THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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U N -Adopts Four New Anti-Israel Resolutions

18 Friday, December 24, 1976

UNITED NATIONS solutions "obscure the
(JTA) — Four anti-Israel truth instead of high-
rksolutions were over- lighting it" and that they
whelmingly adopted by "only serve to prolong the
the General Assembly dispute instead of resolv-
last week.
ing it."
Three of them con-
The resolutions were
demned Israel's practices based on the report of the
in the occupied Arab ter- Special Committee to In-
ritories, its establish- vestigate Israel's Prac-
ment of settlements there tices Affecting Human
and its alleged mistreat- Rights of the Population of
ment of the Arab popula- the Territories Occupied
tion. The fourth de- by Israel.
Israel has refused to
manded that Israel pay
compensation to Syria for recognize or cooperate
its alleged destruction of with the special commit-
the Golan Heights town of tee which consists of
Kuneitra.
Senegal, Yugoslavia and
Addressing the Assem- Sri Lanka, countries that
bly before the voting, Is- have no diplomatic rela-
rael's Ambassador to the tions with Israel.
The first resolution was
UN, Chaim Herzog,
charged that the draft re- adopted by a vote of 129-3
with four abstentions.
The negative votes were
cast by Israel, the U.S.
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since 1967 and declared
invalid Israel's change of
the legal status of
Jerusalem and measures
taken by Israel for the
"expropriation" of Arab
land.
The second resolution
was approved by 134-0
with Israel and Haiti abs-
taining. It reaffirmed
that the Geneva Conven-
tion on the protection of
civilians in wartime
should apply to all ter-
ritories occupied since
1967, including
Jerusalem.
The third resolution de-
plored Israel's refusal to
cooperate with the special
committee or allow it ac-
cess to the territories. It
also condemned Israel for
its policies of "annexation
and settlement" and for al-
leged interference with re-
ligious freedom in the ter-
ritories.
The vote was 100-5 with
30 abstentions. The coun-
tries opposed were Israel,
the U.S., Nicaragua,
Haiti and Costa Rica.
The fourth resolution
strongly condemned Is-
rael for its alleged de-
struction of Kuneitra and
supported Syria's de-
mand for compensation.
The resolution was
adopted by a vote of 97-3
with 36 abstentions. Only
Israel, Nicaragua and
Costa Rica were opposed.
The U.S. abstained.
Herzog, in his pre-vote
address, defended Is-
rael's policies in the ad-
ministered territories.
"The truth is," he said,
"that in the administered
areas we have created the
foundation from which to
advance further toward
the solution of the
Palestinian-Arab prob-
lem on a basis of growing
understanding."
Meanwhile, a West
German initiative against
the taking of hostages was
adopted by consensus by
the General Assembly last
week.
The resolution called
for the establishment of a
35-member ad hoc com-
mittee to draft an inter-
national convention for
that purpose. It did not
mention terrorism.
The wording
of the re-
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solution represented a
compromise reached
after a prolonged strug-
gle in the General As-
sembly's Legal Commit-
tee where extremist Arab
states, led by Libya and
Algeria, attempted to
sabotage the German in-
itiative.
Libya insisted that the
resolution refer only to
the taking of "innocent"
hostages, implying that
certain hostages, namely
Israelis, were not inno-
cent.

The Libyans dropped
their demand after it was
agreed that the resolution
would not refer to the
punishment of persons
taking hostages in the
country where they are
caught or their extradition
to other countries.

Israel pointed out, in
addressing the General
Assembly after the con-
sensus, that the ad hoc
committee would have to
deal with the issues of ex-
tradition and punish-
ment. The Western pow-
ers concurred.
The Assembly also
adopted a resolution re-
newing the mandate of
the ad hoc committee on
terrorism, established in
1972 at the initiative of
Secretary General Kurt
Waldheim following the
terrorist massacre of Is-
raeli Olympic athletes at
Munich. The vote was
100-9 with 27 abstentions.
Israel, the U.S. and Bri-
tain voted against the re-
solution on grounds that
it legitimized certain
types of terrorism.

Israel, in fact, had op-
posed the creation of the
ad hoc committee four
years ago because the
motivating resolution at
that time upheld the right
of liberation movements to
pursue their struggle in a
way that could be inter-
preted as an endorsement
of terrorist acts for that
purpose.

In Geneva, the Swiss
federal government ag-
reed to ratify the
Montreal Convention of
1971 concerning illegal
actions against civil avia-
tion.
So far 70 states have
ratified this convention.
Its purpose is to punish
and extradite terrorists
accused of crimes against
civil aviation.
In Paris, UNESCO Di-
rector Amadou Mathar
M'Bow expressed his
satisfaction at Israel's in-
clusion into a UNESCO
regional group.
Speaking at a press
conference Tuesday, he
stressed that all member
countries "have the right
to enjoy all privileges."
M'Bow added, the UN
has a right to intervene in
Jerusalem archaeological
digs since "the site is not
in Israeli territory."

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Carter Says His M.E. Policy Is
Unaffected by Saudi Oil Price

WASHINGTON (JTA)
— President-elect Jimmy
Carter declared that his
Administration's Middle
East policies will not be
influenced by the price of
Saudi Arabian oil.
However, Treasury
Secretary William Simon
said on NBC-TV's "Meet
the Press" that Saudi
Arabia's "position of
moderation" would "pro-
vide the new Administra-
tion with a potential
breakthrough" in its ef-
forts to bring about a
Middle East settlement.
Carter was responding
to a statement by the
Saudi Arabian Oil Minis-
ter, Ahmed Zaki Yamani,
that he expected the West
and especially the United
States, to show "appreci-
ation" for Saudi Arabia's
opposition to the 10 per-
cent increase in oil prices
agreed to by the Organi-
zation of Petroleum Ex-
portings Countries (OPEC)
nations at a meeting in
Qatar last week. Saudi
Arabia and the United
Arab Emirates (UAE)
announced that they
would raise the price of
their oil by only five per-
cent.
The Saudian and UAE
decision to limit their oil
prices was welcomed ini-
tially by the Carter camp
and the Ford Administra-
tion.
However, Carter stres-
sed in his news confer-
ence that in his earlier
messages to Saudi Arabia
urging restraint in oil
prices, both he and Cyrus
Vance had given "no in-
sinuations" that "special
consideration" would be
given to Saudi views "or
in Middle East political
decisions because of their
actions on the oil price
16vels."
The Saudian message
was obviously directed
less to the Ford Ad-
ministration, which
leaves office in little more
than four weeks, than to
the incoming Carter Ad-
ministration.
Both the State De-
partment, under Secret-
ary of State Henry A. Kis-
singer and the Carter
team have stressed that
they opposed any linkage
between oil prices and
political moves in the
Middle East. Neverthe-
less, analysts point out,.
there always has been an
implicit link and the
Saudis have now made it
more-explicit.
Yamani's announce-
ment contained a clear
warning that Saudi
Arabia retained the in-
itiative to boost the price
of its oil if it was not satis-
fied with the course of
Middle East negotiations.
According to Newsweek,
Yamani made it clear he
wanted U.S. help in two
major areas: the Arab-
Israeli conflict — "There
must be peace in.the area
as a sign of appreciation -
- and the North-South
dialogue between the
Third World and the in-
dustrialized nations.
Economists said that
even with the Saudis hold-
ing the line, U.S. oil im-
ports would cost about $7
billion more next year or

over $40 billion. The U.S.
imports about 1.5 million
barrels a day from Saudi
Arabia and the UAE which
is about 30 percent of
OPEC's output. U.S. con-
sumption is 17 million bar-
rels a day of which seven
million are imported.
In a related develop-
ment, a leading Israeli
economist contends that
the Western world, if in-
terested, can bring about
a cut in the price of oil.
According to Prof.
Haim Ben Shahar, presi-
dent of Tel Aviv Univer-
sity and the author of .
newly published bou..,
"Oil: Prices and Capital,"
the West can widen the
already existing conflict
between Saudi Arabia
and the rest of the mem-
bers of the Organization
of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) and
thereby create a situa-
tion in which the price of
oil will be cut or at least
an increase avoided. The
latter would mean a re-
duction in price because
of inflation, Ben Shahar
explained.
He explained that the
conflict of economic in-
terests between Saudi
Arabia and the other
OPEC countries is that
Saudi Arabia is in-
terested in lower prices
for petroleum while the
others, led by Iran, seek
an increase in prices.
The reason for the con-
flict, Ben Shahar said, is
because "Saudi Arabia has
far more reserves of oil
and a great amount of
surpluses in petro-dollars
compared to the Iranian
group. A reduction in price
will increase Saudi
Arabia's revenues be-
cause of greater demand
for oil. Because of its vast
amounts of oil Saudi
Arabia will be left, there-
fore, with tremendous
amounts of money in the
course of the next 15
years."
The West can widen the
conflict between Saudi
Arabia and the rest of
OPEC by giving Saudi
Arabia, which is ac-
cumulating petro-dollar
surpluses, insurance
against inflation and by
helping that country to
increase its oil produc-
tion, Ben Shahar said.
Whether there will be rise
in oil price or not, Israel
will find itself in an awk-
ward situation, Ben
Shahar said. A price hike
will increase Arab re-
venues while a cut in
prices will increase the
dependency of .the West
on the Arabs.

Girls Avoid Draft

JERUSALEM — Seven
girls from the Beersheba
region are being hidden
by religious families in
Jerusalem and Bnei Brak
to prevent them from
forced appearances be-
fore Israel Defense
Forces selection boards.
The girls say they will
stay in hiding under the
care of the "Committee
for the Sanctity of Israel"
until authorities an-
nounce that they are free
of a military obligation.

