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The site iwa^ silrt^^ by Israeli trp^ settlers reportedly were evacuated withcmtl^ this afternoon, none of the stn«;tin«shkdb^n demolished Defense Ministry was reported to he negotiating i^ the religious township^of Kiryat Arba, adjacent to Hebrdn fora compromise that would aUow some of the lUchsettlers^^to^^^ ejusting legal settlements in the area.
Eitan's sitccessar confirmed unanimdiisly
JERUSALEM — Major-Genei^ Moshe Levi, 46, the Deputy Chief of St^, was unanimously confirmed in his appointment as Israel's next Chief of Staff by the Cabinet
He will be pronioted to the rank of and take over from Lieutensint-General Rafael fitan on April 13, Independence Day..
Moshe Arens, the Defence Minister, chose General Levi for the top post in the armed foipcs after two weeks of intensive consultations. ^ ,
Tel Aviv-bom iieneral Levi, who has held 4 wide variety «f field''doiml^ during his 29 years of Army service, is knoHm in the fbrbes as **Moshe VachetzT (**Moshe-and-a>-hair*) because of his height His parents settled in Israel from Iraq in the early 1930's.
General Levi, who had been head of Central Command for five years, took over as
IUU.*GEfi. MOSHE LEVI ..^JHrwCMeffof Slllff
Deputy Chief of. Staff aiiter Major-General Yekutiel Adam was killed in a terrorist ambush near Beirut early in the war in Lebanon last year.
General LevTs batde experience has been with infantry and paratroopss. He is married with five children, and lives oh a Jezreel Valley kibbutz.
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State DepL issu^^ on Soviet forced ia^^^^^^^^^
By WOLFIfLlTZER
WASHINGTON — A remarkable 24-page report on the Soviet Union's forced lalK>r s^tem and practices has been issued by the VS. State Depsirtment, pmnting out that the system is distiiiguished by large scate a^ which it operates to threaten and punish those convict^ violating Soviet law, including those who attempt to assert freedom of speech, assqnbly or religion.*'
Many Soviet citzens have suffered in the forced labor camps, but Jews amuous to identify with their rejigipii, c»ilture and heritage have been taigetted for special tieatiiient, the report ■ .nptesC-'.;;\jv:\
It also cohtaiiis; a letter written last October by the wife of a 44-year-oId Rcfusenik ooeanographer, Alexander Faritsl^, describing the conditions in Vydrino forced labor ii»inp, where he is faeiiig held after h^ been convicted on chiuges of slanderiiig the Soyiet^^^^
The letter says that: 2,000^ fnisoners a^; "^^rino,
where tulieictdosisaiM other di^^^
It continues: *The Inxhes of noaiiy prisdmra w^ with perforated ulcers. Their clothing was stuck to their bodies and had to be ripped off, taking their skin with it. The prisoners are denied medical assistaiw of jany quaflity..
Last July, after he had lefiliseda dem^^ of the
zone. Major N.N. Aniiteye!^ to ie^^ the idea of eini9:a£uig tO! iicarby foctory; shifting 4^
In August, when his he liegan to talk about hims^ahd his situation; 'tfa^ interrupted the conversation, seized him and put him in pui^ve solitary confinementfor IS days."
Paritsky has since been subjected to liuther spells of solitary confiaement
During the past 10 years, the campaign to win freedom for Soviet Jewgy has icsulted in the rescue of more than 260,000 Jews — 170,000 of wiiom have gone to Isni^
Today, though, em^gntioh has virtually stopped; official Soviet harassment has intensified; arrests have iocreued.
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iSRAiLI iiiNIS^ HAMER reideiM firsthand a imtfor
.e<liiici^ at a TM Aviv etementaiy school --^teaching electro^ fii^
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to 'reopen
iEIiy$AIJ»^ tiiifd World
Conference on Soviet Jewry meeting here last month called i(^n the Soviet Union to honor its commitment to the Helsinki Final Act and ^rebpen the gates and permit the departure of ^ Soviet Jews, allow their repatriation to Israel, ^ the national homeland of the Jewish ' people..." '■
Tl^e resolutibii also called for the immexliate release of Jews who wish to practice theurfaith and an ^end' to the government-sponsored isam^gn that Is fanning the flames of anti-Seiditism and hlltred of the Jewish people** in the USSR.
Another retolution adopted by the 3,000 delegates from 3J -countries attending the 'conference was addressed to Soviet Jews."We • take upon ourselves a personal vow that your sti^^^is our stniggle, that weareat one with you in yous; dfeamS'Jiildi«aspiratioiis. In this strugg^ we arpjoi^ b^ nienaiid^^^^^^^ of many creeiis aiid^ ^ho cherWhumandj^ . }
The resolutions wcse adopted as the conference received further reports of the alarming deterioration of the situation of Soviet Jews. Accordiiig to information reaching here, Yuri Tamopolskyi a leading Refusemk, was ane^ by the KGB in Kharkov. Tarib^lsiyv chernist by
profession, was refused an exit visa in 1979.
He began a hunger strike on October 1,1982 which he continued until November 9. He is iharried and the father of a daii^ter.
Conference sources said his arrest was timed deliberately to dishearten the conference delegates and the hopek of Soviet Jews who may be looking to the Conference to bring about an alleviation of their plight.
Other reports to the conference b^ Soviet Jewish emigres living in Israel and delegates who recentiy visited the Soviet Union spoke of worsening conditions, increased suryeillanoe of Jews, particularly Refuseniks wider dissemination of anti-Semitic propaganda, increased harassment and overt anti-$emitism by ordinary Russians who shout **Kil( the Jews and Save Palestine.**
In a brief speech at the closing session of the conference Prime Minister Menachem Begin said the awakening of Soviet Jewry is •Hriepre^ hereWfiiiskel' . wiU never give up Ifiope that thc^ wiO cdme home to Zioh,'*
Begin quoted *^ reliable source** as saying that a high-Soviet official had tohl him, ''Now that the West does not take an interest (regarding Soviet Jews), iii^ can do M wish.- The ^great importance** of the Jerusalem conference. Begin said, was to demonstrate that *^e free world does care.**
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^onnedlfiT^AviV'ieoenifyby Rahhi ChtSm llnickman, a National lUiigioitt , Kiiesset ifiemiier iriio to quit
an nidejiiendettt, faction. The new party whidi calls itself "Matzad" (Mahai^ Zioni Dati — Religions Zionist Camp>islarto theiightofthe NRP and win piobably call for tlw iminediate annexation of the West Bank in repudiation of the Gamp David Accords.
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Pikisbni Imps posted
HAIFA Addressing a students* mieetiiig at the Haifa university, former chief of staff General Rafiiel Eitan revealed that, a Plakistani armored brigade is currently based at Tabnik,.in western Saudi Arabia, 12S miles from the Israeli port of Eilat General Eitan said that the presence of the .iWstani bri^ide had been known for some time. Hegavenolhrthcr details. ZlffS
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Begfn advises Europeiiis
JERUSAUEM, -r Prime Minister MenaclKm B^in told ' a group ef visiting members of-the Enropean Parliament reoeiMayihat their iiistitution% siqipOft for President Reagan'li Middle East peace uiit^tive was^dcstruc-
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Lebanese eharged
SYDNEY A 32-ycar-okl Lebanese man has been char;gBd withlettingexplosive' devices which tf^geied off a bomb Mast at the Hakoah Club here last December.
U.K. trade up
LONDON — Israel last year dialked 19 a record 52 million P^iunds surphis in her trade with Britain. Of tiie 498 million Sterimg trade between the two countries, Israeh exports to Britain reached 275 million Sterling, compared with imports from Britain Wi>i|h 223 inillion Sterling.
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Iranian Jews donate
lOS ANGEUES - Representatives of three oiganna-tions representing Iranian Jews who have settied in the Los An0Bles aresi have made a cominned gift .of S50,000 to th^0983 United Jewish WWie Fund campaign of the Jewish Federation Coun-dL
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Ex^Nazi charged
DUiSSCtDOSF - Karl ToUkuehn, 70, a former Nazi SS NCO, was dhaiged in Hambnig recentty with car-ryiitg out onters to shootdead MmiiM assisting in the massac^<^2MlOO Jewish men, l«!«Aiien and dOldien in Wg» in