70 Friday, Deamber 21, 1978
11W DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Alton Defends Israeli Stance in M.E. Peace Talks Impasse
Former Israeli Foreign
Minister Yigal Alton, at a
Southfield press conference
on Monday, defended Israel
in the current impasse in
peace negotiations between
Israel and Egypt.
Alton was in the Detroit
area Sunday and Monday as
part of a U.S. tour on behalf
of the Labor Zionist Al-
liance. He spoke Sunday at
a memorial service for the
late Golda Meir at Cong.
Shaarey Zedek.
During a speech in Ann
Arbor on Sunday, Allon was
heckled by Palestinian
demonstrators.
Alton told the press on
Monday that as far as Israel
was concerned, a peace
treaty between Israel and
Egypt could have been
signed "not only on Sunday,
the deadline agreed upon at
Camp David, but weeks ear-
lier. Egypt asked for confus-
ing clarifications by the
U.S. government and the
signing was postponed."
Israel has offered to
give up all of the Sinai,
including villages and
military bases, Allon
said, in exchange for a
true peace. After this was
all agreed to at Camp
David and Blair House
"new conditions are de-
manded."
Allon blamed the changes
in Cairo's mood on the Arab
summit conference of rejec-
tionist states that was held
in Baghdad.
He said a peace treaty "is
supposed to stand on its cwn
two feet, unrelated to any
future agreement with any
other Arab goverment. It
should be freely negotiated,
freely signed by two sover-
eign states who were at war
and who now seek a genuine
peace.
"The latest demands by
Labor Leader Will Be Cited
in January for Israel Bonds
Horace Brown, left, president of the Retail Store
Employees Union Local 876, is greeted during his re-
cent visit to Israel by Israel's Minister of Labor and
Social Affairs Israel Goralnik.
Horace Brown, president
and chief executive officer of
Retail Store Employees
Union Local 876 (AFL-CIO)
will be presented Israel's
Solidarity Award at a trib-
ute dinner to be held Jan. 21
at Fairlane Manor.
Announcement of the
selection of Brown for the
prestigious award came
from David B. Hermelin,
general chairman of the
Greater Michigan Commit-
tee for State of Israel Bonds.
The dinner, reflecting a
broad-based labor-
management cooperative
effort on behalf of Israel's
economic development
through the Israel Bond
program, will honor Brown
for his "long-standing sup-
port of Israel, and his serv-
ice to the American labor
movement and - humanita-
rian causes."
The honoree was a par-
ticipant in a recent Retail
Clerks International Union
delegation of leading local
presidents, which con-
ducted a six-day fact-
finding visit to Israel, as
guests of the Israeli gov-
ernment.
Born and raised in
Michigan, Brown has
been active in the labor
movement since the
1930's. He served as an in-
ternational representa-
tive and general or-
Egypt are weakening
Egypt's commitment to
honor the peace treaty.
Egypt is asking for an
American understanding in
a side letter that if Israel at-
tacks another Arab country
Egypt is free to come to the
Arab nation's defense. •
"It is an insult that the
U.S. could even think that
Israel would attack,"
Allon stated. "In every
Arab-Israeli war in the
last 31 years the Arabs
claimed Israel started the
war.
"This is a bad letter. If
Egypt insists on it then it is
a bad sign of her inten-
tions."
Allon said the issue of
linking the treaty to West
Bank and Gaza autonomy is
also dangerous. "Autonomy
was the initiative of
Menahem Begin, not Egypt
or the U.S. So why should
Israel be suspected all of a
sudden that she will not live
up to her own plan?"
He added, "The PLO and
the Kingdom of Jordan are
working against each other
and against autonomy.
What if they thwart au-
tonomy? Should an
Israeli-Egyptian peace be
cancelled?"
Allon said the U.S. role
in the peacemaking
process in the Middle.
East is indispensable.
But a mediator "should
not propose his own plan,
and should refrain from
giving out 'marks' to the
two sides. When this
happens, effective medi-
ation fades away."
He said that if Egypt
wants peace she will have to
stick to the accepted texts
that were negotiated to-
gether. He said the U.S. is
applying "indirect pres-
sure" on Israel when Wash-
ington issues a statement
saying that Egypt has made
concessions and Israel has
not agreed.
"We have not•reached the
end, but an advanced
point," he said. "Maybe a
short cooling off period will
do no harm. But as far as I
am concerned the negotia-
tions can resume tomor-
row."
In answering a reporter's
question, Allon described
Israel as a great American
asset, rather than a liabil-
ity. "Israel's presence is
helping to stabilize the
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entire Middle East. The
'cost effectiveness' of
American aid to Israel in
those terms is extremely
high."
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gahizer for the Retail
Clerks International
Association, then became
secretary-treasurer of
Local 876. He was elected
to his present position in
1972.
Brown also serves on the
Wayne County Central
Labor Council, the Execu-
tive Board of the Michigan
State AFL-CIO and the
Executive Committee to the
State AFL-CIO. In addition,
he has been elected a vice
president of Retail Clerks
International Union,
AFL-CIO.
Kravitz Grove
Honors Parents
The Isaac and Rose
Kravitz Memorial Grove of
1,000 trees is being planted
in Israel through the Jewish
National Fund by their
children, Mr. and Mrs.
Seymour (Faye) Bross of
Franklin, Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley (Renee) Kravitz of
Cincinnati and Mr. and
Mrs. Malcolm (Shaney)
Sherwat of Dayton, Ohio.
The senior Kravitzes,
who came from Russia, were
active in Orthodox circles in
Cincinnati for 50 years.
To plant trees in Israel for
any occasion, call the JNF
office, 557-6644.
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AND TO JEWS ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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BE A JOYOUS OCCASION
BRINGING PEACE TO ALL!
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Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Stollman
and their families •