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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Mubarak Pushes U.S.-Palestinian' Talks
LONDON (JTA) —
President Hosni Mubarak
of Egypt on Sunday called
for greater European in-
volvement in the search for
Middle East peace and reit-
erated his wish for a
dialogue between the
United States and the
Palestinians.
He was speaking at a
brief airport conference
after an overnight visit dur-
ing which he had two hours
of discussions with Prime
Minister Margaret
)Thatcher, which were de-
_ scribed as "extremely
friendly."
Calling for a greater role
by West European govern-
ments, Mubarak referred to
their friendship with Israel
and their contacts with the
U.S.
But White House Coun-
sellor Edwin Meese III
said on Sunday that
President Reagan re-
jected Mubarak's call for
the U.S. to open a
dialogue with the Pales-
tinians when Mubarak
met with the President
last week.
.
Appearing on
the
ABC-TV "This Week With
David Brinkley" program,
Meese said that Reagan re-
stated the U.S. position that
it will not talk to the Pales-
tinians until there is a
"clear cut understanding of
the right to exist of Israel"
by them and they "deplore
and give up the use of ter-
rorism." Although the term
Palestinians was used in
the interview, the reference
was obviously to the Pales-
tine Liberation Organiza-
tion.
While in Washington,
Mubarak declared that
after Israel's withdrawal
from the Sinai April 25,
Egypt will increase the
normalization of relations
between the two countries.
He told a luncheon at the
National Press Club last
Friday that "in fact, the
completion of Israel's with-
drawal from the Sinai will
open the door for more in-
teraction between Egyp-
tians and Israelis. It signals
the removal of another
psychological barrier on the
road to full peace."
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Entry Denied
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Israel has denied entry to an
11-member American fam-
ily who said they were Jews
who believed in Jesus `and
wanted to settle in the coun-
try under the Law of Re-
turn.
Interior Ministry officials
said they did nett meet the
criteria for foreign resi-
dents. They did not come as
tourists, had no money and
no return tickets.
Mubarak, in his speech,
the only major address of his
four-day visit to Washing-
ton, called the Palestinian
problem the "core" of the
Middle East conflict.
He said that Egypt is
committed to the Camp
David peace process and
will continue to promote
"a negotiated settlement
between Israel and all its
Arab neighbors" as well
as seek an autonomy
agreement for the Pales-
tinians on the West Bank
and the Gaza Strip.
But Mubarak cautioned
against rushing to come out
with "a declaration of prin-
ciples" on autonomy simply
to say there is no agree-
ment," he declared. He said
that in order for an agree-
ment to have "a chance of
being implemented" it must
be accepted by the Palesti-
nians.
Mubarak's remarks at
the luncheon were similar
to those he made earlier in
the day to 25 American
Jewish leaders with whom
he met for an hour at Blair
House. Both Edgar
Bronfman, president of the
World Jewish Congress,
and Howard Squadron,
chairman of the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organ-
izations, said that Mubarak
stressed to the Jewish group
his "firm" commitment to
the 'Camp David process as
the only way to achieve au-
tonomy and a comprehen-'
sive peace agreement.
"There is no other road," the
Egyptian President was
quoted as saying.
Squadron said that
Mubarak maintained the
same policy on the Palesti-
nians as did his late pre-
decessor, President Anwar
Sadat. Mubarak believes
the Palestinian problem
should be solved in conjunc-
tion with Jordan through
some kind of confederation.
Squadron said that the one
major confrontation during
the meeting was over
Jerusalem. He said that he
stressed that the American
Jewish community has
strong feelings that
Jerusalem should remain
united under Israeli sover-
eignty.
Squadron said they did
not argue the point be-
cause they were not there
to negotiate but only to
express their views on
various issues. He said
the Jewish leaders were
"very favorably im-
pressed" by Mubarak.
In his discussion of the
Palestinians in his press
club address, Mubarak said
that before the Palestinian
question appeared in the
1940s, "there was no dis-
pute between Arabs and
Jews" because "Moslems
and Christians of the Mid-
dle East never had any
problems coexisting with
their Jewish neighbors."
He said, therefore, the
Palestinian problem has to
be solved even though it can
be done in stagps. "This is '
the philosophy of the Camp
David approach, which re-
mains the most valid
.
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Friday, February 12, 1982 41
mechanism for a com-
prehensive settlement."
"The starting point of
such phased solution should
be mutual acceptance and
recognition. When we talk
about mutual recognition,
we have in mind the recog-
nition of the rights and not
institutions or organiza-
tions," Mubarak said. Much
of the second part of
Mubarak's speech was
taken up with the need for
development of Egypt and
other Third World coun-
tries.
Meanwhile, on Monday
President Karl Carstens
of West Germany assured
Mubarak of Bonn's sup-
port for a Middle East
peace effort based on the
principle that the Pales-
tinian 'people be allowed
to exercise their legiti-
mate rights.
The right of Palestinian
self-determination was also
referred to in a joint state-
ment by Mubarak and
Chancellor Helmut
Schmidt at a press confer-
ence.
Later, Mubarak flew to
Austria as part of his six-
nation tour.
Diplomats said Mubarak
used his German visit to
promote the eight-point
plan proposed by Saudi
Arabia's Crown Prince
Fand as a fair and realistic
way toward settlement of
the Middle East conflict.
His German hosts appar-
ently refrained from stres-
sing the European Eco-
nomic Community's (EEC)
initiative and its Venice
declaration of June, 1980,
which included a vote for
the Palestine Liberation
Organization.
Bonn appears to have
given up hope for a
united European policy
on the Middle East after
France rebuked previous
EEC steps and Greece
complained that the EEC
attitude was not suffi-
ciently pro-Arab.
Mubarak is believed to
have asked for German help
to exploit old coal mines in
northern Sinai which will
be evacuated by Israel next
April. According to Egyp-
tian officials, this and other
projects in Sinai will have a
political as well as economic
dimension.
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