THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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The survey was under-
taken for Edgar M.
Bronfman, chairman of the
Seagram Co. Ltd. and act-
ing chairman of the World
Jewish Congress. The re-
sults were made available
to the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency on Wednesday.
It revealed many am-
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supporting certain pro-
positions but also sup-
porting others that ran
counter to them. Premier
Menahem Begin re-
mained a controversial
figure. Certain of his
policies are criticized but
he is given high marks for
his contributions to the
peace process and to
some extent, benefits in
public opinion from the
heavily negative atti-
tudes toward such other
Middle East figures as
the Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini of Iran and
Palestine Liberation
Organization chief Yasir
Arafat.
President Anwar Sadat of
Egypt is the best known and
most highly regarded of
_Arab leaders among all
Americans. President Car-
ter is in deep trouble with
Americans for his overall
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performance but is given a
slightly better, though still
negative, rating on the job
he has done in handling the
Middle East crisis. Among
Jews, Carter is given an
88-10 percent overall nega-
tive job rating and a 59-39
percent negative mark for
his work for peace in the
region.
According to the survey,
the shift in public attitudes
toward Israel in a positive
direction is due in part to
such relatively recent
events as the seizure of
American hostages by Iran
and the Soviet invasion of
Afghanistan.
In 1976, a 74-12 percent
majority viewed Israel in a
positive light. In 1980, an
81-12 percent majority
shared that view.
Among non-Jews, a
56-33 percent majority
said they would be "very
upset" if Israel were
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puty Premier Tarek Azia
said last week he regretted
that his country had to wage
war against Iran and
stressed 'that the main
struggle for Iraq was
against "Zionism."
The Iraqi envoy, who
went to France to present
his country's views to
President Valery Giscard
d'Estaing, said the conflict
against Iran would continue
until Iraq could recover sov-
ereignty of its territories
"usurped" by the Iranians
who violated the 1975 Al-
giers agreements. "Our
soldiers wish to return
home rapidly and prefer to
fight against Israel," the
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minister said.
Asked if Iraq accepted
mediation offers to end the
conflict, the minister said:
"Yes, from everyone except
from Israel and from the
United States which we
consider as an enemy of the,
Arab people."
Meanwhile, the U.S.
State Department an-
nounced that it has sus-
pended delivery of six Gen-
eral Electric marine
engines to Italy where they
were to be installed in four
frigates being built for the
Iraqi navy.
ECC Envoy
Meets Begin
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
European Economic Com-
munity special envoy Gas-
ton Thorn of Luxembourg
met Tuesday with Premier
Menahem Begin and (sepa-
rately) with a panel of top
Foreign Ministry staffers
for what were later de-
scribed as "friendly though
frank" talks.
The Luxembourg states-
man apparently sought de-
liberately to steer clear of
controversial issues. Thus,
he did not respond when the
Foreign Ministry Director
General David Kimche
criticized him for making
"one-sided" public state-
ments and for engaging in a
correspondence with Yasir
Arafat over the south Leba-
non situation.
Begin asserted that
"there will be no Palesti-
nian state — we shall see to
that," but Thorn declined to
argue with him. After the
session, Thorn told news-
men that there had been no
progress since each side (Is-
rael and the Arab rejec-
tionist states .which he has
recently visited) remained
cleaving to their known
positions.
The main purpose of this
two-way visit by Thorn was
to meet with West Bank and
Gaza leaders. Among the
men he saw was Bethlehem
Mayor Elias Freij, who said
the Palestinians were ready
to live at peace alongside Is-
rael — but only in a state of
overrun by Arabs in an-
other war compared to a
50-36 percent majority in
1976 and a 44-37 percent
majority who felt that
way in 1975.
"Underlying the results
of this survey," the Harris
organization said, "is a deep
sense of urgency that peace
can be found between the Is-
raelis and Arabs in the
region. There is a strong
sense that outside the gates
of the traditional a
longstanding Arab-Isr,
conflict are larger enemies
in the region who would be
the direct beneficiaries of
another Arab-Israeli war."
The poll showed a 75-15
percent majority in favor of
the U.S. sending planes,
tanks, artillery and other
weapons to Israel, up from a
65-23 percent majority in
1976. A substantial 76 per-
cent of the public believes
Israel is "very much depen-
dent on the U.S. for military
aid today."
But "when put in extreme
terms, 'if the government of
Israel should become so un-
bending that the chance for
peace in the Middle East
grows much worse,' a 44-37
percent plurality feels 'the
U.S. should threaten to
withhold economic and
military aid to the Is-
raelis.' "
According to the survey,
however, "when asked if
such withholding of eco-
nomic and military aid
`meant the Arabs would
have military superiority in
the case of another war,'
then by 50-25 percent most
Americans would oppose
such a withholding of aid."
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