THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 16, 1977 5
Cairo Conference Opens; Begin Flies to the U.S. for Talks With Carter
(Continued from Page 1)
Israel will submit at the
Cairo Conference to Carter
in an effort to ensure Amer-
ican support for Israel's po-
sitions.
His entourage included
Attorney General Aharon
Barak, the government's
top legal advisor. Begin told
reporters at the airport that
Prof. Barak was needed in
Washington because there
were legal problems of
prime importance in the
peace-making process and it
as necessary to have a
gal expert at his side dur-
mg important talks. He said
that he had informed Presi-
dent Anwar Sadat of Egypt
of his trip to Washington.
The Premier also reiterated
that Israel was striving for
a comprehensive peace set-
tlement and expressed the
hope that other Arab coun-
tries will join in negotia-
tions at Cairo or elsewhere.
Speculation was rife that
Dayan was also about to
leave for a secret meeting
at some undisclosed loca-
tion with a top level Egyp-
tian offical, probably Acting
Foreign Minister Butrus
Ghali. Dayan flatly denied
this at the airport. "I do not
intend to leave the coun-
try," he said. Begin added
that Dayan's reply "needs
no seconding from me."
But the newspaper Haa-
retz claimed that Dayan
will hold secret talks with
an Egyptian delegation
white the Cairo Conference
is underway. The paper said
those plans were approved
by Cabinet members in con-
sultations Tuesday night
with Begin and that Begin's
trip to the U.S. was approv-
ed at the same time. Yediot
Achronot said Begin was
taking maps to Washington
indicating the lines to which
Israel was prepared to with-
draw' in the occupied terri-
tories and the areas where
Israel's presence would be
maintained.
According to that report,
Israel will be ready to evac-
uate almost all of Sinai to a
point east of El Arish but
would retain its presence at
Sharm El-Sheikh and the
Rafah salient. Yediot said
Israel's plans for the West
Bank—Samaria and
Judaea—called for local au-
tonomy with a certain affi-
liation to Jordan while Is-
rael retained overall
military control of the terri-
tory.
While en route to the
United States, Begin sent a
message of good,wishes to
the Cairo Conference.
"People everywhere hope
and pray that Cairo will be
a foundation of true peace
between Israel and its Arab
neighbors, the peace which
is necessary for Israel and
her great Arab neighbors."
The Cairo participants sat a
circular table in the main
dining room of the Mena
House, which is serving as
conference headquarters. In
addition to Meguid and Ben-
Elissar and Their aides, the
U.S. was represented by
Assistant Secretary of State
Alfred L. Atherton. United
Nations Secretary-General
Kurt Waldheim was repre-
sented by Gen. Ensio Sii-
lasvuo, commander of UN
peace-keeping forces in the
Middle East. There were
five empty chair at the
table reserved for the Arab
states, the Soviet Union and
Palestinian representatives,
which, so far, are boycott-
ing the Cairo talks.
All of the participants, in
their opening remarks, ex-
pressed the hope that the
other parties invited would
reverse their decisions not
to attend and that a com-
prehensive settlement
would eventually emerge
from these deliberations.
"The conference room
and table were devoid of
flag or other national
symbols and the chairs
were unlabeled. This was
apparently the result of an
agreement reached during
closed-door deliberations
Tuesday night at which Is-
rael reportedly balked at
the label "Palestine" on the
chair reserved for the Pa-
lestinian representative.
But outside the Mena
House, the flags of all eight
invited countries and the
red, green and black Pales-
tinian colors were dis-
played. An Egyptian spokes-
man said it was "natural"
that these flags would be
flown for the duration of the
conference. The show of
flags outside the hotel was
not regarded as having,any
political significance and no
Israeli objections were re-
ported.
Divine providence was in-
voked by the main pro-
tagonists in their opening
statements. Meguid began
with the traditional "in the
name of Allah" and Ben-
Elissar prayed that "God
grant us wisdom to suc-
ceed...above all for the sake
of generations to come."
After the opening session
the confernce participants
adjourned for private dis-
cussions reportedly devoted
to preparing the agenda.
Meanwhile, Egyptian War
Minister Abdual Gamassy
told Israeli jounalists in
Cairo that the Egyptian
army is 100 percent behind
President Anwar Sadat no
matter which way he goes.
The journalists took this to
mean that the army was
supporting Sadat's peace in-
itiatives but was ready to go
to war if necessary.
Kfar Silver Enrollment Seen Growing
ASHKELON—An ex-
panded' curriculum and an
appreciation of its high
educational / standards has
led to a dramatic growth in
student enrollment at the
ZOA Kfar Silver campus
established, maintained and
directed by the Zionist Or-
ganization of America.
The director of Kfar- Sil-
ver, Eytan Paldi, reported
that Kfar Silver is beginning
its 22nd academic year with
450 high school students. Of
us number, 247 live in dor-
, •
frutories
on the school's 520-'
acre campus.
Among the new programs
which have attracted inter-
est among Israeli youth
are: instrumentation and
controls, a new aeronautical
curriculum; the modern Al-
exander and Sylvia Hassan
Technical High School; a
new nursing course; au-
tomative mechanics; mech-
anized agriculture and the
expanding pre-university
academic program.
Thirty-three members of
a group of South American
students, principally from
Argentina, are continuing in
Kfar Silver's dairy herd is
their senior year after one
said to be first among all
year on the campus. They
Israeli agricultural high
are now being joined by an schools. One cow, "Esther,"
additional 30 Jewish boys is among the 10 best milk
and girls from Latin Amer- producers in Israel.
ica entering the third year
The Agricultural Training
of high school.
Department of the Ministry
The Mollie Goodman Aca- of Education is presenting a
demic High School, which is
small computer to Kfar Sil-
part of the campus, contin-
ver to aid its dairy oper-
ues to provide a high school
ations. The school also has
program for teenagers from
125 acres of citrus groves.
the United States. They
share cultural and social ac- State Dept. Asks
tivities as well as dormitory
rooms with Kfar Silver's Is- JTA to Seminar
raeli students. The curricu-
WASHINGTON (JTA )-
lum of the American stu-
dents is geared to U.S.
Secretary of State Cyrus
college entrance require-
Vance -has invited Joseph
ments and Detroit students Polakoff, chief of the Jewish
are aided by scholarships Telegraphic Agency's Wash-
from the Zionist Organiza-
ington Bureau, to attend the
tion of Detroit.
State Department's seminar
Kfar Silver students
for editors and broadcasters
Jan. 16-18.
achieved a yield of 990 lbs.
The annual event dealing
of cotton per dunam, corn-
pared to an average of 924
with top foreign policy sub-
at other farms in the region.
jects attracts some 300 lead-
The planting of an addition-
ing media representatives.
al 38 acres of cotton is This marks the first time
that JTA has been invited to
planned.
Milk production from
participate.
In Jerusalem, Begin
denied that Israel was
under American pressure to
soften her declared posi-
tions prior to the Cairo con-
ference. Begin spoke to
reporters after concluding a
two-hour meeting with U.S.
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance.
The Premier's denial was
an indirect reference to a
statement made Friday by
President Carter that he ex-
pected Israel to match the
Egyptian peace initiative.
An air of optimism pre-
vailed in Israel in the after-
math of Vance's visit. The
feeling was based more on
"atmospherics" than hard
facts but it was enhanced by
Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan's remarks at a For-
eign Press Association
luncheon which hinted that
Vance had been satisfied
with the degree of Israeli
flexibility.
Dayan said that Israel
and Egypt could reach an
agreement now but stressed
that a separate peace was
not the goal of the Cairo
talks.
Vance and his party
toured East Jerusalem, in-
cluding the Western Wall
and Moslem and Christian
holy sites. Unlike the pre-
vious practice of visiting
U.S. officials, Vance did not
have the American flag re-
. moved from his car when he
crossed into the former Jor-
danian part of the city.
But he stressed to accom-
panying newsmen that there
was "no political signifi-
cance" to be attached to his
visit. He had long wished to
visit the holy sites and he
found the experience pro-
foundly moving, he said.
Vance praised "the lead-
ership" which Begin and Sa-
dat had shown, adding that
it was "something which
history will record for gen-
erations to come.
Begin in turn lavished
praise on the Carter Adm-
inistration for its efforts in
the Mideast peacemaking.
He recalled his own mes-
sage to President Carter on
the eve of Sadat's arrival in
Jerusalem thanking the U.S.
President for "creating this
historic moment."
Before Vance's visit to
Syria, Syrian President Ha-
fez Assad rejected Arab me-
diation attempts to close the
differences between Egypt
and Syria.
He flew to the Persian
Gulf oil nations to woo sup-
port. Vance visited Syria on
Tuesday. Assad also visited
Jordan before returning to
Damascus to meet Vance.
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