THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Mondale Visit, Saiinders' Statements Pressure Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — tee subcommittee. They
The White House an- said Saunders' remarks
nounced Wednesday that were not coincidental, im-
plying that he was trying to
Vice President Walter F.
Mondale will visit Israel at exert pressure on Israel.
the end of this month to par- Saunders repeated the
ticipate in continuing fes- U.S. view that the present
tivities marking the 30th Israeli government must
anniversary of Israel's in- not renege on the previous
dependence. The vice presi- government's acceptance of
dent will leave the U.S. the principle of territorial
June 29 and return July 3. withdrawal on all fronts as
The announcement, is- stated in Security Council
sued by President Carter, Resolution 242. The Likud-
said that Mondale "will led government insists that
convey my congratulations 242 does not apply to the
and those of the American West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Saunders stressed that
people to Israel on this im-
the U.S. role "in this pro-
portant anniversary. The
cess is not simply as
visit underscores the deep
postman between the two
and enduring ties of friend-
ship between the people of sides. At decisive points
in
the negotiations,
the United States and the
where we see it helpful to
people of Israel."
move things forward, we
The announcement noted
that Mondale was invited t.5 have in the past given our
own ideas and we will
Israel by Premier Menahem
continue to do so in con-
Begin and the speaker of the
sultation with the pare
Knesset. The,vice president
ties."
is not expected to make any
Saunders' presentation
other stops in the Middle
was challenged at two
East during his trip.
Mondale's visit was points during the hearing
seen by some Israeli ob- by pro-Israel Congressmen.
servers as an effort to in- When he stressed the im-
fluence the government portance of a joint declara-
to reply in a positive tion of principles to be ag-
manner to U.S. questions reed to by the parties, Rep.
on the future of the West Benjamin Rosenthal
(D-NY) contended that such
Bank and Idle Gaza Strip.
The observers, who are a prior declaration would
not connected with the gov- relegate the actual negotia-
ernment, suggested that the •tions to a discussion of de-
between tails instead of the custom-
atmosphere
Jerusalem and Washington ary give-and-take.
Rep. Jonathan Bingham
would be severely strained
if Israel offered a negative (D-NY) took issue with
reply and that would cloud Saunders on grounds that
the Mondale visit. They there has been "insufficient
reason that, with Mondale's realization" of what he cal-
visit imminent, the Cabinet led the "remarkably gener-
will be influenced to formu- ous proposals" made to
Premier
by
late a positive reply. Gov- Egypt
ernment officials, however, Menahem Begin. Bingham
were reluctant to endorse also charged that "the ac-
that view. They said the an- tions of our government
nouncement of Mondale's reinforce the erroneous per-
visit at a time when the ception that Israel is the re-
Cabinet faces a crisis over calcitrant one and Egypt
the formulation of a reply to forthcoming." According to
Bingham the onus should
the U.S. was coincidental.
Israeli officials, mean- by on President Anwar
while, reacted bitterly to Sadat of Egypt rather than
Tuesday's testimony by As- on Israel to come up with
sistant Secretary of State counter-proposals.
Saunders said that the
for Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs Harold Saun- Administration is awaiting
ders before a House Inter- Israel's responses to its
national Relations Commit- questions regarding the fu-
House Committee Approves
U.S. Foreign Aid for Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The House Appropriations
Committee has completed
action on $8.7 billion
foreign assistance program
for fiscal year 1979 which
includes $1.826 billion for
military and economic sup-
port assistance for Israel
and a joint U.S.-Israel pro-
ject. The sum represents the
Administration's full re-
quest for Israel.
As submitted by Rep.
Clarence D. Long (D-Md.),
chairman of the subcommit-
tee on foreign operations, it
earmarks $1 billion in
military sales credits for Is-
rael for which payments of
one half is forgiven and
$785 million in economic
support assistance.
The bill alsoappropriates
$40 million for a new
Israel-U.S. bilateral ag-
ricultural research and de-
velopment fund.
ture of the occupied ter-
ritories and political self-
expression for the Palesti-
nians before considering
"the next step." He said,
"The key to progress at the
present stage of the negotia-
tions" and "the focal point of
our current consultations
with Israel and Egypt is the
future of the West Bank and
Gaza . . . and the role of the
Palestinians in resolving
this question." According to
Saunders, "Our role is to
help the parties find a mid-
dle ground. In practical
terms, that means helping
them find a formula
whereby a practical solu-
tion for the future of the
West Bank and Gaza can be
negotiated."
Saunders said that the
U.S. and Israel "disag-
reed" over whether Sec-
urity Council Resolution
242 applied to the West
Bank. It is difficult to
see," he said, "How the
negotiations for all these
security and political ar-
rangements can go for-
ward until Israel has in-
dicated that the principle
of withdrawal in Resolu-
tion 242 can be dealt with
in the negotiations as ap-
plying to this occupied
territory."
Saunders said the U.S.
also "does not agree" with
Arab governments that de-
mand "a prior commitment
of Israel to total withdrawal
from every bit of occupied
territory." The assistant
secretary of state stressed
that "close American coop-
eration with key Arab
states is essential to achiev-
ing and guaranteeing"
peace in the Middle East but
implies no dimunition of
American support for Is-
rael. "Close relations with
one party do not mean di-
minished relations with
others," he said.
On the question of the
Palestinians, Saunders ob-
served that the U.S. has
"particularly come to rec-
ognize in new ways the im-
portance of a just resolution
of the problem of the Pales-
tinian Arabs. This is no
longer seen simply as a re-
fugee problem. It is a prob-
lem of fulfilling the legiti-
mate rights of the Palesti-
nian people in ways that
enable them to participate
in the determination of
their own future and to live
in peace and security with
Israel," he said.
Asked about recent belli-
cose statements by . Presi-
dent Sadat, Saunders re-
plied that Sadat did not in-
tend "to lower his sights"
and remains "committed to
having his (peace) initiative
succeed."
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Ehrlich Opposes
Low Income Bill
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Finance Minister Simha
Ehrlich urged Dr. Israel
Katz, Minister of Social
Betterment and Labor, to
postpone the introduction of
a minimum income bill.
In a letter to Katz and to
Deputy Premier Yigael
Yadin, chairman of the
Ministerial Social Better-
ment Committee, Ehrlich
wrote that the bill would
mean that some 250,000
families would enjoy finan
cial support from the state,
and many would prefer not
to work at all.
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