Dinitz, Sisco Reveal Differences on Six-Day War and Peace Moves
By JOSEPH POLAKOFF
What is needed now, Dinitz
stated, "is not a new frame-
Chief of
work but a different frame
JTA Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON (JTA)—As- of mind. Peace can never be
sistant Secretary of State Jo- achieved by surrendering to
seph J. Sisco and Israeli Am- blackmail or placating frus-
bassador Simha Dinitz, mak- trations, but only by talking
ing his maiden address in together."
The Arabs, he said created
Washington, differed widely
and sharply Monday night in a series of images, alibis and
their assessments of the ori- excuses why not to make
gin of the Six-Day War, the peace. After each of the three
road to peace and other ele- previous wars, when new op-
ments in the Israeli-Arab con- portunities for peace arrived,
the Arabs converted them
flict.
They addressed some 2,000 "from 'a platform for peace
people at the Sheraton Park into a jumping board from
Hotel in the climax of Is- which to launch a new war.
rael's 25th anniversary cele- Nevertheless," Dinitz said,
brations. Sisco, speaking "our minds are open for
first, said that the vision of peace, our hands are extend-
both Arabs and Israelis "has ed and our ears attuned to
often been clouded by myths every sound from across the
of the past which have per- border.
"If it is a sound of peace,
sisted in obscuring the reali-
ties of the present," and re- we will gladly reciprocate,
ferred to "lost opportunities" but if it is a sound of war,
we will know how to meet it
for a settlement.
"On the Israeli side, there as well."
Dinitz concluded that Is-
is the myth that the Six-Day
rael
is proud of "its great
War was the result of the
calculated Arab plan to partnership with the United
launch a war of destruction States, its government and
the majority of its people."
against Israel," he said.
Some observers saw in Sis-
"In my view, the most co's remarks an intent to
'plausible explanation is that demonstrate American "even-
the Six-Day War resulted handedness" in the Middle
from improvised actions and East and thereby induce the
reactions on each side. Com • Arabs to move toward some
bined with each side's per- sort of negotiations for a set-
ception and suspicion of the tlement. A high State Depart-
other's, the cumulative rate ment official told JTA that
of these actions and reactions Sisco wrote the speech him-
made inevitable a war neith- self and that the White House
er side deliberately sought at was aware of its content.
that time."
The State Department and
Sisco, who expressed confi- the Israel Embassy each
dence that the U.S. will "re- stood by its position on Mid-
main steadfast in its support dle East developments Tues.
for Israel's security," also tray. Dinitz insisted that his
described as a myth "that se- country never missed an op-
curity is solely a function of portunity for peace, while
the physical location of ter- Sisco's top aide, Deputy
ritorial boundaries." Asst. Secretary of State Al-
Sisco noted that "There is fred Atherton said he would
the myth that peace can be complement Sisco's speech in
made by proxy—that powers terms of developments dur-
not party to the conflict act- ing the past year.
ing independently or through
Atherton, addressing Amer-
the United Nations can some- ican Israel Public Affairs
how substitute for negotia- Committee delegates to the
tions between the parties 14th annual policy conference
themselves. here, at a State Department
"This hasn't been the case briefing, indicated that the
in any of the successful ne- State Department is not mov-
gotiations of international dis- ing from the position stated
putes in recent history, and by Sisco. But he did not men-
the Middle East is no excep- tion missed opportunities or
tion." the events leading up to the
Speaking of "lost opportun- Six-Day War over which Sis-
'ties" that have "slipped co and Dinitz differed sharp-
through the fingers of those ly.
concerned," Sisco said that
Atherton said the U.S. was
part of the answer to the trying to get the parties in
question of why opportunity the Mid East conflict into
had been missed is that some kind of negotiations
"neither side, Arab or Is- and referred to Mr. Nixon's
raeli, has collectively defined recent White House meeting
its goals" nor is there a with King Hussein of Jor-
"broadly agreed-upon consen- dan, Israeli Premier Gold:
sus on either side as to the Meir and Hafez Ismail of
acceptable trade-offs might Egypt .
be
Atherton contended that
The U.S., Sisco said, is
diplomatic
options were still
"continuing to press the
search for answers" and open despite Sadat's bellicose
Ma.. Day sneeekh. He noted
noted that just as the
U.S.
that
while Sadat threatener'
had called on the Arabs and
Israelis in 1970 to "stop war, he also made the point
shooting and start talking, that Egypt continues to pur-
today we urge they stop sue a diplomatic solution on
shouting and start listening." the basis of Resolution 242.
Atherton said that among
Dinitz took issue with
Sisco without directly refer- the negative developments in
ring to him. Speaking large- the Mid East are the increas-
ly extemporaneously, the en- ingly rigid negotiating posi-
voy said, "We haven't had tions adopted by both sides,
peace for the simple reason the recent strengthening of
that one can declare war, extremist forces and the in-
but it takes two to make creased terrorism.
He said that the absence
peace."
Pointing to Israel's peace of negotiations tended to put
offers, he said "There is only pressure on the moderates
one way to start on the road of both camps but did not
to peace, that is to stop talk- identify the moderates.
ing of myths and start talk-
Dinitz said "if there were
ing in terms of realities." any missed opportunities for
peace, they were not missed
by us." Whenever new op-
portunities for a partial or
over-all settlement opens up,
Israel will be prepared to
participate, he stated.
Eban to Discuss 'Matters
of Mutual Interest' in D.C.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel
Foreign Minister Abba Eban
left for the United States
Wednesday on a visit in he
half of the Israel Bond Drive.
He will also meet with high
U.S. government officials for
discussion of "matters of mu-
tual interest" to Israel and
the U.S.
Eban told reporters at Lod
Airport that he would dis-
cuss the problems of Arab
terrorism among other topics
in the framework of Israeli-
U.S. relations. Replying to
questions, Eban said he
would categrically oppose
suggestions to establish com-
mittees of the United Na-
tions to deal with the Middle
East conflict.
The foreign minister ap-
peared to be alluding to last
year's fruitless UN debates
on international terrorism
which ended with the appoint-
ment of a committee to study
the matter.
Reliable sources in Jeru-
salem told JTA that Eban
would discuss the forthcom-
ing Security Council debate
on the Middle East with U.S.
Secretary of State William
P. Rogers. According to the
sources, Israel does not ex-
pect to alter its Resolution
242, but he is concerned that
a sufficient number of speak-
ers will accept the Arab in-
terpretation of that document
in order to build up an auth-
oritative body of interpreta-
tion unfavorable to Israel's
position.
It was learned Wednesday
that contacts have been made
with Washington to deter-
mine exactly how far the
U.S. would permit the Se-
curity Council to go before
exercising its veto right.
Jerusalem hopes that any
one-sided condemnation of
Israel or a move for sanc-
tion would be promptly killed
by an American veto.
Eban also is expected to
discuss U.S. arms supplies
to Israel. Sources in Jeru-
salem said they were gener-
ally satisfied with the situa-
tion following President Nix-
on's commitment to Premi? -2
Golda Meir at their meeting
in March in Washington tha,
military supplies would con-
tinue to flow.
Observers here differ over
the effect of the ongoing
Watergate scandal on U.S.
involvement in the Middle
East. Some circles feel that
Vatergate must necessarily
overshadow any other busi-
ness on the Nixon adminis-
tration agenda. But others
believe thtat the administra-
tion will deliberately concen-
trate on foreign affairs is-
sues such as Middle East di-
plomacy in order to focus
the public spotlight on issues
other than the Watergate
Mrs. Meir Says She Sent
Emissaries to Sadat, but
He Did Not Respond
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Pre-
mier Golda Meir told a tele-
vision interviewer that she
had sent emissaries to Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat over the
past year suggesting secret
talks — but the Egyptian
leader had not responded.
Mrs. Meir said she deduced
from this that "Sadat is not
interested in talks."
In the special Indepen-
dence Day interview, screen-
ed Sunday night, Mrs. Meir
promised her final decision
shortly after Independence
Day on whether she will con-
tinue in office for another
term as premier.
In an interview with Da-
var, published Sunday, Mrs.
Meir praised Finance Minis-
ter Pinhas Eapir. "In some
sections of the press — and
not only of the press — great
injustice is done to this man
against whom all criticisms
on social policies are level-
ed," she .said.
"I know no other man who
has done as much" to move
the country toward "a real
social revolution. Those who
shout do not have the cour-
age to compare the situation
today to what it was in the
past," she said.
Mrs. Meir has been report-
ed to favor Sapir as her
successor.
-
Premier Meir, Deputy Pre-
mier Yigal Allon and Foreign
Minister Abba Eban were
questioned Sunday by a panel
of American newsmen on the
NBC-TV "Meet The Press"
grogram. (The program was
broadcast live on NBC-TV
stations in the U.S.)
Allon claimed that Israel
had an "historic right" to the
West Bank territories but
that as a soverign state it
could decide if it wishes to
relinquish any territories
within the framework of a
peace settlement.
Mrs. Meir spoke of Israel's
quest for peace. Referring to
the recent fighting between
the Lebanese Army and Pal-
estinian guerrillas, she said,
in reply to a question, that if
any Arab state invaded Leb-
anon to help the guerrillas, or
if a guerrilla takeover in
Beirut appeared imminent,
Israel would act.
She recalled that Israel
took action on its side of
the border when Syria tried
to intervene in the fighting
between guerrillas and the
Jordanian army in 1970.
Eban was asked how he
could reconcile Israel's an-
nexation of East Jerusalem
with its insistence that it
was ready to enter peace ne-
gotiations without percondi-
tions.
The foreign minister re-
plied that no prior conditions
meant that each side could
present its position at the
peace table but neither side
should be required to make
any commitments before
peace talks begin.
Later, Eban issued an ap-
peal for peace in a television
speech in Arabic, addressee
to President Anwar Sadat of
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