THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 22, 1975 15
Officials, Students Protest Sinai Accord
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Pleas
by Israeli government lead-
ers in support of the pro-
posed second stage Sinai
interim accord failed to
dampen protests against the
reported terms of the agree-
ment.
Israel's three-man nego-
tiating team — Premier Yit-
zhak Rabin, Foreign Minis-
ter Yigal Allon and Defense
Minister Shimon Peres —
all spoke out for the pro-
posed new Sinai agreement.
Rabin said the proposed
pact would be a first step in
a transition from war to
peace and Allon said he was
certain peace would follow a
new interim accord.
The Israel Students As-
sociation, led mainly by
supporters of the Likud
opposition party, re-
sponded with a planned se-
ries of demonstrations,
reportedly the first public
protest by the Association
on a controversial political
issue. Some non-Likud
students reportedly op-
posed the protests.
The students staged a
demonstration Tuesday op-
posite the U.S. Embassy.
The students carried ban-
ners declaring Israel was
endangered by a "dictated
withdrawal" and labeling
Kissinger "the high commis-
sioner." A group of the dem-
onstrators was received by
an embassy official who ac-
cepted letters addressed to
President Ford and U.S.
Ambassador, Malcolm
Toon, denouncing the
planned Israeli withdrawal
as dangerous to Israel's se-
curity.
The students also demon-
strated during Kissinger's
arrival Thursday. Members
dressed in black, including
black top hats, were posi-
tioned along the road from
The Sinai Pullback
JERUSALEM (JTA)
called Urn Mathcha, which
As a second-stage interim is west of Refidim and then
.agreement between Israel to the eastern slope of the
and Egypt moves closer to Gidi Pass, where only 1.5 of
reality it was reported that the 30 kilometers in the pass
Israel appears to be ready to will remain in Israeli hands.
withdraw further back in
The line will then go to
the Sinai then had pre- the eastern slopes of the
viously been believed.
Mitla Pass where Israel will
The new line that Israel retain only 300 meters, then
reportedly agreed to is move west and south paral-
based on a suggested Amer- lel to the Gulf of Suez coast-
ican compromise on the line and not far from the
proposals made by Israel Abu Rodeis oilfields. The
and Egypt. It will go east of southern section of the line
Rimini down to a ridge will pass north of A-Tour.
NY Writer Refutes UNESCO
Criticisms of Israel Diggings
Herbert Mitgang, a mem-
ber of the editorial board of
the New York Times, on a
recent visit to Israel, refuted
the United Nations Educa-
tional Scientific and Cul-
tural Organization's criti-
cisms of the diggings in
Jerusalem. Mitgang writes:
The fiasco following the
Pyrrhic victory scored by
the isolation of Israel from
the regional councils of the
UNESCO proved far more
damaging to the specialized
agency and to the underde-
veloped lands on the receiv-
ing end of UNESCO aid
than it did to Israel. It re-
sulted in holding up Ameri-
can funding and, even more
telling, withdrawal of coop-
eration by some of the
world's leading artists,
scientists and educators.
The cause of the politici-
zation of the cultural agency
can be profitably studied on
the scene in Jerusalem.
Presumably, the reason for
the UNESCO action was to
prevent Israel from conduct-
ing archeological excava-
tions.
of David, along the Western
Wall above the Valley of
Kidron, past Solomon's
Stables, along the Southern
Wall to the Golden Gate —
saw no bulldozers but, liter-
ally, hand tools and tooth-
brushes used to loosen the
debris of centuries and dust
off the artifacts and clues to
civilization.
This is not a superficial
search for buried treasure
but for the buried past. It is
being .carried out by profes-
sional archeologists and
hundreds of volunteers—a
"United Nations" of experts
is represented here working
together harmoniously —
under the supervision of Dr.
Benjamin Mazar, a former
president of Hebrew Uni-
versity.
Even before the vote bar-
ring Israel, Prof. Raymond
Lemaire, a Belgian archi-
tect, undertook two investi-
gations for UNESCO. He re-
ported that the criticisms
were groundless and that
the Israel archeologists
were extremely prudent.
What is the truth of the
Arab charge that the exca-
vations endangered the
safety of historic monu-
ments, especially Moslem
and Christian holy places?
It is true, as Arab dele-
gates to UNESCO have
charged, that some exca-
vations have affected the
"traditional appearance"
of Jerusalem. However,
major digs have continued
here by scholars from var-
ious places, including the
American School for Or-
iental Study and Re-
search, for over 100 years.
The digs continue, openly
and carefully. An observer
clambering over the stones
in the controversial area
around the Old City—from
Dung Gate above the City
Ben-Gurion Airport to Jeru-
salem.
age are staying at the King
David Hotel.
The police believe Arab
terrorist groups may try to
carry out acts of sabotage
along Israel's borders or in-
side Israel during Kissin-
ger's visit.
They noted that the
Maalot massacre took place
in May 1974 while Kissinger
was in Jerusalem.
They carried umbrellas
and banners saying, "Can
we take a hitch-hike to
Munich?" recalling the
sellout to Hitler in 1938.
Opposition to the agree-
ment came from members
of the Likud opposition, for-
mer Defense Minister
Moshe Dayan, Tourism
Minister Moshe Kol, Liberal
Party leader Leon Dulzin,
and the Gush Emunim
movement, who held a pub-
lic "trial" of Kissinger. -
At the same time, the Ma-
pam kibutz section has
decided to support the gov-
ernment in its efforts to
reach the interim agree-
ment which the Mapam sec-
tion regards as an essential
road towards peace — with
the condition that Israel's
security is not undermined.
Dulzin, who is now acting
chairman of the Jewish
Agency Executive, voiced
his opposition to the agree-
ment at a meeting of the
Liberal Party's Political
Committee. He said that he
has reliably learned that the
government is not happy
with Kissinger's scheduled
arrival in Israel but the
American Secretary told the
Cabinet, "I am coming."
Police are taking special
security measures to safe-
guard Kissinger.
It is believed that the
measures are far more radi-
cal than security precau-
tions which were taken dur-
ing previous visits by the
Secretary.
Kissinger and his entour-
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mier Yitzhak Rabin's gov-
ernment does not repre-
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right to sign any agree-
ment. The Herut Youth
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agreement was a one-sided
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ada on a speaking tour on
behalf of the United Jewish
Appeal. He repeated his
contentions that an interim
agreement will solve noth-
ing and that Israel should
seek an overall settlement in
return for a nonbelligerency
agreement from the Arab
states. He said that for this
Israel should make even
greater concessions.
Kol, considered to be one
of the "doves" in the Cabi-
net, said the Egyptians were
constructing fortifications
east of the Suez Canal
which will enable them to
deploy troops and equip-
ment for aggressive pur-
poses.
He said if a new agree-
ment allows the Egyptians
to advance their forces and
if they construct fortifica-
tions for offensive purposes
near the passes, Israeli se-
curity will be seriously en-
dangered. He said the fur-
ther the Egyptians advance
into the Sinai the less
chance there is that the pen-
insula will be demilitarized.
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