From: cpr@igc.apc.org (Center for Policy Research)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.mideast
Subject: News from the Israeli press
Date: 12 Dec 92 13:20:00 GMT
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From: Center for Policy Research <cpr>
Subject: News from the Israeli press

/* Written  4:57 am  Dec  9, 1992 by cpr@igc.apc.org in igc:talk.politics. */
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News from Israel Commented by Elias Davidsson, CPR, Reykjavik,
Iceland

1. Mr. Chaim Herzog urges Jews to marry among themselves

	 Jerusalem Post 21. Nov. 1992:
President Chaim Herzog last week told 3000 delegates attending the
Council of Jewish Federation-s annual General Assembly in New York
that American Jews- greatest task today is that of Jewish
education.  He added: "I implore you to stem the tide of
assimilation, increase the Jewish awareness of your people".

Comment: From the above remarks two lessons can be drawn:
a. Mr. Herzog does not consider himself the President of all
Israelis, but only of the Jews. It should be remembered that 18%
of Israel's citizens are not Jews.
b. Mr. Herzog is urging a kind of self-imposed apartheid on U.S.
citizens, that they withdraw into a kind of Jewish ghetto, by not
marrying with non-Jews.
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2. No damages to amputated Arab

       Jerusalem Post 11 July 1992:

A man whose hands were amputated after he was burned while
removing a PLO (sic) flag from an electric line on IDF orders
should not be allowed to claim damages from the state, since he
has been fitted with prostheses and can still work, the State
Attorney's office argued last week.

Plia Albeck, the deputy attorney-general responsible for Judea and
Samaria (sic), made this claim in appealing a decision by the
Jerusalem District Court to award NIS 800.000 to a 25 year old
Hebron falafel seller, Jihan Genam, disabled in 1989.

Albeck also claimed that "an order to remove a flag is considered
an IDF military action, and as such [the state] bears no
responsibility for damages.  Responsbility for the damage rests
with the person who hung the PLO flag (sic) on the electric line,
not the one who ordered it removed.S
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3. World Zionist Organization supports Israeli occupation of Golan
and West Bank

     Jerusalem Post 8. August 1992

The World Zionist Organization will refocus its settlements
activities to reflect the policies of the Rabin government, WZO
officials said Friday, after the 32nd Zionist Congress passed a
resolution to direct the WZO's settlement budget to sparsely
populated areas important for the nation's security. WZO officials
said that the organization will shift its work almost exclusively
to the Golan Heights and the Jordan Valley.

Speaking at the closing session, Rabin pledged that Israel would
retain responsibility for the settlements under the autonomy
agreement with the Palestinians.

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4.  Christian Zionists flock to Jerusalem

    Jerusalem Post, 24 October 1992

Some 6000 Christian supporters of Israel, a record number,
gathered in Jerusalem last week to mark the International
Christian Embassy's annual Feast of Tabernacles.

(...)

The visitors were addressed by Prime Minister Rabin and Jerusalem
Mayor Teddy Kollek.

"If you help us, we shall together fulfil God's commandment to
bring Jews to Israel. Our goal is to have seven million Jews here
by the year 2000" Rabin told the pilgrims. The crowd cheered
Rabin's statement that "Jerusalem must stay united forever under
Israeli sovereignty".

(...)

The Finnish branch of the International Christian Embassy also
plans to present $75.000 to the Jewish Agency for the group's 12th
chartered planeload of immigrants from the CIS.

Comments:
a. The International Christian Embassy is not recognized by the
World Council of Churches.
b. Mr. Rabin is an atheist but refers to God when needed. See also
   topic: Rabin's War Crimes.