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Vol. XLVIII, No. 30 Av 6, S741
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6. 1981 VANCOUVER, B.C. iin^ptr nm, IMS iMM aoc
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BLAST
AFTERMATH OF ATTACK
Arms to Saudis fromU.$.
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BY DAVID FRIEDMAN
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Alexander Haig said last week that the Reagan. Administration is confident Congress, will approve its proposed sale' of five AWACS reconnaissance aircraft to Saudi Arabia. But it still has not decided when to notify Congress officially of the arms packa^ deal which includes enhancement equipn^ent for the 62 F-IS lighter bombers the Saudis purchased earlier from Ihe U.S., he said.
Haig made his remarks in denying that delay of the AWACS sale had anything to do with the resigtjation
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Nissim stated atth6 openingof the fifth Internationa] Congress of Jewish Jurists iu4^wy<6n her^ thsit Israel bombed the headquarters of
Arms to Saudis from Germany
A BARRAGE of omk than a doicn Katyusha racfcctsfrooi PLO raiMd down on Eifyal Shanooa waoading MmiduUa. Prcridctit inspects the
BONN Prorlsrael members of the Bundestag are far less optimistic than th^ were twq months ago
German" tanks and dtlid^ mcdern weaponry to Saudi Arabia. Tluey blame Premier Menachem BeginV bitter personal attacks on Chan-ceUor Helmut Sdimidt for diverting attention from the arms deal to German-Israeli notations and say the damage cannot be repaired.
Israeli diplomats here concede that it will be much easier now for the government to overcome bppo-Navflo (right) sition to the proposed arms sale to
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MOSHE NISSIM
terrorist organizations because they were directly responsible for killing Isra^^dvilians. ^ - -
' ^'Hibsc " hean^qliarteis :sre pur-posely: set ni civilian quarters to enjoy immunity," he said. *^But there is a limit to immunity. We are the first to deplore the losses of inmocent civilians but our prime duty is to protect the sccuri^ of our own citizens.** He claimed that more than one Isradi soldier was injured in the recent fighting because of efforts to avoid hurting civilians.
Meanwhile life is returning to normal in the towns, villages and agricuhural settlements in northern Galilee. Widespread skepticism that
the cease-fire would last very long was shared by Gen. Avigdor Ben-Gal, commiuider of the northern region, who said that he considered the situation "^ore of a temporary triMx than a cease^Hre.**
The return to normalcy in northern Jsrael ineans-repairihg; tte da age done by 11, days of abnpst incessant rocket and artillery fire. As residents emerged from bomb shelters in Nahariya, Kiryat Shemona, MetuUah and a score of kibbutzim and m<»havim in Upper Galliee, they siet about calculating the material costs. The cost In lives was six persons, including a 16-year-old boy, Shimon Dayan,' who were kiUed by terrorist rocket and shett iire.
The sixth victim (»Sryear-old /GiBfaf ^aloiff ^-irasidD^ 1«y it rocket .burst in KiiyatShenipnaoady an hour bdbre tbe cease-fire went into effect. Fourteen other residents were wounded.
Upper Galilee is an s^cuttural region. For the local populace, the damage to crops.and thedestruction of thousands of trees planted by the Jewish National Fund is the saddest of all material losses. In Nahariya, a popular seaside resort hit by rockets at the peak of its snnuner tourist season, the economic losses are most keenly feh.
Carrington underlines friendship
LONDON — Foreign Secretary Lord Carrington has said that Britain '*has every intention of seeking and maintaining the closest ties of friendship and understanding with Israel, both people and government.**
The assurance was given in a letter to Greville Janner, MP, president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, in reply to a resolution handed in at the end of the anti-Palestine Liberation Organization rally in Trafalgar Square on July 5.
An estimated 40,000 people took part in the raUy which included a number of "Christians for Israel** groups. Also participating in the gathering in addition to leading British Jewish dignitaries and members of Parliament was Dr. Albert Jacob, leader of the small Jewish community in Dundee, where the PLO flag has flown from the council chamber for several months as a result of the Scottish town's con-
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KAMN/DIAHIIOND HEAD BONDS
For a second consecutive year, Leon kahn will act as chairman of the local Israel Bond Canqpaign, according to an announcement by Morris J. Wosk, ~ national vice-president. State of Israel Bonds.
A prominent businessman, author and communal leader, Kahn, in addition to his extensive involvement with the Bonds organization,. has served as vice-chairman of the Combined Jewish Appeal. He is currently vice-president of Schara Tzedeck synagogue and a vice-president of Canadian Friends of Hebrew Ujiiversity, Vancouver chapter.
In making the announcement, Wosk stressed that this year's Bonds chairman had taken on the position a second time in order to maintain the considerable momentum which characterized the 1980 campaign.
In a simultaneous statement, chairman of Women's Bonds Advise ory Board Debby Izen confirmed appointment of Isabelle Diamond as head of the 1981 Women's Bond campaign.
According to Izen. the new appointee brings to the position special expertise gained as past chairman of both-CJA, Zohar division and of Bonds, Women's Division.
Mrs. Diamond stated that the
previous year's efforts to establish a more }^TOSLd\y based appeal for Women's Division met with notable success. "We wish to continue in this direction by involving newcomers
and younger women in the Israel everyone. They expressed the hope
Bond program,** she said. thaMhe Jewish community would
In the view of both chairmen, the stand up and be counted in meeting
future economic development of that challenge during these difficuh
Israel represents a challenge to times. ;
LEON KAHN ___chairs drive
ISABELLE DIAMOND ___Women's Division