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A second factor is
whether the bitterly war-
ring forces will be able to
agree on the rationing of
the ships facilities for
civilians within their
political orbits.
On Tuesday, Israel de-
nied any knowledge
about the sinking of a
Cypriot ship carrying
arms outside the south-
ern Lebanese port of
Tyre.
Palestinian sources in
Lebanon charged that Is-
raeli frogmen caused the
explosion on the ship,
"Athens," outside the en-
trance of the port, causing
the port to be blocked.
However, another source
in Lebanon said the ship
was sunk by a torpedo. A
report from Cyprus said
that the Athens was sunk
by the same elements re-
sponsible for the sinking
of another arms ship near
Sidon last week.
Palestinian and
Moslem leftists, reacting
to the reports from Israel
that its navy patrols have
been intensified near
Sidon and Tyre, are blam-
ing Israel for the sinking
of the ships. But the Sy-
rians and Lebanese
Christians have also been
con-ducting a siege of
these ports to prevent the
Palestinian and
Lebanese Moslem forces
from receiving arms.
However, arms have
been getting through and
the Christians recently
claimed that a Libyan
ship unloaded a number
of dismantled Mirage
fighters which were reas-
sembled on improvised
airstrips built in
Moslem-held territory in
south Lebanon. The sink-
ing of the ships at Tyre
and Sidon will undermine
the supply route for the
Palestinian-Moslem
forces.
An Associated Press
correspondent reported
last week that Israel is
only "half-heartedly" de-
nying reports that it is
supplying weapons to the
right-wing Christians.
Marcus Eliason also
wrote that Israel is pa-
trolling regularly across
its border into southern
Lebanon to make sure the
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PLO is concentrating
against Syrian and Chris-
tian forces in the north.
He said that the PLO
"desperately needs to
keep Israel out of the war
because if Israeli troops
occupied southern Leba-
non, they could cut the
PLO's sole supply route
for arms through the
ports of Tyre and Sidon."
Meanwhile, the to-
bacco trade along Israel's
border has been tem-
porarily suspended.
While there is a rumor
that Libya has offered to
buy the tobacco from the
south Lebanese growers
at a higher rate than the
Israelis pay, the suspen-
sion is actually due to the
lack of a final decision on
the price that Israel's
Dubek Cigarette Co. will
pay for the tobacco.
Otherwise, the "good
fence" along the Israeli-
Lebanon border is busy
with south Lebanese vil-
lagers seeking medical
treatment and the meet-
ings of families from
Lebanese and Israeli
Arab communities.
Reuben Eiland, direc-
tor general of the Minis-
try of Agriculture, has
revealed that Israel is
considering a request
from south Lebanese
farmers for Israeli ag-
ricultural experts to help
them with various prob-
lems, including a mys-
terious disease that has
attacked their fruit trees.
The Lebanese have
also asked that Israeli
veterinarians innoculate
their livestock against
hoof-and-mouth disease.
Eiland said the sending
of experts to south Leba-
non must be coordinated
with the security forces
and the experts must be
protected while in Leba-
non.
Lebanese farmers
have told Israelis along
the "good fence" that no
Lebanese agricultural
advisor has come to south
Lebanon for more than a
year. The farmers say
they want the Israelis to
teach them how to grow
vegetables under plastic
sheetings, a method used
in Israel which speeds
growth and produces a
richer crop.
Israeli army medical
teams on the Lebanese
border have begun dis-
tributing postcards to the
Lebanese villagers to en-
able them to communicate
with their relatives in Is-
rael. The cards, issued by
the Mogen David Adom,
are similar to those used
by the International Red
Cross to open communica-
tions between enemy
countries.
Israel is considering al-
lowing visits back and
forth by Israeli and
Lebanese Arabs.
Premier Yitzhak Rabin
said over the weekend that
he expects an extended
conflict in Lebanon, but
once it is over the
Lebanese border will pre-
sent a special threat to Is-
rael's security. Rabin said
in an interview with the
Histadrut newspaper,
Davar, "the central mili-
tary element in Lebanon
presently is the Syrian
-
army."
The Lebanese conflict
has prevented the Arab
world from directing its
attention to a possible
settlement with Israel,
Rabin said. He noted that
there is also less danger
now of an Arab military
coordination against Is-
rael.
Rabin said the
Lebanese conflict has
provided an opportunity
for a public opinion cam-
paign against the Pales-
tine Liberation Organi-
zation. "The PLO has un-
doubtedly proved itself to
be a cancerous body in
the entire fabric of the
Arab world," he said.
"Lebanon was the only
secular country in the
Arab world in which
Christians and Moslems
could live together and
the PLO has destroyed
that co-existence."
The Palestine Libera-
tion Organization's claim
that it is the sole represen-
tative of the Palestinian
people has been dealt a se-
vere blow as a result of the
Lebanese war, according
to Shlomo Avineri, the di-
rector general of the Is-
rael Foreign Ministry.
He said that the previ-
ous unity of the PLO has
been rent by infighting
and by its conflicts with
various Arab countries.
Part of the PLO, Avin-
eri noted, is in conflict
with the Egyptians, part
of it is in conflict with the
Syrians and one part of
the PLO is battling
another part.
Whatever the outcome
of the Lebanese struggle,
either in the short-run or
long-run, the world w -
not accept the PLO's pr
vious claim, Avineri as-
serted. Furthermore, he
said, "it is difficult to see
how it may regain its
former position."
Meanwhile, he noted,
Israel has to maneuver
between two possible
dangerous develop-
ments: either the ere*
tion of a Palestine-_
dominated Moslem state
in Lebanon or the anne-
xation of Lebanon by
Syria. Israel must watch
both developments and
act accordingly, Avineri
said, adding that Israel
would not be able to ac-
cept either of these.
Abzug and Clark Denounce
Arms Sale to Jordan, Saudis
NEW YORK (JTA) —
The projected U.S. arms
sales to Saudi Arabia and
Jordan were denounced
by Rep. Bella S. Abzug
(D-N.Y.) and Ramsey
Clark, the former U.S. At-
torney General.
Both Abzug and Clark,
who are seeking the
Democratic nomination
for the U.S. Senate,
warned that the planned
weapon sales represent
"a threat to peace in the
Mideast."
Declaring that the U.S.
"must stop acting as the
major arms salesman to
the Arab nations," Abzug
told a press conference
that "The Arabs already
have a 3 to 1 advantage in
weapons and manpower
over Israel. Coming on
the heels of the U.S. sales
of six C-130s to Egypt, the
Ford Administration's
plans to sell Saudi Arabia
2,000 advanced sidewin-
der air-to-air missiles at a
cost of $57.7 million will
tip the scales even more
sharply against Israel."
The Congresswoman
also expressed strong res-
ervations about the pro-
posed purchase by Jordan
of a $540 million air de-
fense system from the U.S.
She said that she is
"very much concerned"
that the proposed arms
sales to Jordan and Saudi
Arabia can escalate the
arms race in the Mideast
and that these arms
"may also wind up being
used against Israel."
Abzug said she will op-
pose these sales in Con-
gress.
Clark said that "The
time has come for the
United States to abandon
its role as the world's
major arms merchant,
and promote instead a
higher quality of life," in
the Mideast. "I urge that
Congress limit American
provision of military
equipment to those de-
mocracies, like Israel, de-
fending the fundamental
human rights of their
people," Clark declared.
"I further urge that
Saudi Arabia join us in
extending aid toward de-
velopment of a Mideast
Economic Community
Plan." Clark called upon
Congress to reject both of
the proposed arms sales.
Meanwhile, Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
said Iran plans to pur-
chase $10 billion worth of
American armaments
through 1980 to modernize
its military forces.
He made the disclosure
at a joint news confer-
ence with Iranian Fi-
nance Minister Hushang
Ansary, after signing a
1976-80 trade agreement
for boosting reciprocal
U.S.-Iranian commercial
trade to $40 billion.
Kissinger said Iranian
armament orders be-
tween now and 1980
would be in addition to
the commercial trade.
Israelis Attend
Mexico Congre.s..,/
MEXICO CITY — Mexi-
can President Luis
Echeverria inaugurated
the 30th International
Congress of Human Sci
ences in Asia and Nor'
Africa last week.
Many Israeli univer-
sity faculty members
were in attendance at the
congress which is also
known as the Congress of
Orientalists. The Israeli
scholars included Itamar
Rabinowitz, Haim Shak-
ed, Shimon Shamir, and
Arie Shmulowitz.