4 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-Monday, February 1, 1988 Gaza Strip violence hits home DETROIT (AP) - The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is close to the hearts and minds of tens of thousands of Michigan's Jewish- and Arab- Americans whose heritage ties them to the re- gion. The recent upsurge of violence in the Israeli- occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip troubles mapy area Jews, torn between anger at unflatter- in& news coverage of Israel and personal doubts about Israeli policies. Also disturbing to Jews here is the Israeli army's deliberate policy of beating Palestinian residents in the occupied territories as an alterna- tive to using deadly force. "I really love Israel. I want it to exist. But I'm just sick," said Joan Weisman, 66, a profes- sor. at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, "How can (Israel) be against terrorists and do this? How can these people be the same peo- ple who remember being afraid of soldiers break- ing into their doors? How can they ask their 18- year-olds to do that? To me it just doesn't sound Jewish." LEON COHAN, president of the Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit, said he, too, wishes Israel would find another way to handle Palestinian rioters other than beat- ing them. He said area Jews are unanimous in their sup- port for negotiations to end the conflict. Many local Arab-Americans say that their work on Mideast issues has led to contact from the FBI. Mike Odetallah of Livonia said he and his fa- ther, Dib, have been contacted twice by the FBI and asked about the Beit Hanina Social Club in Dearborn. The group sends money and supplies to Palestinians living in refugee camps controlled by Israel. ODETALLAH SAID, "They wanted the records of all the meetings, who our members were and all the speakers who've been there." He added that he and his father referred the FBI agent to their lawyer and contacted the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee. The Committee says that it has received similar complaints from around the country and at least 25 at its office in Detroit. "These people are terrified," said Terry Ahwal, coordinator of the group's Detroit office. "Most of them are escaping a war-torn country. They don't want to have anything to do with terrorism or war." Feminists oppose abortion amendment WASHINGTON (AP) - Fem- inists who worked for years to win passage of a broad civil rights bill are trying to decide if they still want it now that the Senate has added an anti-abortion amendment likely to stick. Legal experts say the amendment, sponsored by Sen. John Danforth (R-Mo.), has far-reaching im- plications that could outweigh the protections women would gain elsewhere in the Civil Rights Restoration Act the Senate passed 75-14 last Thursday. "I think it has the potential for really allowing institutions to discriminate against women and girls" for having had an abortion, said Judith Lichtman, executive director of the Women's Legal Defense Fund. "There is no way to describe the Danforth amendment but as a devastating defeat." The 20-odd women's groups in the 185-member Leadership Con- ference on Civil Rights are trying to settle on how to handle the bill when it comes up later this year in the House. The restoration act is intended to reverse the effect of a 1984 Supreme Court ruling that Title IX applied only to specific programs or activities receiving federal aid rather than to the entire institutions. The bill restores the institution-wide coverage supporters say was intended by Congress. 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First-rate education, said College of Engineering Dean Charles Vest, can only occur with excellent re- search. IN BRIEF Compiled from Associated Press reports Reagan awaits Meese probe WASHINGTON - President Reagan will keep close tabs on the investigation into Attorney General Edwin Meese's role in an Iraqi oil pipeline project, but seeking Meese's resignation now would be tantamount to "pitching people to the lions without proof," White House chief of staff Howard Baker said yesterday. Meese has been linked to the affair by a 1985 memo from his close friend, E. Robert Wallach. In the memo, Wallach, an American Jewish attorney, cited a plan to pay off a top-ranking Israeli official, identified by the Los Angeles Times as Israeli foreign minister Shimon Peres, in return for a guarantee that Israel would not bomb the proposed oil pipeline. Peres, who was prime minister at the time, said he was not offered a bribe by Wallach and "would have thrown the aide out the window" if he had been. Arabs riot near holy shrine JERUSALEM - Dozens of Arabs were hurt in clashes and a Jewish settler was badly burned in a car firebombing in the occupied territories yesterday. In Jerusalem, riot police fought Arabs near one of Christianity's holiest shrines. The army clamped a curfew on Nablus, the West Bank's largest city with 100,000 people, after lengthy street battles yesterday with masked youths, authorities said. They said four Palestinians were wounded by gunfire. Scores more were injured after being beaten or inhaling tear gas throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to officials at several hospitals. According to United Nations figures, 39 Arabs have been killed by Israeli gunfire since protests began Dec. 8. Iraqi air strike ignites ship MANAMA, Bahrain - A Panamanian-flag freighter was set ablaze and adrift in the northern Persian Gulf yesterday, apparently by an Iraqi air strike, and the whereabouts of its crew was unknown. A U.S. missile destroyer, the Chandler, first spotted the stricken vessel on radar late Saturday and sent up a helicopter at first light to observe it at close hand, a U.S. military source said. Some shipping officials speculated that the attack may have been a mistake. Others suggested the Iraqis knew.the Mare was bound for the Iranian port of Bushehr and thus considered it a legitimate target. Iraqi planes have hit other ships in error, most notably the U.S. frigate Stark last May 17, killing 37 sailors, however Iraq claimed its fighter- bombers intentionally carried out two attacks off the Iranian coast during a nine-hour period yesterday. Senate considers school bill LANSING - Legislation to upgrade school courses and require school districts to develop improvement plans goes before the full Senate this week, with Gov. James Blanchard's call for education reform lending impetus. Meanwhile, a Senate committee is scheduled to resume work on a bill which would let parents force local elections on whether to offer them a choice on which public school their children attend. "I want to get a quality education package through the Senate," said Sen. John Schwarz (R-Battle Creek) chair of the Education and Mental Health Committee. "I think we can go now with the governor's support," he said. "The Republican majority in the Senate needs the executive branch or the (Democrat run) House. The fact the governor has put a high priority on educational quality makes this an exciting package." EXTRAS New Daily editors take charge Another year has passed, and it's time for the change of reign at the Daily. A new generation of Daily editors is now ready to replace the tired and weary shoes of the old. This year's group includes Editor in Chief Rebecca Blumenstein, Managing Editor Martha Sevetson, News Editor Eve Becker, City Editor Melissa Birks, Features Editor Elizabeth Atkins, and University Editor Kery Murakami. Opinion Page Editors Jeffrey Rutherford and Cale Southworth will challenge our beliefs through the edit page. Sports Editor Jeff Rush will head the sports staff, along with the help of Associate Sports Editors Julie Hollman, Adam Schefter, Adam Schrager, Peter Steinert, and Douglas Volan. Arts Editors Brian Bonet and Lisa Magnino will help Film Editor John Shea, Theater Editor Jennifer Kohn, and Music Editor Beth Fertig cater to all artistic tastes and talents. Leading our award-winning photo staff will be Karen Handelman and John Munson. Stephen Gregory will join Alan Paul as this term's Weekend Magazine Editors. 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