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African President Nelson Mandela.
The Jewish Advocate, a Boston-
based newspaper, reported that the
UJC had purchased the award for
Arafat and notified Arafat's office of its
plans to honor him on Oct. 13, dur-
ing its mission to Israel and France.
Those plans were scrapped, the
paper reported, when the UJC learned
that Arafat would be in Tokyo during
the mission.
The UJC said in a statement,
"There was never any intent to issue
the award to Chairman Arafat."
Then a further statement on Oct.
25, signed by Solender, said that
Arafat's name had been proposed by
"some within United Jewish
Communities."
The statement continued, "It is
regrettable that inappropriate and
unauthorized steps were taken to pre-
sent the award to him. As soon as top
leadership learned this information,
steps were taken to stop the process."
Arafat has come "up short in fulfill-
ing the expectations" of both Israel
and the United States, said Betty
Ehrenberg, director for international
affairs and communal relations at the
Orthodox Union.
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the
Reform movement's Union of
American Hebrew Congregations, said
that despite Arafat's elevated political
status, his terrorist past should dis-
qualify him from receiving high
Jewish honors.
Although Arafat has "done what's
right and necessary for his people" in
negotiating with the Israelis and is pre-
paredso move towards peace," Rabbi
Yoffie said, "he's not a hero to us."
Rita Hauser, an international
lawyer who participated in the contro-
versial 1988 meeting in Stockholm
with Arafat, said that giving the Isaiah
Award to Arafat would have said
"something bold and wonderful about
the American Jewish community."
Hauser said, "Anything that anyone
can do to encourage" Arafat's active
partnership in the peace process is "a
desirable thing on all sides."
The Advocate reported that before
the controversy broke, the UJC still
was planning to give Arafat the award
at some point in the future.
UJC officials would not comment
on that possibility. Solender, who is in
Israel, said through a spokeswoman
last week, "At this time, it is prema-
ture for the North American Jewish
community to honor Yasser Arafat,
given the fact that no final peace
agreement yet exists between the
Palestinians and Israel." P1

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