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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Carter Applauds Pending Peace Agreement Between Israel, Egypt
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concern, and in working
with these two friends to
build a stable and peaceful
Middle East."
The Cabinet decision
opens the way to a treaty
signing,, possibly next week
in Washington, and then in
Cairo and Jerusalem. Egyp-
tian Premier Mustafa
Khalil was quoted Wednes-
day as saying the Washing-
ton ceremony might take
place next Thursday or Fri-
ay.
he Cabinet devoted its
yen-hour session Wed-
nesday solely to the two re-
maining issues — the Sinai
oil and the "phased with-
drawal." There is to be an-
other Cabinet session Sun-
day on the "treaty package
as a whole," aild,
presumably, at this session
the ministers will have to
address themselves to the
issue of the nature of the
proposed Palestinian au-
tonomy.
There was a Cabinet
decision of some weeks
ago to hold a debate on
the autonomy before the
treaty is signed. Political
observers do not expect
that such a debate, at this
stage, could seriously
endanger the progress of
the peace process to its
final consummation in
the three signing cere-
monies.
Begin on Wednesday re--
fused to answer questions,
explaining good-naturedly
that he had "got a cold" and
had been ordered by his doc
tors to go home and rest.
Begin's cold was already
apparent in his Israeli and
U.S. TV interviews Tuesday
night. But observers said he
seemed in excellent health
and spirits despite his clog-
ged nasal passages.
When Carter left Israel
for an unscheduled stop in
Egypt on Tuesday before re-
turning to the U.S., obser-
vers believed that -the
President's dramatic Mid-
dle East initiative had
failed.
* * *
Knesset Speeches
by Carter, Begin
Carter and Begin ad-
dressed the Knesset Mon-
day morning in speeches
that proclaimed their un-
remitting desire to bring
the Israeli-Egyptian peace
process to a successful con-
clusion.
The President said he
aluect the "enormous
crifices and great risks
for peace" that Israel has
already made but de-
clared, "We have not yet
fully met our challenge,
despite our unflagging
determination . . . We still
fall short."
He urged Israel to under-
take "the somber responsi-
bility . . . to contemplate the
tragedy of failure and the
Whispered diplomacy between President Jimmy
Carter and Prime Minister Menahem Begin.
legitimate exaltation of
making peace."
Begin, referring re-
peatedly to "serious prob-
lems" and "serious issues
and difficult problems" that
must be solved, stressed
that Israel would never
compromise its security for
a peace treaty that is not "a
real peace" and "can be
broken."
Carter received a warm
reception in the Knesset but
there was no applause dur-
ing his speech. At the outset
he told the Knesset that for
the past 24 hours, he had
been drafting different ver-
sions of his speech. "I have
discarded the speech of de-
spair. I have disCarded the
; speech of glad tidings-and
celebration. I have decided
to deliver the speech of con-
cern and caution and hope,"
the President said.
Begin, who mounted
the podium after Carter's
address, was subjected to
severe heckling from.
die-hard members of his
own Likud coalition who
are opposed to a treaty
with Egypt and from
left-wing elements. The
shouts and cat-calls con-
tinued as he delivetred his
address and MK Geula
Cohen was ejected from
the chamber.
* * *
•
Peres Refers
to Palestinians
Shimon Peres, chairman
of the Labor Party, who ad-
dressed the Knesset on be-
half of the opposition, sur-
prised the Chamber and
many of his Labor col-
leagues when he called for a
"positive understanding"
with the Palestinian Arabs.
Responding- to President
Carter, he declared, "We are
aware that the_ Egyptian
House were installed late
last week to allow President
Carter and his aides direct
and immediate contact with
their home base. Just lifting
the receiver made im-
mediate contact with the
White House.
At the same time, the
Ministry of Communica-
tions began re-establishing
telephone lines between
Jerusalem and Cairo. The
telephone communications
between the two capitals
first operated during
Gush leader Hannan Porat
was among the detainees.
The demonstrators tried
to set up a barrier on the
main road to downtown
Jerusalem. One of them
lunged at the President's
limousine and was pulled
back by border police. The
police used force to disperse
the others. ,
Several hundred mem-
bers of the Peace Now
movement stood by, appar-
ently intending to move
against the Gush if the
police failed to do so.
Meanwhile, 21 Gush
leaders who were
rounded up by police ear-
lier to prevent a
threatened anti-Carter
demonstration in the
heart of the capital, went
on a hunger strike in
their jail cells.
The preventive arrests
were prompted by ,an an-
nouncement by the Gush
last week that they would
demonstrate against Carter
and try to disrupt his visit.
Some Gush tried to close the
Tel Aviv-Jerusalem road
Saturday to block Carter's
motorcade from Ben-Gurion
Airport from entering the
city.
Gush leaders denounced
the arrests as "brutal be-
havior" on the part of the
government and prompted
the many outbursts in the
Knesset by Likiid MK
Geulb. Cohen during Begin's
address.
* * *
leaders to whom you have
just spoken are concerned
with the future of the still
unresolved Palestinian is-
sue. So are we."
The Labor movement, he
said, "has and will continue
to support a full and fair
dialogue with Palestinian
leaders who recognize Is-
rael's- statehood, who would
show a readiness to
negotiate a permanent
peace and who would
Communication
understand that mutual
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compromise is necessary to
gain a just peace."
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It was learned that the lines between the King
advance text of Peres' David Hotel and the White
address created discord
within the Labor Party
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He reiterated his long
held view that a settlement
of the Palestinian issue can
be accomplished only
within the framework of
negotiations with Jurdan.
But he ruled out unequivoc-
ally any contacts with the
Palestine Liberation
Organization.
* * *
President Anwar Sadat's
visit here in November
1977.
Some 200 international
phone lines were installed
at the press center set up in
Jerusalem, as well as 20
telex machines.
Correspondents praised
the press center facilities
that Israel established at
the Jerusalem Theater.
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