THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
PLO Affirms Destruction Goal
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The Palestine National
Charter was adopted by the
Palestine National Council
in 1968, four years after the
creation of the PLO, of
which the council is the ple-
nary assembly.
Among its provisions is
that "armed struggle is the
only way to liberate Pales-
tine" (Article 9), and "The
Arab Palestinian people,
expressing themselves by
the armed Palestinian revo-
lution, reject all solutions
which are substitutes for
the total liberation of Pales-
tine" (Article 21).
However, most of the PLO
leaders questioned by
"Middle East" also claimed
that these provisions did not
nullify the PLO's right to
pursue a political solution.
Meanwhile, a six-
member U.S. Congressional
delegation to the Mideast
met in Beirut Monday with
Yasir Arafat.
Rep. Toby Moffett (D-
Conn.), head of the delega-
tion, told a press conference
after the meeting that the
Americans urged Arafat "to
halt military operations
against Israel from Leba-
non." Moffett added that if
the Palestinians desire in-
ternational recognition.
"they must assume a policy
of non-violence, not only in
Lebanon, but generally."
Moffett, who is of
Lebanese descent, and the
other five house members —
Reps. Nick Joe Rahall
(D-W. Va.), Mary Rose
Oaker (D-Ohio), also of
Lebanese descent; Robert
Carr (R-Mich.), Harold Hol-
lenbeck (R-NJ) and Paul
McCloskey (R-Calif.) — left
Monday for Damascus,
Syria.
The delegation will con-
clude its 10-day Mideast
tour in Jerusalem, where
Israel Given Limit to Explain
Delay Dissolving Elon Moreh
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The High Court of Justice
on Tuesday issued an order
nisi (deadline) against the
government, demanding
that it explain within 10
days its failure to evacuate
the settlement of Elon
Moreh.
The order nisi came as a
result of the petition issued
Monday by 18 Arab land-
owners, who called for the
immediate evacuation of
the 500 dunams of land
under dispute.
Acting for the High
Court, Justice Alfred Vit-
kon, one of the five justices
who originally ordered that
the government return the
expropriated lands to their
Arab owners two months
ago, demanded that the
government explain within
10 days why it has not done
as stipulated.
Meanwhile, MK Dov
Shilansky has asked that
the minister of justice
appoint a forum of civi-
lian advocates in place of
Attorney General Yit-
zhak Zamir.
Noting that the "signifi-
cance of this decision goes
far beyond the actual issue
of Elon Moreh," Shilansky
said that the attorney gen-
eral has as much as said
that the government cannot
defend itself in face of the
High Court and that the
entire issue should thus be
handed over to civil lawyers
who can do so.
The Cabinet-ordered
delay in evacuating Elon
Moreh aroused an angry
controversy in Israel and
renewed charges by opposi-
tion factions that the gov-
ernment was surrendering
to the Gush Emunim and
was trying to avoid com-
pliance with the Supreme
Court's orders.
Last Saturday, several
hundred members of the
Peace Now movement
blockaded the settlement
with a caravan of vehicles,
including two heavy duty
trucks loaded with stones,
and. demanded its im-
mediate evacuation.
they expect to meet with
Premier ..Menahem Begin,
Labor Party leader Shimon
Peres and members of the
Knesset.
While in Lebanon, the
delegation also met with
President Elias Sarkis. Be-
fore leaving Washington
Moffett said the delegation
would discuss with the
Lebanese president the
prospect of developing a
separate U.S. policy on
Lebanon similar to U.S. pol-
icy with Israel and Egypt.
It is an excellent rule to be
observed in all discussions,
that men should give soft
words and hard arguments;
that they should not so
much strive to silence or
vex, as to convince their op-
ponents.
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In related matters,
former Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan said the re-
settlement of Elon Moreh
in Dfebil Kabir should
not be resettled at the
proposed site.
Dayan called the move "a
calamity" costing the gov-
ernment millions of pounds
because the new site was
neither strategic nor of se-
curity value and is isolated
in the midst of a densely
populated Arab area of the
West Bank.
Dayan offered his views
at a plenary session of the
Knesset's House Commit-
tee. He is expected to raise
the issue again before the
full Knesset next Monday.
Egypt Releases
Codex for Repair
LONDON (JTA) —
President Anwar Sadat of
Egypt has given permission
for Egypt's most precious
Jewish manuscript, the Ben
Asher Codex, to leave Egypt
temporarily to be restored,
according to MP Greville
Janner, president of the
Board of Deputies of British
Jews, who has just returned
from Cairo.
The Codex, a Bible writ-
ten in the Ninth Century of
the current era, is one of
more than 20 valuable
books stored in Cairo's
Karaite Synagogue. It is
badly in need of repair and
until now the Egyptian
authorities have insisted on
its staying where it is.
However, Sadat reversed
this ruling when he re-
ceived Janner at his home
in the village of Mit Abue al
Kom. The only other person
present during the 2 1/2 hour
talk in Sadat's garden was
Janner's 20-year-old
daughter Marion.
The president also as-
sured Janner tha a number
of Jews in Alexandria could
visit Israel. They had been
invited there some time ago
by Premier Menahem Begin
of Israel but so far they have
been obstructed by Egyp-
tian officialdom.
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