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…RINKE CADILLAC 86 Years And Still Delivering BREAK the chances of Israeli-Palestinian peace and more suspicious about Arabs generally, a new survey finds. The American Jewish Committee survey said 49 percent of American Jews are less optimistic about the chances of a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians, up from 42 percent a year ago. Distrust of Palestinian Authority leader Yasser Arafat and the Palestinians in general has incr...…
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…Israel Votes Tough Talks Even a sharp politician like Sharon may find national unity out of reach. LESLIE SUSSER Jewish Telegraphic Agency A Jerusalem after an anticipated American attack on Iraq. There are personal considerations, too: There is bad blood between Sharon and National Union leader Avigdor Lieberman, who would become a major player in a right-wing coalition. Sharon was incensed when Lieberman torpedoed his attempt to set up...…
…The Good, Bad And Ugly The local reaction to the Israeli election is mixed. HARRY KI RS BAUM Staff Writer D epending on their side of the fence, Detroit Jews voiced varied opinions on an election that swept Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon back into office, nearly doubling his Likud party seats from 19 to 37. The election, with the lowest voter turnout in Israel's history at 68.5 percent, decimated the Labbr party with its lowest showin...…
…Israel Votes Apathy Reigns Israeli voters go through motions, expect another election in two years. MATTHEW E. GUTMAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency Tel Aviv G o vote," the ex-general commanded, looking straight into the cameras. Voter -apathy apparently was uppermost on Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's mind when he lumbered into a Jerusalem polling booth Jan. 28 at 8 a.m. sharp. Brushing aside a barrage of questions from reporters, a bl...…
…Challenges On Campus Expert gives ADEs stance on U-M admissions lawsuit along with update on nationwide anti-Israel unrest. At Tel Aviv's Dizengoff polling station, Na'ama Yuria, 21, a graphic designer for a newspaper, had just voted for Meretz. She was unhappy that voters appeared poised to re-elect Sharon as prime minister. "I'm sick of the swaggering generals. There are 300,000 unemployed, the economy is the worst it's been since the earl...…
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…This Week Eye Witness hl!.i)". `v .J01 Touring Detroit Free Press and News opinion-shapers see firsthand the miracle of Israel and the roadblocks to peace. DON COHEN Special to the Jewish News F or six days in mid-January, David Gad-Harf, executive director of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, played host in Israel to Detroit Free Press Publisher Heath Meriwether and Editorial Page Editor Ron Dzwonkowski. Joined by...…
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…Remember When • • Mideast Standoff At UNNIVI From the pages of thelewish News from this week 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 years ago. ZOA's Klein and pro-Palestinian advocate, debate the issues. Ghana Timoner, 41, becomes the first Jewish woman appointed to a long-term post as a chaplain in the U. S. Army. introduction by his sponsors mention- ing the "Palestinian-Israeli conflict." Special to the Jewish News When Abunimah spoke, he worked to...…
…INSIGHT from page 30 fired "more than one million bullets' before any Israelis were killed in the current crisis dating to September 2000. Abunimah ended by defending charges of genocide against Israel and advocating a solution that "must take power from the strong and give it to the weak," calling it "a simple thing called justice." "Israel can't have it both ways" he said. Either "Israel can withdraw and set up two states for two peoples" o...…
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…z- f r; -: of Metropolitan Detroit CHAIM Hosts Panel Discussion CHAIM, Children of Holocaust Survivors Association in Michigan, will present "Helping Our Aging Holocaust Survivors: A Panel Discussion," 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at the Jewish Community Center in West Bloomfield. Panelists will include Risa Berris, Deborah Edwards and Marianne Wildstrom from Southfield-based Jewish Family Service, who will dis- cuss benefits available to sur...…
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