Sadateslantal Decision' Threats
Meet With Israel Readiness to
Seek Decisive Win in Case of War
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli sian officer on the other side of
leaders are taking very seriously the waterway. -
the Egyptian threat to renew war-
One of the officers pointed a
fare along the Suez Canal as Presi- finger toward Dayan and some
dent Anwar Sadat's "year of deci- Egyptian soldiers called to him
sion" nears its end. But sharp dif- by name.
ferences of opinion surfaced as to
Israel's retiring Chief of Staff
whether Israel's response to an Gen. Haim Bar-Lev served notice
Egyptian attack _should be an all- on Cairo that any renewel of war.
out thrust for a decisive_ victory fare would bring swift and de-
or a limited war.
stractive retaliation a gain st
Most observers here believe that Egypt. Addressing a conference
Sadat is not thinking in terms of of mayors in Tel Aviv Sunday
full-scale -hostilities but is con-
night, Gen. Bar-Lev said the
sidering a renewal of the "war chances for renewed hostilities
of attrition" carried out by his were 50-50 and have been for
predecessor, the late Gamal Abdel
some time. He said a peaceful
Nasser. It is believed here, how- settlement was still theoretically
ever, that attempts to cross the
possible but the chances at pres-
Suez Canal and establish bridge- ent "are only very slightly more
heads on the West Bank are in-
than zero."
cluded in Egyptian planning.
Bar-Lev, who leaves the army
Cairo's future strategic moves next year for a cabinet post, spoke
will be coordinated with the lead- with confidence of Israel's ability
ers of Libya and Syria, Egypt's to hit back hard and decisively
new federated partners, who met against attacks by Egypt or a com-
in Cairo Wednesday.
bined Egyptian-Syrian assault on
Sadat was to address a joint the cease-fire lines. "If the Egyp-
meeting of the Egyptian parliament tians attempt to hit any civilian
and the central committee of the targets in Israel. we can retaliate
Arab Socialist Union behind closed in kind with such force that they
doors Thursday.
would quickly drop whatever plans
The secretariat of the ASU, they have," Bar-Lev said.
Egypt's only political party, con-
The Cabinet met briefly Sunday
firmed reports that a "final de-
to hear Premier Golda Meir re-
cisiOn" has been made to re-
port
on the recent conversations
sume fighting against Israel, ac-
of Foreign Minister Abba Eban
cording to Cairo Radio.
with
Secretary
of State William P.
However, sources close to the
secretariat have reportedly said Rogers and United Nations media-
that there was no connection be- tor Gunnar V. Jarring. She briefed
tween the decision itself and the the Cabinet on Friday's talk be-
date on which shooting will be tween Ambassador Itzhak Rabin
resumed, nor does the decision to and Assistant Secretary of State
fight mean that diplomatic efforts for Near Eastern Affairs Joseph
to reach a solution will be aban- J. Sisco.
Israel is still waiting for a clar-
doned.
Cairo Radio said that war prep- ification of the American position
with
regard to an interim agree-
arations will not last too long.
Two of Israel's leading military ment to reopen the Suez Canal, ac-
cording
to informed sources here.
commentators warned Monday
night that Israel must not allow Premier Meir's recent visit to
Sadat to dictate the form and Washington apparently did not
elicit clarification nor, it appears, -
limits of a future war.
The commentators, Maj. Gen. was the matter made any clearer
Haim Herzog, a member of the in Rogers' telephone -call to Eban
Rafi wing of the Labor Party who in New York last week. Rogers also
often reflects official views, and telephoned Egyptian Foreign Minis-
Maj. Gen. Ezer Weizman, chair- ter Mahmoud Riad.
Israel is also uncertain how the
man of the opposition Herut fac-
tion who has the reputation of a U.S. stands on Egypt's demand that
"hawk," agreed in separate radio an Israeli pull-back from the Suez
interviews that Israel should seek Canal must be the first step to-
a decisive victory if war breaks ward a phased withdrawal from
all of the Sinai. It is understood
out anew.
In their view, warfare cannot here that Israel's main concern
is
whether Rogers' six points re-
be controlled and Israel cannot
enter into a tacit agreement to presented a position which the U.S.
confine the shooting to the Suez would introduce at some point in -
Egyptian-Israeli talks or whether
Canal zone.
Weizman called for a swift, they were merely a general state-
clean-cut decision with negotia- ment of views which, once stated,
tions for a new cease fire only would not come up again as the
U.S. resumed its role of mediator.
after it is achieved.
Rogers' phone call to Eban,
Gen. Herzog stressed that de-
tails of future strategy are not a which State Department spokes-
subject for public discussion. But man Robert J. McCloskey disclosed
he said that if attacked, Israel's last Friday, did not appear to
wisest course may be to strive contain anything new on the sub-
ject, although this too is not clear,
for a decisive victory.
But - security experts here take Israeli sources said today. Tlit
an opposite view. They warned conversation was described here
Tuesday that in the event of a as having been in "a constructivie
new war with Egypt, it would be spirit."
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in Israel's interest to restrict it-
self- to actions that would not war- Shooting Incident on Canal;
Israeli
Soldier
Killed In Gaza
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rant a deeper Soviet involvement
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in the conflict.
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In . order to prevent a direct
fired two shots Berns) tbp Sue;
confrontation with the Russians, Canal Saturday at an Israeli ,patral:
Israel world have to restrict its
moving along I' i'ainiiiii Cal thrk.
blows to the Egyptian army and northern section of-the- 7arater*aft ,
to prevent it from gaining a foot- It was the third such incident in
held on the east bank of the
several weeks. There were no
- canal.
casualties in any of the incidents
This - strategy, the proponents_ of nor did the Israelis, return fire.
which were identified only as
On Friday an ISraell soldier was
security experts, would seem to killed and an officer and soldier
preclude massive Israeli retalia- wounded in a clash with terrorists
tion against targets deep inside in the Jebaliya refugee camp in
the -Gaza Strip. The dead soldier
EterPt.
Defense MinisterMoshe, DaYtte was identified as' Cpl. Avinoam
l front Mon-. Gal, 19,.of Tel Aviv. He was
visited the Suez Cana
"Y- and was spotted - group fitd-Isnielif soldier killed in ,
of tgAirintworrieeri'iffet a ituIP dr:1M - Sfiii'lliiii Alit' *r.' :
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York." Now, he wrote, "No one,
can watch the drift and delay in
the Middle East without a sicken-
ing sense that the last hope of
peace is draining away."
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Cpl. Gal's father, Itzhak Yag-
ness, was a commander of the
Irgun Zvei Leumi during the pre-
statehood era. Two terrorists were
killed and three children wounded
in the Friday clash.
State Dept. Mildly Critical
of Soviet Pledge to Egypt
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
State Department responded be-
latedly and with only mild critic-
ism to a reported Soviet pledge
to support Egypt "in peace and
in war" made Dec. 16 in Cairo by
Russian Ambassador Vladimir M.
Vinogradov.
Department spokesman Chailes
Bray said that the Soviet envoy
"made comments in a private ses-
sion with a small group of Egyp-
tian journalists" which "obvious-
ly are not helpftil to the whole
process in which the parties and
others have been engaged over
the past month looking to an in-
terim agreement or a full settle-
ment."
Lord Caradon Wants
Over-all Peace Settlement
LONDON (JTA) — Lord Cara-
don, former British ambassador
to the United Nations, urged in
a letter published Monday in the
Times that an international peace
conference be convened in Geneva
to reach an over-all settlement of
the Middle East conflict. Lord
Caradon recalled that he had pro-
posed such a conference "long ago
in the Four Power talks in New
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