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By David Friadman WASHINGTON (JTA)If the United Nations wants to play a role in the Middle East, then it must first repeal its 1976 resolution equating Zionism with racism, two former U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations said recently. Sen. Daniel Moynihan (DN.Y.)., who was the U.S. representative to the United Nations when the General Assembly adopted the resolution, and Jeane Kirkpatrick made this challenge on NBC-TV's "Meet the Press" program Sunday morning. "Let the other side take the first step," Moynihan said. "They have used the United Nations as a place to delegitimate the existence, the right to axisl^ence of the State of Israel" But he said if the reaolution is rq>ealed, "a lot of things are poaaible." Both Moynihan and Kirkpalfick iodicatad auKMVI ol Uia dadwp ky SMNlaiy of
the Palestine Liberation Or- terrorism," he said. ganization, from entering Shultz explained that he the United States to ad- had allowed other members dress a General Assembly of the PLO to enter the debate on the Palestinians. United States for the debate They particularly noted and not Arafat, because the af)pearance at the recent "Arafat must know about, Palestine National Council condone and lend support to meeting in Algiers of Mo- the terrorist activities takhammed (Abul) Abbas, a ing place, particularly of the close associate of Arafat Fatah organization, of who masterminded the which he is the chairman." hijacking of the Italian The secretary said that cruise liner Achille Lauro. During that incident, Leon while he welcomed "some Klinghoffer, a wheelchair- signs of movement" by the bound New York Jew, was PNC at its Algiers meeting, shot and thrown overboard. the nu^or progress seen by Shultz's decision has been some is "not a reasonable incondemned by all the mem- terpretation" of the potitkal bers of the United Nations document issued by the except for Israel and the PNC. United Sutes. He said a section listiug In in appearance Sunday the U.N. resolutions the moriung on ABC-TV's PNC supports does not "This Wtek with David mention Security Council BrinUay," Shultz said his Resolutions 242 and 338. He decision was the right one. said that in anothw sectioo, "As people get further and in which the PNC caHs for furttwr from it, and kwk an intemational confN«nce back on it, I think they are for peace negotiatioas, there going to coioe around, and ia "tMWviijT tondttioaed acfee bow important it te lor capunpa" «l tlM two rantuuat^ W¥aiy rlaar awl vaqt. tiwa, aJMnaathsfcawifa Asaiat, dMihnan of fins in our attitude tovaid Midaast paaea iiagBHaticiBS.
Time has come for reappraisal of UJA Campaign Strategy Biy Howai4 Bloom Fediratiaa axecativa diiaetor
ent insenaitivity of some Israeh poMtical leadara. For example, the articles and stetemtnta of thi farmer director general of the Ministry of Foreign Afbira, Profansor SUomo Avineri. appearing in the JerusalHCD Post, repudiating the need for diaapora finandal participation in the developawot of the State, are rather thmighHesa at beat and arrogant noaaeoaa at worat Tlte notion that tha •380,000,000 ooirtraiatad by UJA to the bHtbM of the Jeirish Agency is of rather trivisi import for the mture davabp' ment of the State is m my view comptetdy unworthy of an academic of hia stature. Yet thia view haa reeafvad ssrious attentkm in the preas both fai larael and in tha Diaapora. 6. The apparent u'nwillingneaa of the media to counter-balance the exposure of certain excesses in the carrying out of Israeli pohcy with an appcaeiation of ths ultimnte sims of the riotsrs has further served to disturb those who traditionally have provided our baaa of support. 6. Finally, the damogr^ic changes that have taken place in the American Jawiahlearierehip have esfP ths oonf ing t" "*f^ "* f gentrertnw trf hadttthlp witlwut piraonal experience of either the Holocaaat or tha rebirth of the St«te of IsrsaL These individttsta do not respond es i^gresively w4^9ethKtively to criticiam of Israel Infsct, they have been nagaUvaly affected by aotne of the tactore deacribed abpyei It ia ogy view that in the area of "Haehare" or, saon proper^, the "nMvhaWM" of tha laraali eauaa, both in tha wider comnuunty aied hi the Jewiah ooostituancy, k ie eaeential that we pmhtcs a sarious strategic plento counter act many of the factora which have servied la dtoiinlah spirttad auppot* lor the S|aU of lereaL If waantooooykintte toinaaeaaourcanfiaiBaai esMlthus to increaaa American Jewish idantifkatlairirith lavaal through tha Jewiah Agency, it ia critical that tboae paopb
yeara to epearhoad the kind of appeal which can renew the conunitment of our donors. My experience haa suggested a worrisome diminution of idwitiflfation and support for the State. Often, from the Jewish perspective, puhhc criticiam of the State of Israel is rfliwhsd in t^y* nientis of domocrattc free speech. However, the ultiaoate effect of this critiaem has bsen to ipve comfort to our eeMmiea and to OQiAiss and divide our community at a tfane whan diviaioa haa bean extremely coetly. The Jewish community must reaUie that being a "beacon unto the nations" dose not uTiran peaaticing a naive moraUty wUch ancouragaa fanaticam and lack of modaration on the part of our enaoaiea. It in my view that we can overcome theee obetaclaa and that we wuat coeUinae to make the aiiiaiMas) possible can for federated anppovt— augcnsntsd siad not just continued—far onr rsmpsjgns This can only be afcompHahad by means of a esrious atratagic North American plen of action. However, oo|y in the local fnaimiMiiHaa can thia actMn be truly efieativa. We maet eoordiaala this effort, thtnfore, both nationalhr and kicalty. We need spaakan oi( V**^ ity who undiretena the North American hfiom. We < need to N lectured at or Borahaad with, but we I the support and tha Mafatancaof hwal and Israeli 1 iaCellectualaaa Weil WflMthatiiC experts. They must i togeibar a eatawt pnekafaaad invaat in tha i and time nacesaary to pnt thia plan into operation. At thia point, tha Ataba atawiHfa^ the pnp^tanda war, but this need not alwayoM tha aaoai In order to revarae this tandency, wa need a national atiatagy sad a national task fores to iaplaBent tUa atntanr. The teak force aeuat coeMMntrata flr^ on "oBraach*^ eaMToafar then WKW "outreach.'*' It ia BW iervwal hope that thia nori to fosl that thia is a ssrious and hndatnty aJaevor. We etrate«y wilt take pkca aad that H wfll not be HaeMadl have to pareuada than that w« bamnti^Md tba aaocajMib ceatain BMICC local coaeaauaitiaak Tban owat be a i ground or. at tha vary iaast, that wa have no* loat it to tha Ataba. to eddkaaa these f.'VTf^'Nt and to ensun We mast be davalosing. M Ytta aMtaaplanatkMHi which an ao hmger apanpilata OB ( latad enethiewbiehlesalhaMwaaf < pettBt an na« eanliMBMl for tack of Hi dMtty lap in biatory and not reOactiva of tha proosadia« ^OMyaaai ptopar parapactiva sooee of the chan^m tt«t haniwl of Jaadah powwhaaaana. Qua tgaJMiim of lawali mmr pkee fas tba Jandah wodidi k tha paat law yaara. -«"-*—fr*^"'Vr"T*ir'^t'HnirByipi '"•nrantllgilf II we anhaibaaiaMladby afianfaa Ion a< laraal and
My inureaakn, owar tha last yaar or ao, has baso that the ctaumg of laraal and its cuRCDcy, particotarlty among those dooora to the Unitad Jaariak Appaal who are onder lOyaaaaolia^hiatallaBCBiMairabibr.IwqBmikatBpoint out, v«qFMe4y, aoaw ol tha ntain reaaona that I believe can aoeoont for tUa change having tak«a place. I «oiM lika alao to mantion that whOa tUa change has been aiao«batad by tha racMrt lioto in tha West Bajnk and Qasa, it can by no naana ha attributed axchisivaly to this pheBwn«no4 It is iqy view that without a serious strategfemaritttlngplan which will eaaMe us to ovwctane. from uia "HaMKii ptrapactive, nuch of the anxiety and trepidation that Jews kA about Israel, our efforts in terms of local campaigns wiU be lees succeesful than is required. Soma of tha iaauae which must be addnaaed in the dev«lo|»Mnt of a aarious strategk; marketing plan for Israel in tha next five yean are the foUowing: 1. 'DNfa kaa bana a wotireahla change in the i>siiai>law of tanNJi fran "wkldM" to "towlog" in the Qindb. and haatta g| moat Anirieaai. AnMcfcans ganaraHty k>ve the iiuijiw#f»rtiliwaMwta|i!aiHt>ias«wirt to those who an p««dvad to ba hU^ padia«. WhU«hi actual gaopoN^ tanna, tha amv «< fo*4M atill>)laad againat ths SMkaff leraal diap^y • piapawdKMoa of pparar in the iflg^l jf^^ wftl^m^f *i--«t ti^tta. fila twti elanra hM hew ohaiMHd by na(TQi»ing,the poNtioal and military focus to tehiAa osty Israel sad tha Pataatiwiana Stailarly, tha joadia have 00* hs^ia^arilbrhic thia eituatloB but have ratlMr eoooaragsd this imhalMra sinoa 1963 and the Lahanon invasion. % Qvar tha past 10 years, then has been a marked L^Maaaa in tha proyortion of total axtenal fuadiaf coo^•Mid to Iral by aeaaaa ol tha aaaaial UJA caaweeyM. ^BlhH meant that in tanna ol the laraaK bwlcet. tba laTaraaa of the North American comaw»l>ias haa dWwMd. itWehas bean of late, aa you well know, incraaeing criiaii of thejairiah Agency. The Ajetyhae bun lap raaaatid. bot^ within ouitaaJts and without, aa tha DMaarva «i thoas who bold a partJouUi "par^ loty." Witta >«a an aoa eagagsd b tba procaaa oi iWBNafactfva reaaa>ia>b»of ay partnewtoarithtbala«<afc Agency, tha wouU iaopaidtaa bar vaqr aatataaaa. •HBllvahnMCtalooMtmWihwiManl ikaoHRaotandbiatort^ Much aa the United Jawiah AnaaLimlaawa I ciiM AMQr. whiia igaarhw boStooui a«l virtaaa, baa had a dM«|gll ^hMh '-'--'?-'^***'^^.8'y''*{jf''*^ 4 Wailb—wi, are hawaat baan ba^H* by tha i
aiw can b» lai idiaaa wbiah la both laalMUc ewl I to tba eheafad biatuitcal i:hi;iisaataai,ss In which we I van On wa aMMi M fb fonf