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October 6,1988
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sistently to vote without urging, Jackson's job is of primary im-
portance. From the Democrats' point of view, he should be en-
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Emigration policy is
satisfactory to Israel,
Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres asserts
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inee for the 1988 election.
Jackson could really do wonders for the Dukakis/Bentsen
Does Jackson really want to make a difference, or were his
wonderful speeches about human rights and the strength of
Democratic Party politics just campaign maneuvering?
The reverend can't blame anybody for provoking this kind of
questioning; he has not given anyone reason to do otherwise.
The country should be glad Jordan spoke out in this respect.
I hope that her words will not evaporate as Jackson's seemed to
have done in Atlanta during the Democratic Convention. Perhaps
it was the atmosphere, for his words seem to have "gone with
the wind".
JERUSALEM, (TA) - In the face
of growing international criticism,
Israel defended its use of plastic
bullets against Palestinian demon-
strators and explained why they
were adopted by the Israel De-
fense Force.
A spokesman for Defense Min-
ister Yitzhak Rabin clarified a state-
ment attributed to Rabin regarding
the use of the bullets.
Rabin was quoted as saying, "If
more rioters are hurt, that is our
intention."
B ut his communications adviser,
Eitan Haber, denied that this
meant the IDF is under orders to
shoot as many Arabs as possible.
"The shooting of plastic bullets
is intended to cause more injuries,
butonlyamongtherioters," Haber
said.
He insisted they are intended
actually to avoid the damage
caused by live bullets, and are sup-
posed to be aimed only at the lead-
ers of violent demonstrations who
are usually found at the rear of the
demonstrators.
Unit commanders had hoped the
plastic bullets would reduce the
If Jackson doesn't get on the move, Dukakis will not have a real
chance to compete with Vice President George Bush, let alone
win.
Random thoughts
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Jordan added that Jackson never really accepted the decision
of American Democratic voters who chose Dukakis as their nom-
Editor s note:-Nothing in Aubrey Farb s review indicates that the Jewish Her-
ald -Voice recommends the reading of this book: we do not necessarily vouch for
the truth of Out of Control However, the editorial board ofthis paper in no way
wishes to hide its head in the sand when such books as this and the Protocols of
the Elders of Zion make appearances on the American scene. The review was
printed in order to bring the contents of the book to the attention of our readers.
It s so sad that if you had turned theothercheek.you might have have understood
incidence of stone-throwing. So
far, they have not
The plastic bullets are substi-
tutes for rubber bullets and live
ammunition, but have been found
to inflict severe wounds and in
some cases have been fatal
Their use has been officially
protested to Israel by the United
States and Britain.
"We believe that measures must
be taken to reduce rather than to
increase casualties among Pales-
tinian demonstrators," U.S. State
Department spokeswoman Phyllis
Oakley said.
According to military regula-
tions, plastic bullets may be fired
only from distances of at least 230
feet. They must be aimed at the
legs, below the knees.
But doctors at Ahali hospital in
Gaza testified that eight Palestin-
ians have been killed by plastic
bullets in the month since they
were first employed.
Knesset member Ran Cohen of
the Citizens Rights Movement vis-
ited the Al-Makased Hospital in
East Jerusalem. He said he saw
three Nablus residents wounded
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campaign, but he limits himself, sitting back and watching with
an attitude of someone who has been robbed of something he
never really had.
On Friday Sept. 30, former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan
finally came out and said it! She said, Gov. Michael’bukakis might
lose his race for the "presidential seat", because of Rev. Jesse
Jackson's lack of support for the Democratic ticket.
I n 1984,174 million citizens of voting age participated in the
presidential election. That represents 53 percent of the elegible
voters in our country. Since minorities have not been known con-
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foreign minister disagreed with the
Russian assessment that the PLO is
in the processof change toward
realism and restraint
As long as the PLO refuses to
recognize I srael's right to exist,
accept UN Security Council reso-
lution 242 and renounce terrorism,
it cannot be a party to negotiations,
Peres said.
With respect to bilateral issues,
Petrovsky said the Soviets had de-
cided to give additional three-
Steven Grayson raps JHNfor publishing
review of book written by Leslie Cockbum
I think it's shameful that the/H-V, in the guise of a book review, puffed
L. Cockburn's anti-Nicaraguan resistance disinformation effort.
Bizarrely, you even went so far to photostat Cockburn's flack-writ-
ten "bio". Isn't it relevant, though disreputable, that Leslie married
into the notorious British Stalinist dan, the Cockbums? Intelligence
expert Chapman Pichner (friend of Peter Wright) claims good ole Claud
C. was a KG B agent. Claud bragged to Henry Fairlie about tailoring the
news to fit the party line. (Claud was a "journalist", too. Lest we forget,
so was Kim Philby.)
Do J e wish H oustonians have to be reminded who her brother-in-law
is? Do they not recall that Alexander Cockbum is a virulent Jew-hater,
the favorite Jew-basher of the U.S. white left? Honest Alex was even
fired from the Village Voice when his secret Iraqi subsidies were re-
vealed by the Boston Phoenix'
Even the far-left Nation magazine disdains sweet Leslie for her links
to the ultra-paranoid.Christic Institute, so-called. They claim George
Bush,our vice president, commands hit squads, and even had a hand in
the JFK assassination!
This is a "book"/H-V recommends?
This is the thanks a "righteous Gentile" who rescued thousands of
Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) may expect from Jewish Houston?
For shame!
Sincerely yours,
Steven Grayson
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The thought that generates this question always saddens me. mstrations
Why is it that in this wonderful country of ours, every time we JERUSALEM, (JTA) - Radical
happen to criticize something or somebody related to a minority Palestinian youths used the funeral
group, we are afraid of being accused of racism? procession of former Gaza Mayor
is it because we really are racist, or because we are forced to Rashad a-Shawwa as cover for a
wear indelible labels? provocative nationalist demon-
I can't really answer this, but it appears that when another in- stration p
dividualofthe questioned color or feligion finally comes forward maghezantedpdaiestsiansisstininn
and tries to cut off the rotten branch of the tree", it’s not big slogans and pelted soldiers and
journalists with stones. One re-
porter was slightly injured.
Curfews were imposed on the
Gaza suburbs and refugee camps
to reduce the number of demon-
strators at the funeral. Omar El
Mukhtar Street, the main street of
Gaza, was dosed off before the
procession began.
a-Shawwa, whom the Israeli au-
thorities twice appointed mayor of
Gaza and twice deposed, died of a
heart attack at the age of 79.
Israeli security forces were un-
der orders to exercise maximum
restraint They fired tear gas at one
point to scatter stone-throwers,
but they did not intervene other-
wise.
The soldiers were careful to
avoid turning the cortege of a Pal-
estinian moderate into a bloody
couraging minorities to go out and vote in November, using his street confrontation,
oratorical skills to give the Democratic ticket the support he a-Shawwa, although fiercely
should have in the first place. Opposed to Israeli rule in the ad-
ministered territories, was one of
the few Palestinian leaders openly
critical of the Palestine Liberation
Organization and terrorist tactics.
Moscow since July.
Their original visas were only for
two months. The Soviet deputy
foreign minister said he hoped Is-
rael would reciprocate and extend
the visas of the Soviet consular
mission, which has been in Tel Aviv
since June 1987. Israel has regu-
larly extended those visas.
Peres suggested, according to
his aide, that the Soviet Union ex-
pand economic and cultural ties
with Israel.
Petrovsky gave Peres a message
from Shevardnadze expressing
regret that he could not attend their
meeting.
Petrovsky said his country is
worried about the general situation
in the Middle East, and especially in
the I sraeli-administered territo-
ries.
He expressed concern that these
issues are not on the agenda of the
international community.
Petrovsky praised the Israeli for-
eign minister for his speech to the
UN General Assembly, in which
Peres reiterated his support for a
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in the head and other parts of their
bodies by plastic bullets.
Cohen wrote to Rabin demand-
ing the immediate end to the use
of plastic bullets or live ammuni-
tion to disperse demonstrators.
"It is unacceptable that the IDF
treats demonstrators as If they are
soldiers in war," he said. □
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