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VOLUME 49 NO. 1
THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1995 4 SHEVAT 5755
28 PAGES $.75 PER ISSUE
Jess Jawin: Our 49th Year
our Texas Jewish Post embarks on its 49th year of
|| weekly publication with this issue.
Awhew!
We remember past years kaleidoscopically as they race
by. The early years of 1947 when Jews were still trying to reach
Palestine and the British were stymieing every operation with
imprisonment or death. Ben Gurion’s dream and vision and
finally the Declaration of Independence in 1948 and pro-
nouncement of “The State of Israel,” come to fruition.
The Arab armies surrounded the tiny enclave called “Isra-
el." Outnumbered they fought against the odds of 120 to one.
The might, men, money and oil-intrigue of the Arab world
couldn’t stop the determination of the Jewish people to estab-
lish a state and a haven.
Against all odds this was accomplished by a determined
cadre of Israelis, formerly known as Palestinians, and a skel-
etonized group of refugees who lived in mabarot, makeshift tin
and cardboard fragile shelters. They gained from an inner
strength and knew that their chance to rebuild a nation of
Shalom was historic. They pledged their energies, time and
their will to accomplish a living miracle. Build, build, build was
the constructive byword. see JESS jAW|N p. 27
Congressional Report Fingers Iran as
Main Sponsor of Militant Groups
By Matthew Dorf
WASHINGTON — A con-
gressional study on Middle East-
ern terrorism accuses Iran of back-
ing militant groups dedicated to
the destruction of Israel.
But the report, “Hamas and
Palestinian Islamic Jihad: Recent
Developments, Sources of Sup-
port and Implications for U.S.
Policy,” fails to shed new light on
other sources of support for the
fundamentalist Islamic groups.
Released by the Congression-
al Research Service, the report is
intended as a tool for members of
Congress to make informed deci-
sions about Middle East policy.
CRS is known on Capitol Hill to
give impartial and unbiased facts.
“The Congressional Research
Service is our gospel,” one con-
gressional aide said. “It’s the best
resource we have.”
The 15-page report reads like
a research paper, recounting re-
cent news reports and policy state-
ments by U.S. officials on Middle
see REPORT p. 12
INDEX
High Noon for Jewish Politics: Will the Recent
Election Doom Jewish Liberalism?...........................................2 & 3
Washington Watch....................................................................................4
Dallas Doings............................................................................................5
Dallas Hadassah to Hold Post-New Year Party.....................................6
Holocaust Center’s Annual Meeting Features
Dr. Michael Berenbaum...............................................................6
Synagogue Services............................................................................8, 24
Rabbi Riskin’s Torah Portion: Bo............................................................9
Refugee Arrivals in Dallas Soar in December.......................................11
Pianist Pamela Mia Paul to Perform at JCC Jan. 15..............................13
TJP’s Flavorite Recipes: Pound Cake — a Luscious Reward.........14,15
Singles, Here’s Your New Year’s Reward & Resolution: Catch
Your Catch With a FREE TJP Singles Ad...............................16, 17
Akiba Academy’s Open House Features Pre-Enrollment Rgistration........18
Great Debate: Should We Aid the PLO?................................................19
You and Your Health........................................................................20, 21
Around the Town....................................................................................22
Rabbi Robert L. Wolkoff: Stamp of Reproval.......................................23
Tense Atmosphere Grips Negotiations
in Wake of Killings of Palestinians
By Naomi Segal
JERUSALEM — Israeli and
Palestinian negotiators resumed
their talks this week in a tense
atmosphere, following a fatal clash
between Israeli troops and Pales-
tinian police near the Erez check-
point in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli and Palestinian officials
had differing accounts of what hap-
pened Monday night, when three
Palestinian police officers were
killed in a shootout with Israeli
soldiers.
The joint Israeli-Palestinian
Supreme Liaison Committee,
which oversees the ongoing nego-
tiations by the two sides, metTues-
day to investigate the incident
Israeli officers said the Israeli
troops were carrying out a routine
see TENSE p. 9
News Analysis:
Funeral for Palestinian policemen killed by Israeli soldiers in
a north Gaza shootout was held Tuesday amid cries and
chants by thousands of “Death to Israel”
Israel Faces Dilemma with Syria
as it Continues Search for Peace
By David Landau
JERUSALEM — Last week’s
serious escalation of violence on
the Lebanese border, coupled with
a diplomatic waiting game in
Washington, illustrates the dilem-
ma Israel faces in its search for
peace with Syria.
In Washington, Israel waited
in frustration for the Syrians to
signal that they were ready to add
high-ranking military officers to
the discreet but largely unproduc-
tive bilateral diplomatic talks con-
tinuing in the U.S. capital.
And in the security zone in
southern Lebanon, almost daily
battles with Hezbollah, the Islamic
fundamentalist movement, reached
a crisis point recently with the
deaths, in two separate incidents,
of two Israeli soldiers.
Following the Hezbollah at-
tacks, Israeli guns replied with one
of the heaviest artillery barrages in
the area in recent months.
The intensification of the mini-
war between Israel and its allied
South Lebanese Army on the one
side, and Hezbollah and Palestin-
ian rejectionist groups on the oth-
er, have inevitably raised ques-
tions in Israel regarding Syrian in-
volvement in the Lebanon attacks.
It also raises the possibility of
a connection between the violence
on the ground and the stalemated
diplomatic process with the Syri-
see DILEMMA p. 28
Israel-Arab Peace Process and Black-Jewish Relations
Lead ADL’s 1994 List of Ten Top Stories Affecting Jews
The historic peace process be-
tween Israel and her Arab neigh-
bors and proliferation of anti-
Semitic, racist and bigoted rheto-
ric and communication dominated
the Anti-Defamation League’s
(ADL) annual list of the ten top
stories in 1994 affecting the Amer-
ican Jewish community.
“The historic signing of the
peace treaty between Israel and
Jordan marked another significant
watershed on the long and arduous
search for Arab-Israeli peace,” said
Abraham H. Foxman, ADL na-
tional director. “With diplomatic
relations with 148 of the 185 mem-
bers states of the United Nations as
well as the Vatican, Israel is being
transformed from a pariah to a part-
ner in the international communi-
ty”
While encouraged by the ad-
vances in the peace process in the
Middle East, Foxman said that the
increase in terrorist attacks world-
wide targeting Jewish organiza-
tions and individuals as well as
inside Israel, “is the dark side of
the Arab-Israeli relationship, per-
petrated by Islamic extremists com-
mitted to destroying the peace pro-
cess.”
At home, Foxman noted that
national attention was focused on
the anti-Semitic, racist rhetoric
espoused by Nation of Islam
spokespersons and others. “Jew-
see ADL LIST p. 25
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