THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, September 5, 1980 11
Common Market Countries' Middle East Policy Hypocritical?
By ABRAHAM FOXMAN
1979, the Guardian of Bri-
tain quoted one EEC minis-
NEW YORK — When the ter as saying ". . the corn-
foreign ministers of the nine munity will be able to play a
Common Market countries much more interesting role
launched a "new" European in the Middle East."
Middle East policy in June
The "interesting" role
Anti-Defamation League
00 0 L11:1 Ll Ll L7 Ll Ll 0
SUMMER
TRAVEL BARGAINS
FROM MICHIGAN'S LARGEST TOUR
SPECIALISTS TO HAWAII/LAS VEGAS
r
10 DEPARTURES WEEKLY
UNITED •
AIRLINES
VIA
•
XS
199
N
T
9
AIRFARE
ONLY
SEATING
FROM MIDWEST'S
LARGEST TOUR
OPERATOR
CHOOSE FROM
12
STRIP HOTELS
Theatre Weekend
VIA
PAN-AM
Pkg. from
747
Indds. Hotel, Cont. Mt., Theatre
21
* * HAWAII :s
it. ossi
44. k
4'
ALL VIA UNITED
HONOLULU ONLY
II NIGHTS FROM
HAWAII & LAS VEGAS
11 NTS. AS LOW AS
$739
$819
PLUS VEGAS FROM
HONOLULU/MAUI
HONOLULU/MAUI
FROM
$959
$869
3 ISLANDS
AS LOW AS
4 ISLANDS
2 WKS. AS LOW AS
$969
$1199
ACAPULCO
Ll
CHOICE OF BEACNFRONT HOTEL !
_ COMPLETE PACKAGE INCLUDING
JET AIR FARE,
HOTELS, TRANS- S
to
FERS, ETC, ETC.
DEPARTURES EVERY WEEK
EDI
425 $488
'599
SAN JUAN
$594 LI
ST. THOMAS
EVERY
WEEK
CRUISES EVERY
WEEK
FIE HOPIS
SAT. reARTIAES
VIA EASIall FROM
FIE HOTELS
SAT. WAR TIRES
VIA EASTERN FROld
IN THE CARIBBEAN
CUNARD COUNTESS 'Ip T R;'
DELUXE
FROM
ci
$964
DISNEYWORLD 4 :7 0 II R .
VIA EASTERN
FROM
6 Ern i
ABOVE PRICES DO NOT REFLECT
ANY FUEL SURCHARGE, IF ANY.
111T111111
41.1.16.
r
..Ifes111•11111ffvercs.....
Hamilton, Miller, Hudson and Fayne
Travel Corporation
23077 Greenfield Road
Southfield, Michigan 48075
tures. The Palestinians
could settle in any one of 23
independent Arab states,
where the language is
Arabic, the culture similar
and the religion Islamic.
Several - national
minorities have spawned
terrorist organizations.
Yet nowhere does one see
Western European coun-
tries willing to sit down
and discuss self-
determination with the
terrorists, as they wish
Israel to do in the case of
the PLO.
France has several na-
tional movements: the Al-
satians and the people of
Lorraine in the northeast,
on the border with Ger-
many; the Basques in the
south (and over the border
into Spain); the Occitanians
in the southwest; the people
of Provence -in the south-
east; the Bretons in the
western peninsula; and the
people of Corsica. In many
of these regions, the
populace has been agitating
for cultural or political sep-
aration, but the French
government has done little
in the way of granting even
minimal autonomy, much
less" full self-determination.
Spain faces a serious na-
tional problem, that of the
"nations" within the
Spanish nation. The prob-
lem is the separatist and
regional goals of the non-
Castilian people in Spain.
The people in question
are the Basques in the
north, the Catalans in the
northeast, the Valencians
in the east, and the Gali-
cians in the northwest. The
Basques and the Catalans
have been pushing for
separatism, while the Val-
encians and the Galicians
would be satisfied with
some kind of regional au-
tonomy.
Great Britain, or the
United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ire-
land, as it is officially
named, has nationalist
movements in Northern Ire-
land, Scotland and Wales,
which were incorporated by
England into the United
Kingdom. Britain's most-
serious problem is in North-
ern Ireland, wiht a popula-
tion of 1.5 million, about
two-thirds Protestant and
one-third Roman Catholic.
Sectarian violence began
in the 1960s between the
two factions, and the British
stepped in, suspending the
Northern Ireland. Parlia-
ment and imposing direct
British rule. Several groups
have called for an indepen-
dent Ulster, with economic
links with the Irish republic
to the south. Britain has
thus far done nothing to
satisfy these demands.
Belgium has been de-
scribed as "one national di-
visible." It is inhabited, not
by Belgians, but by the
Dutch-speaking Flemings
and Walloons, whose lan-
guage is French. It is more a
broken marriage than a na-
tion.
At the very outset of Bel-
gium's independence, the
Flemings, who comprise 60
percent of Belgium's 10 mil-
lion population, were upset
that French was the only of-
ficial language. The Flem-
ings finally won full equal-
ity for their language, but
now they want even more:
regional autonomy. A pro-
posal before Parliament
would allow each group to
elect its own government,
and control its own purse
strings. In April the Belgian
government fell on the issue
of autonomy.
A Venice Declaration by
the European nations cal-
ling for self-determination
for the Palestinians would
have a sense of credibility
when the European nations
first apply the principle of
self-determination in their
own backyards.
Co or
PASSPORT PHOTOS
2 for $6 95
Ready while you wait
bel-crest photo
STUDIO AND CAMERA SHOP
6698 Orchard Lake Rd.
West Bloomfield Plaza
851-5840
PASSPORT
PHOTOS
In Living Color
WHILE YOU WAIT
READY IN MINUTES
No Appointment Needed AN
Typos of identification photos.
Neck end White or Cofer
BLOW UPS
UP TO APPROX. 18"x24"
Black & White-or color
• Photo ID Cards
• All Types of Photo
Reproduction Work
• Laminating
• Instant Color Portraits
At Thos.
S.S. Knspe Pons Onl y'
Northland
Center
569-1502
VE 7-2431
Oakland
Mall
585-6200
Ex-Detroiters
Meet in Florida
Detroit Club of North
Miami Beach will meet
Sept. 15 in the Washington
Federal Bank Building in
North Miami Beach.
A slate committee will be
chosen and entertainment
and refreshments will
round out the evening.
Sheraton Rep.
CALL (313) 557-5145
DIRECT LAS VEGAS
DEPT. LINE
557-6226
soon became evident when
the EEC adopted an "oil"
foreign policy to appease the
Arabs at the expense of Is-
rael. That policy, launched
in Paris a year ago, took full
shape in the recent in-
famous Venice Declaration
— a statement of policy that
the New York Times
labeled "pathetic" and
characterized as having "no
self-evident truths, no de-
cent respect for the opinions
of mankind, no pledge of
mutual fortunes and honor
." And furthermore, said
the Times, "the West Bank
is not Europe's or America's
to cede — not for all the oil
and trade in Araby."
But the policy was more
than "pathetic." It was
tragic. I have in mind that
audacious Paragraph 6 of
the Declaration supporting
the right of Palestinians "to
exercise fully their right to
self-determination."
No other doctrine of in-
ternational politics has
been invoked as fre-
quently in the 20th Cen-
tury as the principle of
self-determination. The
idea that a people should
be allowed to control its
own political destiny has
been the ideological core
of the conflicts that led to
two world wars.
The European nations
and specifically the mem-
bers of the EEC that have
taken to heart the cause of
self-determination for the
Palestinians, seem to have
ignored the fact that they
themselves are guilty of the
very thing which they ac-
cuse Israel of — not grant-
ing self-determination to a
national minority within
their borders.
Some national minorities
in Western Europe may be
considered legitimate na-
tions, deserving self-
determination. They are,
for the most part, ancient
peoples, with deep-rooted
cultures and languages, and
due to the vagaries of his-
tory, have ended up within
the national borders of the
countries now comprising
Western Europe.
Unlike the Palestinians,
many of these peoples have
no place else to go if they
want to preserve their cul-
a
TEL AVIV — Toby
Terebiler has been ap-
pointed director of sales for
the Tel Aviv-Sheraton
Hotel and the soon to be
opened Sheraton King Sol-
omon in Jerusalem.
Antiquity is enjoyed not
by the ancients who lived in
the infancy of things, but by
us who live in their matur-
ity.
Delta Air Lines extends best wishes to our Jewish friends
for the holiday season and for the year to come. May the new
year bring peace, health, happiness and prosperity for Fri— -""