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14 Friday, August 5, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
30-Year Ikrit--Biran Issue Studied Begin Approves Plan for Foreign
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erations still govern the villagers are not demand-
Labor's official argument Lebanese border region. ing any cultivated areas.
is that security consid- They also note that the land
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has been under cultivation
by neighboring kibutzini
and moshavim for almost
30 years and that repatria-
tion would set a precedent
for the - return of other
Arabs to the towns from
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rid noted that the former
residents of Ikrit and Bi-
ram are the only ones for
whom the. Israeili Supreme
Court has recommended re-
patriation.
Most olzervers believe
that a Knesset vote would
favor repatriation but they
caution that the appoint-
ment of a Cabinet com-
mittee to study the matter
should not be regarded as a
first step in that direction.
The committee's terms of
reference require it only to
investigate the total situa-
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natives to resume the politi-
cal momentum in the
Mideast:
Resumption of the Gen-
eva Conference—Begin sug-
gested Oct. 10 as a likely
date—bilateral talks to be
held in Middle East capi-
tals or on neutral ground
along the lines of the 1949
Rhodes armistice talks or
"proximity talks" in New
York where 'Israeli and
Arab delegates would nego-
tiate indirectly, with the
U.S. in the role of inter-
mediary.
The latter suggestion
would seem to most closely
approximate the proposed
meeting of foreign min-
isters except that the min-
isters would meet face to
face. It would coincide with
the presence of foreign min-
isters in New York attend-
ing the opening sessions of
the UN General Assembly.
But Sadat's proposal and
Vance's endorsement of it
did not imply a UN role.
President Carter has him-
self suggested a meeting of
foreign ministers while the
General Assembly is in ses-
sion but he has also ex-
pressed optimism that the
Geneva Conference could
be reconvened this fall.
However, the tone of
Sadat's and Vance's re-
marks in Alexandria seem-
ed to indicate that a Gen-
eva meeting in the near fu-
ture was unlikely.
Sadat
flatly
rejected
Vance's proposal that a
Geneva agreement in-
corporate normalization of
relations between Israel
and its Arab neighbors, a
key point in Carter's deli-
neation of the nature of a
Mideast peace, as well as
the idea that Israeli with-
draWal from Arab terri-
tories be conducted in grad-
ual stages over a period of
five years. The Egyptian
leader was said to have in-
sisted that the Israeli pull-
back be completed within
six months of signing a
treaty.
Sadat said that while he
was "willing to sign a
peace agreement with Is-
rael tomorrow" ending the
state of belligerency be-
tween the countries, the
question of diplomatic and
trade relations with Israel,
cultural and tourist ex-
changes, could be consid-
ered only after a peace set-
tlement was concluded at
Geneva.
Nevertheless, Sadat was
conciliatory on other mat-
ters. He said he had no ob-
jections to Foreign Minister
Fahmi sitting at the same
table with Dayan. He was
also moderate in his re-
mar16 about Begin's vari-
ous proposals.
"To be frank, there are
some positive elements, but
also negative elements and
we should work all of us to
bring the whole thing togeth-
er,", Sadat said. The Jorda-
nian newspaper Al Ahbar
reported Wednesday that
representatives of Egypt,
Syria and Jordan will meet
later this month to work
out a joint position regard-
ing the latest political devel-
opments.
In Beirut. Vance was re-
ported to have offered Leba-
non $25 million in U.S. mili-
tary sales credits to help
rebuild the Lebanese army,
badly mauled in that coun-
try's civil war. He also re-
portedly sounded out Presi-
dent Sarkis on proposals to
station United Nations
forces near the Israeli bor-
der in southern Lebanon, a
region where fighting is
still going on between Pales-
tinian Moslems and Leba-
nese Christians.
Vance will visit Saudi
Arabia after his meetings
with President Hafez Assad
in Syria and then will go to.
Israel. He may visit Egypt
again briefly before return-
ing to the United States.
With regard to the sugges-
ted foreign ministers meet-
ing, he said, "I very much
welcome the excellent sug-
gestions which President
Sadat has made to call to-
gether a _working group of
the parties to sit down and
try and develop the further
work that is required.
be talking to the other par-
ties about the implementa-
tion of this suggestion and I
would hope it may be pos-
sible to assemble this work-
ing group in the United
States around mid-Septem-
ber."
Vance said the working
group would .discuss both
procedural and substantive
problems and that it would
continue to meet "as long
as it is useful." Asked
whether the Soviet_ Union,
which is co-chairman with
the U.S. of the Geneva Con-
ference would participate in
the -proposed working group
meetings, Vance said he
would discuss that with So-
viet Foreign Minister An-
drei Gromyko when they
meet in Vienna next month.
Meanwhile, Carter said in
a White House interview
with Time magazine last
, Friday that "If the Palesti-
nian leaders...espoused the-
UN Resolutions 242 and 338
as a basis for negotiations
at Geneva, we would imme-
diately commence plans to
begin talks with the Palesti-
nian leaders."
He said he could not
speak for Israeli Premier
Menahem Begin's response
to such a development but
"I would hope that he
would accept that."
Last week's deici§ion by
Begin's government to legal-
ize three West Bank Jewish
settlements brought a harsh
response from the State De
partment. But at his
Thursday news conference
Carter downplayed the mat-
ter:
"Any move toward mak-
ing permanent the settle-
ments in the occupied terri-
tories or the establishment
of new settlements ob-
viously increases the diffi-
culty of an ultimate
peace." But, he added, "It
is not an insurmountable
problem,"
Noting that the question
of the settlement was "not
a new thing," the President
said "it would not be prop-
er to castigate him (Begin)
unnecessarily because he is
continuing the policies that
have been extant in Israel
for a long time."
Carter noted, "He, like
myself, has run on dam-
paign commitments and I
think lie is trying to accom-
mo& e the interests of
peact, as best he can."
But Carter added : "We
feel that any restraint that
Prime Minister Begin
might want to exert on this
subject would certainly be
contributory toward
peace."
The incident, on the eve
of Vance's trip, brought a
relatively mild reaction
from the 20 Arab states,
who wrote letters of protest
to UN Secretary-General
Kurt Waldheim, but did
call for UN debate on
matter or make loud, pu -
lic outcries.
Rabbi Joseph Sternstein,
president of the Zionist Or-
ganization of America, sent
a telegram to the State De-
partment protesting State's
expression of "deep dis-
appointment" over legal-
ization of the settlements.
Sternstein called the
State Department action
"regrettable and counter-
productive." "There is no
reason," said Sternstein,
"why Judea and Samaria
should be Judenrein and we
further reject the premise
that these settlements are a
violation of international
law. •
-"This area cannot be con-
sidered occupied territory
and it does not belong to
the Arabs."
Meanwhile, David Blum-
berg, international presi-
dent of Bnai Brith, said he
did not support the settle-
ment decision.
Kadima and USY
Conferences Set
- NEW YORK—The nation-
al United Synagogue Youth
organization announces it
will sponsor two confer-
ences for professionals in-
volved with youth pro-
grams.
The first international
USY Advisory Conference
vvi I take place Oct. 14-16 at
Cong. Beth Hillel-Beth El,
Philadelphia. The other
gathering, the second inter-
national Kadima Advisory
Conference, will take place
Oct. 28-30 in Boston, Mass.
For costs and other infor-
mation, write Kiidima and
USY Advisory Conferences,
Department of Youth Activi-
ties, 155 Fifth Avenue, New
York, N.Y., 10010.
Booklet Fociises
on Israeli Army
.
NEW YORK—"Israel and
Her Army : The Influence
of the Soldier on the State,"
by Prof. Edward B. Glical_
of Temple University, PhilaW
delphia, has just been pub-
lished by the Labor Zionist
Alliance.
Prof. Glick examines
changing concepts about
the Israeli military. and
analyzes the reaction of the
civilian population to the in-
cursion of high-ranking offi-
cers into elevated positions
in the public and private
sector.
A giant is very tall even
though he stands in a well.