Thursday, April 10, 1986
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U.S. Palestinian policy
Since the establishment of the state of Israel
in Palestine in 1948 and the driving of the
Palestinian people out of their homeland,
the U.S. government has shown no concern or
sympathy toward the Palestinians' tragedy.
The Palestinians have suffered expulsion,
massacre and above all have suffered by being
presented as a "gang of terrorists" to the U.S.
public. The U.S. government indirectly has tried
to crush the Palestinian people through its
unlimited support of Israel under the umbrella
of Israel's needs for self defense. But why does
the United States take such a strong position
against the Palestinians?
Guest Opinion
The answer lies in the tremendous influence
exerted by Israel; lobby through money and pro
paganda. The lobby is powerful, well-organized
and active. It plays a significant role in shaping
U.S. foreign policy. In his well-documented book
titled, "They Dare To Speak Out," Paul Findley
daringly and openly addresses the influence of
the Israel lobby on the U.S. Congress and
government.
Findley, who served in the congress for 22
years, was defeated by an Israeli-supported con
gressman in Chicago. Findley "spoke out" about
the priority of U.S. interests in the Middle East
and lost the elections. On the other hand, the
latest espionage incident by an Israeli agent in
the United States last fall has proven how power
ful the lobby is. The incident was easily con
trolled and no further investigations were
pursued.
Some U.S. policymakers occasionally have
expressed their desire for establishing a just
peace in the Middle East. This, of course,
depends on securing the U.S. interests in the
region and minimizing the influence of the U.S.
rivals. With regard to the Palestinian right of
self-determination, policymakers seem to lean
toward supporting this right. However, because
of the influence of the Israeli lobby, the line
appears to be paralyzed to carry out its peace
plan.
Peace cannot be achieved in the Middle East
without giving the Palestinian people a major
role in the peace process, not as refugees but as
a nation. They are the heart of the problem. In
order to help establish peace in the Middle East,
U.S. officials need to address the causes of the
"Palestinian Problem" (as it should be called),
rather than mislead the public by focusing on
the results isolated from their causes and from
the general context of the problem.
Asked about the causes of violence in the
Middle East and the impact of the present U.S.
position on the conflict, George Ball, the former
undersecretary during President Jimmy Carter's
administration, responded: "We are subject to
these attacks by the extremist Arabs because
we've taken a totally one-sided role in the
Mideast. We've shown absolutely no sympathy
for the plight of the Palestinians, who have
enormous frustrations. U.S. Mideast policy is
largely made in Jerusalem, and the net result is
to escalate violence and bring discredit to our
role" (U.S. & World Report, Jan. 20, 1986). This
is a courageous and factual statement that tells
the whole story.
The Palestinian people have nothing against
the United States. It is Israel that recently has
succeeded in pushing the United States in the
war of terrorism. Latest incidents that have some
Palestinian collection, do not, in anyway, reflect
the Palestinian strategy of gaining the right of
self-determination.
Through its central role in any peaceful solu
tion in the Middle East, the United States can
create an environment in which peace can grow
and be promoted. First, the United States needs
to ignore the pressure of the Israeli lobby and
initiate an open dialogue with the Palestinians.
Second, the U.S. leaders can pressure Israel to
change its position that prevents any Palesti
nian state from emerging in the region.
Abdullah Hamad
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Charlie Owen is a golf heretic
ROYKO from Page 5
Leaping to his feet, he swung his arms and
said: "And what is this?"
That is your perfect Hogan golf swing. You
have shown it to me countless times.
He slumped against the bar and said: "Yes.
The swing, the grip. All lies, fraud, deceit."
What are you talking about? The grip, the
swing, these things have evolved through the
ages. They are classic, carved in stone, the golf
gospel. You've told me that a thousand times.
He shook his head. "Did I tell you that I
recently was hooked up for cable TV?"
So?
"They show the senior golf tournaments."
And?
"I have seen. . ." He paused, covered his eyes
with his hand, sighed, and finished the sentence.
". . .Charlie Owens."
Ah, I should have known. Charlie Owens
golfs most terrible secret.
"I had never seen him before," he said, tears
dripping into his beer. "And there he was
winning the tournament, beating Palmer, Casper,
Player, with their great swings. It was horrible,
like a bad dream."
I could understand his emotions.
Charlie Owens, 56, black, a pro on the senior
golf circuit.
He walks as if he has a rigid leg. That's
because his left leg is rigid. When he was a young
paratrooper, he shattered his kneecap and it was
removed. His knee was fused so that it can't
bend. When he rides a golf cart, the leg sticks
straight out.
"Do you know what that means?" my friend
said. "I have six books devoted entirely to proper
leg action. You cannot have proper leg action
with a rigid left leg. It is heresy. But that's not
the worst of it. His grip. Have you seen his grip?"
I have. It is upside down. His left hand is
below his right hand. It is said that he learned it
as a kid. But by the time people told him it was
totally wrong, he was beating those who told him
it was totally wrong.
My friend cried out: "Read Vardon. Read
Hogan. Read Nicklaus. Read anyone. It all begins
with the correct grip. Without it, you cannot play
the game properly. It is impossible."
But Charlie does. And brilliantly, at times.
"Yes, so that means it is all a fiction.
Meaningless. All these years. Everything I've
believed in. A fool's quest."
Even worse, if Owens ever became widely
known, it could mean the end of an entire
industry the thousands of golf books, golf
videotapes, and the pros all teaching the same
thing. An aging man with a stiif leg and an
upside-down grip, and he goes out and shoots
65s.
My friend reached into his pocket and took
out a handful of tees. He let them slip from his
fingers onto the barroom floor.
1986 by the Chicago Tribune Distributed by
Tribune Media Services, Inc.
Royko is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the
Chicago Tribune.
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Paul VonderlageOaily Nebraskan
Matt Leatherwood of LT&T and Masters' of Business of Administration Stu
dent Association President-elect Beth Henke talk about career possibilities
Wednesday during the career fair held at the Wick Alumni Center.
UNL's first MBA career day
lets students 'market' themselves
By Jen Deselms
Staff Reporter
Students working toward masters' degrees in
business administration helped themselves find
information about job-careers by planning their
own career day, Wednesday.
The Masters' of Business of Administration
Student Association (MBASA) sponsored the
first Business Career Information Day at UNL.
The idea for a career day started after
members of MBASA decided they wanted to be
more than a social organization, said Marilyn
Cree, vice president of administration for MBASA.
She said students in MBASA wanted to do more
for themselves and career day was a way to do it.
"We (MBASA) felt we needed to market
ourselves," Cree said.
Mike Dempsey, an MBA student, said he came
to career day because he is graduating in May
and is still looking for a job. He said he wanted to
talk to visiting businesses to find out what they
wanted in an employee and to pick up some
information about companies that interest him.
Several of the companies were looking for
employees, Dempsey said, and he hopes he can
get a job offer out of career day.
It's a shame UNL hasn't had an MBA Career
Day before, said Richard Takac, a representative
at career day for Burroughs Corporation in
Omaha.
Ed Welch, also representing Burroughs, said
the company came to career day because Bur
roughs has positions open for MBA's and they
wanted to meet possible job candidates.
The career day was a replacement for a formal
interviewing day on campus, Takac said. He said
he liked the career day because it was less
formal than an interview.
Students requested the companies that were
invited to career day, Cree said. Although some
companies that were invited to career day didn't
accept UNL's invitation, many of these companies
said they would be interested in a career day to
be next fall, she said.
Forty students and representatives from Lin
coln Telephone & Telegraph, Farm Credit
Administration, First National-Omaha, Woodman
Accident and Life Insurance, UNL Career
Planning and Placement Office and Coopers &
Lybrand participated.
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