JFS Adds Specialist In Geriatrics Social Work
, SERVING DES MOINES, Vpl. LVI No. 37
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Settlements Do Not Pose Ihsurmpun table Problems WASHINGTON, (JTA) President Carter said that "any' move toward making permanent the settlements In the occupied territories or the establishment of new settlements obviously increases the difficulty of an ultimate peace." But, he added, "It Is not an Insurmountable problem." In a news conference July 28, Carter repeated an earlier statement that "the establishment of new settlements or the recognition of existing settlements to be legal both provldeobstaclestopeace." But he said It was an obstacle that."can be overcome" and .expressed optimism that' a Geneva _ con' fercJice:.wouldvJstill" be reconvened in the near future. In what was seen here as a conciliatory gesture toward Israeli. Premier Menachem Begin, Carter seemed to play down the Importance of this week's American-Israeli skirmish over Israel's legalization of three settlements on the West Bank. He said he did not think it Is fair to "overly criticize" Begin and cautioned against overemphasizing or exaggerating the significance of recent developments. Menachem Begin raised the issue with the President during his recent discussions.
Carolyn Novicoff, a former member of the Federation Board, has been appointed Geriatrics Social Worker for the Jewish Family Service. In this capacity, Novicoff will be actively involved in the social services section o( the Task Force on Aging. She also will be In charge of the Friendly Visitors and Telephone Reassurance Service, and other projects. Novicoff, formerly director of the Omaha High of the Omaha High School of Jewish Studies, is a member of the Beth El School Board, and the Camp Committee. She has been a charter member of ORT and has served that organization as vice president. She also is a member of Hadassah, Beth El Sisterhood, and the National Conference of Jewish Women. \ Novicoff also serves as a commissioner on the Mayor's commission on the Status of Women, and chaired theHous-
Carolyn Novicoff ing Committee. She has a Master's degree in Urban Studies from UNO with specialization In' gerontology and sociology. She is married to Don Novicoff, general manager of SFA Corp. They have tWo daughters: Amy and Wendy/ '
US Will Sell Egypt $200 Million in Planes WASHINGTON, (JTA) - formed Congress it would like The State Department has to sell Egypt 14 C-130 Hercules confirmed that "discussions military transports. are going forward" between key members of Congress ar ' Dinitz the Administration on a projected sale of military reconLodges naissance and transport planes to Egypt. Department Protest .spokesman Hpdding Carter said "this matter is current!/ TEL AVIV (JTA) »-f b'elng d i s c u s s e d with Premier Menachem Begin members of Congress." But said July 27 that he has inCarter declined to go into; structed Ambassador Simdetail citing the "confiden- cha Dinitz to lodge a strong tial" nature of the discussions. protest In Washington It was reported July 27 that against the Administrathe Carter Administration, in tion's proposed sale of an apparent gesture ol supmilitary transport and port for Egyptian President reconnaissance aircraft to Anwar Sadat, has privately in- Egypt. He charged, in an formed key members of Con- address to the Knesset; gress that it would {ike to sell " E v e r y s u p p l y of Egypt more than $200 million weaponry to a country at In military reconnaissance war with Israel Is; a and transport planes. negative act and an According to news accounts, obstacle on the road ttr JERUSALEM — Artist Marc Chagall who recently celebrated his 90th oirthday in France* draws peace." much of his main subject matter from Jewish life and folklore. The stained glass windows, above, which cited State Department whlchare located in the Hadassah Hospital In Jerusalem, exemplify his impressionistic technique and Congressional sources, in combination with love for his heritage. (Religious News Service Photo) - , the Administration has in-
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How Israel Protects the Christian Minority in Lebanon ' ~
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Tba toU&wIng eyewitness rtory by » correspondent tor Die Lot Angela Tfmef reporti on Ihe plight»' beleatuered and Outttanbend ChrftttoniJa Southern Lebanon and KUi tow ^ toielli providing Christian refugees With wster, medical u t U u n c e , tuel, rood and Jobs u well oi physical proteotlon.
The enclave actually Is made up of three separate areas along the northern Israeli. border, comprising about 22,000 Christians and 10,000 Moslems who are seeking to avoid Palestinian domination. Since the enclaves are virtually cut off from the Christian heartland around Beirut, they have turned, to Israel to? help. Israel has responded with Its so-called "good fence" policy — opening the border gates In three locations to the Lebanese,
JMETULLA, Israel'— The comely waitress In the Arazim Hotel here In Israel's northernmost town has dark hair, dark eyes and Feels Safer classic Semitic features, very much like the Sephardlc Israeli girls of Spanish and Por"We have found, that it is the Israelis who tuguese descent. .:- , are our friends," Jacqueline said as she serv.ed a visitor a cup pf sweet Turkish coffee. "It But Jacqueline Hajj. 22. is a Maronite Christian front Lebanon who has been work- . is the Palestinians who are trying to kill us. I feel much safer here In Metulla than in my ing and living here most of the time for the home in Klea, across the border." last six months. • Jacqueline taught at an American nursery Jacqueline's commuting visits across the once-sealed border reflect the relationship: school in Beirut, but fled the capital during last year's civil war to stay with her mother In toat has developed between Israel and the Idea. When the random shooting began again Christian enclave In southern Lebanon since there, she decided to spend the nights at the the civil wartoLebanon./
hotel in Metulla where she works. • In recent days, several Lebanese have been killed and many more wounded In the exchange of rifle and artillery fire, The wounded are quickly admitted into Israel, where they are treated at the camp here, surrounded by a peach'orchard, and then helicoptered to bigger hospitals in Haifa. In the year-and-a-half the good fence policy has existed, the Christian enclaves have come to depend on Israel for water, which was cut off by the Palestinians, as well as medical aid, fuel, food and Jobs Hundreds of Lebanese now work dally in Israel in factories, on farms or construction jobs. Farmers In the enclave send their tobacco and other crops to Israeli markets. T ' --? .•.--*--' -; The Lebanese working In Israel line up their cars along the border fence. They cross the border on foot and can then use other Lebanese cirs with special Istaell license plates to drlye deeper Into Israel, If given permission. Wljere the border had been sealed for 29 years, Lebanese women now line up outside a water pipe outlet, filling large tines
with water and then trudge back to their villages, the cans perched on their heads. The Israeli officials and Lebanese crossing the border stress the humanitarian nature of the aid, but foreign observers say that the aid includes military hardware as well, mostly arms and ammunition. :; The commander of the Lebanese forces in the Christian enclaves Is Ma]. Saad Haddad, 39, who dresses in regulation Lebanese army fatigues but carries the latest Israeli-made GalBaBBault rifle. Based in Klea, Haddad crosses the borded several times a week to supervise the Lebanese coming Into Israel and to confer with Israeli officials. He is virulently antiPalestinian and, like the Israelis, refers to them as "the terrorists." ^ "The terrorists aretrylng to wipe us out,'> he said on a recent trip to the Metulla good fence camp. "We are the legally constituted authority In Lebanon, and as BUCHwe don't shoot first at the terrorists. We observe them and know their positions. But from time to -• (Continued on Page 5)