AmoinimmIIISMInimilomPiPP7 .11 11=01111111111.11811111 F- '111 1111' THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 18 January 30, 1976 Israel Applauds the U.S. Veto in the Security Council (Continued from Page 1) 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. SHOE SALE Values to 1 • French Shriner • Freeman • Verde • Wm. Joyce • Volare • Hush Puppies LU O 0 F • Pierre Cardin • Harwyn Mr•ALAN2 §es ENS BOOM? Soft Leathers • Patent Leathers • NEW ORLEANS MALL 10 Mile Rd/Greenfield Hours: Mon., Thurs., & Fri. 9:30-8:30 Tues., Wed., & Sat. 9:30-6 559-7818 SHOE SALE O 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. 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