THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 36 Friday, January 30, 1981 El Al Strike Is Curtailed TEL AVIV (JTA) — The general strike that paralyzed El AI last week ended 48 hours later follow- ing the reinstatement of six maintenance workers' committee members fired earlier for staging an un- authorized work stoppage. El Al board chairman Av- raham Shavit rescinded the dismissal notices under the threat of sympathy strikes by 13 major trade unions that would have brought Is- rael's entire economy to a halt. While Israel's national air carrier was operating again, the brief strike cost the financially beleaguered company hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost revenue and its future re- mained uncertain. Shavit himself came under fire from fellow board members for giving in to the workers. During the crisis, the El Al board was seriously considering shutting down the airline and reorganizing it on a tighter basis that would eliminate the multiplicity of workers committees. Shavit obtained labor's agreement to a retrench- ment plan to stem the com- pany's losses. But it was re- jected by Transport Minis- ter Haim Landau who sent word from his, hospital bed — where he is recovering from a leg amputation — that he was not prepared to grant El Al additional gov- ernment funds under those conditions. As a result, the El Al em- ployees have petitioned a labor court to nullify- the compromise agreement on grounds that the govern- ment's attitude made it a "dead letter." It is impossible to indulge in habitual severity of opin- ion upon our fellow-men without injuring the ten- derness and delicacy of our own feelings. e smismi...Under New Management i roits 0 440 ka 44 Glatt Kosher Middle Eastern Cuisine k 665-6211 715 HILL ST. Daily 11:30-2, Dinner Sun. & Wed. 5:30-9:30 Stuffed • Vegetables • Chicken • Veal • Home-Made Sausage Variety of Salads Hoummus Taboulee Wide Variety of Desserts Open to Parties of 10 or More Any Night For Reservations 665-6211 Home of Eshet Hayit Catering Service Mild Reaction From Israel Is Reported on Reagan Stand on Settlements, PLO JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Foreign Ministry spokesman in Jerusalem tended to downplay Tues- day the U.S. State Depart- ment statement against the settlements and about the PLO spokesman The suggested to take the American statement as it is, in other words, the spokes- man said, it was only natural for the new ad- ministration to take a look at its commitments around the world. As for the State Depart- ment's comments on Jerusalem and the settle- ments, the spokesman said, this appeared to be a con- tinuation of American pol- icy. The spokesman did take issue with the re- marks about possible moderate elements in the PLO. In Israel's view, the PLO is an extremist, ter- rorist organization. The existence of any moder- ate elements in the PLO, was still to be proven, he said. Even if there are such moderates, the main question is to what extent they influence the plo's policy. Israel believes that the PLO is committed by its covenant and its very na- ture to the annihilation of the state by any method, in- cluding terrorism. Israel had yet to detect any so- called moderation, he said. If someone else had, this did not affect the PLO stand, he added. Israel believes that the U.S. is committed to President Reagan's re- marks that the PLO is a ter- rorist organization. Secretary of State Ale- xander Haig was qouted as saying that "so long as the PLO advocates views in- compatible with the peace progress, the U.S. will not recognize or negotiate with the PLO." The Haig statement and the remarks by State Department spokesman William Dyess omitted any reference to the PLO's acceptance of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 and 338 and Israel's right to exist — points that characterized the Carter Administration's policy toward the PLO. Asked to state whether the Reagan Administra- tion's position does include those aspects of the Carter policy, Dyess demurred. He observed that he was pro- viding a response to the questions asked and that the new Administration needs time to formulate its policies. Dyess was asked whether the structure of his state- ment indicated that the Re- agan Administration was willing to deal with the PLO apart from negotiating, but on a pattern of the former Ambassador to the UN An- drew Young's conversation with the PLO in New York in July 1979. "No, No," Dyess ex- plained. "There is no tricky language here." Hp said "There is no hidden mean- ing here — a loophole to go through — to talk with them." He said that "current American policy" is the Reagan Administration policy which gave rise to questions that the Mideast policy has al- ready been formulated, but Dyess denied this. In another statement touching on this point and with reassurance to Israel, at 7:00 p.m. -Vancouver Detroit RED WINGS VS. CANUCKS The first 7,000 kids 16 years and younger will receive a FREE (baseball) CAP Compliments of McDonald's'' and the Detroit Red Wings. Dyess said the Administra- tion is conducting a policy review expected of a new administration and added, "in particular the U.S. commitment to Israel and other friendly states in the area remain very firm and we expect no significant change with any country. One of the many purposes of - the review is to determine ways in which we can better support our friends." Meanwhile, the Reagan Administration said that it is reviewing "the entire pol- icy" of the U.S. toward the Arab-Israeli conflict, in- cluding the issue of Jewish settlements on the West Bank and the attitude toward the PLO. This disclosure was made at the State Department in response to questions as to whether the Reagan Ad- ministration was consider- ing the announcement by the Israeli government in Jerusalem that it will build 10 more settlements on the West Bank in the next five months before Israel's par- liamentary elections. Dyess said that "While we were aware of plans which were previously announced, we do not consider the carrying out of these plans to be help- ful." Dyess was questioned about the statement made by the U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, John West, iri a recent interview in which he was reported to have said that he feels "very strongly" about "our failure to even think to talk or listen to the PLO or to engage in any dialogue." West, a former governor of South Carolina who has been in Saudi Arabia al- most four years, said in the interview that U.S. policy toward the PLO "is very dif- ficult to explain or justify to Saudi Arabia or other Arabs." Asked if West was speak- ing for the Reagan Ad- ministration, Dyess replied, "No, no. West clearly was speaking personally and not for this Administration." Meanwhile, in reports reaching here from Cairo, Egyptian Foreign Minister Kamal Hassan Ali called for a dialogue between the PLO and the Reagan Administration. Asked to comment on Saudi Arabia's King Khalid's statement to the Islamic summit meeting in Taif, Saudi Arabia, which included a call for all Is- lamic nations to unite in a holy war against Israel to recover Jerusalem, Dyess noted that "from press re- ports" the Khalid call would include money, men and even arms and that such statements had been made previously on other special Islamic occasions. "For our part," he said, the U.S. position is for all to avoid positions which 'com- plicate' the peace search. At his first press con- ference on Wednesday afternoon, Secretary of State Haig was asked to clarify the U.S. position towards the PLO and Jerusalem. He re- sponded: "First, President Reagan has stated, every American President since 1975 has stated, we will neither rec- ognize nor negotiate wit the PLO so long as they re. fuse to recognize the right of the state of Israel to exist, for so long as they refuse to accept provisions of 242 and the other United Nations resolutions . . . "With respect to Pales- tine (Haig later corrected himself. He was referring to Jerusalem.) as an entity for 30 years, I think, the United States has felt that this is a matter that has interna- tional implications and should be a city that is not divided by barbed wire or - imposed unilateral re- straints. 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