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Since January, more than 4,700 Jews have left the Soviet Union carrying Israeli visas. But only 18.7% of them have actually ended up in the Jewish state. Israeli officials, eager to promote the Zionist ideal and increase their stagnating Jewish population, have been agonizing over this "dropout" problem for years, and last week they took drastic action to resolve it. The Israeli Cabinet voted 16 to 2 to force Jewish emigres to leave the Soviet Union by way of Bucharest, where officials have agreed to compel them to proceed directly to Israel and nowhere else. Soviet Jews currently emigrate...
Last fall Khalil also founded the Arab-JewishDialogue, an unofficial student group, with thehead of Harvard's Zionist League, Daniel H. Nevins'89. She says the Dialogue represents asmall-scale effort of what should transpire in theMiddle-East. Until the Palestinians and Israelis"Break down misunderstandings, misconceptions andfears of the other side, then I don't thinkanything constructive can be achieved. Until thetwo sit down, there will be no real peace. This isnot a game. People are suffering and will continueto suffer until one side recognizes the other,"she says...
...February on charges that they were part of a plot to overthrow the Government and establish an Aryan nation in the Pacific Northwest, prosecutors were convinced that a jury would return a guilty verdict. Three of the suspects lead Hitlerite hate groups and claim that the Government is under "Zionist occupation." Nine of the defendants were charged with conspiracy, and five were accused of planning to murder federal officials. Six of the 13 were in jail for other crimes, including two found guilty of murdering Alan Berg, a Denver radio-show host...
Last week the jury delivered its judgment: not guilty. Jurors apparently agreed with the defense's contention that a Government witness, James Ellison, who is serving a 20-year term for racketeering, made up the conspiracy theory to win a reduced sentence. Declared Defendant Louis Ray Beam: "The Zionist occupation government has suffered a terrible blow...
...passenger, just one month ago. Four of the seven remarks on the SAS "fact sheet" imply the legitimacy of the PLO, yet the SAS conveniently forgets to mention what the PLO stands for. The PLO reaffirmed its National Covenant in April, 1987, calling for "armed struggle" against the "Zionist entity" until there is "complete liberation of Palestine." Unfortunately, no powerful Palestinian peace movement exists, as the PLO has assassinated over 15 Palestinian leaders who have dared to suggest moderation. Even though the United States refuses to recognize the PLO, it appears that the SAS supports this terrorist organization...