14 Friday, June 20, 1975
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
M.E. Peace Discussions are Expected to Continue
(Continued from Page 1)
He said, "I am sure
there was understanding
to what I told Ford" but
that he does not know now
what the U.S. govern-
ment's decision on the
Middle East will be. "I
explained to Ford that
conditions not accepted by
Israel in March will not be
accepted today," Rabin
said, referring to Kissin-
ger's "shuttle" diplomacy.
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He rejected the conten-
tion that Israel is intransi-
gent, emphasizing that "We
do all for progress" but that
Israel has the right to decide
what is right and wrong
when it comes to its future
and security. He said Israel
is ready to make conces-
sions to the Arabs but can-
not make any that would
endanger its security.
Rabin said that Israel had
demonstrated flexibility but
was not prepared to accept
Egyptian dictates. "We said
no, even when the U.S. was
ready to accept Egyptian
dictation," Rabin declared.
He described the present
situation in the Middle East
as better than it was three
mOnths ago. He said the
threat of war had dimin-
ished, the Suez Canal is re-
opened, the mandate of the
United Nations peace-keep-
ing forces has been extended
and Israel's recent unila-
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teral thinning out of its
forces in Sinai has contrib-
uted to further relaxation.
Rabin made it plain
after the close of his talks
with Ford and Kissinger
that unless there is a
change in the Egyptian
position from last March
no interim agreement is
possible between Israel
and Egypt.
Rabin said there were
basically two options,
"either an interim agree-
ment with Egypt or an over-
all settlement (at the Ge-
neva conference) in which
all problems can be solved at
once. You cannot mix the
two. The essence of an in-
terim agreement is to create
a period of several years in
which the area will be re-
laxed and forces will estab-
lish themselves in peaceful
ways and discuss an overall
settlement."
Rabin said this has been
explained to Ford, Kissinger
and others. He said that if
the negotiations go to Ge-
neva, Israel will put all of
her positions related to
peace on the table.
But, he warned, if such a
meeting is not well pre-
* *
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NEW YORK — Israeli
officials who accompanied
Premier Yitzhak Rabin to
the U.S. last week said they
believed that their rooms at
Blair House, the official
guest residence, were
"bugged" with concealed lis-
tening devices, according to
Time magazine.
The magazine reported
that "Rabin's entourage
held conversations at Blair
House last week in lowered
voices, cryptic references,
Hebrew military slang and
even sign language because
the Israeli secret service be-
lieved the rooms were
bugged."
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pared, he doubted that it
will he anything different
from a United Nations Gen-
eral Assembly session.
Asked about the ship-
ment of cargo through the
Suez Canal, Rabin dec-
lined to answer the ques-
tion directly, but he em-
phasized that "Israel
assumes any agreement
has to be carried out in all
its parts before a new
agreement can be made."
Strongly defending Is-
rael's willingness to adapt
its position toward agree-
ments on the road to peace,
Rabin stressed that "for us
the essence of an interim
agreement is a step towards
peace. It has never been
tried in the past. All efforts
for eight years since the
1967 war to bring about an
overall settlement have
failed.
"Israel's flexibility was
shown by its taking a risk,
by giving something for a
change in attitude which is
essential if real peace is to
be achieved."
Rabin flatly refused to
deal with the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization and
indicated Israel will not per-
mit the PLO to participate
in the Geneva conference.
He pointed out that the
UN Secretary General's
letter setting up the con-
ference said that any addi-
tional country or body that
* * *
Fisher Says Rabin
Did Excellent Job
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Max Fisher of Detroit,
Chairman of the Board of
Governors of the Jewish
Agency chose his words
carefully and deliberately
as he assessed Premier Yit-
zhak Rabin's talks in-Wash-
ington last week with Presi-
dent Ford and Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger.
Fisher, in an interview,
said, "Rabin did a most ex-
cellent job in Washington. I
think he handled himself
very well indeed. The ten-
sion in relations has consid-
erably abated. But we still
have the basic stalemate
over the interim negotia-
tions.
"An agreement would be
very very helpful — for all
the parties involved. I hope
it can be achieved."
Fisher met with Presi-
dent Ford after the Rabin-
Ford talks, he revealed. Now
he is in Jerusalem for the
Jewish Agency annual
meeting. He will be meeting
with Rabin next week.
Fisher said he was
acutely aware of the Ford
Administration's intense
desire to secure an Israel-
Egypt interim agreement —
and would share his concern
with Rabin and other minis-
ters.
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PARIS (JTA) — Egyptian
Vice President Husni Mou-
barak denied on the eve of
the Ford-Rabin talks that
the Middle East was close to
peace and said his country
had no reason to be optimis-
tic.
might participate requires
the agreement of the origi-
nal six participants.
Meanwhile, Kissin j er
said that the U.S. would
"stay in close touch" with
the government of Israel
and added that "in the next
few weeks a final clarifica-
tion" will be made by the
U.S. on the "best course" on
"the basis of consensus" of
"all the parties."
He did not include the
Soviet Union when asked
specifically who the parties
were. Kissinger pointed out
that the purpose of the
meetings of the President
with Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat and Rabin
were not for the purpose of
"definitive conclusions" or
"detailed negotiations" but
to enable the President to
contact the principal leaders
and review the alternatives
for progress.
Kissinger said it was not
likely that a policy state-
ment would be issued by the
President in the next week
or two although he charac-
* * *
Time, Territory
Needed for Peace
TEL AVIV (JTA) — De-
fense Minister Shimon
Peres said last week that
Israel wants the tangible
element of territory and the
intangible of the passage of
time to assure it that
Egypt's intentions are
peaceful economic develop-
ment rather than war.
Peres said Israel would
require the geographic as-
surance of a land bridge to
Sharm el-Sheikh to ensure
freedom of navigation in the
Straits of Tiran and control
over the mountain passes in
Sinai to prevent a surprise
attack. Israel also requires a
large demilitarized zone in
Sinai, he said.
The time element, Peres
said, called for a cooling-off
period between Israel and
Egypt during which eco-
nomic boycotts and warlike
propaganda would be elimi-
nated.
terized the meeting with
Rabin as "a considerable
step forward." He said that
the United States is "not
pushing any one particular
approach" but intends to
pursue the one most promis-
ing.
He said neither Egypt
nor Israel had put forward
a "definitive proposal" for
a second interim agree-
ment and he said that a
trip by himself to the
Middle East "is not ex-
cluded."
Kissinger characterized
Israeli-American official
"differences" in their ana-
lyses of the Middle East sit-
uation as "merely family
quarrels because we are
people of the same values
and there are limits beyond
which these disagreements
can never be pushed."
* * *
Marjorie Fisher
Kissingers' Guest
Mrs. Marjorie Fisher,
wife of Detroit industrialist
Max Fisher, was the guest
of Nancy Kissinger in
Washington at a special din-
ner given by the Secretary
of State's wife for Mrs. Yit-
zhak Rabin.
The special dinner was
given on a boat in the Poto-
mac River, and both Mr. and
Mrs. Fisher were guests at
the Israeli embassy dinner
for the Rabins last Thurs-
day.
* * *
Rabin Seeks Aliya
While in New York, Pre-
mier Rabin urged more than
250 American Jewish youth
to immigrate to Israel be-
cause "we need your help.
We need your involvement.
But most of all, we need
you."
The gathering, held at the
Jewish Agency headquart-
ers here, was sponsored by
the American Zionist Youth
Foundation and attended by
members of a number of
American Jewish youth
groups.
Approval of High Defense
Budget Embarrasses Govt.
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The government suffered an
acute embarassment Tues-
dhy when a Knesset com-
mittee approved a higher de-
fense budget than it had
asked for. Some MKs inter-
preted the act as an expres-
sion of non-confidence in
the government.
The Labor Alignment's
Knesset whip, Moshe Wert-
man, accused the National
Religious Party of breach-
ing coalition unity and
urfed Premier Yitzhak Ra-
bin and Labor Party Secre-
tary General Meir Zarmi to
take disciplinary action
against the NRP.
The government was
taken by surprise when a
joint meeting of the Knes-
set's defense and foreign
affairs and finance commit-
tees voted 18-17 to approve
an IL 22.5 billion ($3.7 bil-
lion) defense budget instead
of the IL 22 billion budget
requested by the govern-
ment.
The government's defeat
was engineered by NRP
militants Yehuda Ben-
Meir and Zevulun Ham-
mer who acted in concert
with the opposition Likud.
Four Labor Alignment
MKs of the ex-Rafi faction
who might have been ex-
pected to vote for the gov-
ernment's budget, were
absent from the meeting.
The government has the
option of asking for a revi-
sion of the committee's vote
or it can demand a revision
when the defense budget
comes up for its third and
final reading in the Knesset.