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U.S. Jews condemn
Israeli citizenship plan
From AP and UPI
JERUSALEM - Five major demanded amendment of an im-
American Jewish organizations yester- migration law that now entitles all Jews
day announced opposition to legislation to automatic Israeli citizenship, but
proposed by Orthodox Israeli political gives a loose definition of who is a Jew.
parties that would redefine some aspec- In 1970, the Israeli Supreme Court
ts of "who is a Jew." ruled that anyone who declared himself
Jews are granted automatic Israeli Jewish was entitled to register as a Jew
citizenship and Orthodox parties want with the state. In practice that meant
the law to cease recognizing as Jews virtually anyone could apply for
people who convert to the faith through citizenship.
Reform or Conservative rabbis.
Orthodox groups want to require that Israel's religious parties pressured
conversions to Judaism are carried out Parliament into nullifying the Supreme
under ancient Jewish law, called 'Court ruling and amending the law to
"halacha" and are demanding the define a Jew as a person born of a
amendment in exchange for their Jewish mother or anyone who conver-
political support. ted to Judaism.
As neither major political party won Orthodox rabbis have a monopoly on
a majority in the recent general elec- Ortooxrabbis hae a lyan
tios, upprt f te mnorparties is interpreting religious law in Israel and
tions, support of the minor do not recognize weddings and other
needed if one of them is to achieve a functions carried out by Conservative
coalition commanding a majority in and Reform rabbis.
Parliament. Four religious parties control 12 seats
Theodore Mann, president of the in Parliament and both Labor Party
American Jewish Congress, told a news leader Shimon Peres and Prime
conference in Jerusalem that about 80 Minister Yitzhak Shamir have been
percent of the 6 million Jews in the bidding for their support in order to
United States belonged to Conservative form a new government
or Reform synagogues and would be Meanwhile, the leaders of the two
"insulted" by the measure. major parties negotiated yesterday on
Asked whether passage could reduce frmtnofaainlunygvr-
U.S. financial backing for the Jewish formation of a national unity gover-
state, Mann said, "you cannot hurt nment, and Peres won a keyendor-
peole nd henexpct hemtomain- sement to head such a government.
people and then expectthem to rt. Ezer Weizman, leader of the small
tain their sympathy and support.'' hut pivotal Yahad "together" party,
Rabbi Richard Hirsch, representing bde iard ha u otrer"sathe
teWorld Union for Progressive declared his support for Peres as the
the sardtUn inreProg rs leader of a unity government during a
Judaism, said that "in recent years 'meeting with Israeli President Chaim
more than 10,000 non-Orthodox conver--Herzig.P
sions are being carried out every year in Herzog.
the United States." Weizman refused to say whom his
He added that "by denying so many party would support if the unity talks
converts automatic Israeli citizenship failed. 's party won a pivotal three
would be delegitimizing the non- seats in deadlocked July 23 general
Orthodox streams of Judaism." elections.
Orthodox religious parties have
QII1UrEI 1LIt 'eU 1
IN BRIEF
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Press International reports
Oil spill may wash
ashore today in Texas
PORT ARTHUR, Texas - A 50-
mile-long oil slick threatening the
Texas coast "went haywire" and
drifted back out to sea yesterday,
but experts predicted a half-million
gallons of the molasses-like goo
would wash ashore by this after-
noon.
The oil, which was spilled from a
British tanker grounded off the
Louisiana coast, was expected to hit
land along the 25-mile stretch of the
Bolivar Pennisula east of Galveston,
missing environmentally sensitive
areas up the coast.
Explosion in Paris rocks
European Space Agency
PARIS - A powerful bomb ex-
ploded outside the Paris headquar-
ters of the European Space Agency
just before midnight yesterday
causing serious damage to the
building and slightly injuring six
people, police said.
A small radical French group
called Direct Action claimed
responsibility ina message smeared
on the wall of the building in red
paint.
The blast shattered windows of
buildings around the space agency
headquarters and damaged about a
dozen cars parked along the street.
Police said six people were
slightly injured by flying glass when
windows of their nearby homes were
blown out. Four were reported
hospitalized.
The slogan "War against War"
was daubed on the building, along
with the signature "Action Directe,"
or Direct Action.
House denies aid for
Nicaraguan rebels
WASHINGTON - The House voted
to deny aid to Nicaraguan rebels,
ignoring Republican leader Robert
Michel's warning that the move for-
ces the United States to be either an
"interventionist bully or an
isolationist wimp."
It was the fourth time in a year
that the Democratic-led House has
voted to refuse convert CIA aid to
the rebels, who are fighting the
Marxist-led Nicaraguan gover-
nment.
Report says U.S. lifting
two sanctions on Poland
WARSAW, Poland - The United
States has decided to drop two san-
ctions imposed after Poland
declared martial law in 1981, in
response to the recent general am-
nesty under which hundreds of
Polish political prisoners will be
freed, the official news agency PAP
reported yesterday.
Washington will lifta ban on scien-
tific and cultural exchanges and
restore U.S. landing rights to the
Polish state airline LOT, the agency
said.
Commission approves
Diablo nuclear plant
operation
WASHINGTON - The Nuclear
Regulatory Commission yesterday
cleared the way for operation of the
Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant,
which had been set back for years by
design questions and earthquake
fears.
The commission vote was 3-1 with
one abstention.
Before the vote, 'government
safety officials said no significant
threats were uncovered during an
exhaustive investigation into
allegations of problems at the
California plant and a few
harassment incidents against
workers at the site.
Salvadoran rebels kill one
hostage in bungled robbery
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -
Leftist guerrillas stor-
med a bank outside San
Salvador yesterday, killing a guard
and seizing 127 hostages in a bungled
robbery, military authorities said.
Paratroopers quickly surrounded
the building.
An undetermined number of
rebels rushed into the Banco
Agricola Comercial just before noon
in the eastern suburb of Soyapango.
One guerrilla inside the bank told
a local radio station the insurgents
shot to death one guard who tried to
resist them.
A passing air force patrol heard
the shots and called for reinfor-
cements.
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