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power of both Egypt and
Saudi Arabia, placing more
Israeli targets within their
range.
The Sharm EI-Sheikh air
base is essential to protect
navigation through the
Straits of Tiran. The Etzion
field offers protection
against warplanes based on
the Saudi shores of the Gulf
of Aqaba and the Eitam
field is an advance base to
protect southern Israel from
air attack, the military
sources said.
They also noted that the
Israeli air force which, at--
cording to foreign sources,
has tripled in size since the
Yom Kippur War, cannot be
deployed at airfields within
Israel's pre/1967 borders
and requires much wider air
space simply to maneuver.
The supersonic F-15, for
example, requires a range of
40 miles just to close in on
any enemy and that alone
demonstrates Israel's need
for the Sinai airfields, the
sources said.
Begin did not elaborate
on the Israeli-U.S. con-
troversy over settle-
ments. He expressed dis-
appointment with the
American position enun-'
ciated by Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance last
Friday that the settle-
ments were illegal and an
obstacle to peace but ob-
served that the two coun-
tries agreed to disagree
on the settlements and
that it has not affected
their basic friendship.
`Elegance
is as at-home in the country as
it is in town when the designs
comefrom the House of Lanvin.
"There have in the past
been serious differences
with the United States but
we overcame them and we
will overcome the current
ones because of the special
friendly relations between
Israel and the U.S. emanat-
ing from common interests
and the real love of the
majority of American
people for Israel," Begin
said.
The U.S. aircraft sales
announcement brought a
blast from Begin's newly
appointed Minister-
Without-Portfolio Chaim
Landau of Herut. Addres-
sing the opening of the 18th
Congress of the Maccabi
World Union in Tel Aviv,
Landau declared: "Whoever
delivers sophisticated' arms
into the hands of Israel's
enemies not only is putting
peace off and delaying the
chances of dialogue but ac-
tually brings fire into this
region, the real danger of
yet another explosion."
-
Landau claimed that the
decision to sell combat
planes to Egypt and Saudi
Arabia would stiffen their
attitudes. "What we need is
negotiations, not from arse-
nals filled with sophisti-
cated arms but true negoti-
ations, not from the peak of
pyramids but standing on
solid, realistic- ground."
Landau was also defiant on
the -settlements issue, dec-
laring: "Let the goyim say
what they may, the settle-
ments are legal. We need
them for security, nothing
else."
Israelis, however, were
bewildered over the
weekend by contradic-
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Abortion Law •
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel's liberalized abortion
law went into effect last
week despite strenuous ob-
jections from religious di-7
cies. But according to the
Health Ministry, the
number of abortions is not
expected to increase beyond
the 15-20,000 performed
annually in Israel up to
now. ,-
Under the amended law,
abortions are permitted
when the pregnant woman
is under 17 or over 40 years
of age; or if pregnancy was
the result of rape, incest or
out of wedlock. Until now,
abortions were permitted
only for purely medical
reasons involving the
iihysical or mental health of
the mother Or the expected
child.
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rael's Mideast peace posi-
tions.
Sadat also met with
former World Jewish Con-
gress President Dr. Nahum
. Reporters confirmed re- Goldmann- in Paris, as well
ports that Defense Minister as Baron Edmond de
Ezer Weizman had halted Rothschild, who heads the
the work in the Rafah Sa- Israel Bond drive in France,
lient in complaince with a Sir Eric Warburg and Lord
Cabinet directive. The di- Goodman of Britain, and
rective was issued because Leon Kahana, head of Israel
of the disagreement with bonds in Austria.
Goldmann said all the
the U.S. over the settle-
members of the delegation
ments.
In a unanimous vote Sun- accepted Sadat's invitation
day, the Cabinet rejected as individuals. He said
Vance's criticsm of the set- Sadat invited him to Egypt
tlements and said the Vance but will decide only in the
statement contradicted spring, by which time peace
President Carter's state- negotiations, hopefully, will
ments to Begin in have resumed.
The
Representative
Washington in December,
and Carter's remarks last Committee of Jews in Fr-
July that he would not pres- ance (CRIF) issued a com-
sure Israel on the settle- munique saying that the de-
legation which met with
ments issue.
Meanwhile, both Sadat Sadat did not represent the
and Begin issued state- French Jewish community.
ments expressing great It added that official meet-
hope that the shuttle mis- ings between French Jews
sion of U.S. Undersecretary and Egyptian officials will
of State Alfred Atherton not take place so as to avoid
next week will help break interfering in the peace
_the deadlock and get talks.
Mideast peace negotiations
resumed.
tory reports from various
government officials that
land development in
northern Sinai had been
halted two weeks ago.
Sadat met with Labor
Alignment leader Shi-
mon Peres in Austria this
week and both issued
positive statements after
their two hour meeting.
Sadat invited Peres to
visit him in Egypt, and
Peres later announced
that he would visit Egypt
after Passover.
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