European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Columns Anthony . Shift in zionism stand could be a Start fifteen years ago i his week the United nations general Assembly passed a Resolution declaring that a zionism is a form of  it was a propaganda Victory for the Arab states won with the help of the soviet bloc and Many third world countries. To Israel and its friends the Resolution was an outrage a a a infamous a a As ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan called it. No people had suffered More from the murderous evil of racism. Against the Odds jews had now made a National Home for themselves again. To be branded As racist for that Success was bitter Gall. But the Resolution has done no Good for its sponsors either. Theirs was a pyrrhic Victory and it is time they recognized it. The Resolution has harmed the cause of Justice and peace in the Middle East and it will keep on doing harm until it is rescinded As an example consider israelis recent refusal to cooperate with the inquiry voted by the . Security Council into the killing of 21 palestinians in Jerusalem. I think the refusal was Folly damaging to Israel but in criticizing the decision one has to understand that it has some roots in israeli distrust of the United nations. What country after All would Welcome an inquiry by an International organization that had assailed the very basis of its existence Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar would in All likelihood have made this a fair professional investigation. But the zionism is racism Resolution makes it very hard for israelis to believe in the .�?Ts impartiality. Hateful words have consequences. The 1975 general Assembly Resolution is part a significant part of a barrage of hate that has had terrible consequences in Israel. It has intensified the element of tear in the israeli psyche the feeling that jewish history rules out Trust in any other eople. Ever since the 1967 War there has Cen a struggle in Israel even within individual israelis. One Side saw peace and Normal human relations with Arab neighbors As the great goal. The other said that peace was a i Quot Rio yep thai time in. Also investigate Etc Cosme Force in Northern ir6lanr South Africa China an Iran by the Plo Iraq and Libya and in Syria Elsa vapor Panama in step states.? no he each but the destruction of Israel a and rage because the arabs really wanted not is Nee that territory was More important than the Hope of peace. The second View has prevailed Israel has held onto the occupied West Bank and Gaza ruling its palestinian inhabitants by Force. The growth of religious nationalism has greatly encouraged that course. But so Nas hateful rhetoric like the 1975 . Resolution essentially saying that Israel will not be accepted As legitimate no matter what it does. When one Arab Leader president Sadat made a dramatic gesture to show that he considered Israel a legitimate state israelis believed him a and the other Side of their psyche prevailed. They withdrew from the Sinai in Exchange for peace with Egypt and Security arrangements that have proved immensely beneficial. But when Yasser Arafat and the Plo finally said they accepted Israel there was no response. Few israelis believed them. The failure to respond was a great mistake 1 believe As was the Shamir governments rejection of talks with palestinians. The realistic forces in the palestinian Community those who had been urging accommodation with Israel lost their credibility. The advocates of Force and religious fundamentalism gained. But palestinians and other arabs have to understand that rejection hurts the cause of realism and peace when they do the rejecting too. A Resolution that says zionism is racism tells israelis that negotiation would Only be a trap. Some people with experience in the Middle East believe that the fears and hatreds have gone too deep on both sides for arabs Ana israelis Ever to Settle their differences. That is too terrible a conclusion for me to accept. At a minimum the possibility of negotiation has to be kept alive. And that requires reducing the obstacles of fear. The 1975 Resolution is one such obstacle. It encourages continued occupation rather than peace. It disables the United nations from playing a useful part. Those who passed the 1975 Resolution should have the Wisdom to change their vote now if they really want a just settlement of the Arab israeli conflict. C new Yorac time Ellen Goodman new dimension added to childbearing clock Boston a not Long ago after a Midnight session with a male Friend who was considering fatherhood at 50, i decided that Middle aged men suffer from a distinct biological disadvantage. They done to go through menopause. This was a fairly Quirky contrary Point of View. My Friend did not Long for the growth experience of hot flashes. It is More often women who resent the biological clock ticking loudly Over their leisurely plans. If anything the female Fertility deadline seems positively in american unfair. We Are after All citizens of a country that believes in endless choices and unlimited options. Moreover this biological destiny seems like a remnant of inequality if men can have babies in their 70s, Why not women still it seemed to me that the biological clock was a useful warning system about the life Cycle. It was a Way of saying that Fife changes and Lime runs out. The female advantage was a built in reminder that options have to be exercised and choices have to made. And if women focus More on the press of time and Are less surprised by aging maybe its because of the ticking sound in their ears. Now it appears that the biological alarm has been turned Down. We Are Reading headlines that would have confounded our grandmothers a menopause found no Barrier to  doctors have discovered a Way to beat the clock. Post menopausal women can become Regnant. If this were just another entry in reproduction technologies it would be unsettling enough. In the same month we heard from California of a surrogate hired to carry the genetic offspring of another couple. Now we learn that women can become in essence surrogate mothers for the children they want to raise. Seven women in or past menopause became pregnant with eggs donated by younger women and fertilized with their husband a sperm More Are on the Way. The emotional offshoot of this technology is complicated enough. Essentially a pregnant woman can now carry a child conceived by her husband and another woman. How would that feel Over time How much pressure will an infertile woman feel to produce her us band a child instead of adopting and in Case of divorce would the genetic Parent have first psychological and Legal claim such queasy ethical questions Trail behind each Man made variation on natures theme. But this time the news is on the breaking of the age Barrier. I Don t think pregnancy will become a popular retirement activity i done to think it will be something for women to do in their Sunset years when at last they have time. Those most affected by this new option will be infertile couples those who came to marriage late or menopause Early or have exhausted other biological possibilities. For these people each new a Miracle baby produces another crop of questions How ear can they stretch their will and their Wallet How much of life should be focused on reproducing life the Promise is that women can keep their biological door open at least with the help of a stranger Thi problem is that it also prevents closure. It changes that Way we think about life. Among the seven who got pregnant was a woman we had undergone a Range of Fertility treatments for Ai entire decade. Forever when this pregnancy ended ii tragedy a a Stillbirth a she dec Deato try again. When you remove nature from the equation there is a whole new set of calculations to be made they Bear not surprisingly a Strong resemblance to Thi ones that men have faced. A 45-year-old woman has on the one hand a 35-Yea life expectancy More than a younger Mother had a nun dred years ago. A new Mother at 50 May be healthier than her predecessor a generation ago. But a menopausal Mother becomes a senior citizen with teen agers and a social Security recipient paying College tuition. She May become dependent on her Chil Dren just As they become Independent. The issues be come Energy and age gaps and the real Midnight on Thi biological clock mortality. Infertility Counselor who heard about Thi breakthrough asked out loud a when do you say enough is enough a the female body once said it for us now women like men will have to use much less predictable organs the heart and the brain. C boy ton global