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from page 47

The appalling record of Vice Presi-
dent Al Gore ("Counting The Jewish
Vote," Oct. 6, page 6) is one of a
private enemy seeking Jewish trust.
He has been President Bill Clinton's
right-hand man for almost eight
years, and because of Clinton-Gore,
disaster after disaster has befallen
Israel. Still, Clinton and Gore con-
tinue to say that the United States is
a "true friend."
What has Israel lost during the
1992-2000 Clinton-Gore Administra-
don? Virtually all of the Judean-
Samarian hills (the West Bank). Now
the Palestine Authority points at
Jerusalem. Indeed, has any free nation
like Israel fallen faster to its formerly
defeated enemies, inflamed by blood
and alien Arab ideas?
Towns backed by Jewish history
and still populated with Arabs, like
Hebron, Bethlehem and Jericho, are
tossed to the Palestinian Authority as
if they constituted little other than
unrecognized treasure. Ashkelon sits
on top of the implacable hatred of
Gaza; yet, the Jewish towns are far
more important in terms of Jewish
history than Tel Aviv, Haifa and
Ramat Gan.
All land conquered in 1967, gone
— the Sinai Peninsula with a now
Egyptian Yamit; the land of southern
Lebanon, formerly under Jewish
administration and rule, now aban-
doned to Muslim Arabs. Jewish troops
and Christian Arabs ran in panic from
the invading and formerly weak oppo-
sition of Muslim Arabs. Everything for
Arab peace.
Adding insult to injury, Gore
selected as his running mate Sen.
Joseph Lieberman. In August, Lieber-
man met Michigan Arab leaders and
felt it was best to "stand back and let
the parties complete their negotia-
tions" (Arab American Journal, Sept.
15, 2000, vol. 3, no. 54) on dividing
Jerusalem, establishing a Palestinian
state and settling the Palestinian
refugees. This, after openly supporting
in the Senate in 1998 the immediate
move of the U.S. embassy to
Jerusalem, contrary to efforts of the
Clinton Administration.
If there is anything that Clinton-
Gore-Lieberman should be paid
back for by the Jewish community,
it is the terrible loss of Israel. Vote
for Gov. George W. Bush. He should
win the Jewish vote because, at least,

he is not involved in the surrender
of Israel's land to the Arabs. That
was left for Clinton-Gore-Lieber-
man.
Michael Drissman
executive director,
Committee for the Jewish Idea
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West Bloomfield
And Land Problems

Thank you for your interviews with,
and mention of, candidates for West
Bloomfield Township government
("West Bloomfield," Oct. 6, page 28),
plus your reminder that the "overrid-
ing recurring issue on everyone's mind
is the development of the township
and the problems associated with it."
As a 26-year resident and recently
retired recreation superintendent for
the township, I would agree. However,
this is not a new issue for West
Bloomfield or solely a West Bloom-
field problem. The township has been
wrestling with the problems of devel-
opment throughout the building
boom of the 1980s. Some restraints
have been instituted by the township
board to provide for wetlands and
woodlands consideration, and the
township's future; however, today only
a small amount of land remains unde-
veloped in the township. Township
board members should be looking
beyond the stage of quelling develop-
ment and focusing on issues that will
keep the community stable in the
future.
Yet, in spite of all the years of dis-
cussion on development restraint, it is
to the credit of the West Bloomfield
Parks and Recreation Commission,
not the township board, for maintain-
ing a mission of land preservation,
acquiring more than 500 acres of pub-
lic parkland in the last 30 years. Early
on, previous commissions realized the
community's need for a sense of place.
It is important that the next Parks
and Recreation Commission be mind-
ful that preserving land for recreation
and/or its natural value provides this
community not only places to pause,
but also helps define the character and
values that residents sought to have
when they chose to move to West
Bloomfield. As one hoping to be elect-
ed to the commission, retaining what
residents moved to -West Bloomfield
for will be a focus of my efforts.
Judy Share-Vine
West Bloomfield

