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Orthodox Groups
Urge Civility

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New York (JTA) — After two
years of increasing rancor in the
debate over Israel's peace process
policy, a growing chorus of Amer-
ican Jewish organizations are ap-
pealing for an urgent return to
civil discourse.
Six leading Orthodox Jewish
organizations declared last week
that "there can be no excuse or
justification for the extremist ver-
bal attacks direCted against the
elected leadership of the State of
Israel."
The statement was issued
jointly by Amit Women, Emunah
of America, Mizrachi — Religious
Zionists of America, the Rab-
binical Council of America, Poale
Agudath Israel and the Union of
Orthodox Jewish Congregations
of America.
The Orthodox groups came to-
gether apparently in response to
Orthodox Rabbi Abraham Hecht,
who last month declared it ac-
ceptable under Jewish law to as-
sassinate Israeli Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin.
At the same time, the New Is-
rael Fund recently brought to-
gether several other groups to
discuss how the community
should respond to Rabbi Hecht's
statement and similar remarks.
"Silence in the face of this ac-
celerating breakdown in civil dis-
course is unacceptable," NIF
warned.
"The atrocity in Oklahoma
City should have alerted us again
to the potentially catastrophic
consequences of verbal violence,"
the statement continued.
The NIF statement highlight-
ed recent incidents in which it
said "some opponents of the peace
process have crossed the line from
legitimate debate and criticism
to inflammatory rhetoric, incite-
ment to violence, and to physical
violence itself."
In addition to the Hecht state-
ment, NIF also referred to a June
call by Israeli settlers in the West
Bank for armed resistance
against the Israeli army should
their settlements be evacuated,
and the alleged punching of Is-
raeli Communications Minister
Shulamit Aloni by an organizer
of the New York Salute to Israel
Parade.
In contrast to NIF singling out
of the peace process' opponents,
the Orthodox statement empha-
sized the attachment of the
groups to Israel and the "right of
every Jew to live in all parts of
Eretz Yisrael."
It protested "the demonization
and delegitimization" of the Jew-
ish inhabitants of the West Bank
and Gaza in the media and by
some Israeli government officials.
It also condemned "the ongoing

destructive verbal statements by
many Arab leaders opposing the
very existence of the State of Is-
rael."
The Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Orga-
nizations, which first began dis-
cussing the question of civility
and rhetoric after bombs were
placed in front of the buildings
housing NIF and Americans for
Peace Now in January 1994, is in
the process of getting approval
for a statement of its own. In its
draft version, the statement
warns that "public statements
have consequences."
"Those who engage in verbal
or physical violence, demeaning
characterizations and other ex-
cesses violate basic Jewish as well
as standards of decency while en-
dangering the interests of the
community. They will not go un-
challenged," according to a draft
obtained by the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency.

Japanese Sect
Is Anti-Semitic

New York (JTA) — The Japan-
ese terrorist sect Aum Supreme
Truth, responsible for the dead-
ly sarin nerve gas attack in a
Tokyo subway in March, is also
involved in promoting anti-Se-
mitic themes in Japan.
An article, titled "A Guide to
Fear: The Jewish Aspiration —
Total World Conquest," appeared
in One of the sect's publications
in early 1995, according to the
Anti-Semitism Monitoring Fo-
rum.
The article claims that Jews
took advantage of Japan's dev-
astation in World Warn in order
to promote their interests and the
final aim of universal control, said
the forum, an interministerial
committee of the Israeli govern-
ment that gathers information
on anti-Semitism and cooperates
with organizations and Jewish
communities around the world.
The article also claims that the
United States is controlled by
Jewish capital, which serves the
aims of the secretive Freemasons.
Anti-Semitic writers often
point to the Freemasons, assert-
ing that they are an interna-
tional Jewish group that
conspires to control the world.
The piece purports that the
Freemasons use the United Na-
tions as a tool to achieve univer-
sal control, which means that the
Japanese ambassador to the
United Nations is a puppet of the
Jews.
Other Japanese leaders are de- •
scribed as puppets in the article.