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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Some Good in Everything, Even in the Middle East
Jewish republic is far from
By SOLLY PRESS
finished. And since when
(Copyright, 1979, JTA, Inc.)
JOHA/NESBURG — By has a new state not had de-
the Westernized standards velopmental problems?
As a matter of fact, Israel
of some Zionists, the news
they hear about Israel now- — unlike her one-crop oil-
adays must seem somewhat producing neighbors — has
less than ebullient. In- an economy which displays
adequate housing. Spiral- the advantages of multiple
ling inflation. Hitches in development and a political
the peace talks. Yet by system containing the
non-Western, Middle East- strengths of democratic
ern, developing world differentiation. .
By contrast, the oil states
yardsticks, the young
can neither drink or wear
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their black gold, nor will it
solve their internaal prob-
lems for them before
supplies run out in the for-
seeable future. If the indus-
trialized democracies,
hitherto regarded, unques-
tioningly, as Israel's
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natural allies, appear to be
currently pandering to the
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spectacular turnabout in
the West's fortunes, in the
be
medium rather than the
long term, cannot be ig-
nored, and with it will
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At the diplomatic level,
the lesson Israel has
learned in recent if not dur-
ing historical times may
make her more cautious
about relying too heavily on
West European and Ameri-
can support. It will be re-
called that Israel's state-
hood was supported also by
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in her support of Ethiopia in
the struggle across the horn
of Africa. In the kaleidos-
copic interplay of high dip-
lomacy, lesser powers like
Israel may yet hope to at-
tain a more even-handed
stance.
If the future is not with-
out a silver lining, then
neither is the present. The
talks between Israel and
Egypt continue to develop
their own dynamism. Al-
most regardless of the
legalisms involved.
Cairo is meanwhile
moving closer to the rela-
tively moderate Morocco
as both are increasingly
concerned about the in-
tervening states of Libya
and Algeria. In the
Fatimid-like battle for
the soul of Barbary, Is-
rael's interest in co-
existence with neighbor-
ing Egypt becomes
clearer.
Hostility emanating from
Israel's West Asian hinter-
lands has been blunted
somewhat by the renewed
rebellion of the much-
maligned Kurdish nations
against Shia Iran, with
events being nervously fol-
lowed by Arab Asia's Sun-
nis and Baathists. As for the
pro-PLO pressure,
President Carter had this to
say last month:
"I am against any crea-
tion of a separate Palesti-
nian state. I don't think it
would be good for the Pales-
tinians. I don't think it
would be good for Israel. I
don't think it would be good
for the Arab neighbors of
such a state."
Among the leading Mid-
dle Eastern hands, the re-
nowned Prof. Elie Kedourie
of the London School of Eco-
nomics remarked in com-
mentary: It is by no means
obvious that the Talestia-
nian dimension ; is the
`heart' of the Arab-Israel
conflict. It could, on the con-
trary, be argued that it is
the least important part of
it."
As far as Black Africa
is concerned, Israel's re-
sumption of trade union
links with Zaire has re-
newed hopes of normaliz-
ing her relations with a
number of Organization
of African Unity (OAU)
states.
Zionists may be par-
doned, after long centuries
of Jewish statelessness, for
not always having the pa-
tience to read between and
even behind the daily lines
of newsprint. If on the one
Bomb Explosion
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
bomb exploded Tuesday
evening in the Rondo coffee
house in, downtown
Jerusalem, only several
hundred yards from where a
bomb exploded last week
killing one person and in-
juring 50 others. There were
no injuries in the latest in-
cident.
Every human being is
entitled to the uncondi-
tional recognition of his
dignity and of his inalien-
able human rights
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hand the news about Israel
does seem a bit much, it
might on the other hand just
reduce Israel's public image
to that of a pitiful underdog.
And that, at least in the
Middle East and at the
United Nations, even may
be an advantage.
NEW YORK — The na-
tional women's division of
the American Jewish Con-
gress presented the 1979
Communication's Award to
Robert MacNeil, executive
editor of public television's
"The MacNeil Lehrer Re-
port," at a luncheon in New
York yesterday.
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