THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Arafat Dodges Co-Existence Issue in ABC-TV Interview NEW YORK (JTA) — Yasir Arafat, head of the 0 Palestine Liberation Organization,refused flatly in a television interview Sunday, to say whether a Palestinian state would agree to co-exist with Israel. Although pressed re- peatedly by interviewer Barbara Walters on ABC ., TV's "Issues and Answers," Arafat would not answer the question directly. In- stead, he said the decision ld have to be made by _1 "democratic establish- .;* ment" of a Palestinian state once that state was created. The interview was taped in Havana where Arafat was attending the meeting of the non-aligned nations. When asked whether the PLO would abandon its call MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC HAL GORDON . 1 35&4999, YOUR WEDDING— BAR MITZVA LBU FINER WINE WILL BE WHEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY AND ASSOCIATES 357-1010 BUY DIRECT FROM THE IMPORTER Largest Selection of Diamonds Anywhere 30555 SOUTHFIELD, CONGRESS BLDG., SUITE 100 ONE BLOCK SOUTH OF 13 WU -ROAD • MS-9200 The HEL ROTT ORCHESTRA D.C. Office for Young Israel NEW YORK — The Na- tional Council of Young Is- rael has opened an office in a Washington D.C. law firm. The organization's president, Nathaniel Saperstein, said the office was opened "in view of the ever-increasing need, both domestically and interna- tionally, to stay in close con- tact with legislators." for the elimination of Israel, Arafat replied that this was a foolish question since Is- rael has a "huge force" with 15-20 atomic weapons backed by the United States. He denied the Pales- tine Charter calls for the elimination of Israel. The PLO leader also said he did not want changes in United Na- tions Security Council Resolution 242 but a new resolution which pro- vided for Palestinian self-determination and a Palestinian state. He said that President Carter was "not accurate" when he said recently that no Arab leader had told the President privately that they support a Palesti- nian state. Arafat said all Arab leaders support such a state. Arafat again accused Egyptian President Anwar Sadat of "betrayal" of the Arab people. He said evi- dence of this was that when Sadat's yacht sailed into Haifa it was guarded by Is- raeli planes, the same planes that bomb "my people" and the Lebanese people in Lebanon. The PLO leader maintained that he was a "moderate." He said that "to be a moderate in the Middle East is very dif- ficult," exlpaining that "I try to deal with all the camps around me." 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Walters, who was irked throughout the interview by Arafat's refusal to di- rectly state whether the Palestinians could exist with Israel, noted that the PLO seemed to be getting NN, 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 111 1 111 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 111 1 111 11 11 11 11 11 0 11 111 1 111 11 11 I II I II II H H II II II II I. ill 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 1■ 11HIII more support in the U.S. but at the same time Americans 111111111111 11111111111111111 1111111111111111 1111111111111111 11111111111111111111 1 1 1 11111101 1 1 did not want to see Israel III '''! '! 11111 1 !l1111 1 1 I I I IIIIIIIIIII I IIIIIII I IIIIIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIIIII I IIIIIIIII I I I II IIII destroyed. Arafat again re- fused to give a direct answer implying only that Israel was strong enough to pre- vent its destruction. On the issue of Andrew Young's resignation as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Arafat at first said he agreed with a statement by a PLO official that the I 1 1 „S resignation has increased anti-Semitism in the U.S. He said Young was fired for doing his job by meeting with the PLO ob- server at the UN. But then Arafat seemed to change What more can you ask for than a Sony Trinitron? A Sony Trinitron his position, saying the with remote control, of course. This KV-1943R, a 19" (diagonally resignation has in- creased "anti- measured) colorTV, comes with the brand new Express Commander' aggression," opposition remote control. to Israel's attacks against south Lebanon. The PLO leader said that he still wants an Arab oil boycott of the U.S. because 14K-GOLD SEIKO Israel is using the most • CHAINS "up-to-date" American • QUARTZ DISCOUNTS weapons in its attack on the DISCOUNTS CHARMS. 3406 W. 12 MILE, BERKLEY, MICH. Palestinians. 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