THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS' Begin to Discuss 'Specifics' for Peace Plan With Carter, West Bank May Be Priority Item L c r , r.) 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. 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