THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 23, 1977 15
West Bank Arabs Go to Cairo, Pledge Support of Peace Effort
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
Four delegations of Palesti-
nians from the West Bank
went to Cairo last week to
express their support di-
rectly to President Anwar
Sadat of Egypt for his peace
initiative and to wish suc-
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cess to the Cairo confer-
ence.
West Bank students con-
tinued to demonstrate
against the conference in
several towns last week.
But the projected trip to
Cairo by local notables rep-
resented the first major set-
back for the Palestine lib-
eration Organization in the
territory since PLO-backed
mayors won land-slide vic-
tories in the West Bank mu-
nicipal elections of April,
1976.
Their decision to go to the
Egyptian capital apparently
was promoted by the warm
reception the Egyptian au-
thorities gave to a large
delegation of Gaza Strip
Arabs who went to Cairo
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earlier last week to pledge
Palestinian support for Sa-
dat.
The first West Bank dele-
gation was headed by Abdul
Rauf Fares, a former mem-
ber of the Jordanian parlia-
ment who was one the
first West Bankers to
to speak
out in favor of Sadat's in-
itiative. About 200 people
had signed up for the trip.
The second delegation
was headed by Hussein
Shuyuhi, a lawyer who has
been trying to organize a
political movement on the
West Bank to counter-bal-
ance the PLO.
The third was headed by
Burhan Jaabari, son of the
former Mayor of Hebron,
Sheikh Moshammed Ali el-
Jaabari, who has close ties
U.S. Pledges Aid
to Peace Efforts
of Menahem Begin
WASHINGTON, (JTA )—
The Carter Administration
continued to speak of Pre-
mier Menahem Begin's
"constructive approach - to
a Middle East settlement in
the wake of his proposal to
grant - home rule'' to the
Arab population on the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Administration spokes-
men stressed at the same
time that the focus of
Middle East negotiations
now returns to Cairo and
that the U.S. would do what
it could to facilitate prog-
ress in a -supportive role."
They declared that the
U.S. shares the
"dedication" of Begin and
President Anwar Sadat for
a "comprehensive Middle
East peace."
White House Press Secre-
tary Jody Powell indicated
that Begin's formula for the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
was discussed in his meet-
ings with President Carter
over the weekend. He reite-
rated the President's appre-
ciation of Begin's approach
to the political process now
unfolding.
At the State Department,
chief spokesman Hodding
Carter said, "We believe he
(Begin) and President Sa-
dat are taking important
steps toward a just and
comprehensive peace - and
"we also appreciate the se-
riousness with which the Is-
raelis have developed their
new proposals."
In response to questions
about Palestinian participa-
tion in the settlement proc-
ess, Powell recalled Car-
ter's recently expressed
antipathy toward the Pales-
tine Liberation Organization
which he called "completely
negative."
However, the White House
press spokesman would not
discuss the role of - Palesti-
nian Arabs" in negotiations,
saying that to do so would
mean -addressing ourselves
into the discussions to take
place."
Sugar in the mouth won't
help bitterness in the heart.
with King Hussein of Jor-
dan. Mustafa Doudin, for-
mer Jordanian Minister of
Interior, lead the fourth de-
legation which includes a
group from Jericho.
None of the delegations
included top ranking West
Bank leaders. Two of the
latter, former Jordanian
Defense Minister Anwar
Nusseiba and Anwar el-Ha-
tib, former Jordanian Gov-
ernor of the Jerusalem dis-
trict, are believed to be
watching developments in
Cairo closely before decid-
ing which way to throw
their support.
Arrangements for the trip
to Cairo were made through
the Egyptian Ambassador
in Amman.
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