INKS CADILLAC 8 tants need to defend their families. Instead of waiting for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to give them the equipment, some American Jews are stepping into the breach and pri- vately paying for it. It is true that some of the settle- ments, especially in Gaza, appear to be militarily indefensible, making them a danger both to their inhabitants and their IDF protectors. But most are not. Though some settlements, like the enclave in the middle of Hebron, are hot spots where the Jews are some- times blamed for violence, the notion of the settlers as the source of violence is just plain wrong. Most of the settle- ments actually get along with their Arab neighbors. Yet, even if every Jewish settlement magically disappeared tomorrow, does anyone really believe that would mark the end of Palestinian demands? Remember, Jewish neighborhoods. in Jerusalem, which are home to tens of thousands of ordinary Jews, are also considered "settlements" by the Pales- tinians. Israel's "hopes for peace" aren't being sacrificed by the settlers; they've already been destroyed by Arafat. A Dehumanizing Term As long as Arafat's forces and their allies are targeting Jewish children for death, verbal assaults on the settlers should be off-limits. Even the label "settler" some- times seems as if it is just a label used by journalists and others to dehumanize those Jews. It's as if saying that a "set- tler" was killed in a terrorist attack makes it easier to take than saying an Israeli or a Jew was murdered, for we have been trained by the left and much of the media to believe that somehow the "settler" deserved that fate. Indeed, the animus directed toward the settlers seems at times to be a case of Israel internalizing the hatred directed at it by the Arabs. Even though the settlers' Land of Israel ideology has run out of steam, surely, most Israeli and diaspora Jews must also still be reluctant to ethnical- ly cleanse Jews from biblical sites like Shilo, where Jewish history began. For Israel to get through this latest episode, it must be made clear to the Palestinians that the blood of the Jews living in Judea, Samaria and Gaza, as well as Jerusalem, should be consid- ered no less dear to us than our own. Making the settlers into the scape- goats for Oslo's failure is playing right into Arafat's hand. That's a mistake both Israeli and American Jewry should avoid at all cost. El *Per month/36 months, with $2,079 due at delivery. NON-GM EMPLOYEE 3 YEAR LEASE Stk. #001219 Per month/36 months, with $2,582 due at delivery. GM EMPLOYEE 3 YEAR LEASE ADILLAC SEDAN DEVILLE '499 *Per month/36 months, with $2,858 due at delivery. NON-GM EMPLOYEE 3 YEAR LEASE '549* *Per month/36 months, with $3,489 due at delivery. Stk. #152629 GM EMPLOYEE *Per month/36 months, with $2,109 due at delivery . • NON-GM EMPLOYEE 3 YEAR LEASE '479* ELDO ESC 0 Stk. #105720 *Per month/36 months, with $2,766 due at delivery'. *GMAC Smartlease 36 months, no security deposit required. Plate or transfer fee due on delivery. State and lux. tax additional, mile limitation of 12,000 per year. 200/mile excess. Lease has option to purchase at lease and for pre-determined amount. To get total payments multiply by the number of months. RINKE, C ADILLAC General- gtiotors Fanufti since 1917 1-696 AT VAN DYKE • (810) 758-1800 If traveling west on 1-696, exit Hoover, follow Service Drive to RINKE. If traveling east on 1-696, exit Van Dyke; take the second bridge past Van Dyke over expressway th.RINKE. Open Monday 8-9 p.m., Tuesday 8-6 p.m., Wednesday 8-6 p.m., Thursday 8-9 p.m., Friday 8-6 p.m. Visit our website @: www.rinkecadillac.com Our rates rate best Select from one of our great Certificate of Deposits designed to fit your financial needs! * Annual Percentage Yield is effective as of October 10, 2000. Penalty for early withdrawal. Business or brokered accounts not eligible. Rates subject to 1:1 FDIC change without notice. Minimum Insured deposit of $500. 11 -1r- JUAlls MICHIGAN HERITAGE Let us lend a hand Farmington Hills 28300 Orchard Lake Rd. 1 /4 Mile N. of 12 Mile Rd. 800.914-3524 Novi 21211 Haggerty Rd. North of 8 Mile Rd. Next to the Novi Hilton 888.437-8243 noy 1917 East Big Beaver Rd. At John R. Rd. Next to Starbucks Coffee 248.619-0264 12/1 200( 61