Israel's Status Changes, •U.N. Supports Peace United Nations (JTA) — The we'll achieve in bilateral negoti- United Nations General Assem- ations," said one Israeli diplomat bly passed its widest-ranging res- here. olution on the Middle East, "The United Nations will sup- supporting the ongoing peace port post-facto whatever we process by a lopsided margin of achieve between us," he added. 149-4. NIP In a reflection of the changes in Israel's status in the world body in recent years, it was Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Libya on the losing end of the Dec. 16 Amsterdam (JTA) — A company vote. founded by Jews that operates Sponsored by Norway, Russia department stores and super- and the United States, the reso- markets throughout Holland is lution expressed "full support for refusing to comply with a gov- the achievements of the peace ernment law that calls on all process thus far." Dutch companies with more than Sudan and Antigua abstained. 35 employees to register their for- Israel welcomed the measure, eign workers with the govern- whose wording was worked out ment. in negotiations involving the KBB, which owns the De Bi- sponsors, Israel, Egypt, Jordan jenkorf department store chain and the Palestine Liberation Or- and the Hema supermarket ganization. chain, says the government reg- "This is an impressive expres- ulation is all too remindful of Ger- sion of the wide international man measures enacted during support for progress toward peace World War II that required all o4P and in the policies of the Israeli people of Jewish origin to regis- government," said Israel's am- ter with the authorities. bassador to the United Nations, The Dutch government insti- Gad Yaacobi, following the vote tuted the registration program in on the resolution. an effort to determine how many "This is a continuation- of the foreign nationals a firm employs positive shift in the relations be- and to find out whether compa- tween Israel and the interna- nies are using fair hiring prac- tional community," he said. tices. By contrast, Israeli officials The government is specifical- downplayed the significance of ly tracking the employment of 1 .• two other measures passed last people from Turkey, Morocco, week, declaring illegal Israel's an- Suriname, Vietnam, Somalia and nexation of the Golan Heights the Caribbean. and of Jerusalem. KBB stands to lose millions of The United States was the dollars in fines for refusing to only country joining Israel in op- comply with the regulation. posing these resolutions. The vote on the Golan resolution was 77 in favor, two opposed and 70 ab- stentions. The Jerusalem mea- sure passed by a vote of 138-2, • with seven abstentions. Another resolution, calling for Amsterdam (JTA) — An Israeli Palestinian "self-determination," film made in Yiddish has won the was scheduled to be approved special jury award at the seventh international Documentary Film this week. The wording of the resolutions Festival. The Israeli entry, Choice and represent a definite softening Destiny, made by Tsipi Reiben- from those of their predecessors. Unlike resolutions passed an- bach of Tel Aviv, focuses on the nually before the peace process lives of a couple who are Polish- got under way, the resolutions do born Holocaust survivors. The film, in which Yiddish is OP not "condemn" or "strongly con- demn" Israel, but merely "deter- the only language spoken, follows mine" Israeli actions to violate the daily lives of the filmmaker's parents, Yitzchak and Fruma, 81 international law. Israel had opposed these three and 73 years old. The focus is on resolutions, arguing that they their attitudes toward life and prejudged issues that are to be each other. The film, which deals with the • negotiated in accordance with the process of aging in general, also ongoing peace talks. But Israel was not overly con- mourns the generation lost in the Holocaust. cerned about their impact. 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