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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Ceausescu Played Major Role in Middle East Breakthrough

African-Israel Ties May Resume?

GENEVA (JTA)—Several
African diplomats to the
United Nations here have
been hinting in recent days
that they are considering

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the resumption of diplomat-
ic relations with Israel.
The delegates of Zaire
and Liberia have published
a declaration in support of
the peace talks between
President Anwar Sadat of
Egypt and Premier Men-
ahem Begin of Israel.
In private talks, these dip-
lomats explained that an Is-
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would facilitate the resump-
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NEW YORK (JTA)—
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat revealed in a tele-
vision interview last week
that he decided to seek ne-
gotiations directly with Is-
raeli Premier Menahem
Begin after Romanian Pres-
ident Nicolae Ceausescu as-
sured him that Begin was a
strong leader who genuinely
wanted peace. At the same
time, Sadat said that Be-
gin's predecessor, Yitzhak
Rabin was , "not a strong
leader."
The interview, which was
shown on the Public Broad-
casting Service's McNeil/
Lehrer Report. was a con-
versation with the Israeli-
born American political car-
toonist and writer Ranan
Lurie, taped at Sadat's villa
outside Ismailia on Dec. 18,
one week before he met
with Begin in Egypt.
Sadat said that when he
asked Ceausescu_for an as-
sessment of Begin with
whom the Romanian leader
had six hours of private
talks during the Israeli's
visit to Romania earlier this
year, Ceausescu replied that
Begin "is genuine for
peace" and "the man is

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strong enough to take the
decision.••
Sadat noted that he , al-
ways said he would like to
deal with former Israeli
Premier Golda Meir be-
cause "she has guts." But,
he said that "Rabin, espe-
cially in the second dis-
engagement agreement (in
1975), proved that he is not
a strong leader:"
Sadat said that King Hus-
sein of Jordan "agrees to
my initiative" to seek peace
in the Mideast. He said that
while Syrian President Ha-
fez Assad is "reasonable"
and "my friend." the ruling
Ba'ath Party preaches ha-
tred "and really is looked
upon as -a vicious party, in
the area here." He said
Assad is reasonable in the
context of his party and "is
the best of them all in the
party. -
The Egyptian leader said
he started the Yom Kippur
War to prove to Israel "and
to the whole world. and to
ourselves that we can fight,
and because we were really
very deeply injured after
the defeat of '67 (the Six-
Day War)."
He said he had no in-
tention "of throwing Israel
into the sea. even if we have
reached the Israeli bor-
ders." He said the war was
not aimed at killing Israelis
but at giving the Egyptians
back their confidence.
"My people are satisfied
now, because they proved
themselves," he said.
"They have again the full
confidence in themselves af-
ter the October War."
Sadat also called Libyan
leader Muammar Quaddafi
a "mental case" who will
"never influence anyone in
the Arab world." He said
that Dr. George Habash,
head of the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Pales-
tine (PFLP), "doesn't know

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what he wants. Really. It is
only sabotage. In every
way. And in every direction.
So I don't attach any impor-
tance to him at all."
Lurie, who showed Sadat
some of his cartoons at the
beginning of the interview,
fought in three of Israel's
wars. His syndicated car-
toons appear in Al Ahram,
the semi-official Egyptian
daily.
Commenting on President
Carter, Sadat said he "is a
strong President. He is a

man of decision, and much
more than this, the man is
honest: . He also termed
Carter a man of - prin-
ciples" and integrity. "And
this is very important
really, and he is showing
really the true image of
America.**
In a separate interview
with ABC-TV interviewer
Barbara Walters, Sadat said
he hoped for an agreement
with Israel within two
months, one month less than
Begin had predicted earlier.

McCloskey: U.S. Role in M.E.
Based on Its Tie With Israel

AMSTERDAM (JTA)—
Robert J. McCloskey, the
United States ambassador
to The Netherlands, said in
an interview published in
Amsterdam Tuesday that
the margins of U.S. policy
in the Middle East are de-
termined to a large extent
by its feelings of bonds with
Israel.
McCloskey, who was for-
merly the State Depart-
ment's chief Spokesman and
has continued to follow Mid-
eastern affairs closely, also
told the Dutch daily, Trouw,
that the U.S. never had a
detailed, concrete plan for
the solution of the Palesti-
nian problem.
He said that while in
Washington he had never
seen a written blueprint for
a "homeland for the Palest-
. nians." Such a blueprint
was expected to emerge
only from the negotiations,
he said.
Asked if he thought the
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization should be involved in
the current Middle East
peace process, McCloskey
replied: "If Israel does not
want to negotiate with the
PLO it will be extremely
difficult for t e United
States to negotiate with the
PLO." He added that the
PLO, in any case, must rec-
ognize Israel's existence.
The ambassador stressed
that "no American adminis-
tration can allow itself a
real confrontation with Is-
rael, not only because of the
influence of the so-called
Jewish lobby, but also be-
cause sympathy for Israel is
deeply rooted in the Ameri-
can people in view of what
happened in Europe during
the Second World War and
real admiration for, Israel's
achievements."
McCloskey noted that the
Arab world was almost un-
known to Americans for
many Years although this
has changed recently, part-
ly as a result of Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat's
visit to the U.S. However,
the diplomat -said, that de-
velopment will nave: muse
the U.S. to impose its will
on-Israel.
"We cannot pressure Is-
rael so that ultimately they
will give in though we have
a certain measure of in-
fluence with them," he said.

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that

the U.S. was surprised by
Sadat's decision to visit Is-
rael last November and "it
took some time to overcome
this surprise." But he insist-
ed that despite the fact that
Israel and Egypt are now
engaged in direct negotia-
tions the U.S. still has an
important role to play in the
Middle East and has not
"been relegated to the role
of spectator."

He noted : "We still have
considerable influence in
both camps though it is no
longer necessary that we
travel from the one to the
other to transmit messages
and proposals. It is unthink-
able that the United States
should completely withdraw
from an area where we
have so many interests and
with which we have
occupied ourselves so
intensively," he said.

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