Arab Potentates Torpedo M.E. Peace Hopes
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they propose is that all Jews
who came to the country be-
fore 1917 can stay and all
those who came after 1917
must leave," he said.
Peres ruled out any talks
with the PLO for establish-
ment of an independent Arab
state because "it would bring
Soviet missiles to the gates
of Jerusalem."
King Hussan of Morocco
delivered an ultimatum to Is-
rael and the U.S. on the issue
Wednesday, which was an-
swered by an Israeli Navy
attack on a Palestinian ref-
ugee camp in Lebanon, nine
miles from Israel's border.
Hussan said Israel and the
U.S. must bow to the Arab
summit decision on the PLO
or risk a new war backed by
billions of Arab oil dollars.
Reports from Beirut say
that four extremist terrorists
groups have renounced the
Rabat dtcision. recognizing
the PLO. The groups are the
Popular Front for the Libera-
tion of Palestine, headed by
George Habash; the Iraqi-
b a c k e d Arab Liberation
Front; the Popular Front for
Liberation of Palestine-Gen-
eral Command and the Pop-
ular Struggle Front. These
groups reject any negotia-
tions with Israel and say they
will agree only to a secular
Palestinian state embracing
the pre-1948 borders.
In Washington, Tuesday,
President Gerald Ford said
the United States is uncer-
tain of what impact the Arab
states' recognition of the
Palestinian people would
have on U.S. efforts to pro-
mote a peace settlement in
the Middle East.
He made the statement
during an unscheduled press
conference at the Whit e
House.
"I can only say I think it
is cif .maximum importance
that continued movement to-
ward peace on a justifiable
basis in the Middle East is
vital to that area of the world
and probably to the world as
a whole," the President said.
But an official transcript
of Ford's statement revealed
a possible change in U.S. pol-
icy when Ford linked Jordan
and the PLO:
"We of course feel that
there must be movement to-
ward settlement of the prob-
lems between I s r a el and
Egypt on the one hand, be-
tween Israel and Syria in the
other category."
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The White House issued
several denials that this in-
dicated a change in U.S. pol-
icy to not recognize the PLO,
but observers believe the re-
mark indicates a change in
U.S. policy.
Initial Israeli reaction to
the Arab summit conference
was uniformly gloomy.
Sources say the Rabat
meeting may have effective-
ly destroyed prospects for a
peace settlement between Is-
rael and its neighbors.
An observer suggested that
"Likud will have a field
day," referring to the opposi-
tion party's campaign against
any territorial concessions by
Israel on the West Bank.
The Rabin government,
like its predecessor headed
by Golda Meir, is on record
that it will never negotiate
with the PLO under any cir-
cumstances. One source re-
marked that it was difficult
to see how Israel could ne-
gotiate a settlement on the
West Bank now even with
King Hussein, because the
Arab ceders meeting in Ra-
bat have declared in advance
that any territory restored
by Israel would be put under
the control of the PLO.
T h e declaration unani-
mously adopted by the Arab
summit conference Monday,
with the concprence of Jor-
dan's King Hussein who was
obviously under severe pres-
sure to go along with it, re-
affirmed "the rights of the
Palestinian people to set up
an independent national auth-
ority under the leadership of
the Palestine Liberation Or-
ganization as the sole legiti-
mate representative of the
Palestinian people on any
Palestinian land that is lib
erated.
"Arab countries must sup-
port this authority when it is
established in all fields at all
levels," the declaration add-
ed.
The advance recognition of
a PLO controlled state on
the West Bank of the Jordan
River, without plebicite or
referendum by the inhabi-
tants of that region, repre-
sented a stunning victory for
PLO and El Fatah chieftain
Yassir Arafat.
It was a severe blow to the
prestige of King Hussein and
the future of his Hashemite
state because it forces him
to relinquish any claims to
the West Bank which, before
1967 comprised about one-
fifth of his small kingdom.
The implications for Israel
and for the peace moves of
U.S. Secretary of State Hen-
ry A. Kissinger are grave.
The Israeli position has been
that it would negotiate a
West Bank settlement when
the time is ripe only with
Jordan, though it had no ob-
jections if Palestinian repre-
sentatives were included in
the Jordanian delegation.
The Rabat decision appar-
ently has removed Jordan as
a potential negotiating part-
ner and substituted the PLO
which Israel regards as a
gang of killers and sabo-
teurs. 'It also frustrates Kiss-
inger's strategy of a step-by-
step approach to a Middle
East settlement which rele-
gated the Palestinian issue to
a later stage, possibly after
further agreements between
Israel and Egypt.
Meanwhile the possibility
looms that the PLO will 'soon
set up a government in exile.
The head of the PLO's infor-
mation office, Majed Abu
Sharar, said in Beirut Tues-
day that the Rabat declara-
tion clearly gave it the right
to do so. He said such a gov-
ernment would be established
"at the proper time."
The general impression of
the Arab summit's results in
Israel is of an important suc-
cess for President Sadat and
for his royal ally from Saudi
Arabia.
The Israelis say the Egyp-
tians, even more than the
PLO, got what they wanted:
• Enough room for them
to enter into another round
of bilateral talks with Israel,
through the help of Dr. Kis-
singer, for what Sadat calls
further "forward movement"
in Sinai.
• An impressive agree-
ment on 2.3 billion petrol dol-
lars in military aid for the
confrontation states:
• A temporary suspension
of the Arab drive for a quick
resumption of the Geneva
peace conference;
• And a Palestinian ar-
rangement which keeps both
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