, agreed. "I work at a security job in Jerusalem, even though my home is Belt Jann," village in the north. 'What can I do? There are no factories near the village, and I can't fmd work back home. We need the government to provide jobs," he said. "In 1987, the government promised us equality, but we haven't received it," asserted Ma- farij Salalha, 43, a member of the Beit Jann regional council in the Upper Galil ee. "We are citizens, we serve in the army and pay taxes, but we do not enjoy equal rights, equal services," Mr. Salalha main- tained. "We have no industrial areas, so unemployment is high."