54 Friday, March 11, 1978 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Declaration of Principles Needed for Egypt-Israel Talks JERUSALEM (JTA) — Senior sources in Jerusalem said they believe that Egypt might be ready to negotiate a bilateral agreement with Israel if the two countries can reach an accord on a de- claration of principles. They also expect President Car- ter to present American proposals for a Middle East settlement when he meets with Israel Premier Menahem Begin in Washington next week that will contain aspects of Is- rael's own peace plan. They said the U.S. would be prepared to apply Israel's self-rule plan on the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a transitional arrangement leading ultimately to a gre- ater measure of autonomy for those territories. The sources said they believe that Egypt has changed its position since January and no longer requires Jordan's physical presence at the peace talks, apparently because Jordan has proven more reluctant to participate than Cairo had anticipated. The Egyptians, however, have now hardened their demands on the declaration of principles, but despite guarded optimism over pos- sible bilateral negotiations with Egypt, the sources stressed that this did not mean necessarily that Cairo was ready to sign a bilateral peace pact but rather was prepared to continue the negotiating process. (Meanwhile, it was learned that Crown Prince Fand of Saudi Arabia has said that his country would consider recognizing Israel in the event of a comprehen- sive Middle East peace set- tlement that provided for an independent Palestinian state. The move was re- garded as significant, de- spite the harsh restrictions involved, since the very name of Israel has long been anathema in the conserva- tive kingdom. Fand called for a Palestinian state and an end to Jewish Jerusalem.) With regard to a declara- tion of principles, the sources said they feel that on President Carter's Aswan formula which en- visages some Palestinian participation in determin- ing their future, Israel and the U.S. are not far apart. Their widest differences are over the question of with- drawal from the occupied territories. In that connection, the sources said, Israel fully ac- cepts Security Council Re- solution 242 as applying to the West Bank. However, Israel insists that there are various interpretations of 242 and it does not believe its peace plan contradicts the resolution. The sources noted that Israel's plan would end the military gov- ernment on the West Bank and this would be a step in the direction of"withdrawal of military forces" required by Resolution 242. The problem of sovereignty on the West Bank is left open and Israel, for its part, FirSt Irish Visit LONDON (JTA) — The first official visit by an Is- raeli Minister to the Irish Republic took place last week when Yosef Burg, Is- rael's Interior Minister, held talks in Dublin with Premier Jack Lynch, Foreign Minister Michael O'Kennedy and other politi- cal leaders. The two countries estab- lished diplomatic relations two years. ago. would not implement Is- raeli sovereignty there, the sources said. With respect to settle- ments in the occupied ter- ritories, the sources ob- served that there were dif- ferent degrees of impor- tance in dealing with set- tlements in Sinai and those on the West Bank. The sources stressed that Israel insists on its security demands in Sinai, meaning a continued presence at Sharm el-Sheikh, the Rafah salient and the airfields, but the government has decided to freeze new settlements in Sinai, including those plan- ned and approved by the previous government. The only activity permitted is the strengthening of exist- ing settlements. A more complicated situation exists on the West Bank where the government decided not to freeze settlement activ- ity. However, the sources said, the present system of settlements within army camps, tacitly ap- proved by the Americans until now, is probably nearing its end. It is as- sumed in Jerusalem that the U.S. will probably not continue to accept this mode of settlement. The sources explained that the debate in the Cabinet was over doing no- thing with regard to settle- ments or doing a minimum. It was clear, the sources said, that massive settle- ment is simply not feasible at this time. Although all ministers support settle- ments in principle, they realize that widespread set- tlement activity is impossi- ble in the present political climate. The Scribes of Qumran By BERNARD S. MIKOFSKY Brooding presence of God, Barren reaches of rock, Sun baking the gnarled hills Under endless, searing skies. PURIM A GIFT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE JEWISH NEWS To: The Jewish News 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 Please send a year's gift subscription to: NAME •i FOR: God-intoxicated scribes, They covered the leather scrolls With the hallowed record Of God's word to man Through His chosen ones. They also wrote about events Of an apocalyptic war In which the Sons of Light Would at last prevail And the Sons of Darkness Would rule no more. But Vespasian's legions (Jerusalem destroyed and Masada crushed) Were already marching south . . . ADDRESS -C1TY At desks of stone In a dry and dustry plain Between mountains of the moon And the Dead Sea heavy with salt They sat, forming each letter With loving, reverent care, Working against time In a timeless desert. STATE stole occasion FROM 0 $12 enclosed ZIP The scribes wrote on, Then, before their last hour, Hurriedly hid the sacred scrolls In dark, cool caves High in the hillsides of wrinkled stone Where they would wait For the faithful To return. Solarz Sees Sinai Precedent in Sudan-Egypt Border Land WASHINGTON (JTA) — Egypt and the Sudan have had bi-national arrange- ments over large areas of land with each other's sovereign territories for the past 83 years that Israel is now asking Egypt to grant in Sinai, a Congressional hearing disclosed. In a fresh development regarding Israeli security and Egyptian sovereignty, a map was introduced by Rep. Stephen Solarz (D — NY) that shows what he said is "precisely the same ar- rangement" Israel is seek- ing for the Rafah salient that adjoins the Gaza Strip. The Library of Congress, Solarz said, is completing a study at his request on the Egyptian-Sudanese agree- ments that have been func- tioning smoothly since 1895. Solarz unrolled this geographic development at a hearing by the House International Relations subcommittee on the Middle East at which the State Department pre- sented a security sup- porting assistance prog- ram of $750 million for Egypt for the coming fis- cal year beginning Oct. 1. The map Solarz presented for Congressional scrutiny is along the 22nd degree parallel that separates Egypt and Sunda. The Sudanese government exer- cises authority over the large triangular area within Egypt in which Sudanese people live. The area is washed by the Red Sea and runs about 400 kilometers along the Egyptian-Sudanese border. On the same basis, Egypt controls a smaller area that is within Sudan and extends about 50 kilometers along their common border. In both cases, these areas are far larger than the Rafah salient which is only six- tenths of one percent of Sinai. Israel has conceded Egyptian sovereignty over Sinai but wants Is- raeli civilian police to control the Rafah area and three airfields in Sinai. "If Egypt is able to live with this program for more than 80 years," Solarz said, "it can live with it in the Rafah area with Israel for the next eight years. If it's good enough for the Sudan, it's good enough for Israel." Begin Chides Protestors JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin advised some 300 reserve soldiers and airmen who had questioned his govern- ment's policies, to let the government run the peace negotiations as it sees fit and stop interfering. Begin delivered a stern lecture in response to a peti- tion signed by the reservists asking him to choose "peace over territories." He chided the signatories for making their petition public before he received it. He told them, "It is the privilege of the petitioners to express their views." But "do they believe they can impose these views on the nation's representatives who were elected to run the country's affairs?" he asked. He also asked the sol- diers to tell him person- ally if they accepted the claims by Egypt, Jordan and other Arab countries for Israel's a priori com- mitment to withdraw to its 1967 borders and grant the West Bank and Gaza Strip residents the right of self- determination. He said he hoped their answers would be negative. He assured the reservists that his government is doing its utmost to end war and bring peace. Nazis Ordered Out of Store The operators of the Nazi bookstore on Vernor Hwy. in Detroit were ordered Wednesday to vacate the building within 10 days by Detroit Common Pleas Court. William Russell, spokes- man for the Nazis, offered no defense after questioning witnesses brought by land.- lord Edward Bullock in the jury trial. The Nazis had re- nted the storefront in De- cember, claiming they were starting a printing busi- ness. One of Bullock's wit- nesses was a printer who did some plumbing work in the store. He testified that there was no print- ing equipment in the store, and Russell admit- ted that the group had only three printing "jobs," for which they did not charge. Russell represented him- self during the proceedings, claiming no Detroit lawyer would defend a Nazi. Redgrave Lashes 'Zionists' LONDON — Actress Vanessa Redgrave has ac- cused "British Zionists and capitalists, particularly Jews" of trying to destroy her career. The London Jewish Chronicle reported that Miss Redgrave gave a speech in Malta in which she said the Palestinians and Maltese have much in common since "they both are fighting imperialism." The paper said Miss Red- grave's speech appeared to be promoting the prop- aganda film The Palesti- nians"•which she made last year for the Palestine Lib- eration Organization.