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— from Yasser Arafat's wife on down
— he will not allow it to paralyze the
peace process.
He said that, unlike his predeces-
sor, Binyamin Netanyahu, he will not
first insist that his neighbors become
"Jeffersonian democracies" before
Israel can make peace with them.
It was a theme he echoed in a
taped video presentation to the Jewish
delegates in Atlanta.
"Today to be pro-Israel is to be
pro-peace," he said via satellite after
the mishap in England made him
miss his planned appearance.
Barak said he realizes that a final-
status agreement on a piece of paper
will not make peace in the hearts of
individuals. That could take genera-
tions.
"We are fully aware that the basic
attitude of the people around us will
not be changed overnight." First, he
said, there must be peace, politically
and legally, before Palestinians and
Israelis can start on the journey
toward true peace in their attitudes
and rhetoric.
So, what are the first steps along
this journey? Barak mentioned a few
to the Israel Policy Forum and the
Conference of Presidents:
• A "joint code of conduct" should
be drawn up so that although nego-
tiators do not necessarily need to say
nice things about one another, they
will at least agree to keep the rhetoric
civil;
• In addition to a physical fence
separating Israelis and Palestinians,
there will be an economic one as well.
"Separate economies for separate peo-
ples," complete with a separate
Palestinian currency. A complete
divorce would, he said, end any talk
of the Palestinians attempting a
"phased way to destroy Israel."
Even with separation, however,
Barak said he envisions "free-trade
agreements with the Palestinians and
broad economic cooperation, the
sharing of know-how and raw materi-
als, and some Palestinians working in
Israel."
Barak indicated that peace not
only involves Israel, the Palestinians
and other Arab neighbors. It also
must come among Jews themselves —
a theme that found a receptive audi-
ence in the United States.
With Israel no longer worried
about its continuing existence, it can
be "liberated to pursue a wide-rang-
ing agenda of human and economic
rights, environmental protection and
the difficult questions of religion and
state. " fl
Opinion Poll
Under Fire
A Jewish leader criti-
Berlin (JTA)
cized a new opinion poll that found
Germans have become more anti-
Semitic because of talks on a compen-
sation fund for Nazi-era slave laborers.
Salomon Korn, a member of the
Central Council of Jews in
Germany, said the talks had only
brought latent anti-Semitism to the
surface among younger Germans.
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German Airline
Makes Compensation
Germany's national
Berlin (JTA)
airline announced it will take part in
a compensation fund for Holocaust-
era slave workers.
The Lufthansa announcement,
which did not include a dollar amount,
was reportedly made by representatives
of the firm in Israel. The announce-
ment came as German President
Johannes Rau urged more German
firms to participate in the fund.
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ach year, hundreds of
Federation volunteers have
spread out through the tri-
county area on Christmas Day, provid-
ing relief and service to many individ-
uals. This year, as December 25 falls
on Shabbat, we give a new twist to
our annual Volunteer Extravaganza.
Long Separation
Has Happy Ending
Ottawa (JTA) — A 101-year-old
great-grandfather living in Ottawa was
reunited with his sister after a separa-
tion of more than 80 years. Benjamin
Feinstein and Sara Pyatigorsky hugged
and wept when they were brought
together recently in his small apart-
ment in the Canadian capital.
It was the first time they had seen
each other since he left Russia in
1919. Although he had wanted to go
to Palestine, Feinstein emigrated to
Winnipeg, worked as a grocer and
raised a family of four.
Pyatigorsky spent most of her life
in Ukraine and came to Cincinnati as
a refugee in 1994.
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New York (JTA) — A Holocaust sur-
vivor won a court case to get his moth-
er's concentration camp diaries from a
scholar who was translating them.
Michael Simon, who was born in
Theresienstadt in 1943, asked last
year for the return of the diaries, but
the translator refused, saying she had
a right to finish her work.
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