2 — THE BULLETIN ~ Thursday. November 18. 1982
have reihfiltrated Lebanon
NEW YaRK—As many as 7.000 PLO terrorists — almost half the nambo* of those evacuated from Beirut — have filtered, hack into Lebanon, an Israel official told the national executive committee of the Anti-Defamation League of B*nai B'rith at its recent meeting in Houston.
Benjamin Netanyahu, minister and deputy chief of mission of the Israel Embassy in Washington, said these terrorists are now redeployed in the Bekaa valley. Another 1.000.
he added, are in the Tripoli area of Lebanon. Israeli forces which enter* ed Lebanon to end the PLO terrorist
threat to the northern border area. Netanyahu said, expected to deal with a total terrorist force in Lebanon of lO.OU) to IS.OOO. f
^But tve undeirestimkted the threat,'' he told the ADL kaciers. He reported Israeli fonxs disod»vered a PLO force estimated at 30,000 with enou^ weaponiy to arm kiiaddi-tionki 30.000 terrorists. **infact.'!he declared. **we realized we were dealing ,wtth a PLO army or a force in the developmental state of60.000 to 70.000—and it is not improbaMe to assume that this force could have reached 100,000. That would have meant a complete PLO takeover of Lebanon.**
Referring to Syrian forces still in Lebanon, Netanyahu said all indications are that tlMl troops are ^'prepared** toevacuate the Bakaa Valley. **When they do so,** he said; >tbe thousands of PLO infiltrators under Syrian aegis will probably go with them." JTA.
DIES
ALIZA begin; stalwart comiiaifoni and wife of Israel's prime minister for 43 years died suddenly in Jerusalem last Sunday of massive heart faflure. She had been hospitalized since early October for serious circuIatQry troubles and suffered from chronic asthma. Menachem Begin, hi Los Angeles at the time of her death, immediately cancelled the rest of his 10-day iJ.S. visit and returned to IsneL
Soviet emigmtlon reached new low
fallen to a frightening low as only 168 Jews arrived in Vienna m October — the lowest level recorded since emigration b^an.**
NEW YORK — Chariotte Jacob-son, chairman of Soviet Jewiy Research Bureau of National Conference on Soviet Jewiy, reported recently that ''Jewish emigration has
Documents reveal undjsputable Soviet/PLO links
JERUSALEM A mass of secR^ Palestine Liberation Organization documents discovered by the Israel Defence Forces at abandoned command posts in southern Lebanon during the fighting there in the summer, underline the strong links between the Soviet Union and the PLO.
There has been and continues to be a steadily growing flow of Soviet, Czedi and East German arms and equipment to the PLO, largely via East Germany and Hungary.
One of the seized documents, dated May of this year, contains the minutes of talks held a month earlier • between East German and Hungar-ia|t; officials and a PLO military ddegation.
The talks covered arins and ammunition deals and training for PLX> officers in the military academies of the two countries, r During the discussions, the East German Defence Minister asked for ai list of equipment required by the Pilo, so that he could submit it for aii>|^roval '^in the name of the party 2^ the State . , ■ , •:i^lie PLO list inchiid^ r^uestsfbr majdhine guns and anti<airaaft cannon and ammunition^ a|^?we,)l ^as field-glasses, medibrneaiidji^^
Later in theiialk5i^"lW&) i^^^
quested SfiulkaNK 1,37mm, 57m^ lOOmm an^ 122mm cannon a^ munition, automatic rifles ami other military supplies.
The document also reveals that PLO personnel were trailed aidiie-side East German ofticerls^ Other documents show that this training dates back tpat least 1973. ^
The scatle and variety of recent training activity, together mriith tbe sheer volume of arms shipments, indicates that the Soviet Union hoped to build the terrorist groups into a regular .army.
Documents dated October, 1981, and February, 1982, show that PLO personnel underwent a variety df military training courses between 1977 and 1981, not only in the Soviet Union, but also in East Germany, Hungary, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
The Soviet Union also co-operates with the PLO in intelligence work, mainly exdianging data about Israeli military activities.
In return, the PLO has helped Soviet intelligence to gather information and conduct subversive activities in the Middle East.
USSR scientists laud
JERUSALEM Isruli agricoltnnd accomplishments represent **the revolution of modem agiknftare today** not only m Israeli Opinion, but abo according toa leading Soviet scientisL In response to a report by the director of the Isndi Agricultural Planning and Development Authc^rily before the U^. Council for European EconQmics meeting m Gedbya, the Soviet' dwirman also eiqtressed great personal appreciation for the lecture by **our Israeli colleague," Prof. Fahaiils.
The international conference paitidpants were so interested in Faliaril*s report that they voted to extend for three hours his presentation on Isia^ know-how and experience accumulated in 34 years of farming in arid and seini-aiid r^pons.. JNI via C2F.
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The PLO has also been very useful to the Soviet Union by training members of other terrorist organizations seeking to subvert pro-Western regimes. JCNS.
Jews serving with Cliristian militia
BEIRUT — Several Lubavitcher Chassidim report that they discovered a number of Jews serving with Bashir GemayeFs Christian militia. One of them wore a fringed undergarment (tallit katan), strictly in accordance with Orthodox practice.
It seems that tins young Jew has been a part of Gemayers militia for almost four years. ''From the time ci my Bar-Mitzvah J put on idSllin ev^ry day and try'to fulfill all of the 613 commandments,** the soldier related to the Lubavitcher Chassid, Haim Gafni. The soldier asked the Lubavitcher Chassidim to assist him in making aliyah to Israel so tiat he could pray by the Western WaU.
Gafni further said that he found a number of Jews in Beirut They asked him for kosher products, prayer shawls, phylacteries and other ritual ^tides. The head rabbi ^ of the milita^ in Beirut promked to talie care of tfieir requests. ZINS,
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JEiUJSAIJm ^0^«^ in Ldtefl^it; |Picnte Begin fi^ ivkrnetf l^^pl thar a severance of diplomatic ties with Israel could hiy it opn:^ retaliation OA tbj^^j^^ Egypt had violated the Cunyp Diaivid agreement, the Opposhioa Labor party diairmaii sbitoi in a radio intervieu^ ZINS.
CUUiNFUIEnX
TEL AVIV ^ Aj^^ Ruben Dubin stated here that some 6,000 Israelis are inembers of sects and cults which aue U.S. and Western Europe. He pointed out that in the U.S., there are 3j000 different sects\ with five miffion supporters. 150,000 of young Jews influenodicasiiy by their Israeli coimterpaits. ZENS.
JERUSALEM — A World Zionist Oigamation irfonnai^ department Official was questioned for 10 hours at the Canadiafi border recently because he wastnui^orting PLO documents. North Ametican desk director Charley Levine was finally released after convincing officials that materials he was carrying were captured from PLO outposts in Beirut for use in^lsnd Scene" caravan, a two-flMmth informational campaign ihrooghout eastern Canada, New England and mid-west U.S. JNiiUmCEF.
Piodlct 'basically Mendly'
BEVERLY HILLS — Hymaii^ Bo«Abinder. Anierican JewiACbiii^ mit^V Washington reprewutilivcv predicted that the new Coogiress would be ""basically friendly*' to Israel in the oomiog nMrntbs. However he cautioned that unqnalified American supfwrt for Isnel on all issues coahlno^be taioeafb^ and headinonidicd thoac; concerned about brad to heed American thinking if they wanted to chai^^ I$rad^ cause effectivdy.:
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LONDON Noted Refusenik Ida Nudel, who was re four years* internal exife ilLStberia in Mardi, is still without a proper; home.
The council of Volgograd, a Mbs^-cow "borough,** rejei^ her appli"^ cation to be ailtowed to continue to live in her Moscow flat in Yiinykh, Leninstev St, whereshe hasliViMl for most of her life.
Nudel was arresteld in June, 1978, on a chaige of "nialicious hooliganism,^ after displaying a: iianner at the flat demandiiiei^^t^' right to emigrate to Israel.
An unnamed woman from the West recently visited the Soviet Union and interviewed Nudel, whose courage and deep commitment impressed her deeply. **Don*t pay much attention to my frailty,**^ Mi» Nudel told her visitor. **l am near breaking point, but I will be
Impi^ible. To W^ I|u«MWIiey wc^let me. 1 ^n^gx^ l^|Moi(l| a^f where there W^die^f^^ : h^'decided to help me. Periutps.** /^An American doctor reoentfy examined her and diagnosed a heart condition for whHrh she will have to take pills for the rest of her life^ She described her hard life in
Sibc^ the hostility of the villageV I Inhamtants, who treated her as a ''otimmida^
A collie dog, given to her as a : present^ caine dose to saving herlife: The diilUren of the village began to play with it, and must have talked about it in their homes, because the primitive villagers cam^ to feel that
inyself once again, and then I will be that same Ida whom you know.
**At the moment I have nowhere to live. I have no home. I have been driven out of Moscow. In Riga they do not want me.. .SoI wanderfroin place to place. Even a dog has.st home, but I have nowhere to go.**
Looking at a map of the Soviet Union, Nudd said: "Where shall I go? To the Ukraine? there it is rife with anti^mitisih. To^ VilhiU^"
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REFUSE^f||C IDA lWDEL(i%M)«iibc^
Siberia. Fdhm RdinaALev Bttrtciii.acalci kft. hat bun Ujhw to cafaate ftom
;any woman with such a dog could ^ nbtbe^llted.** ^ f
People txijgan smiling at her in tiie street, and when she left, they gathered to see her off.
"I canYgo through all thatagain,** Nudel said. "What harmful activity did I do in Siberia, especially during the last two years?
"Wasnll it all one great silence? If they had wanted to send me away from here, th^ had the opportunity to give me my exit fMcrmit*'
She added defiantly: "Over and above all, they want to break me, to take away my spirit That I will not allow! It is all I have left, and they will not overcome me!** JCNS.
Arabs use money threat
LONDON — Arab grants to American universities are causing increasing concern that academic freedom is bdng put at risk, according to a research report issued by the Institute of Jewish Affairs in LondoiL There are signs, it says, that Arab States have exerted pressure to prevent Jewish fiiculty members from engaged to ran 'Aiab> funded courses.
MRI& — Pnsideol of tfad
/has oibled^ leaders of the Soviet Union to ask for immediate re^ ease f^. S^ykil Jewi^ Anatol^Sfii^tiislgf wiiofecorrei^ servmg ai 13-ynr prison aentenoe in Soviet Union. The yoiiiii Jewish scientist has been on a himibFrstiii^ since the eye of Yom K^piir lo protest against conditions of his detentionand Jewish sotnces say his life is in d^iqger. JTA^
PLO niimiiil scNh^
VIENNA •-^'i^^^ United NaitionszRdkf and Wdifcs Ageni9<yNRWA)admowlBiigBdiii^^^ a wcpon hneicoentfy that its Sibfin
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Palestine Liberation Oiganiation which forced inHilaiy tniniqg and indoctrination of TBistodenfsovera
period two years.
Obf Rydbedc, Coimnissioner-Oeneral of theVieniKMnsedagtncy, »id tins was a bbitauit violation of the schooiVreg^ilatimis and purpose and fmnounoed tlittt its prinopal hat bpenawispCTded^a^^ adioh liM:;iiN^^ him