16 Friday, May 9, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israeli Overtures to Egypt Predicted Before Ford Talks
(Continued from Page 1)
But knowledgeable ob-
servers remain unconvinced.
They believe that new Is-
raeli overtures in one or two
possible directions could
come before the Ford-Sad-
at-Rabin talks and before
the reassessment is com-
pleted. These could be, they
say, a "unilateral gesture"
of a military nature in Sinai
coinciding with the re-open-
ing of the Suez Canal June
5; new proposals for a par-
tial settlement with Egypt
to be advanced to the U.S.
before Ford's meetings with
Sadat and Rabin; or a com-
bination of both.
Sources say the possibil-
ity of a unilateral Israeli
has already figured in top
level policy-making discus-
sions. Although officials
vigorously deny this, De-
fense Minister Shimon
Peres seemed to lend it
some credence Monday
when he told a closed meet-
ing of United Jewish Appeal
leaders that Israel would
"do its best to ensure the
gesture on the Suez front
smooth running of the Suez
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On the other hand, if only
for domestic political rea-
sons, the Rabin government
cannot go far beyond the po-
sition it took when the Kis-
singer talks collapsed — a
position endorsed by the
Knesset including the Likud
opposition.
Observers believe there-
fore that the new Israeli
proposals would be based on
the "limited scenario" dis-
cussed during the dying
days of the Kissinger shut-
tle mission. It is accepted
here that Egypt will not re-
tract its refusal to offer a
formal statement of non-
belligerency for anything
less than a full, final Mid-
east peace settlement.
Therefore, the "limited"
Israeli proposal offering a
smaller territorial pull-back
for a less definitive political
commitment from Egypt
seems to be the only promis-
ing course. Israel itself will
not soften its demand for an
undertaking of non-belliger-
ency as the only acceptable
quid pro quo for a major
pull-back that would in-
clude the Mitle and Gidi
passes and the Abu Rodeis
oil fields.
diplomatic and military
policies in Southeast Asia.
But the fall of South Viet-
nam to the Viet Cong had
gloomy implications for
the integrity of American
commitments to Israel.
Kissinger's reassuring
words at his White House
press conference that the
U.S. would stand by its
commitments, had an am-
biguous ring to many Isr-
lis.
Kissinger said "One les
son we must learn from this
experience (Vietnam) is that
we must be very careful in
the commitments we make,
but that we should scrupu-
lously honor those commit-
ments that we make."
At the same time, a
spokesman for the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress
warned against a "growing
tendency in Washington to
accept Arab statements of
peaceful intent toward Is-
rael at face value without
requiring tangible demon-
strations of a willingness to
accept the legitimacy of a
Jewish state."
Howard M. Squadron,
chairman of the National
Governing Council of the
Congress, said that such
"willing suspension of
disbelief by well-inten-
tioned people" was "dan-
gerous to the cause of peace
and harmful to both Israel
and to American strategic
interests in the Middle
East."
In the context of a
"limited" scenario, it is
believed that Israel would
have room to suggest al-
ternative arrangements on
the ground that could fur-
nish the basis for further
negotiations — presuming
a willingness on all sides'
Meanwhile, it was an-
to reach a settlement.
nounced that Finance
In Washington, President Minister Yehoshua Rabi-
Ford WaS optimistic in his nowitz will visit Washing-
televised press conference ton within a week or so to
Tuesday about the pros- finalize a number of eco-
pects of peace in the Middle nomic and financial agree-
East and stressed that his ments that have been un-
meetings next month with der preparation between
Sadat and Rabin "do not the two governments for
represent a new negotiating almost a year.
process."
Ford said, "I'm always op-
timistic. I believe that the
leaders of all of the coun-
tries, both Arab and Israel,
as well as others, recognize
the seriousness of any new
military engagement in the
Middle East and the ramifi-
cations that might come
from it. So I'm optimistic
that as we try to move
ahead, aimed at avoiding a
stalemate, avoiding stagna-
tion, that we can work with
other countries in order to
insure the peace and a set-
tlement that'll be satisfac-
tory to all parties."
The same day, Secretary
Kissinger said the current
reassessment of American
Middle East policy would
not be completed before
President Ford's meetings
with Sadat and Rabin. After
those meetings, he said, the
United States will chart a
new and precise Middle
East policy but there is no
new American plan at
present.
Kissinger said on the
NBC-TV "Today" show that
a prolonged stalemate in
that region could result in a
new war with the possibility
of Soviet involvement and a
new Arab oil embargo.
In Tel Aviv, there was
no official comment over
the surrender of Saigon,
acknowledged to be a ma-
jor defeat for American
The Cabinet approved the
minister's trip which has
been postponed several
times in recent months.
The issues include raw
material supplies from the
U.S. to Israel, action in the
U.S. against the Arab boy-
cott, tourism from the U.S.
to Israel, and encourage-
ment of American invest-
ments in Israel. The issues
were originally outlined in a
joint communique issued in
Jerusalem last June at the
end of ex-President Nixon's
visit here.
Since then talks have
proceeded between officials
of both sides, and U.
Treasury Secretary Wil-
ham Simon has visited Is-
rael. Rabinowitz's own visit
to the U.S. has been post-
poned repeatedly.
One of the reasons has
been Washington's inability
to persuade 10 top U.S. busi-
nessmen to join a panel de-
signed to encourage Ameri-
can investments in Israel.
The sources stressed that
the purpose of Rabinowitz's
visit was not to press for the
$2.5 billion of aid for new
fiscal year programs which
Israel has requested from
the U.S. No doubt, the
sources said, this matter
would be taken up in his
Washington's discussions,
but this was not the pri-
mary aim of Rabinowitz's
visit.