European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Ice 10 the stars and stripes . Rosentha Bush undermines Israel in West Bank talks prh.%1df.n7 Bush planted a bomb right in the in f  to Ard israeli palestinian talks. Ard  Back o what would happen. Tre  carried out is strange action in Losis Esb it  re that  new settlements of jews  be a in the v. Bank a or East Jerusalem re arc part of Israel s own capital. The of Rael embassy a. Washington has quietly but a of the administration that what the presi of the United Stales said about Jerusalem a it d i u1 10 it Tidiks. To. 1 to s h Ltd Lea e Bush s a issued Quot defusing Quot  and intent even so to  a a. O. Roar a poro. In v use is sin burning d before that the United states opposed new  n the West Bank and Gaza. But neither a president has said that no More jews have  into East Jerusalem. Which israelis regard in capital whole and indivisible be arabs rejected the United nations . P an that would have made Jerusalem an it Erna vioral it it. Vohen Israel became an Independent nation r Iru. Jordanian troops moved into and occupied Las Jerusalem. For almost 20 Sears no jews could go to Hast Jerusalem. The ended in 1967. When i israeli forces drove of the jordanians in the six Das War. The passion for a unified Jerusalem where no jew Era. Be barred from walking or living anywhere unites Israel Dove with Hawk agnostic with rabbi. The United states does not acknowledge Jerusalem As the israeli capital even though most members of Congress Are in favor of recognition a As was the former senator from Indiana Dan Quayle. But Bush s decision to bring up the right of jews to move into East Jerusalem startled chilled and angered israelis and those of their american supporters who could find the Story in their newspapers. There have been no jewish Quot settlements Quot in Jerusalem. As major Teddy Kozilek noted. The very use of the word Quot settlement Quot to describe jews moving into jewish neighbourhoods in Jerusalem is insulting. Should israelis declare a jewish quota for the Eastern pan of their capital should Nonh african jews be allowed to live there say. But not soviet jews ahas Bush knows. Soviet jews Are the heart of the matter and whom he was talking about. Some soviet jews have moved into East Jerusalem. In Washington top american officials told the israelis that Bush was provoked into making the los Phi a Tuc / m sir i. Angeles statement. He Felt these officials said that prime minister Yitzhak Shamir was being Quot disingenuous Quot when he said that onh i percent of soviet jews settled in the West Bank a look at All those soviet jews in East Jerusalem every a it the future of soviet jew s in Israel a How they live and their safety a becomes a More important Issue in Israel. There has been no announcement but the soviet Union is planning to allow charter flights of soviet jews direct from Moscow to Israel soon already. The israelis have received or monitored undisclosed terrorist warnings against soviet jews abroad in transit or in Israel. Meanwhile the Arab world s Campaign against soviet jewish immigration led by that american favorite. King Hussein of Jordan intensifies daily. So Bush s statement on East Jerusalem damaged israelis who try to walk the political High wire toward talks about palestinian elections in the West Bank and Gaza a including the liked prime minister. Yitzhak Shamir and his labor defense minister. Yitzhak Rabin. It gave credibility to those israeli leaders who say the whole process is i trap. Whether talks go on or not. And whatever the israeli government in Power the Impact of the Bush bomb will linger. Israelis know that in any peace process the United Stales will Wield pressure As it sees fit. Any israeli negotiator who does not remember that night when the american president said no More jewish Quot settlements Quot should be permitted in East Jerusalem would be a naive forgetful trusting negotiator the israelis do not have Many such. The new York times news service it of amp distributed by King features Syndicate a Carl Rowan minorities becoming majority in . Schools americans have wrung their hands for years Over a a nation at risk Quot because of Quot a rising tide of mediocrity Quot in education. The situation is Likely to get worse rather than belter unless sweeping school reforms Are undertaken according to a report by the Quality education of minorities project at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. This report based on More than two years of study Points to some realities that stand in the Way of our schools Ever achieving the excellence that America needs to be competitive. The first hush hush truth is that this country s school age population is becoming More and More minority. Between 1968 and 1986, the number of White school children in America fell by 16 percent. In contrast the number of Black children increased by 5 percent and hispanic children increased by a startling 100 percent. Minorities now make up the majority of Public school children in mis Sissini and new Mexico and that will soon be the Case in California and Texas. Twenty two of the 25 largest Central City school districts in the nation Are predominantly minority. The report slates emphatically the Quot for too Long minorities have borne ii Brunt of the nations educational failures. I say that a somber indication of we the future holds lies in the fact that at n level a local state or Federal a do pm Ticiano allocate As much Money for i education of a minority child As they for White children. The report Points out at Manv in Jority and Low income children wifi school without the family backgrounds the learning and social skills needed succeed in the present school system. Teachers done to expect much of them. Minority children Are discouraged imm Diatel when they Are put on Quot Siow for Quot tracks or placed in Quot remedial class Many of these youngsters arc Quot pushed out Quot of school or As Early seventh Grade they begin to drop out. Either the people who simply Hope the a a tide of mediocrity Quot will just Quot go away going to be heartened by this rep Quality education for minorities. Great that people of consequence Teg Rity Are telling americans an i p1 ble truth. North America Syndicate loll on