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Begin to Discuss 'Specifics' for Peace Plan
With Carter, West Bank May Be Priority Item
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—
Premier Menahem Begin
told a closed meeting of the
Likud Knesset faction that
he will present President
Carter with very specific
concepts aimed at further-
ing prospects for a Middle
East peace settlement
when they meet in Washing-
ton next week.
The Jerusalem Post, quot-
ing "well informed"
sources, said that the future
of the West Bank will be
high on the agenda of the
Begin-Carter talks. The
observed that the em-
;is on Judea and
M aria was urged by Carter
who views the future of the
West Bank as a focal point
of the American conception
of withdrawal and a "Pales-
tinian homeland."
It also was learned that
the Begin-Carter talks will
deal with bilateral matters
between the U.S. and Israel
as well as the Middle East
conflict.
While in the U.S., Begin
will meet with Jewish reli-
gious leaders. These in-
clude Rabbi Menahem
Schneerson, Rabbi Moshe
Feinstein, Rabbi Joseph So-
loveichik, leaders of Agu-
dath Israel, members of the
Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica as well as with represen-
tatives of the Conservative
and Reform movements.
Meanwhile former For-
eign Minister Abba Eban, a
Labor MK, has accepted
Foreign Minister Dayan's
proposal that he visit the
U.S. shortly as an informa-
tion emissary for the gov-
ernment.
In a related development,
United Nations Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim
said here that he will raise
the question of occupied ter-
ritories when he meets with
Begin.
Waldheim said he had in-
vited Begin to meet with
him in New York, July 22
to discuss the future of the
territories and assess the
chances of an early resump-
tion of the Geneva confer-
ence.
Waldheim had an au-
dience with Pope Paul last
week during which he dis-
cussed Begin's forthcoming
U.S. visit.
In Jerusalem, Foreign
Minister Moshe Dayan ex-
pressed strong support for
President Carter's desire to
aim for a comprehensive
Middle East peace settle-
ment and said he has rec-
ommended to Premier Be-
gin that he discuss such a
settlement with Carter
when they meet in Washing-
` - 'n "than waste time on in-
m settlements.' --
` -Dayan
said that despite
differences of opinion be-
tween Israel and the U.S.
"Carter's stance is the
right one" with respect to
an overall settlement.
John
However, • Rep.
Rhodes (R-Ariz.), the
House Minority Leader, crit-
icized the Carter Adminis-
tration for the "technique"
of its approach to solving
the Middle East conflict.
He said that while Presi-
dent Carter was continuing
the Ford-Kissinger policy of
"even-handedness" in deal-
ing with the parties, "the
main difference between
the two...is that under the
Ford-Kissinger plan we
were an honest broker. We
weren't telling anybody
what we thought the settle-
ment should be."
He explained: "I can't
imagine it was wise of the
President to indicate that Is-
rael was going to have to
give back the whole West
Bank or that they should
give up the Golan
Heights...As soon as we
take a position then the
other parties have to take
positions too and the first
thing you know you end up
before you ever get to the
bargaining table with every-
thing concrete."
Rhodes said he agreed
with what Carter "now
says he is going to do and
that is to sort of cool it
until the parties actually sit
down." He added, "I don't
think we can operate effec-
tively if we are in the
arena. We are not parties
to the conflict and we,
should not be parties."
In another Middle East
development, it was report-
ed from Cairo that Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat of Egypt
and King Hussein of Jordan
agreed to forge an -"explicit
link" between Jordan and
the Palestinians in order-to
ensure a role for the latter
in future peace talks.
Egyptian sources did not
spell out details of the
agreement but said it could
circumvent Israeli opposi-
tion to Palestinian participa-
tion in the Geneva confer-
ence by unifying the Palesti-
nians and the Jordanians in
advance.
Sadat has said he favored
a Palestinian state linked to
Jordan. Carter has referred
several times to a Palesti-
nian homeland which he
stressed should be joined in
some form to Jordan.
In New York, City Coun-
cil President Paul O'Dwyer
has asked the City Council
to join with him in petition-
ing President Carter to
"withdraw from previously
rejected policies of our
State Department which
would require Israel to with-
draw from territory gained
following attacks upon it."
Meanwhile Rabbi William
Berkowitz, president of
Bnai Zion, said that the
meeting held last week be-
tween President Carter and
American Jewish leaders
concerning Israel "still left
many gaps and doubts and
unanswered questions about
American policy vis-a-vis Is-
rael."
In a report sent to the Na-
tional Executive Board of
Bnai Zion across the coun-
try concerning his visit to
the White House, Berk-
owitz, who was among the
more than 40 Jewish lead-
ers at the hour-long meet-
ing, said: "This meeting
which was called to clarify
the Administration's policy
concerning Israel and to re-
assure the American Jew-
ish community, proved to
be inconclusive, unclear
and fuzzy. Many statements
bordered on the ambiguous
and were open to differing
interpretations while other
statements as reported in
the press and media cre-
ated a misleading impres-
sion of what really took
place."
Moreover, Berkowitz in-
dicated that "one left the
meeting with the impres-
sion that the Administration
felt that peace possibilities
were contingent upon a, re-
turn by Israel to pre-67 bor-
ders. "Although not stated,
this was understood."
In Tel Aviv, Israel has re-
ceived a pledge from Egypt
to observe the Sinai interim
agreements to the letter
and to keep its forces there
within the limits prescribed
by the 1975 accords.
The promise, by Egyptian
Minister of War Mo-
hammed Gamasy; was con-
veyed to Premier Begin
Sunday by Gen. Ensio Sii-
lasvuo, commander of the
United Nations peace-
keeping forces in the re-
gion.
In Jerusalem, the Min-
isterial Settlement Com-
mittee of the new govern-
ment held its first session
last week but avoided dis-
cussing the delicate and
highly controversial matter
of more Jewish settlements
on the West Bank. It was
learned that committee
chairman Gen. Ariel Sha-
ron decided to postpone any
such discussion until after
Black Rabbi Gets
Yeshiva U. Degree
Begin returns from his
meetings with President
Carter.
In Brussels, a Belgian as-
sociation for peace in the
Middle East has been set
up here.
In a manifesto signed by
political representatives
from vatious parties, the
new association calls for di-
rect negotiations between
all parties involved in the
conflict, the recognition of
the right of self-determina-
tion of the Palestinian
people, the recognition of Is-
rael by its neighbors and
the evacuation of occupied
Arab territories in ex-
change for a peace accord
and recognized borders for
Israel.
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