ZOA's North Central Region to Hold
Israelis See LBJ's Decision as Blow Founding Convention in Milwaukee
6—Friday, April 5 1968
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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curity Council is now discussing
grave incidents on the Israel-
Jordan border, and we may dis-
cern there the first signs of
American policy on the morrow
of President Johnson's announce-
ment," the paper said. "That
may give us a clue to future
U.S.-Israel relations."
Two of the country's leading
dailies, Davar and Haaretz, spe-
culated on the outcome of John-
son's peace overtures to North
Vietnam. "If Hanoi should refuse
to come to the conference table
after an unconditional bombing
pause, President Johnson's past
Vietnam - policy will be vindicated,"
according to Davar. Haaretz cau-
tioned that the Communists may
decide to "drag their feet until a
new President enters the White
House."
Although officials maintained a
strict silence to avoid any position
of appearing to intervene in the
internal affairs of another country,
the general feeling here was that
there would not be any major
changes in United States policy
toward Israel as a result of Mr.
Johnson's decision.
The view was expressed that
support of Israel has become a
tenet of American foreign policy
regardless of the person holding
the Presidency. It was also as-
serted that the United States in-
terest in maintaining Pro-Western
influence in the Middle East de-
pended on the existence of a strong
Israel and that therefore United
States efforts to bring about an
agreed Israeli-Arab peace not at
Israel's expense did not involve
considerations of vote-getting in
American presidential races.
Nevertheless, the Washington
Post reported Tuesday under the
headline "Johnson's Exit Seen as
Blow to Israelis" that "Arabs and
Israelis were found in accord on
one .subject: Israel will be losing
a staunch supporter when Presi-
dent Johnson leaves the White
House."
Irene Beeson reported from Am-
man "that a hope, albeit a slen-
der one, has arisen that the Arabs
may get a more favorable recep-
tion from President Johnson's
successor."
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