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VOL. 56 NO. 12
MARCIi 23,1978-ADAR II14
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Resolution Orders
Israel Out Of
Lebanon, U.N. In
UNITED NATIONS
(WNS) - A United States resolution calling on Israel to'
withdraw its military forces
from south Lebanon and
sending into the area an interim United Nations/force
was adopted by the UN
Security Council by a 12-0
' vote Mar. 19.' The Soviet
. Union and Czechoslovakia
abstained and China did not
participate. The resolution
said the UN force would be in
south Lebanon "for the .purpose, of confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces, restoring international peace
and security and assisting
the government of Lebanon
in ensuring the return of its
effective . authority in the
area." The resolution did not
give a deadline for Israeli
withdrawal or a time limit
for the interim UN force.
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COLUtf.t/., OHIO 4Mt.
March 14., 1978
The Coluabus Jewish Cosmunlty.
Memorial Service for Terrorist Victim
Attn: H. I.  Adlerstein
Community deletion* Coralttee
1175 College Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43209
' All friends of Iirael. oourn With you the
lives, lost by the shameful act of those who
*ould subvert the efforts for peace and the
security of Israel.
We who have given our support through this
generation and have Joined.to repudiate past
cynical attacks.onithe Jewish people and on
the religious purposes which unite us all,
send our hope for, preservation of the faith
that gives strength to go on.
South Lebanon Situation Major
Topic Of Carter-Begin Talks
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By Gil Sedan
Governor James A. Rhodes sent the above letter to
the Jewish Community Memorial Service, on Tuesday,
March 14,1978. It was read and heavily applauded by
the over 400 people present. (See story page 3.)
Planes Would Only Be Used As An
Aggressive Weapon - Metzenbaum
' Nearly 100 leaders of the Columbus Jewish Community
met on Sunday afternoon,
Mar. 19, for an Off-the-record
session with Senator Howard
Metzenbaum,   under -the
auspices of the Community
Relations Committee of the
Columbus Jewish Federation.   The   meeting   was
chaired by Rabbi. Samuel W:
_ Rubenstein; a me'mber.of th|e '
Board of Trustees oftne Co- '•»
lumbus Jewish Federation
and of the Israel Task Force
of the CRC, and featured
four panelists "who opened
the   meeting   by   asking
Senator   Metzenbaum   a
series of questions.
:' The panelists were Merom
Brachman, .Chair.nian of the
_ Overseas Jewry Committee
- of.the CRC; N. Victor Gpod-
,man, Vice Chairman of the
Community Relations Com-
' mittee of the Columbus Jewish   Federation;   Thomas
Kaplin, Jr., a long-time CRC
member and United Jewish
Fund Campaign leader; and
■ Robert   N. ' Shamansky,
. Chairman of the Committee
on   Christian-Jewish   Concerns of the CRC, Gerald
Wedren, a member of the
Israel Task Force of' the
. CRC,   introduced   Senator
< Metzenbaum.
t In the discussion, Senator
(Metzenbaum answered a
' number of complex and diffi:
cult questions having to do'
with issues of Jewish concern, including not only
Israel and the Middle East,
but such problems as the
Electoral College, the
energy crisis, and other
issues.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) -
The crisis in south Lebanon
will be one of the major
issues discussed at Premier,
Menachem Begin's meeting
with President Carter in
Washington this week, political analysts here said March
16. They said that Israel believes that only the U.S. can
serve, as an intermediary
between the parties concerned to reach anarrange-
ment that will permanently
eliminate the terrorist presence from south Lebanon.
Until such an arrangement
is made, Israel has said that
its forces will remain in
south Lebanon where they
now occupy a security belt
100 kilometers long by 10
kilometers deep. High level
sources . here denied an
American report that Carter
has asked Begin to postpone
his Washington visit until
there is no longer a significant Israeli presence in
' south Lebanon. The sources
'saidlhat Begin alid foreign
Minister Moshe Dayan will
go to the UvS. as planned for
their meetings March 21-22
with the President. Defense
Minister Ezer Weizman will
not return to Washington.
The long-term affects of
the' Lebanese crisis on Middle East peace negotiations
remained unclear. The
Egyptians have indicated
they want to continue the
talks which have been
stalled for two months. But
observers here think it is unlikely that they will be resumed before a settlement is
reached,in south Lebanon.
Israel is expected to demand
that no PLO people be permitted to cross the Litani
River into the area now held
by the Israeli arniy. This
would, in effect, impose the
"Red Line" restriction that
has-applied to Syrian forces
in Lebanon to the Palestinians. Authoritative political
, sources said there need not
be a written document but a
silent understanding
between the parties.
(President Anwar Sadat,
who several days ago condemned the terrorist_ viol-
" encein Israel on March 11 as
"sad and tragic," condemned Israel's military
operation in Lebanon. At the,
same time, according to
Cairo radio, Sadat said he
would continue with efforts
to resolve the AraHsraeli
conflict through peaceful
means. The radio quoted the
President as saying: "Israel
must know that the occupation of others' land will not
give security to Israel. The
days of imposing conditions
by force are over. If Israel
has the military strength,
we, too, have . military
strength.") Begin said at a
press conference that all
"relevant factors" — excluding the PLO — should be
consulted in reaching an
agreement on south Lebanon
and reaffirmed Israel's intention to hold the area until
it had assurances that south
Lebanon would no longer
serve as a terrorist base.
Begin agreed that other
"parties concerned" included the Lebanese government, Syria and other Arab
states.
The U.S. is expected to
have difficulty convincing
the Syrians to agree to the
arrangement Israel wants
which   would   limit   the
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
Israel Expo Marks Beginning
Of Israel 30 Celebration
Rabbi Samuel Rubenstein
, Sen. Metzenbaum stated
that he had made clear to
Pres.- Carter his concern
with the sale of planes to
Egypt and Saudi Arabia anil
noted'tfiat he believed that
these would <on)y be used _s
an- .aggressive weapon
against Israel. An early
supporter of detente, he now- •
believes that we must pursue
a hard line with the Soviet
Union in attempting to obtain freedom for Jewish emigration. And further he
strongly defended the
proposals to abolish the electoral college and stressed his
beliefs that these proposals
were necessary to provide
"one man—one vote."
• Senator Metzenbaum impressed those in attendance
with his open and forthright
explanations, and his will-'
ingness to take positions on,
many of these complicated
issues.
This meeting was one in an
ongoing series which the
Community Relations €om-
mitteefhas been sponsoring'
Howard M. Metzenbaum
for many years. Similar
meetings have been held iri
the past with Senator Robert
Taft, Jr,., Congressman
Samuel L. Devine, Mayor
Tom Moody, and other
government officials.
The CRC provides a
vehicle for the leadership of
the Jewish Community to exchange viewpoints, with
elected officials. Marvin L.
Glassman, Chairman of the
CRC, noted that: "It is only
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 10)
A major segment of the
planned community-wide celebration in honor of Israel's
30th anniversary will be a
four day "Israel Expo" to
take place at the Jewish Center, Saturday, April 29
through Tuesday, May 2.
Pauline and Raymond
Kahn have been selected to
chair the lay committee for
the Expo, N. Victor Goodman, chairman of the Israel
30 Community Co-ordinating
Committee has announced,
"It behooves us as a committee to get the Expo off as
a beautiful beginning to a
two-week long community
celebration of Israel's anniversary,"  exclaimed Mrs.
Pauline Kahn
Kahn at the recent committee's meeting.
The Kahns explained that
the purpose of the Expo was
Drinan Raps Carter On Two Counts
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Father Robert Drinan, a
Democrat Congressman
from Massachusetts, accused President Carter of
having "made two major
mistakes in regard to the
Middle East. First, he tried
to reinvolve the Russians in
the Middle East ... a profound mistake" that
"fortunately ._ . became
moot with the 'peace jnltia-
Roman Catholic priest said.
"The'second major mistake
he has made was proposing
jets for Saudi Arabia and for
Egypt,*-' Drinan said, expressing hope that "the Congress would be for Egypt,"
Drinan said, , expressing
hope ' that "the Congress
would be able to defeat
that." Drinan made his remarks in a speech ;and
guestion-and-answer .period,
live of President Sadat, *> the, ^Befdre'aiiohibined gathering! >
of the Writers and Artists for
Peace in the Middle East
and the America-Israel
Friendship League, at the
America-Israel Friendship
House here.
Referring to the latent terrorist assault on Israel, he
observed: "What the
tragedy of March 11 will remind everybody, is the intense vulnerability of Israel,
,A_y,. type,  of Palestinian
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Raymond Kahn
to win friends for Israel by
interpreting the cultural her',
itage and by displaying economic and industrial
achievements in. a stimulating educational way as well
as conveying the flavor gas-
tronomically, musically and
artistically. The productivity of Israel will be promoted
in the bazaar with displays
and the sale of items that
have been created by Israeli
artists and craftsmen. Israel
travel and tourism information will also be available.
The Expo committee is in
the throws of planning the
many events fhat will take
place during the four days.
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