18 Friday, January 27, 1978
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Confident Mideast Negotiations Will Resume
the Communists, Sheli and
two Mapam MKs. Three
members of Begin's coali-
tion who abstained were
die-hard hawks Moshe Sha-
mir and Geula Cohen of
Likud and tie doveish Mor-
dechai Wirshubski of the
Democratic Movement for
Change. A Communist-spon-
sored motion of no con-
fidence was swamped by 90
votes.
Meanwhile, the State
Department refused to con-
demn the Egyptian news
media for anti-Semitic
remarks that drew the fire
of Begin for creating
"hatred and incitement to
hatred against the Jewish
people."
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The 19 abstentions in the
vote on Begin's statement
came chiefly from the
Labor Alignment.. The nine
negative votes were cast by
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Publiay, the State
Department expressed
"hope" that "the public
exchange of views is behind
us" and that both sides
would "follow the spirit" of
Begin and Sadat. Privately,
however, U.S. officials ten-
ded to belittle Egyptian
media remarks, saying they
saw no organized anti-Semi-
tic campaign.
Important segments of
the U.S. news media seem-
ingly trying to soft-peddle
the matter, described the
Egyptian's as Semites, too.
Anti-Semitic statements in
the major Cairo media
included the expression in
the authoritative Al Ahram
that "The Jews will bargain
with the angel - of death."
Other media compared
Begin to "Shylock the use-
rer who wanted a pound of
flesh from his debtor - and
said Begin should "thank
God that he was not beaten
up by members of the Egyp-
tian delegation at Ismailia"
where the Israeli leader
met with Sadat on Christ-
mas day.
State Department spokes-
man Hoddirig Carter was
asked for confirmation of a
press report that U.S. offi-
cials had said they raised
the matter of anti-Semitism
with Egyptian officials
when Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance was in Cairo
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Friday and that the Egyp-
tians had expressed
unhappiness with the article
comparing Begin to
Shylock:
Carter replied that he
could not be aware of all
State Department officials
who talked to reporters but
his view was that the mat-
ter "falls into the general
rubric, that was repeated
last night." He was referr-
ing to a White House state-
ment issued after Vance
had met with President Car-
ter• to discuss the Middle
East situation.
"The president and the
Secretary of State
expressed the hope that the
public exchanges of recent
days are now behind us and
that every effort will be
made to recapture the spirit
that followed the recent
meetings" between Begin
and Sadat and "to turn full
attention to the substance of
negotiations," Hoddirig Car-
ter said.
At the same time, Begin
said in an interview shown
on U.S. Public Broadcasting
Service stations, that he
believes the present Israeli-
Egyptian impass is due to
the "illusion" by Egypt that
its recognition of Israel's
right to exist is all that is
required for Israel to meet
every Egyptian demand.
Begin was interviewed
Tuesday in his Jerusalem
office by Robert MacNeil of
the "MacNeil-Lehrer
Report."
The Premier . noted that
When he met with a group of
Egyptian journalists in
Jerusalem Jan,. 18, shortly
before Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat called his dele-
gation home from the politi-
cal talks. The Egyptians
kept on saying that the rec-
ognition of Israel's right to
exist was an important
change in Egypt's policy.
"It suddenly dawned on
me," Begin said, that this
was how Sadat felt and for
this he believed Israel "has
to "give- anything he wants."
"We have never asked
anyone to give as such rec-
ognition," Begin declared.
He said that Sadat's trip to
Jerusalem was an act of
courage but he cannot give
Israel its right to survive.
Israel's right to survive
comes from the Israelis
themselves, who fought for
it, he declared.
Begin said this belief by
Sadat was an "illusion, a
misunderstanding." He said
what Israel wants. is nego-
tiations leading to "mutual
recognition of independ-
ence, sovereignty and
ce."
The Premier said Israel
was ready to resume the
political talks and would be
sending its delegation to
Cairo next week for the mil-
_ itary talks as long as there
were no more anti-Semitic
attacks in the Egyptian
press. He said, "The Jewish
people have been humili-
ated by its enemies for cen-
turies. - With the creation of
the state of Israel no one
can any longer "vilify our
people and then say let's
negotiate," he said.
Begin said he could not
understand why Sadat broke
off the political talks, noting
it not only surprised him
and Secretary of State
Vance, but also the Egyp-
tian delegation. He said the
only "logical assumption"
he has is that the Egyptian
Foreign Office felt that if its
delegation stayed too long in
Jerusalem the Arab rejec-
tionists would attack this as
de facto recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel's
capital.
The Premier also blimed
the Egyptian Foreign
Office, which he said is
made up of "the most
intransigent element," for
the hardening of Egypt's
position. He said that Sadat
deals with the overall prob-
lem and is not interested in
details: He said the Egyp-
s
tian president, who "if he
takes a decision, that's it,"
relies on the experts for the
details.
An example of this,
according to Begin, was
that Sadat agreed in talks
with him that Egyptian
troops should go no further
than the Gidi and Mitle
Passes. But then in the mili-
tary committee the Egyp-
tian generals demanded an
advance of more than 150
kilometers closer to Israel,
Begin said.
Begin also reiterated t
Sadat knew that Isr
wanted to maintain its set-
tlement in the Sinai and
guard them with Israeli
troops. He said that Sadat
objected to this but that he
had agreed with Begin that
this would be dealt with in
the „negotiations. Begin
maintained he still consid-
ered Sadat a friend.
In New York, Aryeh
Naor, secretary of the
Israeli Cabinet, stressed
that for its own security
Israel must continue to
maintain some type of con-
trol of the West Bank. He
also rejected the impression
said to be held by many
American Jews that Zbig-
liiew Brzezinski, President
Carter's national security
advisor, is an "enemy - of
Israel. "Brzezinski is not
responsible for Israel. He is
responsible for American
national interests as he sees
it," Naor pointed out.
His comments came at a
press conference sponsored
by the Conference of Presi-
dents of Major American
Jewish Organizations at
which Naor announced that
Begin will come to the U.S.
April 30-May 7 to take part
in the American celebration
of Israel's 30th anniversary.
The Premier will also be
guest of honor at the Ameri-
can Zioiist Youth Feder-
ation's "Salute to Israel
Parade - on Fifth Ave. May
7.
U.S. Senators Confront Russian
Delegation on Jewry, Sharansky
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Ten members or the Su-
preme Soviet heard a state-
ment Tuesday from 27 U.S.
Senators condemning -con-
tinuing violations by the So-
viet authorities of the hu-
man rights of three million
Jews in the USSR." The
Soviet delegation then tried
to dismiss the Soviet Jewry
issue as unimportant.
The confrontation, lasting
about 10 minutes, took place.
at the Capitol when the So-
viet delegation met with a
Senate group. A program of
alternating visits began in
1974 with a Soviet visit to
Washington and was fol-
lowed by two U.S. congres-
sional visits to the Soviet
Union in 1975.,
Sen. Alan Cranston, (D-
Calif. ) read extracts of a
letter signed by more than a
quarter of the Senate's
members urging that the
Senate delegation to the
talks emphasize human
rights during the parlia-
mentary program. The let-
ter, addressed to Cranston,
was originated by Sen. Clai-
borne Pell (D-R.I.).
The Soviet delegrition's
leader, Boris Ponomerev,
sought to play down the
condition of Soviet Jewry. A
source said Ponomerev
stressed that there are
"more important issues"
than the Jewish matter and
the U.S. should neither in-
terfere in the Soviet Union's
internal affairs nor be con-
cerned-about them.
Ponomerev is chairman
of the foreign affairs corn-
'mittee of the Soviet of Na-
tionalities and secretary of
the central committee of the
Soviet Communist Party.
He also was described as
having been the architect of
.the Soviet intervention in
Czechoslovakia in.1968.
Pell said he initiated the
letter to Cranston -in view
of the continuing concern of
the Senate, indeed of the
entire Congress and the
American people, with the
observance of human rights
accords in the USSR, with
the just treatment of would-
be Soviet emigres and with
the expeditious handling of
the tragic case of Anatoly
Sharansky, a Soviet Jew de-
tained since last March in a
Moscow prison and refused
permission to emigrate.,
Israel."
The burden of the Soviet
response to the Senator's
letter was from a member
identified as Lev B. Shapiro,
described as coming from
the non-existent Jewish Au-
tonomous Province in far
eastern Siberia. He con-
tended there is no Jewish
problem and that only two
percent of Jews asking to
emigrate are denied the
privilege.
The Soviet delegation will
be in Detroit Monday and
Tuesday to meet with labor
leaders and tour the
Renaissance .Center and
Ford Rouge plant.