Israel Will Negotiate With 'Authorized Arab Children Are
Palestine Representatives,' Aide Says Victims of Fatah
GENEVA (JTA)—An Israeli offi- concerned with the welfare of the Terrorist Activity
cial told a Christian group here Middle East peoples were obligated
that Israel would negotiate with
authorized Palestinian representa-
tives should they ever emerge "but
never with a representation which
projects the fulfilment of Palestine
Arab destiny in the vitiation of
the existence, sovereignty and
character of the Jewish State."
Dr. Jacob Herzog, director gen-
eral of the prime minister's office
in Jerusalem addressed a luncheon
of the World Council of Church in-
ternational affairs committee. The
World Council is a body composed
of Protestant and Eastern Ortho-
dox denominations.
to encourage realism by support-
ing negotiations between the par-
ties directly concerned.
In Jerusalem Premier Golda
Meir told the Knesset that no op-
portunities for contacts with Arab
leaders had been passed up by her
government. But she said she could
not give any details about the con-
tacts, as publicity would under-
mine them.
Mrs. Meir has in the past indi-
cated that Israel was making such
efforts. She said that all political
contacts with foreign countries in
connection with a Middle East
peace
settlement have been made
Dr. Herzog said that in certain
with
the knowledge and approval
church circles there was a mis-
of
the
entire cabinet.
understanding of Israel's atti-
Mrs. Meir also told the Knesset
tude toward Palestinian Arabs.
that
30
to 35,000 Gaza Strip resi-
He noted that "The Palestine
Arabs did not assert a national dents have left that area since the
Six-Day
War, most of them for
entity either in 1922, the time of
the partition of the original man- Jordan.
She
also
reported that consulta-
dated area, or in 1947 when a
further partition of the already tions were continuing between Is-
rael
and
the
United States on the
diminished mandatory area took
place, this time under a United countries' joint seawater-desalina-
tion
project.
Israel has to decide
Nations resolution."
whether to agree to contribute
Dr. Herzog said the failure of half the $40,000,000 cost, as Con-
the Arabs to force Israel's with- gress has already done.
drawal from the occupied terri-
tories without a prior peace settle- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
ment had deepened the divisions
in th Arab world. He said there
was no longer unanimity among
Arabs about Israel being a "tem-
porary phenomenon."
Dr. Herzog said that everyone
Israel as Export Base
to Underdeveloped Lands
`Better Than U.S.'—Sapir
NEW YORK (JTA) — Yosef
Sapir, Israel's minister of com-
merce and industry, advised 180
American investors and marketers
Sunday that Israel is a better base
for exports to undeveloped coun-
tries than is the United States.
Not only does Israel have a bet-
ter rapport with those countries,
he said, but the absence of in-
flation in Israel has prevented
price rises. (The threat of infla-
tion was eliminated late last year
through a "package deal" among
employers, employes and His-
tadrut.)
The minister spoke to the Amer-
ican steering committee of the
Council for Israel's Economic De-
velopment of the Israel govern-
ment's Investment and Export Au-
thority.
Sapir said that of the top 500
American corporations listed by
Fortune magazine, 50 have Is-
raeli investments or manufac-
turing licenses.
He called on American business-
men to make "tremendous invest-
ments" in Israel — both financially
and in knowhow.
Michael Zur, president of the
Israel Corporation of Zim Israel
Navigation Co., said Zim — which
controls half of Israel's shipping
— will be making a $300,000,000 in-
vestment in new ships of which
$160,000,000 has already been out-
layed. Zim is also building a $40,-
000,000 oil refinery at Ashdod and
is cooperating with El Al Israel
Airlines in the building of three
Israeli hotels, Zur said.
Construction Begins for
Permanent Hatzeva Site
JERUSALEM — Construction
work has begun for the permanent
site of Moshav Hatzeva, a coopera-
tive settlement in the Arava des-
ert. The settlers are in their early
20s and many were members of
the Nahal settlers pioneer corps
of the Israel Defense Forces unit
which established the village as
as an outpost in 1965.
The 350 acres of agricultural
land which was reclaimed by the
Jewish National Fund will serve
as the economic base of Hatzeva,
with the major crop to be vege-
tables for export. The fund has
also executed an extensive flood
control program for the settlement.
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — The Arab
terrorist organization El Fatah has
circulated photos of an Arab child
presumably murdered by Israeli
soldiers. A number of papers, in-
cluding the London Times, have
given this picture front-page treat-
ment with wide publicity.
Israel's Marxist-oriented daily,
Al Hamishmar, conceded that not
just one but many Arab children
have been victimized. But Israel's
armed forces had nothing to do
with it.
From November 1967 to May
1970, in the Gaza Strip alone, 128
Arab children were killed or seri-
ously wounded, all of them victims
of Arab terror.
The paper recounts that El Fatah
deliberately throws bombs in areas
known to be populated exclusively
by Arabs, where children play in
the streets, as part of a calculated
strategy to terrorize those Arabs
who are presumed to be cooperat-
ing with the Israeli authorities.
When El Fatah terrorists blast
exclusively Arab neighborhoods,
where children are at play, they
can have no intention of striking
any target, said Al Hamishmar.
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