20 Friday, February 1, 1980 MAGICIAN Available For All Occasions 25 ye., expereence MAGICAL MEL 547-2464 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Activist on USSR LONDON (JTA) — An- drew Balcombe, a Manches- ter businessman, has been elected chairman of the British National Council for Soviet Jewry, succeeding June Jacobs who held the post since 1976. Let the professionals save you time and money on your next new car purchase! NOW ORDERING ALL 1980 CARS & LIGHT TRUCKS 1979s still available from stock NEW CAR emu, PROFEW° BFIOKEFI CHASES Up to 23°° discount on new cars 968-2360 :2 5900 Greenf, e , d Rood Sure .) 139 • Oak Pork Michogon 48237 Arab Mayor Claims Guaranteed `Rights' Would Induce PLO to Join Negotiations A-Shawa rejected the JERUSALEM (JTA) — The PLO may enter the au- Gaza-first idea, which favors the implementa- tonomy negotiations if Is- rael recognizes Palestinian tion of the autonomy in rights, Gaza Mayor Rashad the Gaza Strip prior to a Shawa told the Voice of the West Bank. The idea was recently brought Israel Wednesday. The influential mayor, forward by the Egyp- the only personality in the tians, but was coolly re- administered territories ceived by the Israelis. who openly agreed to meet Premier Menahem Begin with U.S. special Envoy Sol has emphasized that even Linowitz, has recently re- if Israel agreed to the turned from a tour in the idea it would be exer- Arab countries, in which he cised only after a general met with PLO leader Yasir agreement on the au- tonomy — in both the Arafat. All other mayors, includ- West Bank and the Gaza ing Elias Freij, the moder- Strip — was reached. ate mayor of Bethlehem, re- "We insist on linking fused to see Linowitz, bas- Gaza with the West Bank," ing their refusal on the total the mayor said. "Anything rejection of the autonomy that will happen in Gaza must go simultaneously idea. A-Shawa expressed in with the West Bank." the past his belief that the A-Shawa was scheduled PLO might enter the to meet with Linowitz Wed- negotiations under cer- nesday. tain circumstances, but his statement Wednesday with the background of the resumed negotiations WASHINGTON (JTA) — and reports of new The United States Sinai American ideas ap- field mission ceased opera- peared as a new factor in tions last Friday as an early the picture. warning system in the A-Shawa was quick to ex- western Sinai with the re- plain that recognizing turn of the area to the Egyp- Palestinian rights should tians. mean that the autonomy The field mission will "will definitely be the self- determination and the es- take up its new verification tablishment of our sover- responsibilities today in the western two-thirds of Sinai eign Palestine state." A-Shawa said the PLO on the basis of the trilateral leaders did not ask him to talks here last September. meet with Linowitz, but he Under the security ar- told them that he would — rangements agreed upon at the time by Secretary of and they did not object. A-Shawa said he was not State Cyrus Vance, Foreign breaking ranks with other Minister Moshe Dayan and Arab mayors. "It is a dif- Egyptian Defense Minister Kemal Hassan Ali, the mis- ference in tactics, perhaps. They refuse what I am re- sion will verify the pro- fusing and they accept what visions of the treaty and re- late to military force levels, I accept." fortifications and installa- tions. Linowitz spent Wednes- day morning in a series of meetings, starting with a private session with Begin. He reportedly raised with Begin the same "new American ideas" he had raised in his meet- ings in Cairo, repeating his optimistic im- pressions. "I had a very rewarding and very thorough conversation with the premier," he said coming out of the 90-minute talk. "I believe that as a result of this dis- cussion we can look for- ward to progress. Now we are embarked on a course that we both feel will lead to the successful result we have been searching for." So far it is not known what these new ideas entail. But Linowitz re-peatedly said that they "offered some - promising approaches to the negotiations." Linowitz said it was im- portant at this time to eng- age Palestinian per- sonalities to join the negoti- ations. Linowitz also met Wed- nesday with Shimon Peres, chairman of the Labor Party. Peres expressed his opinion that the Gaza-first idea was probably the best way to make progress. "In my judgment this is the best bet," Peres said, following the meeting. Linowitz' upbeat mood counter-balanced his fail- ure to induce King Hussein of Jordan over the weekend to join the autonomy talks. 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Thurs.. 10 9 The United States agreed to increase current photo surveillance flights to one a week, verify force levels through on-the-ground in- spection at least twice a month, perform additional verifications at the request of either Egypt or Israel and promptly report the results Mercaz to Adopt Msorati Unit WASHINTGON (JTA) — Mercaz, the Zionist organ- ization of Conservative Jews, held an extended board meeting here last week at which the 55 mem- bers in attendance decided to adopt the Msorati move- ment of Conservative synagogues in Israel, ac- cording to Rabbi Stanley Rabinowitz, Mercaz president. The participants also de- cided to launch a massive membership drive on Tu b'Shevat, Arbor Day, which was chosen because it is a day when Jews celebrate the physical and spiritual centrality of Israel for Jews, Rabinowitz, a past president of the Rabbinical Assembly, the association of Conservative rabbis, said. of these verifications to both parties. The State Depart- ment's report on the mis- sion also said that the mission will conduct on- site inspections within the designated zones and because of the large geo- graphic area of respon- sibility — about two- thirds of the Sinai — the mission will make exten- sive use of helicopters. The mission is expected to be engaged in its new operations until April 25, 1982. The State Department also said that the mission will be staffed only by U.S. civilians, including helicop- ter flight and maintenance personnel. An estimated 142 Americans will staff the new operation at a cost of $16 million. Asked whether the United Nations would have a role in the Sinai, the State Department said "the United States has assumed full responsibility for verifi- cation of forces and arma- ments limitation in zones A and B and inspection of the Israeli technical installa- tions in the buffer zone. "We nevertheless believe a continuing United Na- tions presence will be use- ful. The precise role the United Nations will have is still a subject of discussion" between the U.S. and the UN." Government Economic Policy Protested by Israeli Workers JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis could drive to Egypt for the first time Sunday, but they could not leave Is- rael by air or sea. Ben-Gurion Airport and Israel's three seaports, Haifa, Eilat and Ashdod, were closed as some 100,000 public utility workers were out in a strike to protest the government's economic policies. The strike, called by 12 major workers committees, included employees who service planes at Ben Gur- ion Airport; the seamen's union and dockworkers; postal and Israel Electric Co. workers; employees in X-ray departments and at the Dead Sea Works; and employes of Israel Aircraft Industries, the nation's largest employer. As the strike contin- ued, the Cabinet was meeting in a marathon session to debate the Fi- nance Ministry's pro- posed budget for the 1980-1981 fiscal year. The strikers were protest- ing the treasury's cut in food subsidies and published in- tention to slash child allowances and freeze wages during the coming year. The workers also have strongly attacked the gov- ernment's refusal to adjust income tax brackets more often so that the cost-of- living increases do not push people into higher tax brac- kets. The Histadrut did not of- ficially approve the strike. but it has expressed its understanding of the cause. Meanwhile, Ben-Gurion Airport reopened to accom- modate arriving El Al planes from Europe and elsewhere. The company had begun making ar- rangeme -its to land the planes at military fields. Cabinet Officers at BB Sessions WASHINGTON — An address by U.S. Commerce Secretary Philip M. Klutznick, the presentation of an award to Jewish politi- cal scientist Hans Morgen- thau and a reception in honor of Klutznick and U.S. Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt will high- light the annual winter meeting here of the Bnai Brith board of governors, Saturday through Tuesday.