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Brussels (JTA) — The European
The issue of who will be invit-
Union has agreed to convene a ed to Barcelona will again be dis-
ministerial conference to discuss cussed by the E.U. foreign
providing economic assistance to ministers at an Oct. 30 meeting
the Palestinians.
in Luxembourg.
At a meeting in Luxembourg,
the foreign ministers of the 15
E.U. member states said the con-
ference would examine the eco-
nomic and commercial needs of
the Palestinians with an eye to- Moscow (JTA) — Russia's most
ward providing technical and fi- rabidly anti- Semitic newspaper
nancial assistance to the is back in print after a 10-month
Palestinian Authority.
hiatus.
Al-Kods, which bills itself as
The European Union views the
conference as part of its ongoing the "Russian-Palestinian Voice,"
efforts to support the Middle East was shut down last November by
peace process.
the Russian State Committee on
The European Commission, the Press for a technicality: The
the E.U.'s executive arm, has paper's publisher was not a Russ-
meanwhile been given the go- ian citizen.
ahead to start exploratory talks
But now Shaaban Hafez Shaa-
with the Palestinian Authority ban, originally a Palestinian from
on a Euro-Mediterranean asso- Jordan, has acquired Russian cit-
ciation accord.
izenship and his bi-monthly is
Similar accords have been al- back on the newsstands, bran-
ready reached with Israel and dishing its trademark racist slo-
Tunisia.
gans and promising its readers
Other non-E.U. countries in in 12-point capital letters "WE
the Mediterranean are negotiat- WILL BURY ZIONISM IN RUS-
ing with the European Union to SIA! II"
conclude association accords
The reissue of Al-Kods, the
which are aimed at creating a Arab name for Jerusalem, not
vast Euro-Mediterranean free- only underscores what is seen as
trade zone.
the passivity of the Russian Press
In an effort to pursue this ob- Committee, but also represents
jective, the European Union has an indictment of the country's ju-
scheduled for the end of Novem- diciary.
ber a ministerial conference in
Article 78 of the Russian crim-
Barcelona with 12 potential inal code prohibits just the sort
Mediterranean partners.
of "incitement to racial hatred" to
Those invited to attend the which the Russian-Palestinian
Barcelona meeting so far include paper enjoins its readers in every
Israel, Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, issue. But so far authorities have
Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Moroc- not prosecuted one of the dozens
co, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and of Russian papers spewing hate
the Palestinian Authority.
and being sold at every Moscow
Preparations for the conference metro station.
hit snags when some of the Arab
The front cover of the latest is-
invitees said that the gathering sue of Al-Kods shows a huge car-
should adopt a statement af- toon of the paper's Palestinian
firming the right of people to self- publisher nailed to a Star of
determination.
David* a parody of the crucifix-
Israel has requested that this ion of Jesus. Underneath is a long
statement be carefully worded, article propagating the myth of a
according to a E.U. Commission Zionist conspiracy plotting the
source.
downfall of the Russian nation,
In addition, Syria, which has and relying heavily on quotes
announced that it will be repre- from the notorious anti-Semitic
sented in Barcelona, requested tract, the Protocols of the Elders
that the conference adopt a res- of Zion.
olution call for a 'just and com-
"Real power in Russia lies not
plete Middle East peace."
with the people and not even with
But the main disagreement be- the bureaucrats but with Zion-
tween the E.U. and the Arab in- ists and they are doing what they
vitees is over the question of want," the text reads.
whether Libya should participate
"Our paper was closed because
at the Barcelona meeting.
we were dangerous for Zionists,"
The Arab countries are seek- it says, adding, 'They own all the
ing Libya's participation, but E.U. keys to power in Russia and dic-
officials are balking at the idea, tate their own laws."
saying that Libya is still under
The vice chairman of the Russ-
U.N. sanctions imposed in the ian State Press Committee,
wake of the 1988 bombing of a which had closed down the pa-
Pan Am flight over Lockerbee, per, said he sees "undeniable
Scotland.
signs of anti-Semitism."
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