15In a Tel Aviv cafe, a suicide bomber killed three and wounded dozens. . . . On a crowded street in Jerusalem, Hamas suicide bombers killed five Israelis. . . . In Algeria in September 1997 alone, more than 500 civilians were killed in massacres and bombings attributed to the Armed Islamic Group. . . . In Denver, Timothy J. McVeigh was convicted of murder in the bombing of the Oklahoma City Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, which killed 168 people and injured 850 others.

Terrorism knows no bounds. The Anti-Defamation League, with its William and Naomi Gorowitz Institute on Terrorism and Extremism and its Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer Memorial Foundation, has continued to play a key role in combating the deadly threat by educating, by promoting effective legislative counterterrorism initiatives, and by countering terrorism in the Middle East, the U.S. and the world over.

A case in point is the Federal law passed in 1996 requiring the U.S. State Department to identify foreign terrorist organizations; for months, however, the Department declined to do so. Finally, after continuous campaigning by ADL and other groups, the Department officially named 30 organizations in October 1997 -- including Hamas and Hezbollah. It is a crime to provide funds, weapons and other material support to groups on the State Department list, and members and representatives of those groups are ineligible for U.S. visas.

IN SAN FRANCISCO ADL's Central Pacific Regional Office hosted a community-wide symposium on domestic terrorism, featuring Stanislaus County (CA)Clerk/ Recorder Karen Matthews, who gave a powerful account of being stalked, threatened and brutally assaulted in her home by anti-government extremists because of her refusal to remove a tax lien. ADL provided background on the anti-government movement, "common law courts" and militias.

RESOURCES

Terrorism Update. Quarterly update published by ADL's International Affairs and Civil Rights Divisions that is a comprehensive listing of terrorist incidents worldwide, resources, ongoing investigations and governmental action.

Law Enforcement Bulletin. Prepared by the Research Department, this publication keeps more than 5,000 local, state and Federal law enforcement professionals informed about important recent issues involving extremist and terrorist activity.