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Same Old Stuff
or the past several years we've been reporting on the
exacerbation of anti-Semitism in Russia and some of its
neighboring states which were all members of the former
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Now, with President Yeltsin’s leadership hanging on a tightrope,
because of his failing health, some of the most vociferous anti-Semites
are taking advantage of the situation for their own sinister political
purposes. They damn Jews who are trying to lift Russia from more
than a century of economic degradation to a free and stable capitalist
society. They damn other Jews for not participating in a Russian
revival.
No one knows whether the revival will he a return to a communist
dictatorship or a fascist regime What can he sure is that if unrest
continues and people are denied work and the benefits derived from
employment there will be a tremendous upheaval.
That upheaval may certainly affect the current Russian Jews who
are estimated at one and a half to two million.
These numbers contain a stratification of Jewishness. Some are
committed Jews who daven daily and arc supremely religious. The
mainstream, however, are Jews who have a semblance of Jewish
identity and possibly know their bedrock, their fountainhead The
Soviet Union had been vehemently dic-
tatorial and extremely anti-Semitic in JESS JAWIN p. 24
Latvian Jews Threaten
Boycott Of Holiday
By Lev Krichevsky
MOSCOW — Latvian Jewish
leaders are threatening to boycott a
national holiday dedicated to sol-
diers who died in World War II
because it will he focused on com-
memorating soldiers who fought
for the Nazi cause.
Grigory Krupmkov, the leader
of the Latvian Jewish community.
said that as part of the boycott of
the first annual Latvian Soldiers
Remembrance Day. scheduled for
March 16. Jewish officials will
refuse to obey a law under which
they must hang the nation's flag
outside Jewish community facili-
ties.
Veterans of the Latvian SS. a
see BOYCOTT p. 24
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INSIDE
Jewish Icon Goes To the Mat For Animals.........2
Thousands Of Orthodox Rally In NYC
3
4
Washington Watch
Dallas Doings.....................................................5
Temple Shalom In Shabbat Across America......8
High Professionals for Weddings
and Other Occasions.................................8-11
Mosaics Offer A Variety of Programs..................9
TJP’s Flavorite Recipes.............................12, 13
My Father, The Publisher.................................15
You and Your Health........................................ 16
World Religious Leaders To Meet In Dallas.....17
Shlomo Riskin’s Torah Portion.........................18
Obituaries...................................................19, 23
Synagogue Services..................................19, 22
Around the Town..............................................20
Lebanon Calls On Israel To Make
Unconditional Withdrawal Of Army
By Naomi Segal
JERUSALEM — The Lebanese
government is pressuring Israel to
make an unconditional withdraw-
al from southern Lebanon.
According to the Lebanese prime
minister, Lebanon will not discuss
any security arrangements or guar-
antees for an Israeli withdrawal
from the Jewish state's security
zone in southern Lebanon.
"Our position is firm and will
not change,” Selim al-Hoss said
Saturday. ,
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has repeatedly stated
that he would seek such security
arrangements in exchange for an
Israeli withdrawal.
There have been growing calls
in Israel for a withdrawal, particu-
larly after seven Israelis — includ-
ing an army genera) — were killed
during the past two weeks in the
security zone.
On Sunday, Netanyahu dis-
missed suggestions that he planned
to propose to the Lebanese gov-
ernment that the two sides hold
direct negotiations on the matter.
Netanyahu was responding to a
report in the Israeli daily Ha'aretz
that he intended to issue a public
call this week to Hoss to hold talks
without Syria, the leading power
broker in Lebanon.
According to Likud sources cit-
ed in the article, such talks would
help Netanyahu in the May elec-
tions for prime minister.
Although Netanyahu described
the Ha’aretz report as “inaccurate.”
he said recent statements by Hoss
regarding an Israeli troop pullback
were worthy of consideration.
In an interview with the BBC
last Friday, Hoss said that if Israel
were willing to pull back to the
international border, the terms of a
1949 armistice agreement would
be reactivated.
That accord barred attacks by
military or paramilitary groups on
either side of the border against
military or civilian targets.
After the BBC interview, the
Lebanese premier said he was re-
ferring to an unconditional Israeli
withdrawal
Just the same. Netanyahu said
Sunday that he believes "there is
room for discreet inquiries” about
Hoss’ comments.
At the same time, Netanyahu
reaffirmed his position that any
withdrawal must be accompanied
by safety guarantees for Israel’s
northern settlements.
“We will get out only when I
know that Hezbollah will not be
able to get inside the border.” he
said.
Israel created the 9-mile-wide
security zone more than a decade
ago to protect its northern border
from Hezbollah attacks.
Israel’s rising death toll in south-
ern Lebanon has spurred repeated
grassroots calls for a withdrawal,
and the issue has become a hot
topic in the ongoing election cam-
paign.
Last week, one of the candidates
for prime minister, opposition lead-
er Ehud Barak, pledged that if elect-
ed. he would get the Israeli troops
out of Lebanon by June of next
year.
The pledge, and similar ones that
subsequently came from other can-
didates, elicited criticism from the
army lop brass, which said that
what is essentially a security issue
should not be politicized.
Naomi Segal is a TJP/JTA cor-
respondent.
British Soldiers Arrested
For Alleged Neo-Nazi Links
By Douglas Davis
LONDON — Two British sol-
diers from elite regiments were
among 14 people arrested in Brit-
ain's largest postwar swoop on
suspected neo-Nazis involved in
acts of criminal racism.
In addition to the weekend ar-
rests. simultaneous police raids
on dozens of private addresses
throughout Britain produced large
quantities of weapons, live am-
munition. far-right literature and
compact disks containing explic-
itly racist material.
The soldiers arc believed to
have used their military expertise
to provide weapons training for
neo-Nazis in Britain and terror-
ists who operate in Northern Ire-
land
The raids were the result of a
yearlong undercover operation in
which military and police intelli-
gence agents infiltrated the neo-
Nazi Combat 18 movement.
Combat 18 takes its name from
the first and eighth letters of the
alphabet — Adolf Hitler s initials
— and is regarded as a dangerous-
ly violent extremist organization
with links to international terror-
ism.
Investigators are reported to have
identified an additional lOsoldiers
with Combat 18 ties, but decided
not to act against them because
they lack sufficient evidence to
prosecute them.
The movement is believed to
have been actively recruiting sol-
diers and to have close links to
terrorist groups in Northern Ire-
land.
It is also believed to coordinate
its activities with hard-line neo-
Nazi groups throughout Europe
and Scandinavia.
According to a security source,
the leader of Combat 18, former
Royal Marine Will Browning,
drew on his military skills when
he allegedly launched a letter-
bomb campaign against celebri-
ties in interracial marriages two
years ago.
Former Combat 18 leader Char-
lie Sargeant, serving a life sen-
tence for murder, once said it
would be a mistake to think his
organization has a mass follow-
ing. “We are what we are,” he
said. “We’re thugs who follow an
ideology.”
Douglas Davis is a TJP/JTA
correspondent.
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