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Page 4-THE NEWS-April 1989 WORLD BEAT edited by Marta Garelik Maccabiah Hoping to Include Athletes From USSR TEL AVIV (JTA) - Jew ish sportsmen and women from the Soviet Union may be allowed to participate in the 13th Maccabiah Games this summer, the first time Soviet Jews would take part in the quadrennial Jewish Olympics. The international organiz ers of the quadrennial games, now meeting at Kfar Maccabiah in Ramat Gan, are hoping that the Soviet authorities will not bar their attendance, in light of Mik hail Gorbachev’s policies of glasnost. Michel Green, chairman of the European Maccabi, told the meeting that Soviet Jews have been holding their own little Maccabiahs in a Mos cow suburb. He said that his branch of the organization has invited 50 Soviet Jewish athletes to make the trip to Israel. Thousands of Soviet Jews have been coming to Israel as tourists, staying as long as three months. Other first-time partici pants at this year’s Macca biah in July are expected from Cuba, Hungary, Singa pore, Hong Kong, Portugal and South Korea. The “Bar Mitzvah Macca biah” will be the largest ever, with more than 3,500 sportsmen and women from 40 countries joining 1,000 Israeli athletes to compete in 29 sports. Tunnel for Smuggling Found in Rafah TEL AVIV (JTA) - Egyp tian police arrested three members of a Rafah family for smuggling Israeli pro ducts into Sinai. The Israeli-Egyptian boundary passes through Rafah, an Arab town at the southern end of the Gaza Strip. The police in Sinai disco vered a tunnel 50 yards long by one yard wide through which the family allegedly was hauling cartloads of Israeli-made clothing and other products from the Is raeli to the Egyptian side of the town. Five years ago, in May 1984, Israeli security forces found a 190-foot tunnel con necting the Israeli and Egyptian parts of Rafah. Apparently it was used for smuggling, but no arrests were reported at the time. Greeks to Investigate Nazi Extermination of Salonika Jews JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Greek government is about to launch the first official investigation into the extermination of the 50,000 Jews of Salonika un der Nazi occupation during World War II. The investigation, formal ly requested by West Ger many, could lead Bonn to seek the extradition of Alois Brunner, one of the last major Nazi war criminals still at large, who is known to be living in Syria. It refers to specific criminal acts by Brunner, a close aide of Adolf Eichmann who was an SS captain stationed in Salonika. President Kurt Waldheim of Austria also may be im plicated. He served as an intelligence officer with the Grerman army in Greece and Yugoslavia during the war. Bonn asked the Greek au thorities to try to obtain testimony from four Greek Jewish deportees who may still be alive. Arlines Paid *Protection Money* to Terrorists In *70s WASHINGTON (JTA) — A U.S. airline and three West European carriers paid mil lions of dollars to Palestini an terrorists in the 1970s not to hijack or attack their planes. Neil Livingstone, a profes sor of national security stu dies at Georgetown Univer sity and president of the private Institute on Terror ism and Subnational Con flicts, would not reveal the names of the airliners that paid the “protection money” to an arm of the Palestine Liberation Organization. A spokesman for the Fed eral Aviation Administra tion denied any knowledge of protection money being paid, but Livingstone said his information was corrob orated by a half-dozen intel ligence agencies in the Uni ted States, Europe, Israel and Arab countries. He said the countries in which the arilines were based knew of the extortion. Dutch Earmark Aid For Survivors Traumatized by Release of Nazis AMSTERDAM (JTA) - Organizations providing psychological help to war victims are demanding that the government pay for treating the thousands whose conditions were ag gravated by the release from Breda prison a month ago of the last Nazi war criminals imprisoned in Holland. Welfare Minister Elco Brinkman has promised an additional $500,000. But five organizations that deal with war victims say the amount is far from sufficient. They said large numbers of war victims are traumatized by the knowledge that Ferdi nand aus der Fuenten, 79, and Franz Fisher, 88, are now free men. The two Germans, respon sible for the deportation of more than 100,000 Dutch Jews, were released from Breda Jan. 28 by order of the lower house of Parliament. They were declared unde sirable aliens and deported to West Germany. “Meet The Ghariotte Hom^’ Other Manager, MannTravelsT ‘ ‘When you Ve got back-to-back games 900 miles apart, the last thing you want to worry about is your travel arrangements. That’s why we chose Mann Travels as our official travel agency. ” — Carl SchBCr, Vice President and General Manager of The Charlotte Hornets MAMNTRAlifELS Ask Mr Foster * The Official Travel Agency of the Charlotte Hornets UPTOWN -130 Charlotte Plaza 333-1511 MATTHEWS - 600 Matthews-Mint Hill Rd. 84"'-lS42 PARKWAY PLAZA • 4^ Parkway Plaza Blvd. 357-1645 SOITH PARK - 6525 Morrison Blvxl .-^8315 UNmRSITY PUCE - 9009-7 J. M. Kevnes Dr. 547-1240 ARRGUPOINT - 9401 Arrowpoint Blvd. 525-8595 Solomon Islands Establish Ties; Hungary Inks Accord On Travel JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel and the Solomon Is lands have established di plomatic relations for the first time, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced. Israel’s representative to the Solomon Islands will be its ambassador in Fiji and the Pacific island nation’s envoy to Israel will be an ambassador based in the Solomon capital of Honiara, which is situated on the island of Guadalcanal. The Solomon Islands, which lie east of New Gui nea, consist of the southern islands of the Solomon group: Guadalcanal, Malai- ta, Santa Isabel, San Cristo bal, Choiseul, New Georgia and numerous smaller is lands. In another diplomatic de velopment, Hungary’s min ister of communications, transport and construction arrived in Israel to sign an air traffic agreement with his Israel counterpart. There are still no direct- dialing facilities between the two countries, even though there may be as many as 1(X),0(X) Jews in Hungary. Such an arrangement could be established as part of the accord, with other fields of cooperation including satel lites and cable TV. Tid~Bits NEW YORK (JTA) - The Hasidic community of New York’s Williamsburg section is hoping to acquire the Brooklyn Navy Yard and use it to provide housing for the growing number of Ha sidic families here. The famed naval station, where ships were built dur ing World War II, is among the 86 U.S. armed forces bases that the defense secre tary’s Commission on Base Realignments recommended be closed in 1990 for budge tary reasons. NEW YORK (JTA) - The liberal policies of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that have brought about a fundamental change in So viet attitudes toward Jews face fierce opposition firom conservative groups there, foremost among them being the anti-Semitic organization called Pamyat (Memory). It is dedicated to reversing Gorbachev’s “glasnost” (openness) and “perestroi ka” (restructuring) policies, which it regards as a conspi racy of Jews, Masons and Westemizers. • NEW YORK (JTA) - The Judaic Studies Center, the first institution of its kind in the Soviet Union in 60 years, opened officially in Moscow. Its founding father. Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz, a world- famous Talmudic scholar from Jerusalem, welcomed the first class of 80 students enrolled in the three-year course of study. NEW YORK (JTA) — A second Jewish cultural cen ter will be established in the Soviet Union, following the establishment of one in Mos cow Feb. 12. • JERUSALEM (JTA) - The head of the Israeli Geo graphic Society, Mula Yaf- fee, said that his company intends to fly some 1,000 Is raeli tourists to China this year. At a news conference in Tel Aviv with a representa tive of the Chinese Ministry of Tourism, Yaffee presented the many different tours available to China, ranging from $3,300 to $6,000. He told reporters that China is com pletely open to Israeli group tours, that single Israelis can join groups of tourists in Hong Kong for China tours, and Israelis can visit Tibet as well. • GENEVA (JTA) — Four leading Swiss travel agen cies have dropped Israel from their 1989 tour cata logues. The Swiss public considers trips to Israel too risky because of the Palesti nian uprising. Travel bu reaus are therefore directing their clients to safer destina tions. About 50,000 Swiss tour ists visited Israel in 1987; the number fell to 45,(XK) in 1988 and is expected to be much lower this year. The travel agencies no longer promoting Israel tours are Kuoni, Hotel Plan, Exco and Pimholtz. University VOLVO 7716 HWY 29 North (1/2 Mile South of University Place) Charlotte 704/547-1095
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