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The Canadian Jewish News, Thursday, August 9,1984 - Page 7
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U,S, group issues protest
JOSEPH POLAKOFF WASfflNGTON—
A-statement by a top U.S. state department official that Syria is a "helpful player" in ending the civil war in Le-
banon has come under heavy attack from Kenneth Bialkin, chairman of the Conference of Pre s i d e n t s 0 f M aj o r American Jewish Organizations. The day after the elec-
tion in Israel, Richard Murphy, a former ambassador to Syria, told the House fpreign affairs subcommittee, that ' * we believe that Syria has been one of the helpful players in progress to-
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Yosef Tzuria, one of 21 indicted members of the Jewish terrorist underground, was sentenced last week to six years in prison for his part in a conspiracy to blow up Islamic shrines oh the Temple Mount.
Tzuria, av25-year-old resident of Ramat Hash-aron, was' convicted of haying observed the Temple Mount in preparation for a possible attack and having posed as an officer in order to purchase silencers for guns.
Three years of hiis sentence were suspended by Judge Yisrael Weiner of
the Jerusalem District Court who said that in handing down sentence, he had weighed the seriousness of the crime on one hand, and the "defendant's positive personal attributes on the other hand.
"It's only a shame," the judge continued, "that someone like Tzuria would get involved in such a conspiracy."
He said that among the reasons against being lenient were the potential damage to the state that might have been caused by such an attack on the Temple Mount, the effect it
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WASHINGTON —
The qaestion of whe-ther American-born MeirKahane shoald lose the U.S. citizenship because he won a seat in the Knesset in Israel's July 23 election is under discussion at the state department.
Alan Romberg, a state department spokesman, said that KahaneV membership hi the Knesset '^does raise the question .'' In terms of precedents, Romberg said, there is the case of at least one U.S. citizen who forfeited his citizenship on being elected to
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this Sabbath is Sabbath Nachamu — the Sabbath of Comfort, fol -lowing the sadness of the fastofTishaB'Av;
The haftorah for this week, read in our sched-uie^f Bible readings on Saturday, Aug. 11, is taken from the Book of Isaiah, chapter 40, verses 1-26. It begins: "Comfort ye, comfort ye My people, saith your God."
The weekly portion of the Toraih, read on Friday, is Va'etchanan, Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11.
During the rest of the week continue with the Psalms: 50 on Thursday, Aug. 9, 51 on Sunday, 52 on Monday, 53 on Tuesday and 54 and 55 on Wednesday.
the Knesset, and one •who retained his citizenship despite his service in the Knesset .>
He referred to a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act which says "accepting, serving in or performing duties of any office, post, or employment under a government of a foreign state" may reisult in the loss of U.S. citizenship "under certain condi-•tions.''x''■ v;.,/
"Loss of citizenship is not automatic in such cases, however," Romberg added. "The Supreme Courthas held that in order for the loss of citizeniship to occur it must be established that the U.S. citizen acted with the intention of relinquishing U.S. citizenship. Such an intent may be demonstrated by a citizen's statement or conduct but that's a general statement of how it would be approached."
Kahane, now 51, made his first visit to Israel in 1963. He served there briefly in a kibbutz before returning to the U.S. In 1971 he announced hi^ intention to live in Israel where he founded a political party, Kach.
He is the son of an Orthodox rabbi and grew up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. In Israel in 1981 he spent three months in prison for threatening violence against Palestinians who opposed Israeli controls on the West Bank.
would have on Moslems around the world and the need to deter others from repeating those acts in the future.
The court was surprised by the request of Tzuria's lawyer, Yaacov Rubin, who asked that his client be released on reserve army duty next month, as "an act of repentance." The request was denied.
ward restoring stability and security" in Lebanon. Murphy is the assistant secretary of state for Middle East •affairs.
Bialkin wired Secretary of State George Shultz that the U.S. praise of Syria was "an
astonishing and de pressing develbpment. He said the "despotic Syrian regime-' was supporting tenrorism, had sabotaged the U.S.-sponsored Israel-Lebanon troop withdrawal agreement and "has publicly challenged our country and demonstrated its contempt for, and hostility to, our purpose."
A Capitol source close to Middle East affairs, said: "Syria has brought stability^o Lebanon like the Soyiets did to Hungary after the uprising in 1956, like it did in Af-
ghanistan in 1979, and like Jaruzelski did for Poland in crushing the Solidarity Movement."
Former Undersecretary of State Joseph Sisco joined in the criticism of Murphy's statement. Recent Syrian actions, he said, are based on its need for a period of relative quiet in Lebanon. "In the long run," he said, "over the next one to five years, if there is to be stability and peace in the Middle East, there has to be a fundamental reckoning between Israel on the one hand and Syria on the other."
Asked how he could support his "helpful" statement, after the U.S. denunciations of Syria over the past year. Murphy replied that "fimes change," a phrase the state department repeated later in response
to reporters* questions.
Congressman Edwin Zschau, a staunch supporter of administration policy, expressed^ surprise and Congressman Lawrence Smith, a friend of Israel, sharply questioned Murphy's comment. Recalling the slaughter of 241 U.S. servicemen by a terrorist bombing at the Marine barracks in Beirut, Congressman Robert Tori-celli found Murphy's statement both "inappropriate" and "unfortunate."
' Murphy also told the subcommittee that "conditions could come about'' that would cause Syria to withdraw its forces from Lebanon —■ perhaps as early as 24 to 48 hours after total Israeli withdrawal.
Murphy's appearance came two days after Israel had to close its
liaison office east of Beirut on Lebanese orders , acting under Syrian pressure (CJN Aug. 2). The office, an outgrowth of the May 17 pact, ended Lebanese-Israeli official communication. Murphy and the state department said the closing was "regrettable."
In supporting Murphy's position, the state department said Syria "in recent weeks has begun to play a more helpful role in-the security situation in the Beirut area and in assisting the process of reconciliation in contrast to its action in the past."
It described "notable improvement" in Beirut's security situation: functioning of the airport and the seaport and an increase in the crossing between east and west Beirut.
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