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Dally Nchrcskan
Forum aims to remind people
tinian question
of continuing Pale
Sixty-six years alter the Balfour Declaration was
approved, it prompted cctrovcrsial speches at a
forum Wednesday In the Nebraska Union.
N adeem Ycusif president cf the U il C ,anMtion
of Arab Students, said "the reason for the forun b to
remind everybody of the Palestinians who were
forced out of their land by England, favoring the
establishment of a Jewish state in Palestine."
- Bruce Erlich, associate professor of ErUsh at
UNL, spoke about the declaration "in the context of
modern Jewish history."
He said the declaration realized a Jewish polit
ical state. It also provided concrete. evidence of
Europe wanting to est rid of the Jews.
"The idea of establishing a homeland for Jews is a
modem one ," he said. "The choice of Palestine was a
coincidence."
Erlich discussed alternatives European Jews had,
other than establishing a political state in Palestine.
Internationalism was one alternative, he said. Inter
nationalism is the welfare of all including Jews,
Arabs and others living in peaceful coexistence, he
said.
A second alternative, Erlich said, was autencmism
the idea of the dispersal of Jews as the normal
condition of Jewish existence.
Bill Pratt, a UNO history professor, spoke about
the "legacies of colonialism" providing a historical
context behind what is happening now in Israel and
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After World War I, the XI:3 secretly agreed to
divide the Ottoman Empire which controlled the
Middle East, Pratt said. Prior to that, Errand had
agreed to cieate an Lidipendcat Ar&b state, but
failed to fiiil its promises. Instead, the area was
curved up into rcens under colonial powers.
France had Syria, which was divided into Syria and
Lebanon. The division was favored by the tlarcnite
Christians at that time, which gave them the power
to control the country after the French left Almost
every group in Lebanon opposed the division, Pratt
Pratt said the declaration was Issued to enhance
the position cf the Allies in World War I, and to have
a country serving their colonial interests in the
region. By no means was the Balfour Declaration
brought about for the well-being cf the Jews, Pratt
said.
The third speaker, graduate student Krishna
Madan, spoke about Zionism and Fascism. He defin
ed fascist movements as those that have popular
support of one or more minority groups and grow
under economic and political oppression.
Madan also talked about the legitimacy of the
"so-called Israeli democracy." He said Palestinians
under Israeli rule are not allowed to vote or partici
pate in any other political activity. They are "third
class citizens," he saidVIIadan said Israel "is not and
cannot be a democracy."
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Leader of Grenada:
Elections vithm year
US. troops bean vdthdra74r,3 from Gren
ada Thursday at the Lland's covcrncr-c cral
promised to announce an interim pvcrnment
within a week and hold open elections within a
year.
The first of about 2,CDQ VS. servicemen
bcan Eying home Thursday, having 3,000 ser
vicemen on Grenada, military spoilsmen said.
Governor-General Sir Paul Scoon, whom the
Deaan administration has called the sole
constitutional authority on the island, said in
the Grenadian capital of St George's that
organized resistance to the Ui5.-led invasion of
his country 10 days ago had ended. Scoon said
he is not consulting with Washington on the
formation of his new government
In Washington, President Keshan said the
invasion had achieved his goals and he foresaw
no circumstances that wrould compel him to
intervene with military force elsewhere in the
Caribbean. Reagan also dismissed a vote by the
United Nations General Assembly on Wednes
day that deplored the action, saying, "It didnt
upset my breakfast"
S. Africa to share power
J0IIAlNES3UnG, South Africa White
Couth Africans have voted in decisive numbers
to allow same non-whites into thegsvernment
far the Erst time. Final results announced
ilyrcrcrcn-
dum shsTcd that a 2-1 majority epprc.-cd a
mantel rcla to Indian and paapb cf raised
ir.crcaas. - - :
Gemayel may visit U.S.
G3I2A, Cvitzarland Lebanon's Icadir.3
lyPfcfc&IUJ)lfllJ A tilt
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Gemayel to & to vashintcn to End a vry out
. withdrawal arecmsnt, tha rasat contentious .
isaus at national reconciliation tails. The pcli-
t I f' fll gt&4 "'fcw ipi,MMp fm-A fliw
tall failed to reconcile the opposition's
demands for the repeal cf ths Israali accord
and ths government's insistence that ths im
plications would be too serious. Israel has said
that if the Esirut government tears up the -agreement,
it miht seal cfl cceupiai south
Lebanon and keep its troops there mdsfinitely.
Military deaths and taxes'
WASHINGTON Treasury Secretary
Donald Eean appealed to Confess Thursday
for a bill to relieve survivors cf the American '
servicemen killed in Esirui and Grenada cf
income tares on their miliary pay.
Under present law, no tares are dr.2 if mil
itary deaths occur in an area a president has
designated as a combat sane. However, there
have been no presidential declarations cf
combat zones sine the VIetnami 7ar. The
. pending bill wclj I -rempt pay fcc::i tares if "
deaths cecurred -cf rreeas ki he;:" 3 areas,
without the. need far a presidential des-
sy cculBture to o much
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Andre Cciz dumped a Cve-ten "eereamias
sculpture" outsids ths l!er.treal ce-rthause,
but the massh-3 tlecli cf steel, ccr.tsirJr.3 a
23-minute taps cf cereama, c-z ar,:l cUvs
bembsr aircraft, was moved r:::r cz2 day.
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and city cCeiais feared it ra!;t craih thrcui
to the courthouse basement
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ture outside the ceurtho-are be:ere d;.v. n Wed
nesday, said, They can't tarn i: c.7 irr.ms
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