Friday, February 9, 1919 1
THE DETROIT EWISH NEWS
New M.E. Peace Talks Expected Soon, But U.S. Favors Egypt
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circumstances.
But the White House
stated later that President
Carter would not undertake
such a venture unless both
sides showed greater flexi-
bility on the issues that
have blocked a peace treaty
to date. Presidential press
secretary Jody Powell said
that so far the requisite flex-
ibility has not been de-
monstrated.
It is believed that the new
ministerial-level talks will
deal with all of the out-
standing differences bet-
ween Israel and Egypt and
attempt to resolve them as a
package. This would be a
departure from the earlier
U.S. strategy of trying to
promote agreement on les-
ser issues before tackling
the main obstacles to a
peace treaty. Such an at-
tempt by President Carter's
special envoy Alfred Ather-
ton failed last month.
The U.S. invitation has
already triggered beneath-
the-surface discord within
the Cabinet regarding the
amount of authority to be
given to the negotiating
team under Foreign Minis-
ter Moshe Dayan. Dayan
has indicated to Begin that
he would demand broad
powers to engage in real
give-and-take negotiation.
But several ministers are
expected to demand in Sun-
day's Cabinet debate that
Dayan be barred from mak-
ing any concessions or
operative proposals without
the Cabinet approval .
Carter's two senior
Cabinet members made it
clear to Congress Mon-
day that his Administra-
tion bears a lukewarm at-
titute towards Israel's
strategic importance to
the U.S. and that it is di-
rectly supporting Egypt's
principle terms for an
Isareli-Egyptian peace
treaty. These points
emerge from testimony to
the House Foreign Af-
fairs Committee by
Vance and Defense Sec-
retary Harold Brown in
the Administration's ini-
tial presentation of its
$8.9 billion foreign aid
program for the fiscal
year which begins Oct. 1.
Vance testified the Carter
Administration favors link-
ing that settlement with the
establishment of Palesti-
nian Arab autonomy on the
West Bank and Gaza Strip.
This is a cardinal demand
by Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat but is strongly
opposed by ISrael which has
emphasized that such lin-
kage violates the Camp
David agreements that pro-
vide for separate
frameworks.
Later, Vance met for 40
minutes with Israeli Am-
bassador Ephraim Evron.
In his Congressional tes-
timony, Vance outlined the
Administration's positions
in response to a question
from the Committee's rank-
ing Republican, Rep. Wil-
liam Broomfibld of Michi-
gan, whd asked "where we
stand" on the Egyptian-
Israeli discussions. Vance
replied that "no tangible
progress" had occurred in
special U.S. Ambassador
Alfred Atherton's recent
12-day mission to Cairo and
Jerusalem. In those discus-
sions, Israel had agreed to
some Egyptian changes
while Egypt refused to
make any changes.
The secretary then said,
"We now have a clear un-
derstanding on what the
barometers are for dealing
with the remaining issues.
Is is my own judgement that
the only way they can be
dealt with is as a package.
All of us can see individual
ways for language to cover
the various treaty provi-
sions.
"But I think treaty pro-
visions and how one re-
solves the establishment
of the self-governing au-
thority on the West Bank
have to be resolved at the
same time in connection
with an overall political
settlement between
E _ gypt and Israel."
Vance Repeats
Egyptian Line
Vance's expressed per-
ception is precisely what
Egypt has demanded since
last October after the U.S.
had presented a draft peace
treaty to Egyptian and Is-
raeli negotiators at Blair
House and which Israel had
accepted Nov. 12.
The U.S. has now, in view
of Vance's statement, gone
back on its own - proposals.
President Carter said as
much in December when he
called for a treaty by Dec. 17
and praised Sadat as
"generous" in his demands.
It was thought that by
various remarks since then
the President has with-
drawn from that position
and eliminated some "irri-
tations" in his relationship
with the American Jewish
community. Vance's tes-
timony, however, appa-
rently indicates the Ad-
ministration has not altered
its leanings 'toward Sadat
and away from Israeli Pre-
mier Menahem Begin.
$1.2 billion in U.S. aid to
build two bases in the
Negev replacing those Is-
rael will abandon in the
Sinai and $2 billion more for
roads and other facilities
needed for the new bases.
Vance added that the
U.S. had has "some dis-
cussion" with Israel
about this but it has "not
pursued this very ac-
tively recently" because
"we want the negotia-
tions completed" bet-
ween Israel and Egypt.
Brown then testified that
building the two air bases
in the Negev would cost
about $1 billion. When
Solarz asked whether
"without necessary in-
frastructure" the bases
could be operational,
Brown replied "neces-
sary and desirable" are
different. He did not
elaborate.
Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal
(D-NY) asked Vance about
the negative attitude to-
ward the Camp David ac-
cords by Jordan and Saudi
Arabia. Vance agreed that
they were "not cooperative"
but beyond that he main-
tained that they are long-
standing allies and moder-
rael of course, qualifies very
strongly" in that way.
Aid for Negev
Bases Questioned
Rep. Stephen Solarz
(D-NY) raised questions
about Israel's request for
Sharon Expecting
1979 Peace Treaty
In Jerusalem Agricul-
tural Minister Ariel Sharon
said Tuesday he expected
that the peace treaty with
Egypt would be signed this
year. He said the overall Is-
rael interest dictated that
the effort be made to sign
the treaty sooner rather
than later.
He observed that there
was a counter-interest: an
early signing, he said,
would "strengthen the pre-
sent U.S. Administration,"
implying that was not in Is-
rael's interest.
issues still in dispute.
Begin said it was not Is-
rael's fault that the negotia-
tions had lapsed.
Meanwhile, Premier
Begin reiterated that Is-
rael is still ready to sign
the draft treaty with
Egypt as it now stands
and is also ready to re-
sume negotiations on the
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Brown, who will be in
the Middle East for the
first time in his life when
he visits Jordan, Saudi
Arabia, Israel and Egypt,
on his nine=day mission
starting Saturday as
head of a high-level De-
fense Department mis-
sion, was reminded by
Rep. Jonathan Bingham
(D-NY) that he did not
mention Israel's strategic
importance as being
"greatly enhanced" by
events in Iran.
Without responding di-
rectly to the question,
Brown replied, "Israel's
security is best achieved by
forward movement" to-
wards a peace settlement.
He added that "naturally"
the U.S. "depends on stabil-
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tion" in the Mideast and "Is-
ate regimes. He expressed
hope that in the long run
they would join the peace
process.
Rep. Larry Winn (R-
Kan.) asked about the U.S.
relations with the Palesti-
nian Arabs and the Pales-
tine Liberation Organiza-
tion. Vance replied that
U.S. officials have met with
"some leaders on the West
Bank" but have had no con-
tact with the PLO. Vance
said that the participation
of West Bank-Gaza "people"
in the negotiations "to de-
cide their future" is "abso-
lutely essential to the Camp
David accords."
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executive of the Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith adopted a resolution
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ter Administration of re-
tarding the peace process in
the Middle East by "its pol-
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