OPINION
REVISITED from page 31
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Netanyahu's accomplishments far out-
weighed his presumed inadequacies in
administrative matters. He was stead-
fast in reasserting Israel's right to build
in its capital, Jerusalem, and in reaf-
firming the rights of the settlements to
expand their infrastructures to keep
pace with "natural growth."
The prime minister has demon-
strated his adherence to the peace
process but made further concessions
to the Palestinians contingent on
PLO's strict compliance with treaty
obligations.
Responding to the contentious
issue of "religious pluralism,"
Netanyahu has appointed Finance
Minister Ya'akov Ne'eman to head a
commission charged with negotiating
a compromise that may be acceptable
to the contending parties. However,
the push for religious pluralism will
suffer a setback if it is perceived as a
devious maneuver aimed at bringing
down the Likud government.
Netanyahu is faced with the deci-
sion of turning over ancestral Jewish
land to a hostile Palestinian Authority,
a decision that is the most fateful and
irrevocable that any prime minister of
Israel can make.
The Jewish Forward, in a timely
and gutsy editorial, observed that
"there is no reason whatsoever for Mr.
Netanyahu to rush things just because
a secretary of state with a strong case
of moral equivalency comes down
with ants in her pants. It is precisely at
this stage when the community here
needs a leadership that will address the
administration in clear and forceful
terms."
If the chill engendered by the
"polite" and well-rehearsed applause
that greeted the Israeli prime minister
when he addressed the General
Assembly of the Council of Jewish
Federations is a reflection of the mind-
set of the American_ ewish communi-
ty, the American Jewish leadership is
at fault.
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says "Israel is Arab land illegally
occupied by Jews." Their maps of
"Palestine" show all of Israel, and Tel
Aviv is called a "Jewish settlement."
Arafat delivers fiery speeches to
Arabs — urging them to wage "jihad
... via deaths" — Islamic holy war
against Israel. He says he is "proud"
of the "heroes" that murdered Jews.
Besides their massacres in Lebanon,
the PLO has blown up airplanes and
synagogues, murdered 26 Christian
pilgrims at Israel's international air-
port, shot 13 mothers and their babies
in Krya Shemona, cut the throats of
21 school children in Ma'alot, killed
17 Israeli Olympic athletes ... must we
forget all this?
The terrorist PLO must NOT be in
a position to do to the Jewish people
what they did to the Lebanese. They
must NOT be in the hills overlooking
Jewish communities, NOT be at the
gates of Tel Aviv, NOT be inside
Jerusalem. Jews must keep 40 miles
from the river to the sea, the religious
and historic homeland of the Jewish
people.
Hymie Cutler
Director, Michigan Committee for a
Safe Israel
What Is
In A Name?
I wish to take a moment to thank you
for the sensitivity and objective analy-
sis that you have shown in having
recently changed your paper's name
from The Jewish News to simply JN.
Having so rriany articles dealing
with gays, lesbians, homosexuals,
mixed marriages,
Chanukah/Christmas, it has become
embarrassing to have "Jewish" associ-
ated with your publicaton. So, it was
refreshing to see the change and I just
wanted you to know that it has been
noticed and appreciated.
George Gelb erman
Southfield
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