`Intentions' to Keep Vital Occupied Areas
Not the Same as Preconditions, Galili Insists
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Israel
government is attempting to con- ,
vey the message that while it in-
tends to retain all territories it
considers essential to national se- '
curdy, it is laying down no pre-
conditions for peace talks with the
Arabs.
The latest reiteration of this
p•isition was contained in an in-
terview with Israel Galili, labor •
minister without portfolio. who is
a member of Premier Golda
Meir•i inner circle and is consid-
ered a spokesman for her govern-
ment
In the interview in Ilaaretz
Tuesday, Galili said there was no ,
secret of Israel's intention to re- •
tain the Gaza Strip, the Golan
Heights and Sharm el-Sheikh.
But, he emphasized. these are
intentions, not conditions and
therefore Israel can legitimately
speak of sitting down to peace
talks with the Arabs without pre-
conditions. On the other hand, he'
said he saw nothing wrore! in
making Israel's intentions public.
He said an example of the care
with which Israel is handling the
issue is the fact that the Israeli
legal code has not been imposed
in any of the occupied territories,
not even the Gaza Strip.
Galili said Israel should make
it clear to the U. S. that there
will be no return to the Rogers
plan on borders—the armistice
lines that existed before the
June 1967 war. He said this posi-
tion has to be stressed on the
eve of President Nixon's Mos-
cow trip.
"We have to do everything to
convince the Americans that we
are serious when we talk of the
necessity of substantial changes
in the borders to the extent that
we are ready to undergo risks
for them," Galili said.
He repeated his warning that
Israel cannot afford to be com-
placent over Nixon's impending
summit meeting in Moscow with
Soviet leaders as if no danger
could arise from that meeting.
Galili's warning is expected to
be discussed here today by Israeli
Foreign Minister Abba Eban and
Secretary of State William P.
Rogers. The State Department de-
clined comment on Galili's re-
marks
"I hope the Americans will not
buy a Soviet promise to pull Rus-
sian troops out of Egypt in return
for a promise to see to the imple-
mentation of the Rogers plan."
Galili said He said Soviet plans
to evacuate Egypt amounted to
an "exhibition that Will change
nothing in the Russian military
presence in Egypt ''
Galili maintained that Mrs. Meir
was the person best suited for the
premiership. But if she steps down
after the next elections, as she
says she will, Galili's choice of a
successor would be Deputy Pre-
mier Yigal Alton.
Haaretz reports that at a secret
meeting of the United Labor
Party, it was decided Mrs. Meir
should be induced to remain as
prime minister, even after the
next Knesset elections.
It also was agreed that it is es-
sential for Pinhas Sapir to he a
part of the new regime in order
to fortify his position as heir-
apparent to the premiership.
(According to the report, it was
decided that the present secretary
general of the Labor Party, Israel
Yeshayahu, should be elected
speaker of the Knesset. Among
those reported as attending the
meeting were Sapir, Tel Aviv
Mayor Yehoshua Rabinowich and
Galili. Although Yigal Alton was
not present, he is said to have
approved all the decisions that
were made.)
lIsrael Cost of Living Up
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel's
cost of living index rose by 2 per
cent during February, the Central
Bureau of –Statistics reported.
While most items remained stable,
there were steep rises in the prices
of clothing, footwear and housing.
Friction had dveloped between
Mapam and the Labor Party over
the cordoned off area.
The issue came up again April
12 after the Mapam secretariat
gave its blessings to a press con-
ference at which Mapam kibutz
members made accusations against
Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and
Gen. Aric Sharon, commander of
the Southern Command.
The Mapam members protested
against the eviction of the Be-
douins and the manner in which
it was carried out. -
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Bedouins Can't Return
for Security Reasons;
Compensation Vowed
J ERUSALEM ( JTA ) Bedouins
evicted from their land in a cor-
doned-off reeion between the south-
ern Gaza Strip and northern Sinai
cannot be permitted to return for
security reasons, the cabinet was
told Sunday in a report submitted
by Chief of Staff Gen. David Ela-
zar.
The retitirt represented the rec-
ommendations of a committee ap-
pointed by Elazar to work out
compensation for their lands.
The evicted families will be
given the choice of settlement with
the assistance of the military gov-
ernment or financial compensation
for their lands.
Resettlement could be in hous-
ing projects near existing set•
tlements or in units where small-
scale farms can be worked as
the Bedouins did on their former
lands.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
18—Friday, April 21, 1972
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