highly successful, according to
Yehiel Leket, head of the agency's
Youth Aliyah Department, which
runs the program.
An overwhelming majority of
this year's graduates — 825 of
850 — have announced their in-
tention to stay in Israel, Mr.
Leket said.
And where the children go, the
parents are not far behind: More
than a quarter of the parents of
Na'aleh graduates from the past
two years have already immi-
grated to Israel.
Since its inception, the pro-
gram has brought 3,700 young
participants to study in 31 Youth
Aliyah villages and at 25 kib-
butzim throughout the country,
according to agency officials.
By the end of August, when
the next group of participants ar-
rive, that total will reach 5,000.
Along with its broader goal of
introducing the students to life
in Israel, the program seeks to
have the youths obtain a high
school diploma and learn He-
brew.
As part of their studies, the
youths receive a comprehensive
Jewish and Zionist education,
which includes Jewish history,
traditions and culture, along with
tours of Israel.
Along with their academic
studies, the youths are encour-
aged to meet their Israeli coun-
terparts, an encounter that
exposes them to the different
facets of Israeli society and to its
multitude of lifestyles.
Danish Police
Nab Suspects
New York (JTA) — Danish police
have indicted two men suspect-
ed of planning terrorist activities
against Jewish and Israeli tar-
gets in Copenhagen.
Mohammed Fahim and Abdul
Hakim Su_liman, both Egyptian
nationals, were charged last
month with buying chemicals
and other items with the inten-
tion to carry out bomb attacks,
Danish officials said.
The Israeli Embassy, Jewish
cemeteries and train stations
were listed as targets on maps
found in the men's possession at
the time of their arrests, the offi-
cials said.
They were also reportedly car-
rying U.S. telephone numbers
that have been linked to the
Egyptian fundamentalist group
Jama Al Islamia.
However, the Jewish commu-
nity in Copenhagen denies that
any Jewish cemeteries were be-
ing targeted.
The Danish news agency re-
ported that the telephone num-
bers and group ties point to a
connection with the conspirators
of the World Trade Center bomb-
ing in New York.
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The FBI is currently working
with Danish security officials be-
cause the suspects' fingerprints
match some of those found on
equipment used in the World
Trade Center bombing, said Jor-
gen Grunet, the spokesman at
the Danish Embassy in Wash-
ington.
The two suspects, who were in
Denmark legally at the time of
their arrest, had previously been
arrested there on charges of ar-
son, but the case was dropped for
lack of evidence, according to of-
ficials.
Danish officials said the case
would probably not go before a
judge until early next year be-
cause of a heavy backlog, ac-
cording to Danish news reports.
Arafat Nixed
As Head Of State
Washington (JTA) — The Unit-
ed States has successfully staved
off a move to treat Yassir Arafat
as a head of state when the Unit-
ed Nations celebrates its 50th an-
niversary in October.
Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation officials had apparently at-
tempted to use the special
sessions, slated for Oct. 22-24, to
upgrade their status at the Unit-
ed Nations from observer mission
to nation state.
"One of our concerns was that
the PLO not use its participation
in the anniversary to seek to
change its status as an observer
organization," said Robert Pel-
letreau, assistant secretary of
state for Near East and South
Asian affairs.
The administration "did safe-
guard against that possibility,"
Mr. Pelletreau told the House In-
ternational Relations Commit-
tee.
The PLO observer at the Unit-
ed Nations had sought approval
from the General Assembly to al-
low Mr. Arafat to speak as a head
of state, but U.N. member states
rejected the request, according to
a spokesman for the Israeli mis-
sion to the United Nations.
"Chairman Arafat would not
enjoy a coequal status as a head
of state," Mr. Pelletreau said in
Washington. "We have acted in
a way that preserves the distinc-
tion, and the PLO will be in the
category of an observer status."
As a result, Mr. Arafat, who
drew the first day in the lottery
that determined the speaking or-
der for world leaders, will speak
toward the end of the first day.
According to U.N. protocol,
heads of state speak first, fol-
lowed by vice presidents, crown
princes or princesses and then
heads of government.
Officials of observer states or
organizations, such as Switzer-
land, the Vatican and the PLO
follow.
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