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Dec. 7, 1979

Israel Condemns UN's Vote
Blasting Camp David Accord

Newest U.S. Envoy
Linowitz Quickly
Flies to Middle East

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee Tuesday afternoon voted 10-1 to approve
President Carter's nomination of Sol Linowitz as U.S. spe-
cial ambassador to the Middle East. The committee's
recommendation was then affirmed by the full Senate. The
only opponent in the committee was Sen. Jesse Helms
(R-NC) who raised questions about a possible conflict of
interest between Linowitz's unpaid government assign-
ment and the various corporate directorships he holds.
Linowitz left for the Middle East Thursday night to
meet with President Anwar Sadat of Egypt in Cairo and
later with Israeli Premier Menahem Begin in connection
with the Herzliya summit
meeting between the two
leaders scheduled fol. next
Wednesday and Thursday.
Linowitz also disclosed that
he has sent a message to King
Hussein requesting that the
Jordinian ruler meet with
him. He observed, in the
course of his testimony, that
Jordan and the Palestinians
"must be encouraged" to join
the peace process.
Linowitz told reporters on
Wednesday that Israel's
claim that some settlements
on the West Bank "are neces-
sary for its security" was "demonstrable," that the Israeli
military government's decision to revoke the deportation
order against Mayor Bassam Shaka of Nablus was a "posit-
ive development" and that he thought Israel was not receiv-
ing sufficient credit for giving up the Sinai oilfields, which
he called a "great contribution to the peace process."

Linowitz offered his views with respect to the set-
tlements issue when he was asked if there has been a
"slight change" in U.S. policy inasmuch as President
Carter, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and the State
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli Cabinet on Sunday strongly condemned the United Nations
General Assembly's resolution declaring the Camp David accords invalid. The resolution, adopted Nov. 29
by a vote of 75-33 with 37 abstentions, was denounced in the Cabinet communique as "another proof of the
decline of the United Nations. The international organization designed to keep the peace 'condemns' a
peace agreement," the communique said.
The General Assembly resolution declared that the Camp David agreements signed in September
1978 by Israel, Egypt and the United States, "have no validity insofar as they purport to determine the
future of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967." Although
the General Assembly and other UN bodies have expressed opposition to the agreements in the past, this
declaration was the first by the General Assembly to reject the accords by name.
The resolution also condemned "all partial agreements and separate treaties which consti-
tute a flagrant violation of the Palestinian people," a reference to the Israeli-Egyptian peace
treaty, and rejected those provisions of the Camp David agreements "which ignore, infringe
upon, violate or deny, the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people, including the right of
return, the right of self-determination and the right to national independence and sovereignty in
Palestine."
The resolution was opposed by Israel, Egypt, the U.S. and eight of the nine member states of the
European Economic Community. France, the ninth member, abstained. An earlier attempt by Egypt to
delete the references to the Camp David accords was defeated by a vote of 56-51 with 30 abstentions.
The resolution was supported by Third World countries. The Israel Cabinet communique criticized the
non-aligned bloc for "voting automatically for resolutions proposed by the most extreme of the Arab states
which are backed by the Soviet bloc."
The UN vote was taken on "The International
Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People,"
which the UN celebrated with statements and
speeches, special meetings, a screening of a
pro-PLO documentary and a demonstration in
front of the United Nations by more than 100
people waving Palestinian flags and chanting
The prospects for a peaceful
JERUSALEM (JTA)
anti-Israel slogans.
evacuation of Elon Moreh dimmed Tuesday when the
Nov. 29 marked the 32nd anniversary of the
settlers voted in defiance of both the government and their
recommendation of the General Assembly .to
own Gush Emunim leadership not to leave voluntarily
partition Palestine, paving the way for the es-
when the time limit for their departure lapses less than a
tablishment of the state of Israel.
month from now.
After a protracted debate that lasted all night, the 27
Secretary General Kurt Walheim, in a
families and several single males who comprise the settle-
statement before a special meeting of the
ment vowed to remain unless a law is passed that would
Committee on the Exercise of the Inalien-
prevent the Israeli courts from challenging Jewish settle-
able Rights of the Palestinian People, said
ments on the West Bank in the future.
the observance of the International Day of
Premier Menahem Begin is not likely to submit such
Solidarity with the Palestinian People was
legislation because he cannot muster a majority for it in the
not only a measure of the international
Knesset or in his own Cabinet. A source close to the prime
community's deep concern on the matter,
minister said Begin has indicated that he would resign if
the forcible evacuation of Elon Moreh resulted in "the spil-
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Congress Ties Up Foreign Assistance Bill
With Conference Debates on World Bank

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Much of the current U.S. governmental fiscal year may elapse before Congress adopts
new foreign aid legislation, already two months overdue. The Senate-House conference held its last session Nov. 1 in
attempting to iron out differences between the appropriation bills pdssed in the two chambers and the likelihood is that
the conferees will not reconvene until late January at the earliest.
The hangup involves a dozen items on which they disagree or have not decided but the main issues are on U.S.
funding for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund with the Senate being more liberal.

Agreements have been reached with no dissent on most Middle East appropriations but until the
legislation is formally determined all decisions are considered tentative.

The legislation calls for $1.8 billion in military aid and economic supporting assistance for Israel: $750 million for
Egypt in economic supporting assistance exclusive of some $250 million in Food for Peace products, and $180 million
for Jordan in economic and military support. The Senate bill is for $8.140 billion while the House measure is for $7.746
billion for the fiscal year 1979-1980 that began Oct. 1.
The conferees agreed to pare down the funding for Syria to $15 million from the $60 million asked by the
Administration but they disagreed on the Senate-approved measure that would prohibit use of the U.S. funds to the
United Nations from being diverted to programs helping the terrorist Palestine Liberation Organization. The item
concerning the PLO includes a ban on funding also for Rhodesian guerrillas.
Congress will enter its year-end holiday recess either Dec. 14 or Dec. 21 and not return until probably Jan. 22.
Should the conferees recport to their respective chambers that they are unable to reach agreement, it is indicated that
the Congress will vote a continuing resolution to fund the foreign aid programs on the last fiscal year's limitations until
the new programs are legislated, which may not take place until late winter.

Settlers Will Defy
Gush, Government
Over Elon Moreh

—

ling of Jewish blood."
Gush Emunim leaders are apparently trying to bring
about a change of mind or at least convince the settlers to
formulate their decision in more "positive-sounding
terms." The all-night debate was attended by Gush leaders,
including MK Haim Druckman of the National Religious
Party. They reportedly counseled the settlers to accept the
government's offer of an alternative site at Djebel Kerir
some six miles away, but to no avail.

Some observers said, however, that the settlers' deci-
sion did not make a clash with the army inevitable. They
said the settlers' determination not to leave of their own
accord did not necessarily mean that they would offer
active resistance to troops sent in to remove them. In this
way they could claim that they had remained loyal to their
ideological claim that Jews have a right to settle anywhere
in "Eretz Yisrael," the observers said.

The removal of Elon Moreh was ordered by the Israeli
Supreme Court on Oct. 22 on grounds that the settlement
was established illegally on seized Arab lands. The high
court acted on an appeal by local Arab villagers. It set a
30 - day deadline for the evacuation but this was observed
only in part. Some 30 acres of land were returned to their
Arab owners last month but the Cabinet extended the dead-
line for the full evacuation until the end of the year in order
to prepare the alternate site.