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TEXAS JEWISH POST THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1985 POSTORIAL PAGE 4
postoricils, opinions,
etc.
ADL’s Annual Survey
Of Anti-Semitism
Merely one month into the new year, reports can be
found with alarming frequency in newspapers across
the United States of incidents that can be described as
anti-Semitic in design and intent, perhaps a swastika
scrawled along a synagogue wall or several tombstones
in a Jewish cemetery overturned. The rise in the
number of reported incidents over the past year, and
warnings expressed by some Jewish community leaders
of a rising trend in this behavior, was borne out in the
annual survey of anti-Semitic incidents conducted by
the Anti-Defamation League of B’nai B’rith. It remains
the definitive study in monitoring hate in the country.
Unfortunately, Nathan Perlmutter, the ADL national
director, had disturbing news when releasing the report
in early January. It showed an increase, however
moderate, in anti-Semitic vandalism and other assaults
or threats directed at Jews, Jewish institutions or
property, after a two-year decline. The audit says there
was a noticeable increase in such serious crimes as
arson and bombings.
A trend is difficult to sort out among the 715 incidents
of vandalism reported by the survey. But one is clear:
the largest group of offenders and those arrested for
alleged acts against Jewish institutions and other
incidents remains the nation’s youth f 20 years old or
younger. It is a disturbing trend.
Perlmutter has warned in previous years, when the
survey indicated a downward trend in the total number
of reported incidents, that the American Jewish
community should remain vigilant and watchful of the
changes in attitudes in American society. He was right
then and he is right now when he issues a renewed
challenge to America’s educational system to emphasize
greater understanding and tolerance among the many
peoples who live in the United States as the first step in
reducing anti-Semitism.
Israel Deserves
More U.S. Aid
BY ROBERT SEGAL
[A Seven Arts Feature]
As Congress swings into
action for its 99th session,
what chance do the expand-
ing Arab-American propa-
ganda groups have to throw
a wrench into Israel’s efforts
to obtain a jump from $2.6
billion to $4 billion in grants
from Washington?
An indication of how the
congressional battle over
giving more support to
Israel will heat up is re-
vealed by anti-Israel argu-
ments bound to accelerate
over the air and in the press
as outfits like the National
Association of Arab-Ameri-
cans, the American-Arab
Anti-Discrimination Com-
mittee, and the Association
of Arab-American Univer-
sity Graduates intensify
their campaigns to win
support for “the Arab
Cause” and to denigrate the
State of Israel.
Adding steam to these
efforts will be such critics of
Israel as George Ball, form-
er assistant secretary of
state; Paul Findley, former
Illinois congressman; James
G. Abolurezk, former U.S.
senator from South Dakota;
John C. West, former U.S.
ambassador to Saudi Ara-
bia; and perhaps Bill Ful-
bright; former U.S. senator
from Arkansas. These, to-
gether with scores of leaders
of Arab student groups on
college campuses and sever-
al pro-Arab American cler-
gyman, no doubt will be
heard from.
All the more reason then
for supplying the hard facts
regarding Israel’s needs in a
period of 1 percent-a-day in-
flation increase to be put to
use when the propaganda
pot begins to boil.
Between the late 1940s,
when Israel, in the throes of
birth, was making herculean
efforts to withstand fierce
attacks from Arab neigh-
bors, until the early 1970s,
aid from Washington ran a
little over only $60 million a
year. In the 1976-1981 period
U.S. financial help averaged
about $2 billion a year. Since
that time, Israel has suffer-
ed severe losses in lives (600
in Lebanon alone) and the
heavy burden of meeting the
high cost of keeping militar-
ily equipped. The loss of oil
sustained when Israel, as
promised, withdrew from
Sinai, offers an example of
new burdens that had to be
assumed.
And why should the U.S.
be especially helpful to
See Why More Aid, page 18
Egypts Closing Window
BY M.J. ROSENBERG
Prime Minister Shimon
Peres has told New York
Times correspondent Tom
Friedman (Feb. 5) that he is
disturbed at the state of
Egyptian-Israel relations.
Referring to the dispute
over the tiny (750 yards)
Taba border strip. Peres
said: “In the case of Egypt.
99.999 percent of the land
was returned and many
Israelis are asking ‘Did we
get 99.999 percent of
peace?’ ”
Former Defense Minister
and current Minister With-
out Portfolio Moshe Arens
shares Peres’ view. He told a
Tel Aviv audience that
“there is no sense in talking
about concessions over Ta-
ba, particularly since we
conceded the Sinai, and as
long as we do not see a
sincere desire for peace on
the other side.”
“A sincere desire for
peace” can hardly be ascrib-
ed to the Egyptian govern-
ment at this point. The sad
fact is that since Israel
returned the Sinai peninsula
to Egypt in April 1982,
Egypt has been violating the
letter — and even more so
the spirit of the Camp David
peace treaty.
The absence of the Egyp-
tian ambassador from his
Tel Aviv post is a case in
point. Full diplomatic rela-
tions (i.e. the exchange of
ambassadors) between Isra-
el and Egypt is at the core of
the Camp David peace.
Nevertheless, Egypt with-
drew the ambassador in the
summer of 1982 in supposed
protest of Israel’s actions in
Lebanon. At first, the
Egyptian government pro-
mised that the ambassador
would return when Israel
agreed to withdraw from
Lebanon. However, Israel’s
signing of the May 17, 1983
accord with Lebanon — in
which Israel agreed to pull
out — did not trigger the
ambassador’s return. Neith-
er did Israel’s Jan. 17, 1985
announcement of its three-
part unilateral withdrawal
plan. Rather than return its
ambassador, Egypt has re-
sponded with new demands.
Israel must negotiate over
Taba and it must make a
“substantial effort to resolve
the Palestinian problem.”
This latter condition is
just vague enough to consti-
tute nothing more than a
pledge that Cairo will return
its ambassador when it’s
good and ready.
The missing ambassador
is far from the only instance
of Egypt’s violations of the
treaty. Cario has also vir-
tually halted trade, tourism,
and cultural exchanges with
Jerusaelm. It has permit-
ted the state-controlled
press to disseminate anti-
Semitic propaganda. It has
hosted PLO chief Yasser
Arafat. And it has subverted
the Camp David peace
process by endorsing Soviet
and PLO involvement in an
“international peace confer-
ence under United Nations
auspices” — precisely what
Anwar Sadat sought to
prevent when he entered
into direct negotiations with
the Israelis in Jerusalem.
And Ma’ariv reported last
week that Egypt is con-
tinuing to build a mili-
tary infrastructure for five
divisions along the Suez
Canal and in the southern
Sinai.
It is worth noting that the
coming to power in Israel of
Labor’s Shimon Peres has
done nothing to soften
Egypt’s attitude. This is
ironic. In the years prior to
the 1984 Israeli election,
Egyptian spokesmen unfair-
ly blamed the frozen state of
Israel-Egypt relations on
Menachem Begin and then
Yitzhak Shamir. During the
last Summer’s campaign,
they openly pulled for
Shimon Peres, asserting
that he was more commit-
ted to the peace process
than the Likud leaders.
Now Peres is in and, with
him — in the view of the
Peres camp — a “window of
opportunity” for peace ini-
tiatives. Peres has made an
extraordinary effort to im-
prove relations with Egypt
and with the Arabs in gener-
al. As he told Tom Fried-
man. “We took some uni-
lateral decisions in the
domain of Arab-Israeli rela-
tions: the withdrawal from
Lebanon, the change in the
policy of settlements, the
changes in the West Bank
and Gaza, the open invita-
tions to King Hussein (to
negotiate) and the readi-
ness expressed in so many
ways to really improve our
relations with Egypt. Now it
must be a mutual effort, and
I can’t say that I’m satis-
fied ____”
Foreign Minister Yitzhak
Shamir is also dissatisfied.
He opposed the Camp David
peace treaty when it came
before the Knesset for a
vote. However, as prime
minister and now as foreign
minister, he faithfully car-
ried out its terms. As he told
Kol Yisrael on Feb. 2, once
“they were signed,” he had
no choice but to fulfill its
requirements. After all, a
treaty is a treaty. It is a
tragedy that his Egyptian
counterparts do not seem to
share that rather basic view.
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