26 Friday, August 15, 1980
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Moynihan's Dem Convention Speech Stresses Support for Israel
NEW YORK (JTA) —
Sen. Daniel Moynihan of
New York stressed to the
Democratic National Con-
vention on Monday night
that a Democratic adminis-
tration will fulfill the
pledge in the party's plat-
form to move the U.S. em-
bassy in Israel from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem and to
maintain the security of Is-
rael.
Noting that there "are
those who will not accept"
the peace achieved between
Israel and Egypt, Moynihan
declared: "May we suggest
they read the platform of
the Democratic Party, for
here we speak in perfect
confidence for the whole na-
tion. 'Jerusalem,' the plat-
form declares, 'should re-
main forever undivided . .
Jerusalem is the capital of
Israel.' We will move our
embassy there.
"And let those who would
come in arms against the
wall of Jerusalem under-
stand that we, too, are on
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those walls. We are not
about to commit our
strength to protecting the
rich societies of that region
whilst permitting the de-
struction of free ones."
As Moynihan was
speaking, the delegates
in the hall were just
learning that Sen. Ed-
ward Kennedy of Massa-
chusetts had withdrawn
his candidacy for the
Presidency and was not
backing President Car-
ter.
Israeli Premier Menahem
Begin sent Moynihan a
telegram thanking him for
his "warm words" on
Jerusalem. But at a press
conference in New York, the
head of the National Asso-
ciation of Arab Americans
(NAAA) called Moynihan's
remarks a "radical escala-
tion" of what he termed an
already "unbalanced" posi-
tion by the Democratic
Party in support of Israel.
James Sams, NAAA
president, said that Ameri-
cans understood that
Moynihan's remarks were
"campaign rhetoric." But he
said these statements are
taken seriously abroad and
"undermine" the United
States' position in the Mid-
dle East and elsewhere.
Sams said that the same
thing was true for the Mid-
dle East section of the
Democratic Party's plat-
form which the convention
adopted without any opposi-
tion. He said the platform
now reads like a "statement
of Israeli aspirations and Is-
raeli policy" rather. than
U.S. policy.
He said it will have a
damaging effect on U.S.
policy in the Arab world
and on the U.S. efforts to
achieve a comprehensive
peace agreement in the
Mideast. He noted that
the Republican platform
was also "unbalanced" in
favor of Israel.
Sams said he was particu-
larly concerned about a new
rule that the Democratic
Convention adopted requir-
ing the Presidential candi-
date to sign a statementoof
support for the policies out-
lined in the platform.
He said that if Carter
signed it he would be going
against some of the princi-
ples of his own Administra-
tion.
The rule was worked out
by the Carter and Kennedy
forces earlier this week
principally to ensure that
whoever was named the
Presidential candidate
would support the economic
sections of the platform.
Sams noted that if Car-
ter was to go along with
the platform position to
move the U.S. embassy
from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem this would
cause many Arab states
to carry out their threat
to break off relations
with the U.S. He said the
NAAA calls for a differ-
ent Mideast platform
which would declare that
the "United States must
remain free and unfet-
tered in its efforts to
achieve Middle East
peace in order to be true
to the American national
interest and to the needs
of all the American
people."
The NAAA's proposed
plank states: "We believe
that all the principal parties
to the conflict must be full
participants in diplomatic
negotiations. Israeli Jews
and Palestinian Arabs have
legitimate rights and inter-
ests which require equal re-
spect and recognition by the
world community, includ-
ing the right of self-
determination achieved by
Israel and still denied to the
Palestinians."
* * *.-
tence to be included in the
paragraph on moving the
U.S. embassy, but in a com-
promise with the Kennedy
forces it was placed in an
earlier section of the
Mideast platform.
The platform declared
that the U.S. has
strengthened its commit-
ment to Israel. "Nearly half
of all U.S. aid to Israel since
its creation as a sovereign
state — more than $10 bil-
lion — has been requested
during the last 3 1/2 years,"
the platform notes. "We
provide Israel with modern
military equipment and we
fully support Israel's efforts
Platform Planks
to create a just and lasting
Support Israel
peace with its Arab
The Democratic Party neighbors."
The platform outlines
platform declares that "We
must persevere with the the principles that U.S.
Middle East peace process. policy should continue to
There is no viable alterna- be guided by as:
tive. We can welcome initia-
• "UN Security Council
tives from other countries so Resolution 242, unchanged,
long as they contribute to and the Camp David ac-
the Camp David process cords are the basis for peace
that is leading toward a in the Middle East. We sup-
comprehensive peace in port Israel's security and
that region. But we will op- will continue to provide
pose efforts that undermine military and economic aid
Camp David while offering to that end." A similar
no viable alternative. Our pledge is made in the de-
goal is to see the achieve- fense section of the plat-
ment of a comprehensive form.
• "We pledge not to pro-
peace for all parties."
Peace in the Middle East vide Israel's potential
is listed as a major objective enemies with sophisticated
in the foreign policy section. offensive equipment that
It stresses that this objec- could endanger the security
tive is one of both "morality of Israel," the Mideast sec-
and national security." The tion continues. "Jerusalem
platform declares that the should remain forever un-
U.S. "feels a profound moral divided, with free access to
obligation to sustain and the holy places for people of
assure the security of Israel. all faiths.
That is why our relation-
• "We oppose creation of
ship with Israel is, in most an independent Palestinian
respects, a unique one. Is- state. We will not negotiate
rael is the single democracy, with or recognize the Pales-
the most stable govern- tine Liberation Organiza-
ment, the most strategic tion, unless and until it ac-
asset and our closest ally in cepts Israel's right to exist
and UN Security Council
the region.
"To fulfill this impera- _Resolutions 242 and 338. It
tive we must move is also long past time for an
toward peace in the Mid- end to all terrorism and
dle East. Without peace other . acts of violence
there is a growing pros- against Israel.
pect, indeed inevitability,
• "We have not and
that this region will be- will not use our aid to Is-
come radicalized, sus- rael as a bargaining tool;
ceptible to foreign intru- and we will never permit
sion, and possibly in- oil policies to influence
volved in another war. our policy toward peace
Thus, peace in the Middle or our support for Israel.
East also is vital for our
• "As stated in the 1976
platform, the Democratic
national security."
The long Middle East sec- Party recognizes and sup-
tion describes Carter's ef- ports the established status
forts along with Israeli of Jerusalem as the capital
Premier Menahem Begin of Israel, with free access to
and Egyptian President all its holy places provided
Anwar Sadat in achieving a to all faiths. As a symbol of
peace treaty. "In sum, this this stand, the U.S. embassy
Democratic Administration should be moved from Tel
has done more to achieve Is- Aviv to Jerusalem.
• "Elsewhere in the Mid-
rael's dream of peace than
any other Administration dle East, we support the im-
in 30 years," the platform provement of relations with
moderate Arab states. We
declares.
Noting that the U.S. is a support the independence,
full partner in the au- sovereignty and integrity of
tonomy talks between Lebanon. We call upon all
Egypt and Israel, the plat- states in the region to sup-
form stresses that "It is rec- port the historic efforts of
ognized that the Democratic Israel and Egypt to build a
Administration has to pro- comprehensive peace."
The Mideast section also
ceed with special care and
sensitivity resulting from pledges that the U.S. will
its deep engagement in the take "needed measures to
delicate process of promot- protect American interests
ing a wider peace for Israel." in the Persian Gulf," con-
Carter's supporters on the demns the government of
platform committee had Iran for the holding of
originally wanted this sen- American hostages and
stresses the need to "end our
dangerous dependence on
foreign oil."
In other sections of the
platform, a promise is
made that "the Demo-
cratic Administration
will also seek to reverse
the recent sharp
downturn in Soviet
Jewish emigration and to
obtain the release of dis-
sidents now detained in
the Soviet Union, includ-
ing 41 members of the
Helsinki Watch Groups
who are in Soviet prisons,
labor camps and
banishment for their
human rights activity."
In the human rights sec-
tion, the platform says "We
support measures designed
to restrict trade with the
Soviet Union until such
time as Soviet emigration
policy is made fair and non-
restrictive," an apparent
reference to the Jackson/
Vanik Amendment to the
U.S. Trade Act. The plat-
form also supports "ratifica-
tion of the Genocide Con-
vention and the Interna-
tional Covenants on Human .
Rights as soon as possible."
* * *
10 Percent of
Dem Delegates
Were Jewish
NEW YORK (JTA) —
More than 10 percent of the
3,381 delegates to the
Democratic National • Con-
vention were Jewish, ac-
cording to figures gathered
by the American Israel Pub-
lic Affairs Committee
(AIPAC). This amounts to
about 400 Jewish delegates
compared with 93 Jewish
delegates at the GOP Con-
vention last month in De-
troit. The number of Jewish
delegates at the GOP Con-
vention amounted to about
five percent of 1,994 Repub-
lican delegates.
Officials of AIPAC, who
held a reception Monday
night honoring the Demo-
cratic members of the 96th
Congrfws at the convention,
said that their survey of the
convention delegates
showed that Jews are
among the members of 32
state delegations while
Jews were among the mem-
bers of only 26 state delega-
tions at the GOP Conven-
tion.
The largest number oi
Jewish delegates, a survey'
by the Jewish Telegraph4
Agency disclosed, was in th
New York delegation, with
97 Jews out of 282 dele-
gates. Another large con-
tingent of Jewish delegates
— 45 in all — was part of the
306-member delegation
from California.
Bnai Brith Hears
the Candidates
WASHINGTON —
Presidential candidates
Ronald Reagan and John
Anderson will address the
biennial convention of Bnai
Brith International — and
President Carter is ex-
pected to join them — when
the world's largest Jewish
service organization con-
venes in Washington Labor
Day week.