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1 The Plight of the Homeless Jews. . . See Story Page 2
Texas Jewish Post
■ VOLUME 39 ISSUE 33
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1983 9 ELUL 5743
20 PAGES FIFTY CENTS
jess jauuin Brotherhood of Terrorism
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organi-
■ zations, the largest umbrella group of top Jewish leadership, has just
■ released an interesting memorandum backgrounding the “Brotherhood of
Terrorism” and their involvement in the current Central American crisis.
It is worthy of close reading by all Americans because, as the Conferen-
ce says: “Americans are having a tough enough time figuring out what’s at
stake and what to do in the tangled politics of Central America.”
| Comparing the current PLO involvement in the Middle East, the memo
m states: “Consider for a moment how confusing it must be for the Castro
government in Cuba, the insurgents in El Salvador and the Sandlnistas in
Nicaragua when they look at the Middle East and try to pick sides in the
civil war.”
Speaking of the PLO’s particular partnership in Central America, the
| release states:
“The involvement of Palestinian terrorists with Central American
revolutionaries goes back to the late 1960’s, when various elements of the
PLO began working with Fidel Castro. Castro had begun as a supporter of
Israel, but by 1966 the Cuban leader was already making the PLO a factor in
Latin American revolutionary activities. By 1968 Cuban intelligence and
— military personnel were training PLO killers in North Africa and Iraq. In
■ June 1969 Cubans joined a PLO raid in the Sinai.
“The PLO is equally cozy with the Communist forces in El Salvador. In
1979 the “People’s Revolutionary Army” bombed the Israeli embassy in the
capital city of San Salvador to show ‘solidarity with the Palestinian people’
and demanded that the government recognize the PLO. A delegation from
the Revolutionary Coordinator of the Masses, the united political front of
h major Salvadoran insurgent groups, met in Beirut with one of Arafat’s
■ deputies — ABu Jihad — and arranged for Salvadoran trainees to complete
m a course in PLO-style terrorism at an Al Fatah camp; the first class
graduated in June 1980. In 1981 Shafik Hadal, a Salvadoran of Palestinian
descent and head of El Salvador’s Communist Party, met with PLO leaders
in Beirut.
“Though the PLO-Latin connection has received scant media attention,
■ neither the PLO nor its Latin allies have taken the trouble to deny it.
| Thomas Borge, Interior Minister of Nicaragua, has confirmed that he and
other Sandinista leaders were trained by Al Fatah. In February 1978 the
PLO-Sandinista alliance issued a joint communique in Mexico City affirm-
ing the “ties of solidarity” existing between the two groups, which joined in
denouncing what they called “the racist State of Israel.”
_ “In 1979, when the Sandinistas came to power in Nicaragua, their
■ spokesman, Jorge Mandi, declared: There is a longstanding blood unity
* between us and the Palestinians. Many of the units belonging to the San-
dinista movement were at Palestinian revolutionary bases in Jordan. In the
early 1970’s,’ he recalled proudly, ‘Nicaraguan and Palestinian blood was
spilled together in Amman and in other places during the Black SeDtember
See jess jawin Page 4
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Plight of Hie Homelexs Jews....................2
Development of Lovie Fighter Plane on Target.......2
Dallaf Doings...............................3
Postorial: 71st Birthday of Wallenberg............4
Monitor: El Al's Bouncing Back..................4
BBYO Appoints New Director...................7
Chrysler Fined $45,000 on Boycott Violation.......8
Your Fresh Approach to Delicious Recipes..........9
Dallas Synagogue Services....................10
House Calls: Automobile Injuries...............11
You and Your Taxes: Buying A Business..........11
Dallas Singles Scene.........................12
Letters
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Singles Weekend at Wimberely.................12
Still Time to Place Your New Year Greeting........13
Dining and Entertainment..................14-16
Our Film Folk..............................14
Anshai Emet Officer Installation Friday...........15
West Of Hester Street 'Benefit Film' Sept. 15......15
Pioneer Women's Board Meeting ...............15
Rabbi Jack Bemporad Leaves Temple Emanu-EI.....15
Fort Worth's Around the Town.................17
Job Responsibility Simcha Chapter Topic..........17
Dr. Howard Sachar F.W. Scholar-in-Residence......18
Fort Worth Synagogue Services.................18
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American Leaders Show
Concern Over 'Cold Peace'
Between Israel and Egypt
WASHINGTON [JTA] -
A Group of American
Jewish leaders expressed
concern to Secretary of
State George Shultz about
the “cold peace” that exists
between Israel and Egypt.
Julius Berman, chairman
of the Conference of Presi-
dents of Major American
Jewish Organizations, said
the Jewish leaders had
stressed that they were
‘Very wary” that Egypt has
not returned its Ambassa-
dor to Israel even though
Israel and Lebanon had
signed an agreement for the
withdrawal of Israeli troops
from Lebanon.
When Egypt withdrew its
Ambassaor last September
it said he would not return
until Israel agrees to with-
draw from Lebanon. But
Egyptian spokesmen are
now talking about a com-
plete withdrawal as well as
the improvement of condi-
tions on the West Bank
before an envoy is sent to
Tel Aviv.
Julius Berman
Berman said the Egyptian
position was not only “disap-
pointing” but “not very
productive toward the over-
all peace effort.” He said
there is an “expectation,”
that Israel will be asked to
take “risks for peace.” But
he said when it took a
“major risk” for peace by its
withdrawal from the Sinai
all it received in return was
a “piece of paper” that
promised a new relationship
that has not yet been
achieved.
Berman and 10 other
Jewish leaders, represent-
ing the Presidents Confere-
ence and the National
Republican Jewish Coali-
tion, met for an hour-and-a-
half with Shultz. They had
been invited by the White
House which said that Presi-
dent Reagan had asked
Shultz to brief them on the
Reagan Administration’s re-
cent meetings with Leban-
ese President Amin Gemay-
el and Israeli Foreign
Minister Yitzhak Shamir
and Defense Minister Moshe
Arens.
Apparently Pleased By U.S.-
Israeli Relations
The Jewish leaders em-
erged from the State De-
partment apparently pleas-
ed by the present state of
Israeli-U.S. relations. Not-
ing that he had become
chairman of the President’s
Conference on June 9, 19S2,
Berman said. ‘Tve never
had it better.”
He said the present state
of relations were “much
more fundamental” than the
“honeymoon” that it has
See Cold Peace Page 4
U.S. Apologizes To France
For Hiding Klaus Barbie
The White House express-
ed its “deep regrets” last
Friday to the French gov-
ernment in the first official
apology for U.S. army
counterintelligence officers
hiding Klaus Barbie, former
Gestapo officer wanted by
the French for war crimes.
Barbie, who sent thou-
sands to their deaths, most
of whom were Jews, receiv-
ed official protection from
U.S. government agencies in
Germany and Austria. Later
he was secreted out of
Germany to South America
on false passports provided
by U.S. government officals.
The Texas Jewish Post
has reported for years
Barbie’s carte blanche free-
dom in various South Amer-
ican countries. Known as the
“butcher of Lyon,” he was
expelled from Bolivia in
February. He had been
living there since 1951.
Barbie claimed he had easy
entrance to the United
States during that time and
had visited major U.S. cities
Alan A. Rvan. Jr.
An Apology to France
under purported work for
U.S. intelligence agencies.
Now awaiting trial in
France, Barbie, 69 and a
native of Germany, is being
held in Lyon, the city from
which his commands and
personal participation caus-
ed the deaths and torture of
Jews and Christians.
The French had charged
him with “crimes against
humanity.”
Alan A. Ryan Jr., director
of a special Justice Depart-
ment group to investigate
Barbie’s connection with
U.S. military and other
agencies, recommended the
U.S. apology to the French
government “for its respon-
sibility in delaying the due
process of law in the case of
Klaus Barbie.” Ryan added:
“The United States cannot
disclaim responsibility” for
the officers who while hiding
Barbie “were acting within
the scope of their official
duties.”
Ryan’s report said that
the Army heiped Barbie flee
from Germany to Genoa,
Italy in 1951. The decision to
plan and promote his escape
was made in 1950 to
“eliminate the risk that he
would be detected and
See Apology Page 16
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