22 Friday, September 9, 1977 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Knesset Opposes Negotiations With PLO
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The Knesset adopted by a
near unanimous vote a reso-
lution putting it on record
against negotiating with the
Palestine Liberation Organi-
zation.
Although the resolution
was introduced by the Dem-
ocratic Movement for
Change, it achieved what
Premier Menahem Begin
has been seeking—a con-
sensus statement of the gov-
ernment and the major op-
position parties against the
PLO.
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adopted by a vote of 92 in
favor—the Likud coalition,
the Labor Party. the DMC.
the Independent Liberal
Party and Samuel Flatto-
Sharon. Four members of
the Communist Democratic
Front cast the only nega-
tive ballots. There were six
abstentions, four Mapam
IVIKs and the two Sheli rep-
resentatives.
In Washington, the Voice
of America "will definitely
continue" to adhere to U.S.
government policy forbid-
ding official U.S. contact
with the PLO, a spokesman
for the U.S. Information
Agency (USIA) said.
Meanwhile, President Car-
ter has Assured Jewish lead-
ers that the American posi-
tion regarding the PLO re-
mains unchanged.
Carter issued this reas-
surance in a handwritten
letter to the Conference of
Presidents of Major Ameri-
can Jewish Organizations.
The President's letter was
dated Aug. 26, the same
day that Rabbi Alexander
Schindler, chairman of the
conference, and Yehuda
Hellman, executive director
of the conference, gave Car-
ter a letter during a brief
meeting at the White House
which expressed "deep ap-
prehension" by Jewish lead-
ers that the President was
weakening the U.S. stand
on the PLO.
In his letter to the Presi-
dents Conference Carter
stated: "I appreciate your
letter of this date (Aug. 26).
I assure you that our posi-
tion regarding the PLO is
consistent with com-
mitments previously made
voluntarily to the Israeli
government, with private
and public statements
made to present leaders in
the Middle East and with
my own personal beliefs
and hope for permanent
peace."
In a related development,
the United States is "clear-
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ly disappointed" by the re-
fusal of the PLO's Central
Council and its leader,
Yasir Arafat, to accept
President Carter's proposal
for talks but is "hopeful"
the terrorist organization
will change its views.
These expressions at the
State Department came
after spokesman Hodding
Carter came under repeat-
ed questioning as to why
the department has criti-
cized Israel for its positions
while it has declined to dis-
cuss Arab actions and
views, particularly those of
the PLO. "We remain hope-
ful the PLO will indeed ac-
cept" United Nations Secu-
rity Council Resolution 242,
Carter said at one point in
the extended questioning.
At another, when he was
asked what had happened
after Saudi Arabia and
others had told the United
States the PLO would ac-
cept the resolution, Carter
remarked there is "no way
to report" on the PLO's de-
cision. "We counted on all
parties" in the Middle East
to go along for a peaceful
resolution of the conflict, he
said. "Clearly, we are dis-
appointed" that the PLO de-
cision "makes it less pos-
sible."
The spokesman's com-
ments came after almost a
week passed since the PLO
Council meeting in Dam-
ascus rejected Carter's
offer to open contacts with
the terrorist leaders if they
would accept Resolution
242, with its own reserva-
tions that in effect watered
it down and after Arafat in
Moscow had accused the
U.S. of torpedoing the Gen-
eva conference by refusing
to agree that the PLO par-
ticipate in that conference
without first agreeing to ad-
here to Resolution 242.
At the UN, in an unprece-
dented move, Chaim Her-
zog, Israel's Ambassador to
the United Nations, re-
quested in a letter to Secre-
Lary General Kurt Wal-
dheim that the UN circu-
late as a document the
statement adopted by the
PLO's Central Council
which met in Damascus
and the Council's 15-point
program adopted last
March.
In both documents the ter-
rorist organization took un-
compromising positions to-
ward Israel's right to exist.
In its latest statement, the
PLO again rejected UN
Security Council Resoluti^n
242 and called for "incr
ing our continuous armed
struggle against Zionist oc-
cupation."
The surprise Israeli move
was described by Israeli
diplomats here as an at-
tempt to expose and nail
down extremist PLO posi-
tions. The PLO, according
to the diplomats, tries to
project a moderate image
by playing down its own bel-
licose resolutions. In his let-
ter, Herzog requested that
the PLO statements be cir-
culated as an official docu-
ment of the General Assem-
bly.
In London, the recent
meeting in Damascus be-
tween the British ambassa-
dor to Syria and a high
PLO official was only one
of several such contacts be-
tween British representa-
tives and the Palestine Lib-
eration Organization, the
foreign office said.
Other meetings had taken
place in New York and in
London, but all were below
ministerial level. They did
not imply UK recognition of
the PLO, a spokesman said.
The foreign office was
also commenting on the re-
port that Dr. David Owen,
the foreign secretary,
would meet Yasir Arafat,
the PLO chairman, in Bei-
rut on Oct. 13. The report,
on Baghdad radio, was cate-
gorically denied. The for-
eign office had no knowl-
edge of a projected visit to
Lebanon by Dr. Owen.
Israeli Offers Solution to Halt
Predicted El Al Money Drain
NEW YORK—Predicting
a severe financial drain for
El Al Israel Airlines if the
company follows suit with
other airlines by cutting its
fares in September. Mor-
dehai Ben-Ari, president of
El Al has offered a solution
to the impending problem.
On a recent trip to New
York. Ben-Ari introduced a
holiday fare concept that he
will re-introduce at a meet-
ing of the International Air
Transport Association in No-
vember.
fares. Galleys would be re-
moved to seat passengers
10 abreast and no food
would be served.
According to the New
York Times. the holiday
fare would create a third
class of passenger service.
The 'El Al plan would in-
crease the 360-seat capacity
of most 747s to about 500.
Only 16 or 17 seats would
be reserved for first class
because, Ben-Ari said,
when the Concorde is final-
ly operational it will skim
off most first-class traffic.
Another 50 seats would go
to the economy or "busi-
ness class" and the rest of
the craft would seat holiday
Argentina Bans
Nazi Booklet
Cost savings would come
through reduced need for.
cabin personnel as well as
from the elimination of
food. Ben-Ari said that 10
percent of each fare repre-
sents the capital cost of the
aircraft and seating rn
people on a given ph..
would reduce the number of
planes an airline would
need.
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)-
The sole and distribution of
a Nazi booklet, "Shulhan
Arukh" ("The Sacred Code
of the Jews"), which ap-
peared here recently and
was being sold on news-
stands has been banned by
a government executive de-
cree.
The federal police have
been ordered to ensure en-
forcement of the decree.