"NOW AT OUR NEW HOME ttauttm N Nothing to Laugh About, but Israelis 'Joke' About Political, Economic Woe C. (Continued from Page 1) for the various bilateral talks most likely to take place in Washington either at the end of August or possibly in September. The Israeli policy, as laid down by the Rabin govern- ment, and apparently ap- proved by a vast majority of Israelis, accepts and even wants the resumption of negotiations with the Arabs —negotiations which should, however, take place in Wash- ington and in which only two countries should be repre- sented at one time: Israel and an Arab state.. Israel Tremendous Selection of Backgammon Sets in Our Boutique Dept. T. H. Grant, inc. 4.&•••••• DIAMONDS• FINEJEWELRY• GIFT BOUTIQUE MANUFACTURERS OF ORIGINAL AND UNUSUAL CREATIONS AUTHORIZED APPRAISERS JEWELRY DESIGNERS • ESTATE LIQUIDATORS 31313 Northwestern Hwy.. Suite 109. Farmington Hills 1 $ 10ti:4 itEt: 851-7333 Shifman's midnight madness sale! Cut, cutt, cut, kut, Kut, KUT! 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In Israel's view, only after `50s (to which Sharett's all the practical details have memoirs refer) but which Is- been solved during this pre- raelis suspect to be the law liminary round, can the still today. Economically, Israelis are Geneva conference resume to give a final and formal touch hit with daily price increases to the results obtained by for even staple commodities: secret diplomacy. Israeli of- food prices, electricity and ficials stress that the Israeli- transportation, while salaries Syrian, or even the Israeli- remain practically frozen. E g y p t i a n. disengagement But evidences of huge for- agreements could not have tunes can be seen — elegant been obtained and signed in villas in the Savyon or Her- Geneva unless the two sides zliya Pituah, air-conditioned had not previously engaged American cars and other in secret negotiations with form of luxury and other ex- American go-between help, amples of prosperous con- the Kissinger shuttle service. sumer societies. Countless stories circulate Israel believes that this precedent could serve for the about fortunes built over- actual peace talks and should night, of financial specula- be repeated in Washington tions at the cost of public itself • where Secretary of finances and of highly enter- State Henry A, Kissinger prising Israeli entrepreneurs would be available with his who know how to turn finan- good offices. On the Arab cial regulations to their ad- side, first indications show vantage: Even if grossly ex- the Arabs reluctant to adopt aggerated, these stories indi- this technique in spite of its cate a frame of "mind, a past successes. The Apbs psychological trend which say they could obtain more comes at a time when Israel and far-reaching concessions needs more than ever before during a general negotiation a national unity of purpose with all the• Arabs present. and aspiration. The pessimists claim that The Arab demand to attend the talks in the form of a this unity of purpose will be single Arab delegation em- forthcoming once again when bracing all the Arab states Israel will have to face once and the Palestinians could more difficult international well be an extreme position and diplomatic problems as put forward in order to end the Arab negotiations re- by making "the concession" sume. The optimists believe of attending in the form of that it is a passing phase separate delegations but which will soon sort itself which would negotiate with out. Israel. Foreign ministry officials Jail Terms Cut in Jerusalem weigh the pos- sible implications of the for 2 Charged in Watergate affair, calculate the possible changes which Security Offense would take place should JERUSALEM (JTA)—The President Nixon go, and ob- Supreme Court ordered sub- serve, report and dissect stantial reductions of prison every one of Kissinger's sentences of two young Jews statements, acts and trips. who were sentenced two Some say jokingly that Wash- years ago for contact with ington has become Israel's a foreign agent. "main capital." Rami Livneh, son of Rakah The defeatist humor goes Knesset member Avraham much further. Examples of Levenbraun, received four the macabre humor dis- years' imprisonment instead played by those opposing of the original 10 years, and any Israeli withdrawal can Mali Lerman will serve a be illustrated by two "jokes": two-year sentence instead of the latest is the report that seven years. Tel Aviv's main thorough- The two belonged to a Jew- fare, Dizengoff, now one-way, ish Arab group which was will be opened to two-way involved in security offenses traffic again. Why? Because for ideological reasons. Their the adjoining Raines Street, arrest almost two years ago one-way the other way, will caused a public storm, for soon be returned to the it was the first time that Arabs. The other story is Jewish intellectuals were that Israel has asked Ameri- found involved in action that ca for a large 'aircraft car- linked them to Israel's rier. Why? asks a surprised enemies. Nixon. The - answer is be- The Supreme Court judges cause "we shall soon have now found that the two did to hand over Ben-Gurion Air- meet a foreign agent, but there was no proof that the port to the Arabs." To make matters worse, purpose of the meeting was the country lives through one to act against the security of political and economic crisis the state. The judges did find the after another. Some of these crises are more psychologi- two guilty of covering for a cal than real, but indicate a Fatah agent who was in Is- trend: thus, the widest read rael, although they knew that political memoir just now is he oame here to assemble the autobiography of the late information" and to recruit Premier Moshe Sharett, ser- members for the terror or- ialized by the mass circula- ganizations. T h e Supreme tion evening paper Maariv. Court will hear other appeals Israelis of all political fac- by members of the same tions and tendencies read group next month. - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 26, 1974-9