`Worse Than Oslo' ZOA president sees little benefit in road map. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter should be demanding the arrest of more terrorists instead of releasing them." Klein took offense at the announcement this week of an additional $75 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians. "Do you reward three years of terrorism with the ultimate concession — a state?" he asked angrily. "It sends a message to terrorists: Keep killing people and you'll get a wonderful concession." He called Syria, Iran, Libya and North Korea sover- eign states, but referred to them as "monstrous, evil dictatorships and barbaric regimes. Does anyone think that this [Palestinian] regime will be a peaceful democ- racy?" Morton Klein had his way, tanks would roll across the road map to peace. The Zionist Organization of America national resident called the road map "worse than Oslo" during a visit to the Detroit area. "In the first 30 days, Israel must publicly endorse a Palestinian state and must publicly say they will end violence to the Palestinians," Klein told a crowd of about 200 during the ZOA Einstein Luncheon at Congregation Shaarey Zedek on May 12. Israel "can't deport terrorists, can't demolish their homes and must go back to the Sept. 28, 2000, [Green] line." With no mention of Palestinian concessions in the road map, such as demilitarizing or normalizing rela- tions with Israel, Klein asked, -"Why are we rewarding terrorism? What's wrong with us? "This is the first 30 days of this 'brilliant' plan designed by the European Union, United Nations, Russia and the United States — three out of the four are terrible enemies of the State of Israel and almost anti-Semitic," he said. Klein cited the release of 163 terrorists from Israeli prisons as a double standard. "They say we're only going to release accomplices, not the ones who pulled the trigger, even though'in America, accomplices are as guilty as the triggerman," he said. In America, "if you drive the getaway car, - ZOA's Morton Klein you're as guilty as the one who robbed the bank. We ' Klein said a Palestinian state may threaten Israel in a much more serious way by bringing in heavy weapons and troops from Syria, Iran or Libya. While Arabs can live freely in Israel, the same thing cannot be said for the 200,000 Jews who live in the territories among 2 million Arabs, he said. "The thinking is that if there's going to be a [Palestinian] state, the Jews will be killed," he said. "If that's the case, why are we setting up a state that's so barbaric that they'll kill their non-Muslim citizens? "We got rid of one terrorist state, Iraq. I don't think it's so good to have another terrorist state called Palestine." Klein also said Pale-stinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) was not elected, but appointed by Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. He also said Abbas was a co-founder of the terrorist group, Fatah, and a vicious Holocaust denier. "The man wrote his thesis at Moscow Oriental University, a communist institution, and said the Holocaust never occurred," Klein said. "Abbas named a square in Jenin for a suicide bomber who murdered five Americans in Iraq. He may say he's against terrorism, but he doesn't consider members of Hamas or Hezbollah as terrorists. He con- siders them freedom fighters." Klein said negotiations with the Palestinians must end. "Negotiations didn't work with Germany in the `30s, didn't work with Saddam in the '90s, didn't work with Arafat and the P.A. today," he said. "We should be allowing Israel to do what we do or any other country to do: military action against this regime." "Diplomacy has almost never ended conflicts throughout history," he said. "The conflict ends when a war occurs, and the winner imposes positions on the loser, and that's what's called peace." ❑ Mission Shabbat Local synagogues to promote Israel trip at services this weekend. SHELLI LIEBMAN DORFMAN StaffWriter A corps of guest speakers will stand before congregants in synagogues throughout metro Detroit this Shabbat sharing the same message: Go to Israel. The plan to devote May 16-17 to promoting Federation's Michigan Miracle Mission 4 next April came about when leadership from the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit approached members of the Michigan Board of Rabbis about the April 18-28, 2004, trip. "We decided together that since congregations have already been a part of the centerpiece of the past three Federation missions, working together would formalize that," said Rabbi Paul Yedwab, president of the multi-stream Board of Rabbis. Nearly 20 congregations — including Conservative, Orthodox, Reform, Independent, Reform-Renewal and Secular Humanistic — will be participat- ing in the Shabbat program. In addition to its members offer- ing their bimahs for mission lead- ership to speak, the Michigan Board of Rabbis will also, for the first time, become co-sponsors of the trip, along with the Jewish News. - Rabbi Yedwab Mission co-chairs are Dr. Richard Krugel and Peter Alter. Associate chairs are Scott Kaufman, Lisa Lis, Beverly Liss and John Marx. Jane F. Sherman is honorary chair, with Doreen Hermelin, Lawrence Jackier, Ron Klein and Ben Rosenthal serving as the adviso- ry council. Federation's Michigan Miracle Mission 4 will provide direct travel on chartered El-Al planes between Detroit and Tel Aviv. It will include six nights in Jerusalem and two nights in Michigan's Partnership 2000 region in the Central Galilee, with special programming for repeat visitors to Israel and a host of volunteer opportunities to aid the Jewish state and assist Israelis. Mission goers will have a chance to prep for the trip through orientation sessions, education meet- ings and conversational Hebrew lessons. Dates for the Mission were chosen to coincide with Yom HaZikaron (Israel's Day of MISSION on page 19 0 A 5/16 2003 17