THE DETROIT 1EWII _NW T 6 Friday, February 21, 1981 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 Selectr:17 cultural or political — they ull knew the Jews were at the bottom of the trouble, and they didn't wan _ t to hear any 342-7802 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 Shop around and compare. Then bring us your best price. 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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 We are trying to locate: what has been said all along. First, the PLO is a RENA and LOVA state within a state — as GELERMAN elsewhere when tolerated, family of disloyal to the host country and dangerous to interna- GOOTKOVICH tional stability. from Afula, Israel Second, the purpose of the Syrian invasion of Lebanon, If you have any excused initially as a de- information, please call Embassy in Cairo fense against "threats" from Jacob Kaplan remains what it has Is One Year Old Israel, 398-5885 after 5 p.m. always been: to incorporate TEL AVIV(JTA) — The Lebanon into Greater Syria. 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 CASH BONUS GET Israel this way. The border crossing point ON ANY SKYLARK PURCHASED has handled a total of 142,000 passengers, of whom 17,000 were foreign FROM STOCK THROUGH MARCH 19 tourists. Most of those using the border facilities were local Arabs from the Sinai going to and from their former homes aneplaces of CASH BONUS GET $ work in the northern Sinai. 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. 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