Many thanks to the 175 Jewish Family Service Volunteers who helped make our 8th Annual Fall Fix Up a HUGE SUCCESS We couldn't have done it without YOU! And special thanks to our hard-working committee— Jack Cherney, Beth and David Ganezer, Micki Grossman, Karen Safran, Nathan Shiovitz, Judy Stern, & Jennifer Silverman. situation that will escalate and ultimately cause severe damage for Israel as well as the whole region? He added that all the major powers perceive the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to be the single most serious ongoing prob- What about Israeli Prime Minister lem in the world. Arid Sharon's push to get the settlers "Here we go again," Rabbi Wine out of Gaza? replied to this accusation in a previous "It's not enough to have a unilateral conversation. We Jews got it in the withdrawal from Gaza," Stockton said. Holocaust and now they fixed us up "That will solve a major headache for again to be the sacrificial victim of the the Israelis, but will not stabilize either world. Twice in one century" the Palestinian situation or the Israeli sit- Rabbi Wine tweezed out the delicate uation. It will solve an Israeli problem because, for the Israelis, Gaza is a swamp issues involved in this not uncommon accusation. "The major provocation in of entanglement, rising extremism and the Muslim world that feeds extremism death with no future. The quicker they is the Jewish-Arab question. If it could get out, the better. be resolved in some semi-satisfactory "Withdrawal unilaterally will not sta- way, it would reduce the inflammation bilize the Palestinian situation because it of the Muslim world and that would be will leave Gaza leaderless with no reas- good for the world, the global economy, surance that the Israelis will not re-enter for the United States and Europe. What the region for 'security reasons.' certainly is unacceptable in the Jewish It will not stabilize the Israeli situa- community is the idea that the Israeli tion because they will have acted unilat- problem is endangering the world." erally and with no negotiated arrange- He added, "It is also true that if the ment with a recognized Palestinian lead- Palestinian-Israeli issue is toned down, ership," Stockton said. "The level of dis- the world would benefit —" trust is so great that without internation- "— And so would the Israelis," al intervention to facilitate an arrange- Stockton said. ment, the withdrawal has a high proba- "I'm not so sure," Rabbi Wine replied. bility of collapsing." "People say that to console the Jews. I think it's realistic to say that if Israel What are Sharon's responsibilities ? would shrink its boundaries or go away, "The problem for Sharon is that > it would likely be good for world peace. although he would be happy with the "— And Israel's security" Stockton death of Arafat, Arafat died too soon," added. Rabbi Wine said. "Sharon hasn't com- "The reality here is that the Jews are pleted his wall [security barrier], which being asked to put themselves into a allowed him to draw a boundary line, dangerous place for world peace," Rabbi which is no longer feasible. He'll get no Wine said. peace agreement with that line. There Stockton agreed that it's a real possibil- has to be enough land to have a state." ity that the extremists from around the Stockton said, "The danger is that Arab world could remilitarize the new Bush and Sharon used Arafat as an Palestinian country. excuse not to negotiate and were never Both said it is the responsibility of the serious. If Sharon indicated a commit- Arabs to make an unequivocal commit- ment to a negotiation process, that ment of negotiating with Israel in a non- would be a shift in his position." violent context," Stockton said. "Control your extremists or end up Will the Mideast situation escalate? With the rise of terrorism, it's dangerous with failure," Rabbi Wine advised the Arabs. Yet with the death of Arafat, both for Israelis to give back the West Bank. advocate taking this opportunity to So why should they? work for a negotiated peace. "This is not a moral issue, its a practi- "Israel can find short-term security cal one," Stockton said. "Israel's control of the West Bank, of the Palestinian peo- without peace," but not long-term secu- rity," Rabbi Wine said. "The only ple and of Islamic holy sites is creating answer to long-run security is peace." an inflammatory and politically unstable We also thank our sponsors and community partners for their tremendous support— Providence Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, Hansons' Windows and Siding, Yeshivas Darchei Torah & Universal Bearing Company. "So Palestine can never be as independ- ent as Israel. It can have a police force, but not a military. That's a tough negoti- ation." 7 Steven Dunn Chairperson JFS Fall Fix Up Committee Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit 912350 OPEN MON — FRI 7-8 • SAT 8-8 • SUN 8-3 DELI AND GOURMET RESTAURANT r 1 % Any Menu Item! OFF on Sat & Sun 8 am-3 pm only! I. 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