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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
18 January 30, 1976
Israel Applauds the U.S. Veto in the Security Council
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statement ended with a call
to reconvene the Geneva
conference "in its original
format and under the origi-
nal letter of invitation."
The general feeling
among Israeli observers was
that the council debate
turned out better for Israel
than predicted. Although a
U.S. veto was assured by the
one sided, hard-line nature
of the draft proposed by the
Arabs and only slightly
modified by the Third
World states, Israel was
concerned that support for
the draft by America's allies
would give the PLO a moral
victory.
Of the Western allies,
only Britain was expected
to abstain. The addition of
Italy and Sweden to the
abstention column was
therefore regarded as a
plus and a "ray of light"
in the bleak proceedings of
the council. On the other
hand, France and Japan
were perceived as having
moved even further to-
ward a pro-Arab position.
Israel's Ambassador to
the UN Chaim Herzog ap-
plauded the American veto.
He called the U.S. action
"an important contribution
toward stability in the Mid-
dle East." However, he
found it deplorable that
states friendly to Israel had
confirmed a resolution that,
in effect, was aimed at ne-
State Dept. Issues Veto Statement
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The State Department
Tuesday, in an unusual
demonstration of support
for a decision taken at the
United Nations, strongly
reinforced the veto the
United States cast against
the resolution in the Secu-
rity Council on the Middle
East.
After Ambassador Daniel
P. Moynihan's severe criti-
cisms of State Department
attitudes on his actions at
the UN, he was given un-
qualified backing by both
White House and State De-
partment. Secretary of
`
State Kissinger stated, how-
ever, that differences of
opinion in his department
were understandable.
In a 2,000-word statement
that spokesman Robert
Funseth described as "really
the definitive statement as
of now on our approach" to
the achievement of Middle
East peace, the department
said that the "negotiating
framework established in
previous Security Council
Resolutions 242 and 338 had
won widespread acceptance
and should be preserved."
"This "negotiating frame-
work," the statement said,
Jewish Stand on Abortion'
WASHINGTON — Jew- their position and thus dis-
ish groups projecting to the tort the Jewish religious
general public that abor- abhorrence of abortion."
According to Halakha,
tions were sanctioned by Ju-
daism were blasted by the abortion is forbidden ex-
Rabbinical Council of cept when the fetus pre-
America for presenting a sents a real danger to the
"false image" of the Jewish life and well-being of the
mother.
stand on that issue.
The groups alluded to by
Rabbi Walter Wurzbur-
ger, first vice president of the Council included the
the Council, said that the Union of American Hebrew
Orthodox rabbinate did not Congregations, American
"have any quarrel with Jewish Congress, National
those who claim for them- Council of Jewish Women,
selves complete freedom in National Federation of
these areas." However, the Temple Sisterhoods, Bnai
spiritual leader added that Brith Women and the Wom-
"they do not have the right en's League for Conservative
to put a Jewish label on Judaism.
"is sufficiently flexible that
it can provide the basis for
negotiating fair and durable
solutions to all the issues in-
volved." The statement said
that "there will be no per-
manent peace unless it in-
cludes arrangements that
take into account the legiti-
mate interests of the Pales-
tinian people."
But it pointed out that it
is "not realistic" to expect
Israel to agree to the par-
ticipation of the Palestini-
ans in negotiations if the
Palestinian policy is "to
seek the disappearance"
of Israel as a state.
It said that the United
States had "no preconcep-
tions as to the nature" on a
solution to the Palestinian
problem say that this "could
only be worked out as part
of the negotiating process."
The statement said that
the resolution before the
council "would have blocked
the surer and tested way to
a settlement in favor of one
that would have not
worked."
The department sug-
gested again that there
should be "an informal pre-
paratory conference" of
those states that were par-
ties to the Arab-Israeli
peace conference that met
for two days at Geneva in
December 1972.
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gating Resolutions 242 and
338.
The proposed resolution
called for the complete
withdrawal of Israel from
all occupied Arab territo-
ries, for the establishment
of a Palestinian state and
the right of Palestinians to
choose repatriation to areas
that are now part of Israel
or compensation for their
lost property. The resolu-
tion contained a proviso rec-
ognizing the right of all
states in the region to exist
within secure, recognized
borders, but even that
"concession" did not men-
tion Israel.
Diplomats at the UN say
the Arabs and the PLO
failed to gain the propa-
ganda victory they were
seeking, and that the PLO's
fate will be decided more in
the fighting in Lebanon
than in the UN.
During a New York sym-
posium on the Mideast,
Prof. Gil Carl AiRoy, of
Hunter College, said that
the American attitude on
the Middle East was shaped
by people who know little
about the area and have dis-
regarded the enormous
studies by American Orien-
talists.
He said in dealing with
the Mideast, "We are pro-
jecting our own awareness
of the world" on the
Mideast.
He said Americans ignore
the centrality of religion in
the Mideast and also deny
that the Arabs mean what
they say. He said the Arabs
want armistice, not peace,
in the Mideast and seek to
destroy the state of Israel,
differing only as to the
method.
Bishop Urges: Include Palestinians
as Partners in Mideast Negotiations
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Archbishop Joseph L. Ber-
nardin of Cincinnati, the
president of the U.S. Na-
tional Conference of Catho-
lic Bishops, has urged the
United States Government
to "take explicitly the posi-
tion that the Palestinians be
included as partners" in fu-
ture negotiations on the
Middle East.
The archbishop, in a
statement on Lebanon and
the Middle East, released
here by the conference, said
that the U.S. government
should "set up an example
of disinterested and con-
structive diplomacy." He
said "the role of the United
States is central to both of
these points — its diplo-
macy and the Palestinians."
The archbishop said that
"our support" of the inclu-
sion of the Palestinians "is
conditioned upon the Pales-
tinian peoples and their rep-.
resentatives accepting ex-
plicitly the right of Israel to
exist in the Middle East as a
sovereign state within se-
cure boundaries. In a com-
plex and conflicted situation
like the Middle East, unless
both sides are willing to give
something, the danger ex-
ists that many can lose ever-
ything."
Discussing Lebanon in
his statement, Archbishop
Bernardin said that "the
whole international com-
munity has a stake in the
fate and future of Lebanon
because of what it has rep-
resented in the modern
history of the Middle
East."
He said that "the internal
conflict in Lebanon must be
seen in the context of
broader currents in the in-
ternational system since
several outside forces are af-
fecting the struggle."
"The sustained atten-
tion and involvement of
the international commu-
nity, even perhaps an in-
ternational peace-keeping
force, is urgently required
to protect the territorial
integrity of the nation and
to provide both emergency
relief and reconstruction
assistance." He also said
"an obvious link between
Lebanon's internal strife
and the larger Middle East
is the Palestine refugees in
Lebanon."
Saying he recognized the
Palestinian problem as tied
to the Lebanese conflict, he
recalled the statement in
1973 of the American Bish-
ops which he said called for
a comprehensive political
settlement which would in-
clude "recognition of the
Palestinian Arabs, espe-
cially the refugees. This in-
volves in our view inclusion
of them as partners in any
negotiations, acceptance of
their right to a state and
compensation for past
losses to be paid not only by
Israel but also by other
members of the interna-
tional community." The
statement did not mention
the Palestine Liberation
Organization or Syria.
Archbishop Bernardin
added that "moreover, we
continue to believe today as
we did in 1973, that Resolu-
tion 242 as reaffirmed by
Resolution 338, provides the
best basis for negotiation in
the Middle East and should
be maintained."
He said he was speaking
in order to express Chris-
tian concern for all parties
and to bring the issue before
the Catholic community in
the United States. The
statement was issued before
the U.S. veto of a pro-Pales-
tine resolution at the Secu-
rity Council Monday.
Saying that "in a sense
the Christians of Lebanon
have been a stabilizing and
supportive force for other
Christians in the Middle
East," he said "in a broader
sense, the example of Chris-
tians and Moslems living
together in a single society
in Lebanon is a unique testi-
mony to religious liberty in
the world. No effort should
be spared in preserving the
fabric of this unique so-
ciety."
AACA Convention Will Focus on Aliya
NEW YORK — Idealistic
and practical approaches to
aliya will be the theme for
the seventh national conven-
tion sponsored by the Asso-
ciation of Americans and
Canadians for Aliyah
(AACA) Feb. 6-8 at the Lido
Beach Hotel, Long Beach,
Long Island.
About 200 delegates from
many major U.S. and Can-
dian cities will be present at
the convention in addition to
other observing participants
and local aliya shlikhim.
The convention will fea-
ture a list of speakers repre-
senting a wide range of
thought and ideas on aliya.
The Feb. 7 program, enti-
tled, "The Many Roads to
Aliya," will delve into philo-
sophical and realitic ap-
proaches to aliya, and dif;
ferent ways and means of
settling in Israel. Entertain-
ment will also be part of the
program which is open to
the public free of charge.
Who is called a pious fool?
He who saw a woman
drown-and made no effort to
save her, saying: "It is not
proper to look upon a
woman."
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