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16 Friday, January 7, 1977
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
PLO Denies Willingness to Recognize Israel, Borders
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they had reported on the
talks to certain Cabinet
ministers who were per-
sonal friends.
Peled identified the
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tive lately in the United
States where he endea-
vored, together with his
comrades, to acquaint the
public with the PLO's pol-
icy as defined by its lead-
ership."
Some believed Peled
was referring to Dr. Issa
Sartawi, who held private
meetings with a number
of American Jews in New
York and Washington
late last year. According
to the Jewish partici-
pants, no change in the
PLO position was evi-
denced at those meetings.
Foreign Minister Yigal
Allon -sharply criticized
Israeli circles that en-
gage in so-called negotia-
tions with the PLO and
thereby prolong the life of
that "dying organiza-
tion." In a barb obviously
aimed at Peled's group,
Allon told students at the
Technion that Israelis
who have contact with
the PLO and claim to
have reached an accord
with it only perpetuate
the erroneous impression
that the PLO is the sole
representative of the
Palestinian people.
Meahwhile, Israeli
leaders saw both positive
and negative elements in
Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat's latest
statements on a Middle
East peace settlement
contained in a Washing-
ton Post interview pub-
lished last Thursday. The
biggest surprise and the
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one that has aroused the
most interest was Sadat's
flat assertion that any
Palestinian state created
must be linked in some
way to Jordan.
Foreign Minister Yigal
Allon described it in a
Cabinet briefing as a pos-
sible "first step in the
right direction." He re-
called that Sadat has made
similar statements in the
past but quickly retracted
them. The fact that he has
now repeated his view of a
Palestinian-Jordanian
linkage therefore is "not
without significance,"
Allon said.
On the other hand, he
pointed out, Sadat was
speaking of a third state
between Jordan and the
sea, a concept that Israel
rejects out of hand. Israel
has always insisted, how-
ever, that the Palestinian
problem must be solved in
the context of peace
negotiations with Jordan.
Sadat insisted that Is-
raeli withdrawal from the
occupied territories must
be swift and total and
completed in a single
phase and that Lebanon
must be a full participant
in the Geneva peace con-
ference.
Allon's initial reaction
to the interview was that
it could be a "positive de-
velopment." But he
warned that if Sadat
genuinely accepts Secu-
rity Council Resolutions
242 and 338 as the basis
for a settlement of the
Arab-Israeli conflict he
should refrain from lay-
ing down prior conditions.
"Rigidity in the Egyp-
tian position could only
encumber genuine peace
efforts for our region."
Allon said during a talk in
Ramat Gan Thursday. He
referred to Sadat's
demand for a one-stage Is-
raeli withdrawal "like the
withdrawal from Sinai in
1956" and the inclusion of
Lebanon in the Geneva
talks.
With respect to the lat-
ter, Allon observed that
"there is no dispute be-
tween Israel and Leba-
non and there is no rea-
son why peace negotia-
tions can not be held be-
tween them." However,
he felt that the question
of Lebanese participation
should be discussed only
after "the Geneva confer-
ence is reconvened as
originally -constituted."
Allon called the de-
mand for withdrawal to
the 1967 lines "a rigid and
unrealistic position to
take," adding that "Israel
will not give up defensible
frontiers.." He said,
"Whatever Israel can
compromise on she will do
so in free negotiations
and without pressure and
what she cannot coin-
promise on she will not
compromise on even
under the highest pres-
sure."
Shlomo Avineri, direc-
tor general of the Foreign
Ministry,' said on a radio
interview that Sadat's
support for a Pales-
tinian-Jordanian link-
age might pave the way
for resuming the Geneva
conference "but it is cer-
tainly not enough!' by it-
self.
He said that Arab insis-
tence on PLO participa-
tion at Geneva remained
a major obstacle and is
unacceptable to Israel.
On the other hand, Avin-
eri thought that Sadat's
remarks could signify the
beginning of a serious
erosion of Arab support
for the PLO and, if con-
tinued, could provide the
basis for a dialogue be-
tween Israel and its
neighbors.
The consensus was that
Sadat's approach gave
new substance to Israel's
Sadat
Backtracks
NEW YORK —
Egyptian President
Anwar el-Sadat ap-
pears to have
changed his position
again on PLO par-
ticipation in the
Geneva peace talks.
His statement last
week in the Washing-
ton Post was followed
by a statement in the
Egyptian newspaper
Al Ahramon Tuesday
in which Sadat said,
"The Geneva peace
conference can not be
held without the Pal-
estinians. Con-
sequently there will
be no Geneva without
the PLO."
He added, "Egypt
believes in the neces-
sity of the presence of
an independent Pa-
lestian delegation at
the peace confer-
ence."
refusal to accept a third
state between itself and
Jordan. Some circles now
believe that the Rabat.
summit decision desig-
nating the PLO as the
sole representative of the
Palestinian people wami
"dead and buried."
On the other hand, they
saw a strengthening of
political and military
cooperation between the
three confrontatiap : ,
states — Egypt, Jordan
and Syria — with the ob...,
jective of incr'ng
pressure on e.1.
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through the U .." if
negotiations materialized
this year.
In a related matter, the-
Israeli Executive of the
World Jewish Congress
adopted a resolution wel-
coming political steps by
WJC leaders that would
promote Israeli-Arab4
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