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On lednesday, October 13,
school was visited by Yaacov
Consulate General for Israel
delphia. 1iir. Faran spoke to
of students about the way in
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Israel is striving to neet the challenges
brouzht on by the iliddle East Crisis..
liany students have found the crisis
nost confusing in the past.
1.T+ aran began his lecture by stat-
inz that Israel is the only Jewish
nation among 28 Arab nations in the
t.iddle Zast, and is thercfore forced
to defend herself against would-be
invaders. Two of the most controversial
issues in Israel are the Sinal and the
Golan Heights areas. The P.L.C.
(falestinian Liberation Organization),
frequently puts israel to the test--
a provocation which often leads to
death and destruction. It is the F.L.O.
goal to force Israel to surrender the
Golan Hei~hts. Israel feels that they
can afford to turn over the Golan
Heights because of its proximity to the
heavily populated areas in their land.
On this issu, Israel has remained firm.
rerhaps even nore widely known to
us is the situation between Israel and
Ezypt. They are fighting over the
land known as 3inai. The Egyptians
feel that they should be the rightful
inhabitants of the Sinal because they
were evicted by the Israelis. In
recent talks at Camp David between the
anaders of Israel and Zgypt with the
help of iresident Carter; a treaty for
peace was proposed. It is the hope of
1iT, Jaran, and, surely the hope of all
parties involved, that the treaties
proposed will be ratified sometime in
liovember. Should that event take place
it will bring about the first najor
move toward peace in the il.iddle ast.
lir. raran also showed a short film.
In introducing the film i'r. Paran said,
"Israel is in the news too rwuch and
unrortunately Israel is not what you
only read in the paper.” The film was
entitled The Gate Is Open. 4s misht be
inferred from the title, the filn
described Israel's move towards better
relations with their neighboring Arab
countries. Those countries arc
Lebanon to the north and Jordan to the
east, The gate referred to is the
fence that separates Isracl from
Lebanan. This fence of barbed wire
vhich encloses Israel was orizinally
constructed to keep terrorists out of
the country. low the "zate® .is open
and allows people to leave war-torn
Lebanan to come to Israel for help.
Similarly, the people of Jordan are
allowed to cross the border into Israel
and the Israclis are allowed to cross
the border into Jordan. The recent
"ood feeling® policy in Israel has
brought marked changes in the land that
re beneficial f It
$rS.P nyt al for al he people
i.T. Paran's lecture was most inter-
esting because he was able to explain
tevaryone the conflict that is soing on
in Israel today. The issues were clear-
ly stated by 'TsoParan _vhich led to a
better understanding of the issues 1nvo
invelved in the l.iddle Zast Crisis
today.
Theresa ilolan
armed Guards At University Fark?
.. -Ihe arming of the guards at Univer-
sity Park is a major issue of which
nany students are unaware. Dr. Edward
Eddy, acting Iresident of the Penn
Finis UniveRsity bozen ipvestigations
ER easels Eat wien
the task of conducting studies as to
whethor or not one branch of the
Security Police at University Fark
should be permitted to bear arms.
There are two branches of security at
University Park--the Community Service
-0fficers and the Police Service
Officers. _The Coprauni ty Service
1s basically the "eyes and ears®™ of the
the Security Geards. They do not make
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