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The Murder of Alex Odeh The Link www.ameu.org Page 1 Published by Americans for The Link Middle East Understanding, Inc. Volume 49, Issue 3 Link Archives: www.ameu.org June-July 2016 9 a.m., Oct. 11, 1985: a bomb explodes at the Santa Ana office of the American- Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. Shortly after the attack, the suspected terrorists flee to Israel to avoid U.S. jurisdiction. About This Issue 30 years later, no one has been named, questioned or indicted for The Murder of Alex Odeh by Richard Habib The Link www.ameu.org Page 2 Alex Doc. Pix AMEU About This Issue: Board of Directors ur July-August 1989 issue of Jane Adas, President The Linkp. featured 2 an interview Elizabeth D. Barlow with Ellen Nassab, the sister Henry Clifford Oof Alex Odeh. That interview took Edward Dillon place on Feb. 18, 1989 at Ellen’s home in Protestantism’s Embrace of Zionism Rod Driver John Goelet California, less than four months before Richard Hobson, Treasurer she died of cancer. Anne R. Joyce, Vice President Brian Mulligan In that interview Ellen cited a L.A. Daniel Norton Times article that named a member of Hon. Edward L. Peck the Jewish Defence League as a suspect Donald L. Snook in her brother’s murder. But that suspect Thomas Suarez had fled to Israel, and Israeli authorities James M. Wall had refused to extradite him back to the Link author Richard Habib President-Emeritus States. Ellen’s last words on the subject Robert L. Norberg were: “So, here in the States, we bow to our Comment application. Don’t be p.3. Israel.” surprised if you are the first to use it, as it AMEU is the latest update to our site. National Council It’s been over 30 years since Alex Also, for readers wishing to read Ellen William R. Chandler Odeh’s murder and, as this issue of Nassab’s article, it too is available on our Kathleen Christison The Link tells us, much has happened website. AMEU was founded in 1967, Paul Findley — and not happened. Richard Habib, but our first issue appeared in 1968. Moorhead Kennedy our author, was a Los Angeles chapter Every issue since then has been digitized Ann Kerr board member of the American-Arab and is now easily downloadable. Nancy Lapp Anti-Discrimination Committee at the George E. Mendenhall time of Alex’s murder. Now a retired Mary Norton On pages 14 and 15 you will find a select businessman, he has followed the case Don E. Wagner list of videos and books, all available at closely over the last 30 years. In 2015, he low discount prices. Again, our website Executive Director received the Alex Odeh Advocacy Award. offers over 90 books, many out-of-print John F. Mahoney and hard to find. By the end of his article, Richard Habib, it seems, reaches a conclusion not that Finally, on page 16, we have placed a dissimilar from that of Helen Nassab. AMEU (ISSN 0024-4007) “Gift Subscription” form. For $20 we will grants permission to reproduce send a year’s subscription to The Link, material from The Link in part Readers who may be interested in along with recent AMEU publications, to or in whole. AMEU must be commenting on our current issue are credited and one copy forwarded the person or persons you enroll. invited to go to our website, www.ameu. to our office at 475 Riverside Drive, Room 245, New York, org, and scroll down to the end of our John F. Mahoney NY 10115. Tel: 212-870-2053; online edition. There you will find Executive Director email: [email protected] Alex Doc. Pix p. 2 The Link www.ameu.org Page 3 The Murder of Alex Odeh By Richard Habib ct. 11, 2015 marked the 30th anniversary of Who Was Alex Odeh? the cold-case murder of Alex Odeh. The FBI designated the murder as an act of domestic Iskander “Alex” Michael Odeh was born on April 4, 1944 Oterrorism --- a terrorist attack that took place here in the in Jifna, a small town about 14 miles north of Jerusalem, United States, in Santa Ana, California. in Palestine, now commonly referred to as the West Bank. The State of Israel did not emerge as an internationally A number of disturbing issues are associated with this recognized state until four years after Alex was born. case. Limited information about it is due partially to a Alex’s family follows the tradition of devout Roman policy of silence and an absence of public accountability Catholics; of his eight siblings, one brother is a priest and by the Department of Justice (DOJ) andp.3. the FBI regarding one sister became a nun. steps those agencies have taken to apprehend the person(s) responsible for killing Mr. Odeh. This has left anguished family and friends dangling on a string for decades, looking for answers. It is a circuitous 30-year-old story begging for logical explanations to lingering questions held by those who believe this matter has not been thoroughly and properly addressed. A congressional hearing to review the facts and evaluate how the case has been processed would go a long way to ease concerns by all of those who held Alex in high regard, especially his family and friends. It is noteworthy to remind readers that President Obama made the second of two statements within a two-month period reiterating what has presumably been long-term U.S. policy on the matter of pursuit of those who engage in acts of terror. On Aug. 20, 2014, he stated: “The United States of America will continue to do what we must do to protect our people. We will be vigilant and we will be Alex Odeh, left, at Chanukah service. relentless. When people harm Americans, anywhere, we ABC News June 11, 1990 do what’s necessary to see that justice is done.” To family, friends and colleagues, that resolve and commitment declared by President Obama does not seem In 1965 Alex left Jifna for Egypt to study at Cairo to extend to the apprehension and prosecution of the University and was a student in Cairo at the time of terrorist(s) responsible for the attack on U.S. soil that killed hostilities in 1967 that resulted in Israel’s occupation of Alex Odeh over thirty years ago. Palestine’s East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip (as well as the Syrian Golan Heights and the Egyptian As will be pointed out in this article, those believed Sinai Peninsula). to have some responsibility for setting the bomb that killed Alex were identified decades ago. The outstanding Because of Israel’s occupation, Alex was prohibited from perplexing issues have to do with an incoherent returning to his home in Jifna, so after his college term in explanation for the failure to question, arrest or indict any Cairo, he went to live in Amman. of those individuals. Meanwhile, Alex’s sister Ellen immigrated with her husband to the United States. She corresponded with The Link www.ameu.org Page 4 Alex and encouraged him to move to Southern California, the Santa Ana, California west coast office of the ADC. which he did in 1972. Alex lived in Southern California Another day of outreach meant more letters to write and with another sister, and worked different jobs to support more phone calls to make. He had plans that evening to his return to college at California State University give a presentation to the Congregation B’nai Tzadek, a Fullerton (CSUF) to pursue his Master’s degree in political Jewish synagogue about eight miles away from his office. science. It wasn’t unusual for either Alex or his assistant Hind Before graduating from CSUF Alex was able to get a Baki to open the office in the morning - it just depended travel permit from Israeli authorities that allowed him to on who arrived first. Hind would try to arrive by 9:00 return to Jifna for a visit. On that visit he married Norma a.m., but on this morning it was Alex who arrived first. Ghattas, a neighbor in Jifna, and they returned to the As he entered his office, a trip wire from the entry door United States together. detonated an explosive device that was planted from inside, which caused massive damage to the building and While a student at CSUF, Alex’s extracurricular injury to several bystanders. Alex took the full force of the activities included efforts to combat anti-Arab (and explosion and was pronounced dead at a local hospital a particularly anti-Palestinian) stereotypes that had become short time thereafter. commonplace in the American print and broadcast media. He also became involved with interfaith dialogue Bob Navarro of KNBC television in Los Angeles, in a live and other groups interested in promoting a process of report on the day of the incident stated: “Investigators reconciliation between the American Jewish community aren’t talking for the record, but there is a consensus this and the American Arab community. was a carefully planned assassination.” In addition to his activity as a civil rights advocate, Alex Within hours of the bombing the FBI, Treasury agents and was a published poet, writing mainly in Arabic, with his members of the Los Angeles Anti-Terrorism Task Force works translated into English. and the Santa Ana Police Department were on the scene. According to a May 13, 1990 Los Angeles Times article Alex’s activism continued after obtaining his Master’s by Robert Friedman, even at this early stage, while the degree and eventually led to his employment with the investigators were in front of the bombed-out building, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the names of Jewish Defense League (JDL) members Keith a national organization formed in 1980 by former Senator Fuchs, Andy Green and Robert Manning were mentioned James Abourezk of South Dakota.
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