Israel Angered by UN; PLO' Still Seeks Israel Destruction
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dor held hostage by Arab
terrorists, the foreign minis-
-
try said.
"Similarly, Israel regrets
Italy's decision to support the
PLO appearance at the UN
the same organization which
carried out bloody assaults
on Italian territory in which
many innocent persons, in-
cluding Italian ,citizens, had
died."
Israel also expressed dis-
appointment at the votes of
Ireland, Sweden,- Norway
"and other states which we
had hoped would not give
their support to the organiza-
tion of murderers and would
prefer peace rather than en-
couragement of Arab extrem-
Monday's vote. Prior to the
balloting they said their sole
purpose was to bring their
message to the UN. After-
wards, they confessed that
their aim was the destruc-
tion of Israel.
Dr. Nabeel Shaath, who
was introduced by the Liby-
ans as the head of the PLO
delegation to the UN, issued
a printed statement, praising
and justifying the General
Assembly's action.
Shaath declared that "the
Palestinians want all of Pal-
estine. They Will not be satis-
fied with the West Bank and
Gaza Strip." Asked if the
PLO would stop hijacking
planes-and end its other acts
of violence, Shaath said the
PLO "_is going to act respon-
In New York, PLO repre- sibly" from now on, but
sentatives were elated by promised that violence would
be continued inside Israel "to
liberate our homeland."
He announced that "a full
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delegation at the highest level
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of the PLO will shortly arrive
in New York" to participate
in the General Assembly's
debate on the Palestine ques-
tion.
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Golda Meir Condemns
Professionally
Allowing 'Child Murderer'
to Speak at United Nations
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TEL AVIV (JTA)—Former
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Premier Golda Meir said the
United Nations will soon
have the "honor" of being
addressed by "the murderer
Suburban Call Collect
of women and children."
Reverse Charges
Mrs. Meir made the state-
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United Jewish Appeal study
mission currently in Israel,
headed by Paul Zuckerman,
UJA general chairman.
Referring to PLO leader
and El Fatah chieftain Yassir
Arafat, Mrs. Meir said, "I
hope he will tell the honored
delegates how his people
killed children, women and
men at Ma'alot, Kiryat She-
mona and Nahariya. I hope
he will tell them this story in
detail. I am sure he will
wash his hands clean of the
blood he has shed over the
years. But there is no cleans-
er that can clean his hands."
_ Mrs. Meir echoed the anger
and bitterness that prevails
in Israel over the General
Assembly's action, although
the outcome of the vote was
not unexpected. The former
premier told the UJA dele-
gates that the heavy vote in
favor of the PLO did not
mean that most of the people
at the UN did not care about
human life.
They were motivated by
the practical reality of oil,
she said. "Being practical
people, they decided that life
must go on, and there is a
need for oil despite the lives
of murdered children and
women," Mrs. Meir said.
While trying to project her
familiar optimistic outlook,
former Israeli leader could
not conceal her tragic view
of the past year's events and
in that context laid special
st;'ess on the unity of world
Jewry with Israel.
' "This is one of the 365 sad
Aviation Group to Admit PLO?
MONTREAL (JTA) — The
general assembly of the In-
ternational Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO) has ap-
proved a resolution that
of Noah, in the Bible,
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would extend observer status
to national "liberation"
remains anonymous.
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tine Liberation Organization
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bit
pusillanimous.
she was
(PLO).
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The draft was adopted by
with neither rancor nor animus:
the 124-nation body at a meet-
ing here Oct. 11 and sent with
With all those creatures, beast and fowl,
favorable recommendation to
she had more trouble than any of us. • the ICAO's supreme govern-
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days in Israel," she said.
"Every day since the Yom
Kippur War was a sad day,"
and, she added, "No one who
is sincere and honest and has
the courage' to face facts can
promise that this was the last
war. We have heard the
voices of our neighbors and
they have not been singing
a song of peace," she said.
Mrs. Meir warned that a
weak Israel, economically
dependent on others, auto-
matically affects the political
and security situation in the
Mideast.
"I know that things in the
U.S. are economically diffi-
cult," she said. "But if we
understand each other and
understand the situation and
take a decision that we are
all involved in this, then
everyone knows what deci-
sion he must take." She
urged that the generation
which saw the establishment
of Israel must not witness its
demise.
The main problem in the
Middle East now seems to be
to push Israel to the 1967
lines. "But after that there
will be the 1947 lines and
from those lines it will be
easier to get rid of Israel
once and for all," Mrs. Meir
said.
She added that Israel will
have to reach decisions es-
sential for its security, even
if they are painful to some
people. "Can we depend on
UN guarantees after the UN
decision of Monday?" she
asked.
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line Pilots Associations voiced
concern that a new wave of
aerial hijackings would occur
if PLO observers were al-
lowed to attend ICAO meet-
ings where they could learn
of security measures and
pass the information on to
terrorists.
Final adoption of the mea-
sure lies- with the governing
council of the ICAO. A new
30-delegate council is sched-
uled to meet next week.
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Angry at UN
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the vote.
He told the General As-
seml5ly afterwards that the
U.S. did not lack understand-
ing and sympathy "for the
very real concerns" of the
Palestinians, but he saw un-
desirable repercussions stem-
ming from the resolution.'
"Have we created a dan-
gerous precedent that may
return to haunt this assem-
bly?" Scali asked. He also
stated that the negative U.S.
vote reflected a conviction
that a just and lasting peace
in the , Middle East must be
sought through negotiations.
Rabbi Miller assailed the
"craven surrender" to Arab
pressure. "By giving legiti-
macy and an international
platform to the assassins of
American diplomats in Khar-
toum, international airline
passengers in Athens and Is-
raeli school children in Ma'-
alot, these countries brand
themselves as accomplices to
murder and as willing part-
ners in the attempt to liqui-
date a fellow UN member,"
Rabbi Miller said.
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Kissinger Hopeful, But
Arabs Sound Pessimistic
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if he is to take the plunge
into political talks with Is-
rael — and this is a major
factor in the seceretary's just
concluded visit.
Jordan, too, needs Kissin-
ger's aid, particularly through
his influence upon pro-West-
ern Arab leaders, in advance
of the upcoming debate at the
Arab summit on the future
of the West Bank. King Hus-
sein has warned that if the
Arab world persists in recog-
nizing the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization as the sole
legitimate representative of
the Palestinians on the West
Bank, he will divest himself
of all responsibility for the
political future of the area.
For Kissinger, and for the
hopes of a settlement in the
region, such a move would
be a devastating blow, since
Israel has stated repeatedly
that it will not negotiate with
the PLO. The secretary has
discussed the West Bank is-
sue at length both here and
in the Arab capitals, seeking
to be able to tell Sadat, Syr-
ian 'President Hafez Assad,
other Arab leaders, and Hus-
sein himself, that the Israelis
are in principle ready and
willing to negotiate an inter-
im settlement with Jordan
on the West Bank issue.
Kissinger obtained such a
declaration of intent from the
Israeli side in the talks here,
but in general terms. There
was no' discussion of detail
in a possible future accord
with Hussein.
The same is true, reliable
sources said, of the discus-
sions on a possible second-
stage Sinai settlement. The
discussion w a s extremely
general, with the secretary
reporting on Sadat's over-all
position and the pressures
upon him, and Israeli Pre-
mier Yitzhak Rabin delineat-
ing the Israeli position and
what he and his government
envisage by "a substantial
political agreement."
Oil the whole, Kissinger's
attitude was optimistic. The
secretary, having talked with
both sides extensively both
in the U.S. and now in the
area, felt that there was good
ground for hope that a sec-
ond-stage Israel-Egypt dia-
logue could be launched, with
Israel-Jordan negotiations to
follow almost concurrently.
The Israeli Cabinet unan-
imously endorsed Rabin's
position that Israel must ob-
tain a substantial political
return in exchange for any
more territory handed back.
Kissinger told reporters- at
Damascus Airport that he
had found "positive and en-
couraging signs" in his Mid-
east peace mission.
He also announced that he
would be returning to the
Mideast early next month to
resume consultations with
Arab leaders after the Rabat
conference.• His task then,
Kissinger said, would be to
see "what concrete expres-
sion can be given to this
search for peace in the
Middle East."
While Kissinger expressed
confidence on an Arab-Israeli
settlement and a lowering of
oil prices as - results of his
latest Middle East visit, re-
ports quoted Arab sources as
saying the secretary's pro-
posals were not accepted in
Cairo and Damascus.
Kissinger reportedly heard
"harsh words" from Syrian
leaders who demanded Is-
raeli withdrawal from post-
1967 territories and "restora-
tion of Palestinian rights."
The Beirut newspaper As
Safir quoted Syrian President
Hafez Assad as saying that
he rejected Israel's statement
that she would only withdraw
her troops four miles on the
Golan Heights and 31 miles
in the Sinai.
The paper said further
withdrawals would return
fortified passes in the Sinai
to Egypt, and fortified hills
in the Golan Heights to Syria,
according to the Israeli posi-
tion expressed by Kissinger.
Iraqi Wants Israel Expelled,
Backs Terror in UN Speech
UNITEI5 NATIONS (JTA)
—Foreign Minister Shadhel
Jassim Taqa of Iraq de-
nounced Israel Oct. 9' in an
address to the 29th General
Assembly session as a "fas-
cist, racist, Colonial regime"
supported by colonialist forc-
es of which the United States
is in the forefront.
He urged the UN to recon-
sider its position concerning
the membership of Israel in
the world organization.
The Iraqi Minister, who
did not mention Israel by
name, compared the Jewish
state's status in the UN to
that of South Africa, which
other African countries, sup-
ported by Communist and
other delegations, are seeking
to suspend or expel from the
world body.
The Iraqi said the Palestine
question has kept the Middle
East in a state of acute ten-
sion for • a quarter century.
The time has come, he said,
for the UN to reconsider "the
historic injustice" and re-
store the rights of the Pales-
tinian people and extend its
full recognition to those
rights.
The Arab people and the
Palestinians "were fully en-
titled to use every appropri-
ate means to liberate their
land and to restore their
rights," the Iraqi said.
Cites Voter Poll
TEL AVIV (ZINS)—Knes-
set member Dr. Benjamin
Halevy was the target of a
sharp attack at a stormy ses-
sion of the Central Commit-
tee of Herut, of which he is
a member, for having en-
dorced a statement advocat-
ing Likud's joining the gov-
ernment and granting terri-
torial concessions for a
peaceful settlement with the
Arabs. In answering his cri-
tics Dr . Halevy cited the
findings of a recent poll
showing 78 per cent of those
who voted the Likud slate in
the last national election
favored these policies.