THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 14 Friday, January 12, 1919 IBM Typewriters SeleCtriC, Peace May Pose Tougher Problems Than War By DAVID LANDAU JERUSALEM (JTA) — This attempt at crystal ball-gazing if made on the premise that 1979 will be etc. $400 Add 'n Type 862-1300 342-7801) If you're not wearing it, sell it. You can't enjoy your jewelry if it's sitting in your safe deposit box. Sell it for immediate cash. We purchase fine gems, Dia.mondS and Gold Jewelry. A -service - to private owners, banks and estates. Norman Allan f stasli 11 find -Alton esti 1 trholi 11 Established 1919 30400 Telegraph Rd.-Suite 134 Birmingham,'Ml. 48010 tall 642-5575 V V NW V 4 4 V V ENCORE MEN'S CLOTHIERS, INC. • FIRST COUNTDOWN SALE!!! on Entire Inventory January 11 thru January 17 50% off January 18 thru January 24 45% off January 25 thru January 31 40% off Remember, The Sooner You Come In The Store The More You SAVE!!! Ready the Countdown's Begun 55% off • All Major Credit Cards Accepted Hours: Mon., Thurs. 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With the inflation over the last quarter of the old year running at more than five percent a Month, the Histadrut leaders contended that workers could not wait until April for their COL increments. The govern- ment and private em- ployers, predictably, balked at this. Whatever level of Ameri- can aid is eventually agreed upon, it is already clear that the economic burden on the shoulders of every Israeli breadwinner will grow even heavier as a result of the cost of peace and with- drawal. In the long term, of course, peace is likely to bring investments and eco- nomic prosperity. But 1979, at any rate, and the years immediately following, are going to be hard for Israelig, and Ehrlich deserves credit at least for not seeking to distort the hard truth. The alleviation of the threat of war may also bring to the surface the religio- secular ideological conflict that has been simmering beneath Israeli society vir- tually since the state was born. It is perhaps no coin- cidence that a near-crisis in the - coalition over theater performances in Tel Aviv on Friday nights came in the first days of the new year. The National Religious Party threatened to bolt the government when the city of Tel Aviv agreed to allow a municipal-owned theater to schedule Fri- day night performances. The crisis was temporar- ily averted when Mayor Shlomo Lehat bowed to a 4C < personal plea from Begin to cancel the permit for Friday night perform- ances. It seemed to reflect a pent-up determination in secularist and religious camps — now that peace was at hand — to return to the days of the open conflict over the "status quo," days <: that had been virtually for- C r gotten since the Yom Kip- pur War because the years since then have been taken up with the weightier con- siderations of war and peace. The peace, then, will the year of peace with Egypt. At the time of this writing that happy condi- tion is not yet secure. But the indications, from Jerusalem, Cairo and Washington .increasingly point to the three parties' desire to revive the stalled treaty negotiations and wrap up the remaining, relatively minor, points of dispute. In any event, Israel's economy is a major problem. Finance Minister Simha Ehrlich, presently fighting for his political future against a head-on attack from fellow Liberal Minis- es Ntvs4wse, , . bring on the oft-predicted test and strain upon the fab- ric and cohesion of Israeli society, with religious and secular foces inevitably stepping up their efforts to mold the still-developing society after their own im- age. To date these forces have been held in check by the exigencies of the ongoing state of war. But with the advent of peace, ideologies and personalities can be ex- pected to clash with "no holds barred" and only time will tell whether the Israeli body politic is strong enough and well-founded enough to stand this buffet- ing and emerge whole and wholesome. Most of the religious and ideological struggles that. certainly lie ahead will be played out over a period much longer than one calendar year. But one at least, that between the Gush Emunim and the legally constituted power of the state, is likely to come to -a head — during , the next 12 months as the pullback from Sinai becomes a reality and the Palesti- nian autonomy begins to take shape. , To date, Premier Begin has shown himself tougher and more aware of thip threat posed to democrac by the Gush than his Labor Party predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin. If he continues to stand up to the Gush during the months ahead he will have convincingly quashed this challenge to the rule of law in Israel and will have set a useful precedent for the challenges that lie ahead. Likud MK Blames Carter for Israel-Egypt Impasse NEW YORK -(JTA)• — MK Abraham Sharir, chairman of the Likud par- liamentary faction, is claiming that President Carter was responsible for Egypt's hardened position on a peace treaty with Israel and warned that if the stalemated negotiations are not resumed within two or three weeks, the Middle East will embark "on a long crisis, the end of which is hard to foresee." Addressing a press con- ference at the Israeli Consu late here, Sharir said the _Seek Negev Dig Prior to Outpost JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Cabinet earmarked IL 10 million for an "emer- gency archeological survey" of the Negev in advance of the projected new military deployment there following •peace with Egypt. The work will be done under the aegis ' of the Education Ministry. Officials explained that Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin, a leading ar- cheologist, and a number of - his academic and ministe- rial colleagues feared that archeological treasures would be irretrievably damaged or destroyed in the course of constructing Is- rael's new defense lines in Sinai. No such survey had ever been undertaken in the past, Cabinet Secretary Arye Naor said. Naor said the an- nouncement did not sig- nal new optimism over the course of the still- stalled peace talks with Egypt. But, he said, the "assumption" was that a treaty would be signed and thus the survey was a matter of pressing urgency. - He explained that the plans were to conduct quick digs at key sites unearthed by the survey to salvage as much as possible that might otherwise be • crushed forevef by the bulldozers. Egyptians hardened their position as a result of President Carter's "ex- treme", siding with the Arab cause. He said the U.S. could play a positive role in reviving the peace talks by taking more balanced posi- tions between the parties. But Sharir, a member of Likud's Liberal Party wing, said nonetheless' thin the feeling in the Knesset is that a breakthrough will soon be made in the stalled talks. Asked by reporters to what this feeling could be attributed, Sharir said that Egypt and Israel both went too far in search of peace to go back now. He noted that Israel has agreed to de- mands for changes in Ar- ticle IV of the draft -treaty calling for a review of the military aspects after five years. But he said that Is- rael would not agree to a target date for autonomy on the West Bank and Gaza Strip or to changes in Article VI, the priority of obligations clause. The Israeli parliamenta- rian, who is.. on a two-week visit to meet American media representatives and U.S. officials, warned that recent developments in the Middle East, notably the crisis in Iran, allowed the Soviet Union to increase its influence in the region. He predicted that Saud Arabia will be the next Middle Eastern country to face turmoil, this despite the massive American mili- tary build'-up there. "To weaken Israel now will be a grave mistake" on the part- of the U.S., Sharir said. . A Low Profile TEHERAN (ZINS)—The Israeli mission in Teheran flies no flag nor has any identifying signs on its gates and outer walls. Before rioting against the Shah began, exports from Israel to Iran had reached the $100 million level.