Why Did Levy

French Leader
Is Convicted

London (JTA) --- French far-right
leader Jean-Marie Le Pen has been
convicted for saying that the Nazi
gas chambers were "a mere detail"
of World War
Le Pen, 69, was not present
when a court in a suburb of Paris
ordered him to pay about $50,000
to finance publication of the judg-
ment in 16 newspapers. He was
also ordered to pay symbolic
amounts to 11 different human-
ts and anti-racist organizations.

Italians Protest
Priebke Relocation

Pull The Plug?

Israel's foreign
minister quits
and everyone
wonders if
elections are
nearby.

This is just one of the many "David
Levy jokes" that have been part of
Israel's political vocabulary for the last
20 years. The jokes are told by
avid Levy, the joke goes,
was deep in concen-
Ashkenazi Jews and make fun
tration, trying to put
of Levy's Moroccan roots, his
Foreign
together an eight-
construction
worker's back-
Minister
piece jigsaw puzzle. After two
ground,
his
lack
of education
David Levy
days, he was successful.
announces his (Levy never went to college),
Grinning proudly, he showed
his ignorance of English (he
resignation.
the results to his wife. "What
does speak French and Arabic,
are you so proud about?" his
though), and his 12 children.
wife asked. "A child could do this easi-
During his tenure as foreign minis-
ter in the Netanyahu government,
ly. It took you two days." And Levy
Levy has been laughed at as a
replied: "What do you mean easy?
Look what it says on the box: 'For 3-5
blowhard, a toothless old lion who
years.'"
threatens to quit every few months

LARRY DERFNER
Israel Correspondent

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Rome (JTA) -- Erich Priebke's
new neighbors are not happy with
the Christmas present given to the
former SS captain.
On the orders of a military
appeals court, Priebke, who was
convicted in July of taking part in
the 1944 massacre of 335 people,
was moved Dec. 23 from a mili-
tary hospital into a Rome apart-
ment to serve out the remaining
three months of his sentence.
Neighbors from the apartment
building and surrounding neighbor-
hood, including a number ofJews,
have been protesting his presence.
The apartment was put at
Pri_ebke's disposal by a group
called Man and Freedom, which
has called him a political prisoner.
Heavy security was stationed
nearby, and bars were installed on
the apartment windows.

Newspaper Editor
Tenders Resignation

New York (JPFS) —Two months
after his Milwaukee newspaper ran
an editorial calling on Prime
Minister I3inyamin Netanyahu to
resign, it is the editor of the
Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle who is
on his way out the door.
The resignation of Andrew
Muchin, a 14-year veteran of the
weekly federation-owned news
in Milwaukee, is linked to the co
troversial editori
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