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Israel Won't Bow to Sadat's War Threats -
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
senior political source said
Wednesday that Israel will
not change its positions on a
peace settlement in the face
of Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat's declaration
that the military struggle
would be renewed unless Is-
rael responded satisfactor-
ily to his peace initiative.
The source said that Sadat's
remarks were an obstacle to
progress in the peace pro-
cess.
Sadat, addressing troops
of the Egyptian Second
•Army at Ismailia, said they
must be prepared "for the
completion of the battle of
liberation if there is no al-
ternative and if Israel con-
tinues not to understand
what is behind the peace in-
itiative." Israeli sources
said Sadat's declaration
contradicted the second
Sinai interim agreement of
August 1975 in which both
parties agreed not to resort
to force.
While the reaction by of-
ficial sources was kept in a
low key, Shimon Peres,
leader of the oppositon
Labor Alignment, accused
Sadat of aggravating the
present delicate situation.
He stressed, however, tat
the door to negotiations was
not closed. Yet former
Foreign Minister Yigal
Allon said he was disturbed
by other recent statements
by Sadat in which he men-
tioned the war option.
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It seems to me that
President Sadat is trying
to achieve a settlement on
his own terms, not neces-
sarily by negotiations but
rather by dictating them
directly or through the
U.S.," Allon said.
In Washington, State De-
partment spokesman Hod-
ding Carter said the U.S.
does not believe Sadat "has
raised the war option."
"We have no reason
whatsoever to doubt that he
(Sadat) continues to support
the effort to reach a com-
prehensive peace settle-
ment in the Middle East,"
Carter told reporters.
Carter also confirmed
that Secretary of State
Syrus Vance had recently
reassured the Egyptian
foreign minister that the
U.S. position on Israel
exploitation of natural re-
sources in the Sinai re-
mained "unchanged."
Carter said that it was
the U.S. position that "the
development of the
exploitation of new oil in
the fields in the occupied
territories is unpre-
cedented and goes
beyond the legal author-
ity of a belligerent oc-
cupant" under interna-
tional law.
Mea"hile, Foreign
Minister Moshe Dayan said
that it was premature for Is-
rael to make any concrete
statements on the future of
the West Bank after the
five-year interim of "self
rule" proposed in its peace
plan. "Much depends on
what will happen during
the five years, Dayan said.
His remarks indicated
that he would advocate a
non-committal reply by Is-
rael to the American ques-
tions not under study by the
Cabinet with respect to the
future of the West Bandk
and political self-expression
for the Palestinians. he said
the West Bank sovereignty
issue could be left open for
"at least" five years and if it
is eventually raised, Israel
would assert its claim to the
territory.
The Cabinet began con-
sideration of teh American
questions at its session last
Sunday. It is expected to
formulate a reply when it
meets again on Monday. At
Sunday's meeting, moder-
ate ministers of the Democ-
ratic Movement for Change
(DMC) were reported to
have called for "positive"
responses while Herut
hard-liners urged a vague
formulation.
Dayan said he thought
it was possible for Jor-
dan to accept Israel's
"self-rule" offer on the
West Bank as the first
stage of an eventual set-
tlement. He added that it
would have been "far
fetched" for Israel to
have offered more "as a
first stage."
He was critical of the dis-
tinction made by his DMC
colleagues and the opposi-
tion Labor Alignment over
Israel's security considera-
tions and the so-called
"messianic" claims to the
West Bank. He charged that
this was "dangerous de-
magogy" that weakens Is-
rael's arguments against
returning to its 1967 bor-
ders.
Deputy Premier Yigael
Yadin, leader of the DMC,
said his party was not con-
sidering quitting Begin's
Likud-led coalition gover-
ment because the DMC
ministers were "full
partners in all matters of
foreign affairs and sec-
urity." -
Yadin and his three fel-
low DMC ministers ap-
peared at a press conference
to defend their party's role
in the government against
allegations that it had no
in-put or influence in the
government's decision-
making process. Last week,
the DMC Council, by a
42-10 vote, approved a
statement saying it would
consider leaving the coal-
tion unless the government
adopted more flexible posi-
tions in peace talks.
A hot political deabte
has been raging in Israel
for several weeks over
the peace initiative and
the Begin government's
peace proposals.
Former Premiers Yitzhak
Rabin and Golda Meir
criticized the government's
policies last week. Mrs.
Meir objected to Israel's
total withdrawal from Sinai
and Begin's West Bank
peace plan. She said the
only change in Egypt's
peace position was Sadat's
November trip to Israel.
She added that any
change in the Egyptian
government would necessi-
tate Israel retaining por-
tions of the Sinai and that
the West Bank plan might
allow for a Palestinian
state.
Rabin claimed the pre-
sent U.S. proposals, that
speak of border adjustments
but retain opposition to a
Palestinian state, would be
a good basis for peace.
He said he would recom-
mend dividing sovereignty
over the West Bank bet-
ween Israel and Jordan and
then working out a com-
promise in the spirit of Sec-
urity Council resolution
242.
At the other extreme,
militants of the Gush
Emunim and three MKs
who share their ideology
held a press conference
at which the Gush politi-
cal secretary Gershon
Shafat demanded that
the government rescind
its peace plan and launch'
major settlement prog-
rams in Judaea and
Samaria, meaning the
west bank.
He warned of a "big front"
ahead, accused the govern-
ment of doing too little in
recent months to establish
new settlements and urged
it to initiate development
projects that would attract
hundreds of thousands of
settlers to the territories.
In the United States, the
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith urged the U.S. to
review its positions on Mid-
dle East issues, recognize
that it is Egypt which has
interrupted progress to-
wards Middle East peace
and to take "vigorous steps"
to bring Egypt back to the
bargaining table with Is-
rael.
Rabin Denies Policy Rift
LONDON (JTA) — Yit- to open borders and normal
zhak Rabin has denied that economic, cultural and dip-
the Israeli opposition and lomatic relations;
• Israel would not with-
government are deeply split
over foreign policy and fore- draw to the pre-1967 lines
cast that, if Egypt re- since that would invite
entered peace negotiations, another war;
• There should be "no
the Begin government
would make appropriate Arafat state" in the ter-
gestures to show its good- ritories;
• No negotiations with
will to the Arabs.
Rabin's comments fol- the PLO;
• Jerusalem must remain
lowed sharp public disag-
reements here by other Is- united as the capital of Is-
raeli politicians. On Sun- rael.
Rabin also lambasted the
day, Yigal Allon made a
blistering attack on the "package" sale of jets to Is-
Begin government's peace rael, Egypt and Saudi
proposals when he addres- Arabia as a breach of com-
sed local Labor Zionist sup- mitments first made to Is-
porters. The next day, Ariel rael by President Ford in
Sharon, agriculture minis- September 1975. The lin-
ter, told a press conference kage was also the first...time
at the Israel Embassy that that the United States had
Allon's remarks were "the put Israel's security on the
same level as the security of
height of irresponsibility".
Rabin assured 500 work- Egypt and Saudi Arabia,
ers of the -Joint Israel Ap- and thus a departure from
peal that there was a na- previous U.S. assurances
tional consensus on five about America's "special
main points: commitment" to Israel, he
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• That peace would lead said.
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