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Jewish leader gives options for peace
Gutow says Palestinian autonomy is best answer for Middle East
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Palestinian autonomy resulting in own-
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host sensible method to obtaining peace in
he Middle East, the president of the South
west Region of the American Jewish Congress
Id a group of about 75 people Wednesday.
Stephen Gutow’s lecture, “Judaism and
Politics,” was part of a background series
leading up to the April 12 MSC Wiley Lecture
Series Program Symposia, “The Middle East:
Peace or Powder Keg.
“Autonomy is limited self-rule,” Gutow
said. “After ten to fifteen years of time to
build up trust, eventually an independent
state forms, assuming that the trust was built
and people basically lived up to their obliga
tions under it.”
Gutow said Israelis are justified in not
trusting Palestinians when the history of Is
raeli relations with Palestine are studied.
“Israelis want to know what the Palestin
ians really want,” he said. “There are surveys
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to all of Israel.”
Gutow commented on several suggested
options for obtaining peace, but he said he
felt autonomy was the only truly sensible sug
gestion.
Gutow said one of the suggestions, a Pales
tinian state or unilateral withdrawal from the
West Bank and the Gaza Strip, wouldn’t give
great contentment to someone who believes
there should be a pro-Israeli state.
A second suggestion concerns a Palestinian
state tied to Jordan, but the Palestinians
wouldn’t like this arrangement, he said.
“This is something America wants and Is
rael has seemed to want for years, but it looks
clear that King Hussein (of Jordan) doesn’t
have the stomach to push for it and the Pales
tinians don’t want it,” Gutow said.
Another suggestion is Israeli annexation of
the West Bank and Gaza Strip, pushing out
the Palestinians.
That would be fine, but it won’t happen
because Jewish ethics won’t allow it.”
“Jewish ethics differ from most,” Gutow
said. “They are based on a kind of law that
makes you think about every act. Most ethics
have ideals . . but every act in Judaism
has to be measured against some law. It’s a
constant balance and it makes each move dif
ficult. That’s why a peace movement can
form in Israel in the middle of one of the
most vulnerable, scary times in its history.”
Gutow brought up several questions that he
said need to be considered before peace can
be obtained.
“Can the Israelis trust Palestinians or their
Arab neighbors?,” Gutow asked. “If not,
there’s no way there can be peace.” He com
pared the thought of Israelis giving up Pales
tine to a hypothetical threat on Texas by Mex
ico.
“If Mexican raiders came and started kill
ing Texans . . . We might set up a buffer
area,” he said. “We would probably go ten or
fifteen miles into Mexico take control of that
land and never give it back. . . . How easy is it
to give it back? Remember, the Israelis now
own that land. We should ask them to give it
back only if the request is rational and rea
sonable.”
The Intifadha, or Palestinian uprising in
the occupied territories, also should be con
sidered, Gutow said.
“What kind of leverage will Israel have?”
he asked. “Israel won’t feel comfortable mak
ing peace with people that are rioting on
streets Israel controls.
Arab population growth is another periph
eral issue, Gutow said. It is significantly larger
than the growth of Israelis in the area, he
said.
“It has dramatic impact on the territory
and on Israel itself, because there are going to
be more and more Arabs in Israel and they
will be less and less happy when they see that
their brothers on the West Bank and Gaza
aren’t happy.”
Gutow said he thought American support
for Israel is essential.
“What we do really determines what hap
pens,” he said.
Gutow is a full partner in a Dallas legal
firm, and in the consulting firm of Gutow and
Blume.
He was the co-founder and regional direc
tor of the Southwest Division of the American
Public Affairs Committee from 1984 to 1986.
Reveille IV to be buried
Sunday at Kyle Field
By Andrea Warrenburg
REPORTER
The funeral for Reveille IV
will be Sunday on Kyle Field im
mediately following the Corps of
Cadets’ 2:30 p.m. Parents Week
end activities.
Planned by Company E-2, the
unit that cares for the mascots,
the funeral will include the read
ing of a brief history of the Re
veille tradition and of Reveille IV,
a eulogy and prayer given by
Corps Chaplain Peter Collins,
and the recitation of a poem, ti
tled “In Honor of the Passing of
Reveille IV,” written by senior
Hilary Haynie.
The funeral will conclude with
the crowd singing “Auld Lang
Syne’’ and E-2 marching to the
north end of Kyle Field to bury
Reveille IV beside her predeces
sors.
I he Aggie Band will then play
“The Spirit of Aggieland” and a
short yell practice will follow.
Reveille IV died March 29
when she failed to recover from
surgery performed two days ear
lier. The surgery was to correct
problems associated with old age.
She would have been 15 years old
May 31.
Reveille IV was the Texas
A&M mascot from 1975 to 1984.
She was donated by Thomas
Godwin, Class of ’67, of Deer
Park. Upon her retirement, she
was given to and cared for by Dr.
Lee and JoAnn Phillips of Bryan.
Dr. Phillips is a former Corps
member, Class of’53.
Bill would give Student Senate
more time on student fee bills
By Kelly S. Brown
STAFF WRITER
A bill was introduced in Wednes
day’s Student Senate meeting that
would require future Student Serv
ice Fee Allocation bills to be intro
duced as regular bills, and not as
emergency legislation on which the
senators have to vote the night it’s in
troduced.
Earlier this semester, the Student
Senate approved the Service Fee Al
location Bill on emergency. The bill
alloted a budget of more than $6
million dollars to various campus or
ganizations and services, thus raising
the Student Service Fee from $67 to
$73.
Brennan Reilly, a sophomore eco
nomics major and senator, said he
introduced the bill Wednesday night
primarily because he “felt the Senate
did not have an adequate amount of
time to consider and debate an issue
as important as the Student Service
Fee Allocation Bill.”
No provisions are in the Student
By-Laws for the regular presenta
tion of a Student Service Fee Alloca
tion Bill. If this bill passes it will
amend the By-Laws by requiring a
complete budget summary and re
port.
Reilly said he would like to see all
technical terms defined in the bill to
eliminate the slight confusion that
arose this semester with the bill.
The bill was sent to the Rules and
Regulations Committee.
Student Body President Kevin
Buchman said the he feels the new
Senate, elected this past week, will
follow through on the issues that
were created during 1988-89.
Buchman encouraged everyone
to become involved with University
Committees, which are open to the
student body.
“This one way for a student who is
not involved with Student Govern
ment, to become involved,” Buch
man said.
Applications are being accepted
through Monday on the second
floor of the Student Government of
fice in the Pavilion.
The Graduate Student Council is
sponsoring a Forum on Campus Is
sues on April 22 at 9 a.m. to noon in
208 of Harrington.
‘Blue Line’
assistant DA
dismissed
DALLAS (AP) — The assistant
district attorney who led the fight
to keep “The Thin Blue Line” de
fendant Randall Dale Adams be
hind bars was fired Wednesday.
Winfield Scott was dismissed
for violating policies, Dallas
County District Attorney John
Vance said. He was the third
prosecutor involved in the case to
leave the office this week.
Scott did not return repeated
calls from The Associated Press.
Other officials at the office de
clined comment.
Vance said he had nothing but
admiration and respect for Scott.
“I found we had a conflict re
garding current office policies
that simply could not be resolved
any other way,” Vance said.
Over Scott’s objections, Adams
was released from prison March
22, less than a month after a state
court overturned his conviction
for the 1976 slaying of a Dallas
police officer. Adams had spent
more than 12 years in prison.
The case was examined in Er
rol Morris’ 1988 documentary,
“The Thin Blue Line,” which
questioned evidence in the case.
Scott, who served as assistant
district attorney in Dallas for 21
years, participated in the original
prosecution of Adams and
helped choose a jury for the 1977
trial.
Adams was ordered released
after the Texas Court of Criminal
Appeals said former prosecutor
Doug Mulder supressed evidence
and at least two witnesses lied on
the stand.
In fighting Adams’ release,
Scott said state District Court
Judge Larry Baraka and eight of
the nine appellate judges were
“liberal” and biased in Adams’ fa
vor. He asked that Baraka be re
moved from the case.
Scott’s arguments held up Ad
ams’ release for one night before
another state judge ruled in Ad
ams’ favor.
Earlier this week, John Creu-
zot, 31, and Leslie McFarlane, 32,
resigned. Both had been with the
had worked on Adams’ case.
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