THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 6 Friday, January 18, 1980 Israel Explains Its Objections to Palestinian State MUSIC! MUSIC! If you want to dance you need Rhythm By UZI BENZIMAN JERUSALEM (JTA — Faced with increasing in- ternational support for the Palestinians' demand for "self-determination" the Is- raeli government has re- cently published an Weddings, Bar Mitzvas. Bat MitZvaS • etc. 731-6081 If You Want to BUY 'EM We Want to SELL 'EM! See Us First! GLASSMAN OLDSMOBILE, INC. 28000 TELEGRAPH at Tel-12 Mall Just South of 12 Mile Rd. 354-3300 explanatory document set- ting out its objections to the idea of an independent Palestinian state. The publication, issued by the Israel Information Center, states, among other things, that the Camp David accords provide for ensuring the "legitimate rights" of the Palestinians as recognized by the sig- natories of the accords — Is- rael and Egypt — and the accords, therefore, limited the conventional connota- tion of the term "legitimate rights." They did not accept the Palestinian interpreta- tion of the term, that is a separate, independent state. The far reaching signifi- cance of this position is that Israel considers itself one of the primary parties entitled to participate in deciding what comprises the "legiti- mate rights" of the Palesti- nians, regardless of the in- ternational community's Nt. Happy 40th Birthday ALLEN SILVARMAN with love, Candle, Scott, Kelly and all your friends views on the subject. What the Israel government be- lieves to be non-legitimate is the idea of "self- determination" in the sense of a separate state. This is not legitimate because it would endanger Israel's own security. Israel's basic approach which underlies the au- tonomy proposals, is that in a series of discussions some modicum of under- standing could be worked out which would give the Palestinian people a framework for a moderate alternative leadership to the Pales- tine Liberation Organiza- tion which objects to any solution other than full "self-determination." The pamphlet anchors Is- rael's objections to a Pales- tinian state in the following arguments: • A Palestinian state would be a PLO state, namely a state which would be administered by a ter- rorist organization that re- jects the idea of coming to terms with the existence of the state of Israel, or limit- ing Palestine to the confines of Judea, Samaria and Gaza. The PLO, moreover, would continue to serve as a convenient political tool of the rejectionist Arab states and the Soviet Union in their perennial quest to de- stabilize the region, the pamphlet contends. • A Palestinian state would place Israel's major centers of population and the country's industrial in- frastructure under the con- stant threat of the gun. The pamphlet reminds the reader of some some basic statistics: most of Israel's population and much of its industrial infrastructure is situated in the coastal plain which lies between the lum7=1.0.- grea- Knovvri Lyy the' Company Vtie Keep .mull de (an/ ier Paris PATEK PHILIPPE T. inc. 851-7333 31313 Northwestern Farmington Hills • Jewelry Designers & Manufacturers of Original & Unusual Creations Authorized Appraisers • Estate Liquidators 44t '''t- it SWIS*SonlPtY!•• 4 ' e at 4r i .A4 eilliA ifilydriatit illt ,t • •. SAY IT WITH TREES rant, moogt8 851-7333 Inc. 31313 Northwestern Farmington Hills • Jewelry Designers & Manufacturers of Original & Unusual Creations Authorized Appraisers • Estate Liquidators Mediterranean Sea and the mountains of the West Bank. • A Palestinian state a as would serve launching-pad for attack upon Israel by radical and uncompromising Arab states, and as a base for as- saults by the various ter- rorists that might well con- tinue operating indepen- dently of a centralized, re- sponsible Palestinian gov- ernment. The pamphlet claims, moreover, that the range and the destructive capacity of the artillery in Arab arsenals has more than doubled since 1967. The ter- rorist organizations, too, have acquired substantial quantities of artillery and rockets from the Soviet Union and other sources. Consequently, over 90 percent of Israel's civilian population and industrial infrastructure would be within comfortable range, and therefore vulnerable, if a Palestinian state were es- tablished on the West Bank and Gaza. • A Palestinian state would lack political and economic stability and thus wculd catalyze general regional destabilization. The pamphlet points out that the areas of Judea, Samaria and Gaza would have no natural resources, extremely limited farm- lands and underdeveloped industrial infrastructure. Industry today accounts for only some nine percent of the local gross national product. There is an ex- tremely high population density and a basically un- skilled work force. • A Palestinian state would inevitably become a "Soviet satellite on Israel's doorstep." The pamphlet argues that Moscow would have predominant influ- ence in a Palestinian state as the USSR and the PLO share the common aim of sabotaging both Western and Israeli interests in the Middle East. Therefore, a PLO state on Israel's frontier would pro- vide the Soviet Union with yet another foothold in the Middle East and constitute yet another blow to the Western sphere of influence in the region. Finally, the pamphlet de- nies the contention that Is- rael's security fears would be eliminated if the pro- posed Palestinian state were to be demilitarized. The document claims that with the inherent lack of Control which would exist in a state composed of political factions dedicated to armed struggle, demilitarization is not a viable expectation. The threat to Israel, it is stressed, is not necessarily exclusively expressed in a scenario of total war but it is not less real in terms of on- going harassment by ir- regular forces aimed at the country's most sensitive areas. In the given current pol it- ical reality, the pamphlet concludes, with the PLO widely accepted as the self- appointed representative of the Palestinian people, Is- rael cannot accept the dubi- ous security afforded by the promise of West Bank de- militarization. Composer Stoltz Remembered in New Austrian Publication The Austrian Federal Press Service has printed a booklet, "Robert Stolz: The Man and His Times," in honor of the 100th anniver- sary of the composer's birth. The booklet includes anecdotes, a list of awards the composer had won and titles bestowed on him and a synopsis of his composi- tions. An historical chronology accompanies the list of events that shaped Stolz's life. The late Robert Stolz was a conductor and composer, who also wrote songs and Jewish Library NEW YORK (JTA) — A Jewish Heritage Library, funded by a special New York state law, has been dedicated in temporary facilities at the Kew Gar- dens Jewish Center in Flushing. 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