THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Israel Hardliners Continue Camp David Attacks By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA) — Even though Israel has not given away one single inch of the West Bank, even though no real negotiations have yet begun over the West Bank, it is a fact that much of the ultra-hardline criticism here of the Camp David agreements focusses on the West Bank rather than on the Sinai which is to be completely evacuated. Geula Cohen, the Herut ebrand who has been in forefront of attacks on Premier Menahem Begin, scarcely mentions the Sinai in her speeches and articles. Neither Sharm el-Sheikh nor the Rafah salient set- tlements figure in her criti- cism of the Camp David ac- cords. Her condemnation of Begin is for his "betrayal of Eretz Yisrael." Nor do any of Begin's pro- testations that he has not betrayed Eretz Yisrael, that his claim to sovereignty over the West Bank is still valid, that no settlements will ever be removed from there, that, on the contrary, new ones will , be built — none of this seems to affect 1W. Cohen and her allies in the slightest. Cohen herself, and cer- tain critics of Begin in the Labor camp, have, in fact, been entirely consis- tent. Last January, when the premier first pre- sented his plan for au- tonomy on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Cohen and the others warned that the plan "sowed the seeds of a Palestinian state." Now, with the "prece- dent" of the Sinai with- drawal to cite in argument, the ultra hardline opposi- tion is redoubling its assert- ing that Begin, determined to avoid a "repartition" of the West Bank, has in fact triggered a process that will result in the whole of the area becoming, one day, an independent Palestinian state. The autonomy, they con- tend, will develop a momen- tum of its own. The process is probably irreversible. Begin himself, asked about this in a Rosh Hashana interview with Maariv, declared "There will never be a Palestinian state under any conditions. As a Jew," he said, "I can say I shall always be proud that a Jewish government proposed autonomy for the nhabitants of Judea, Samaria and G4za. A Pales- tinian state however shall not arise. Under no condi- tion shall it arise. We are responsible for that. The Is- rael army ' in Judea, Samaria and Gaza will be responsible for that . . . ." But what would hap- pen, the interviewer per- sisted, if the autonomous council one day pro- claimed an independent state? Begin cut him short. ".... If it pro- claims a state it will be in breach of the law and of . the agreements — and we will not stand for it. tive of the Camp David ac- cords. In other words, a majority of those who be- lieved the accords will re- sult in a Palestinian state nevertheless declared that they backed the accords. What, then, of the "national consensus" opposing a sepa- rate Palestinian state at all costs? GEULA COHEN MENAHEM BEGIN "Therefore this fear should be removed from the hearts of Israeli citizens . . . . We have not proposed an autonomy from which will grow an independent state, which would be a mortal danger for the very existence of the Jewish state and would cause con- stant bloodshed and even- tual all-out war in difficult conditions for Israel . . . . "We proposed autonomy, not a state. The difference is vast . . . . A state has a par- liament, a government, an army, diplomatic relations with other states, and other characteristics. The inhabi- tants of Judea, Samaria and Gaza cannot have these things — because if they had them, they would de- termine not only their own fate, but also our fate — they would determine for us murder, bloodshed and vio- lence. We will never agree to this. Never." The premier was voicing these assurances to a public that has been taught for a decade and more that a separate Palestinian state would be a disaster for Is- rael to be avoided at any cost. And that teaching is still very much a part of the "national consensus." In- deed, an opinion poll com- missioned by Yediot Ac- hronot and published ear- lier this month shoWed that 90 percent of Israelis were totally opposed to the crea- tion of a Palestinian state on the West Bank and Gaza. In part, of course, the an- swer must be that polls are notoriously unscientific and therefore not worthy of such portentous political analysis. So much depends on how the questions are phrased. If the pollsters had asked "Do you want peace if the price is a Palestinian state?" the number of posit- ive replies might have been less than 50 percent. But having noted the precarious nature of poll-analysis, one can scarcely avoid noting, nevertheless, that the "na- tional consensus" seems to be wearing thin. Indeed a dispassionate look at the past 11 months shows that "consensus" has not stood up well to the rav- ages of reality, to the buffet- ing of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's peace initia- tive. Whole chunks of it have fallen by the wayside. First, there was Sharm el-Sheikh. For 10 years the "national consensus" dic- tated that Israel would not leave the strategic spot ever again. But in December, Premier Begin ceded it to Egypt — and hardly a whimper was raised in pro- – test. But at the same time — and this is a potentially vital development follow- ing Camp David — the skepticism regarding Be- gin's promise that such a state will "never" arise is not confined to his rela- tively few hawkish oppo- nents. Fully 50 percent of the public, that same poll showed, believe that a The Rafah salient, with Palestinian state will in its solidly established `Vial of Life' fact evolve on the West Jewish settlements, was Program Begun Bank and Gaza as a result another pillar of the "na- The Southfield area is of the Camp David ac- tional consensus." In- deed, Begin himself re- being introduced this cords. To perceive the full sig- ferred to it as such only month to a program with potential life-saving nificance of these figures, a weeks before Camp capabilities. The program third result of the same poll David. But that pillar, centers around a container must be introduced: some 80 too, has fallen almost called the Vial of Life, percent of those asked pro- soundlessly — for the which holds a patient's med- fessed themselves suppor- tumult in the Knesset re- cently was, as we have ical history. seen, more over fears for Residents of this area and NY Enrollment the West Bank than over others in Michigan and NEW YORK (JTA) — Al- Ohio — especially elderly though two new elementary the fate of Rafah and its settlements. people who are frequently home alone — are being encouraged to obtain the vials. Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc. is launching the program in cooperation with emergency medical personnel. The vials are available free of charge at all Cunningham drug stores. The vials are placed in the refrigerator — on the upper left shelf — and a label is put on the re- frigerator door. An-other label is provided for the outside door to the house. These notify emergency medical crews that a medical history is avail- able when they arrive. Refrigerators were cho- _sen by medical personnel because refrigerators are located in most houses and apartments, and because kitchens are frequently the - site of a medical emergency. However, a second Vial of Life is recommended for the glove compartment of a car. Hebrew day schools were opened in Brooklyn for the new school year, there has been no appreciable in- crease in enrollment in such schools in the Greater New York area, which has re- mained roughly at 1976-77 level of 54,000 students, Torah Umesorah has re- ported. Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, who some years ago said he would prefer Sharm el-Sheikh without peace than peace without Sharm el-Sheikh, today concedes that the new situation has caused him to change his mind and to recommend giving up the area for the chance of peace. The ultra- hardliners, however, have not shifted with the circum- stances. 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