Vigilance and Resultant Irritations in Championing Ideals With Presidents ri5'71orri HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Copyright (() The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXIX, No. 13 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c May 29, 1981 Egypt 'Refuses to Be a Tool' of Arab Opponents of Israel An Historic Clock Marks a Salute to Jerusalem Day JERUSALEM (JTA) — A pledge that Egypt will not allow any other Arab country to "impose" war by Egypt on Israel was made Monday by Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's vice president, in an interview with Maariv. We will not be a tool in the hands of any element which wishes to cause problems with Israel," Mubarak declared, in an obvious reference to the promises of aid by Arab countries to Syria in the dispute over Syria's placement of surface-to-air missiles in Lebanon. Israel has threatened to remove the SAM missiles by force if Philip Habib, President Reagan's special envoy, fails to resolve the controversy. Mubarak's comments were identical with the content of a message sent over the weekend to Premier Menahem Begin by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, delivered to Begin by Egypt's ambassador to Israel, Saad Mortada. Sadat urged Begin not to use military force against Syria, an action he said which might be "a glorious achievement" for Israel in military terms "but in the long term would be worthless." Sadat declared he was giving this advice as a friend who is concerned with achieving peace between Israel and the Arab nation." Mubarak said in the interview that the Lebanese problem could be solved only if the 25,000 Syrian troops now in Lebanon were withdrawn. He said those troops should be replaced by an international force or a combination of forces from other Arab countries. He said that what is now going on in Lebanon "is acts of settling accounts." He expressed the belief that the Soviets were backing the Syrian troops, adding that Syrian President Hafez Assad "cannot do a thing" without the Soviets. He declared that Assad recently visited Moscow to meet with the Soviets on the Lebanese crisis. There has been no independent confirmation of such a visit. Mubarak reaffirmed that Egypt would continue normalization with Israel after the final Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai next April. He said that now that Egypt and Israel had normal diplomatic relations, Israel's status in Egypt "is identical to that of any other country with which we have contacts." He asked rhetorically whether Sadat had invited Israel's Agriculture Minis- ter, Ariel Sharon, to come to Israel to start agricultural cooperation "so that it will cease in April 1982?" Habib Assures the Israelis His Mission Will Continue By SIMON GRIVER — World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — It is doubtful if any horological con- traption can compare with the complex series of sun dials and clocks that adorn the Tiferet Zion Immigrant Shelter in Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda quarter. The recently reno- vated clocks will help mark the 14th anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem' on Monday. The tower, which was restored to its baffling splendor by the Municipality, consists of two clocks and five sun dials. Of the two clocks, one is of the conventional Christian kind which divides half a day into 12 equal hours. The other is a traditional Jewish clock which divides daylight into 12 equal parts. Thus an hour varies from 40 to 70 minutes (Continued on Page 7) eV• JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. , Special Envoy Philip Habib left Israel for. Washington on Wednesday, recalled by President Reagan for "consultations" before resuming his efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Syrian missile crisis. Habib, who has been shuttling between Jerusalem and Arab capitals since May 9, stressed that he will be back in the region in a week and that his 18 days of shuttle diplomacy convinced him that none of the parties wanted war. He added, "It will be obvious from what I have said that diplomatic efforts to defuse the tensions in the area and to bring about a peaceful solution to the problem will continue." He appealed for maximum restraint by all parties to allow him to bring his mission to a successful conclusion. Earlier Wednesday, Habib met with Premier Menahem Begin to Brief him on progress to date. It was their first meeting in several days. Although Habib had been in Israel since the weekend he maintained silence on the status of his mission. Begin told reporters after their meeting that the diplomatic efforts to solve the missile crisis would continue but so far (Continued on Page 6) However, the vice president also asked the Israelis not to rush with normalization, com- menting, You want everything in one day. Let things take their course naturally." He also urged an early solution to the problem of autonomy on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip so that we can all face the Soviet danger." In his letter, Sadat warned that an Israeli-Syria war would unite the Arab world around Syria. He said that would be an undesirable development for Is- rael. Sadat's message was a reply to one from Begin last week in which Begin assured Sadat that Israel would do its (Continued on Page 5) Editor Awarded Bar-Ilan U . Honorary Doctorate RAMAT-GAN, Israel — The Senate and Executive Council of Bar-Ilan university voted unanimously last week to confer an honorary doctorate on Philip Slomovitz, editor of The Detroit Jewish News. Announcement of the award was made here by Dr. Emanuel Rackman, president of Bar-Ilan University. Simultaneously, announcement of the award was made in the New York office of Bar-Ilan University by Phillip Stollman, global chairman of the Bar-Ilan Univer- sity Board of Governors. Dr. Rackman announced that the Senate and Executive Council of the university voted honorary doctorates to be awarded at the commencement exer- cises in Ramat-Gan on July 7 to Slomovitz, Rabbi Max Kirschblum, Professor Levinas of Paris, Irving Mus- kovitz of Los Angeles, Jack Weiler and former U.S. Senator Jacob Javits. The awards to Weiler and Javits will be presented (Continued on Page 5) PHILIP SLOMOVITZ JACK WEILER RABBI KIRSCHBLUM SEN. JACOB JAVITS