This Week News Digest Join us for our FREE Summer Concert Series wag , t4 e gtorpc at THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN "The Dog Days of Summer" featuring the music of Sam Barnett and his old-time jazz duo Tuesday, August 13, 7 p.m. Call today for more information R.S.V.P. by August 9, (248) 353-2810 THE FOUNTAINS AT FRANKLIN Retirement Living • Assisted Living • Alzheimer's Care (248) 353-2810 28301 Franklin Road • Southfield, MI 48034 AL#630084627 • NPDJ080902 wvvw.thefountains.com - nramar4y. U.N. Condemns Israeli Incursions New York/JTA — The United Nations General Assembly issued a resolution blasting attacks on Israeli and Palestinian civilians. The resolu- tion issued Monday night also called for an immediate end to Israeli incursions in the West Bank. The resolution was watered down from the original Palestinian draft, which made no mention of attacks on Israeli civilians and called for a condemnation of Israeli "atrocities" and "appropriate action" against "perpetrators of war crimes." The resolution, which is not legally bind- ing, was approved 114-4 with 11 abstentions. During the debate preceding the vote, many countries in Asia, Africa and the Middle East denounced Israel's anti-terror military opera- tions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israel's deputy U.N. ambassador, Aaron Jacob, called the resolution "one-sided." He accused the world body of ignoring the "reality of a relentless Palestinian suicide cam- paign" and refusing to "allow con- demnation_of Palestinian terrorism." U.S. Plans High Holiday Security AniMal Friendly Environment • Unrestricted arrivals & departures •We accommodate YOUR schedule • We accept all credit cards • Staff and facility is 100% smoke free 29229 Northwestern Hwy., [north of 12 Mile Rd., north of Sero's and Franklin Plaza] FALL MIS ARRIVED featuring The Latest fall fashions!! Women's Sizes 4-16 8/ 9 2002 24 Washington/JTA — The U.S. attor- - ney general saidlaw enforcement will reach out to Jewish institutions in advance of the High Holidays. Local U.S. attorneys and FBI field offices will contact synagogues and other Jewish communal institutions before Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, John Ashcroft told Orthodox Union officials. The offices plan to coordinate security and safety issues. Bill Clinton Says `I'd Die For Israel' Toronto/JTA — President Clinton told a fund-raiser for a Jewish chari- ty that if Iraq attacked Israel, he would "fight and die" for the Jewish state. Speaking at a $1,000 a plate fund- raiser in Toronto for the Hadassah- WIZO children's charity, Clinton said he "would grab a rifle and get in the trench and fight and die" should Iraq mount a land attack on Israel in - COMPLAISANT West Bloomfield Plaza - Next to Deli Unique - 855 - 6566 - response to a U.S. attack on Iraq. Clinton, whose efforts to avoid the Vietnam War in the 1960s became a politically sensitive issue when he sought the presidency in 1992, was roundly applauded for the remarks. Clinton added that while he did not think there was a military solu- tion to the ISraeli-Palestinian con- flict, "I know there's not a terrorist solution to it" either, the paper reported. Groups Mixed On Voucher Ruling Washington/JTA — Jewish groups gave mixed reactions to a decision that ruled school vouchers unconsti- tutional in Florida. The American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League hailed the ruling, in which a trial court judge ruled Monday that the Florida voucher program violated the state's constitution, which says no state money can be used, even indirectly, to aid sectarian institu- tions. But the Orthodox Union, which supports vouchers, said the ruling was not unexpected as many states have "anti-religious" provisions in their constitutions, and voucher sup- porters are working to eliminate those amendments. The ADL and the AJCommittee said the ruling shows the limits of a June decision by the Supreme Court, which said vouchers do not violate the separation of church and state under the U.S. Constitution. The two groups said state constitutions can be more restrictive of govern- ment funding of piivate and parochial schools. Israel, Be Wary Of P.A. — Rumsfeld Washington/JTA — Israel should be wary of turning over land to Palestinian leaders it can't trust, U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld said. "If you have a coun- try that's a sliver and you can see three sides of it from a high hotel building, you've got to be careful what you give away and to whom you give it," Rumsfeld said Tuesday in a ques- tion-and-answer session with Pentagon employees. "If you're giv- NEWS DIGEST on page 26