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Lebanese President Sarkis Defies Anti-Israel Arab Summit Bias
friendly to Israel were
avoided — and when they
couldn't be avoided their
testimony was suppressed
in the panel's report. The
featured interviews in
Lebanon were with Muslim,
PLO and anti-Israel Chris-
tians. Like all anti-Semites
— whether theological or
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cultural or political — they
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knew the Jews were at the
bottom of the trouble, and
they didn't wan _ t to hear any
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other opinion.
And now a stunning thing
has happened. In the middle
of the lions' den, in the
midst of a "hate Israel!" con-
ference, the head of one of
the governments present
has dared to tell another
story! Elias Sarkis, a Chris-
tian, President of Lebanon,
has uttered a brave plea for
the end of genocide in his
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control, saying that his The only sectors of Lebanon
government had not dis- still holding out are a por-
armed them because of a tion controlled by the shat-
sense of brotherhood and tered fragments of the
solidarity- with "the Lebanese Army which are
Palestinians." According still commanded by Maro-
to observers, both Arafat nite (Christian) officers,
and Kaddoumi (head of and a thin strip along the
the PLO political section) south border with Israel
showed great agitation where Major Haddad is
during Sarkis' unex- holding out with Israeli
pected speech.
help.
President Sarkis went on
The picture has been
to make a second point, clear for some time, to all
equally surprising, equally except the most rabid anti-
courageous, and — in the Semites and Israel-hate-
jungle law which governs Lebanon is down the dry
most of the Arab League na- as a free and independent
tions — equally dangerous country, destroyed by the
to his life and that of his disloyalty of the PLO and
family. Sarkis questioned the imperial ambitions of
the function of the Arab the Syrians.
The marvel is that
League forces sent into
Lebanon during the civil President Sarkis, having
war there, forces still serv- kept quiet so long, should
ing as an army of occupation have now decided to risk his
in much of his country. In life and his family's lives
typically Levantine style he and the lives of his remain-
suggested that since almost ing supporters in telling the
all of the Arab League truth. A second if lesser
forces were Syrian they marvel is the fact that the
were serving Syrian politi- New York Times, which is
cal interests rather than always quick to publish
"broader Arab policy." prominently anti-Israel
Translated, this means that statements and reports and
where the Syrian Army is in to suppress any items sup-
control — which is the portive of or favorable to Is-
larger section of Lebanon — rael, should have published
the land has been for all a brief story on President
practical purposes incorpo- Sarkis' statements — even a
rated into "Greater Syria." brief story buried in the in-
President Sarkis' two side of the Jan. 29 issue.
points, stated elliptically as •
they are, simply confirm
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Second, the purpose of the
Syrian invasion of Lebanon,
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always been: to incorporate
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Israel Embassy in Cairo is
marking its first anniver-
sary as Israel's first dip-
lomatic representation in
an Arab country and its
staff members say they no
longer feel like pioneers.
During the past year,
5,500 Israelis crossed the
Neot -Sinai border post in
the Sinai on their way to
Egypt by road, but only 300
Egyptian tourists went to
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Lebanese ambassador to
the United Nations and
outstanding leader in the
ecumenical movement,
changed his line from at-
tacks on Israel to criti-
cism of Arab League ag-
gression, they suppres-
sed his comments.
Now Elias Sarkis, one of
the last Christian Lebanese
to hold out in hopes of some
accommodation with the
Arab League, has cast cau-
tion to the winds and flatly
told the truth. He made two
points in his address, both of
them shocking to the dele-
gates from 37 Muslim coun-
tries who had met to plan
the destruction of Israel.
His first point was in
criticism of the PLO failure
to live up to its promises to
the Lebanese government
when their partisans were
allowed to find refuge in
Lebanon after the failure of
their attempt to overthrow
King Hussein, for which
they were driven out of Jor-
dan. He said, "We must put
an end to the uncoordinated
and unilateral actions that
harm Lebanon. These ac-
tions are not in accordance
with what we have agreed
with the Palestinian resis-
tance."
According to President
Sarkis, the PLO terrorist
attacks on Israel from south
Lebanon led to retaliatory
action by Israel. This is, of
course, a true statement —
quite different from the lies
which much of the press, in-
cluding the church press,
has been telling about the
sequence of events.
Sarkis appealed to the
Muslim powers to help
get the PLO back under
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