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By MORRIS AMITAY
WASHINGTON — The
situation Israel permitted
itself to get into in its prot-
racted siege of Beirut is
more understandable if you
consider the following:
First and foremost,
President Reagan elicited
an early commitment from
Israel to "give diplomacy a
chance" to get the PLO out.
It is very difficult to turn
down an American
President with such a re-
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quest, given the importance
of the United States to Is-
rael, and the instinctive
preference of Israel for a
peaceful solution.
After all, if the same re-
sult could be achieved with-
out bloodshed, who could-
argue against giving Habib
an opportunity to succeed?
The flaw in the logic of the
President's request, how-
ever, was its failure to take
into account the nature of
the PLO leadership, and the
sad experience with the un-
successful negotiations to
remove the Syrian SAM
missiles from the Bekaa
Valley. It should have come
as no surprise that the PLO,
under no strict American-
supported deadline, did
exactly what it did —
stalled while seeking to im-
prove its political position.
As long as Arafat felt
that Israel would not
move in physically to
eliminate the PLO
presence, he could afford
to stretch out the negotia-
tions hoping to loosen the
Israel noose around his
neck.
This failure of American
diplomacy to recognize the
cultural and ideological dif-
ferences in dealing with
other countries — particu-
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larly those that do not sub-
scribe to our own values and
ethics — has backfired on
numerous occasions in the
past. It is not enough that
one party negotiates in good
faith or has an appreciation
of objective facts. Unless
both sides start from the
same premises, the Amer-
can emphasis on com-
promise and give-and-take
can easily be taken advan-
tage of.
It is unfortunate that this
lesson must again be
learned at the expense of
innocent lives as well as
both America's and Israel's
mutual interest in remov-
ing the PLO presence from
Lebanon.
* * *
About the only positive
outcome of the much-
publicized visit to Lebanon
of the McCloskey-Rahall
Congressional delegation
that met with Arafat is that
Pete McCloskey was shown
up as yet another Arafat
dupe. In his case, we can
take comfort in the fact
that having lost in his bid
for the Republican Senate
nomination in California,
McCloskey will not be
launching his usual anti-
Israel diatribes as a Repre-
sentative next year.
Over
the
years,
McCloskey has been one
of Israel's most outspo-
ken and vitriolic critics in
the House. This small
anti-Israel group — with
the exception of Elliott
Levitas of Georgia, who
purposely joined the
group to give it "balance"
— represents only a tiny
minority opinion in the
Congress.
That is not to say that the
vast majority of legislators
who have supported Israel
over the years have not been
uncritical of certain aspects
of Israeli policy. But the
major difference between
them and the "Gang of Five"
is that the latter have con-
sistently taken an extreme
pro-PLO line.
Two of the House's most
notable PLO apologists
were absent from the trip —
Walter Fauntroy, the dele-
gate from Washington,
D.C., and Paul Findley of Il-
linois — both of whom had
already had their meetings
with Arafat in the past —
and subsequently had the
rug pulled out from under
them — as did McCloskey.
* * *
Now that the furor over
the Watt letter has died
down, the episode should be
viewed more in terms of
what Watt said in his letter
to Israeli Ambassador
Arens, rather than to whom
it was addressed. Watt
clearly sent the letter to the
wrong address.
It was unsophisticated
of him — to say the least
— to assume that Ameri-
can Jews took advice on
domestic energy policy
(or foreign policy, for that
matter) from a foreign
envoy. The domestic
energy policies alluded to
in the Watt letter cover a
range of environmental,
tax, and other public pol-
icy issues where the
American Jewish com-
munity is certainly not a
monolith.
However, the thrust of
Watt's message should
serve as a reminder to the
community that there is a
link between American
energy independence and
our foreign policies in the
Middle East. It is indisput-
able that in order for
America to be a firm ally of
Israel, it must have a strong
economy and not be depen-
dent to a significant degree
on foreign oil sources —
notably from Arab nations.
Because of the downwar-
pressure on oil prices causL
by the worldwide economic
recession and widespread
conservation measures, the
Arab oil weapon has not
been successfully bran-
dished during the Lebanon
crisis. We can also be thank-
ful that the Administration
has made progress in filling
our Strategic Petroleum
Reserve and has taken some
steps to encourage greater
domestic oil and gas produc-
tion.
In a sense, Secretary
Watt has done the Jewish
community a service by re-
minding us, at a time when
attention has been focused
elsewhere, of the connection
between our domestic
energy position and its
influence on American
foreign policy.
* * *
U.S. Senate races up-
date: In Connecticut,
after Sen. Lowell Weicker
won 65 percent of the Re-
publican State Conven-
tion delegates over
Prescott Bush, Bush
withdrew from the race.
Weicker, who was re-
cently quoted in the New
York Times as saying
that Israel "had every
right" to go into Lebanon
"to kick hell out of the
PLO," will face Demo-
cratic nominee Rep. Toby
Moffett in November in
what will be a tight race.
In Missouri, State Sen.
Harriet Woods, who is
Jewish, easily won the Aug.
3 primary nomination to
face incumbent Sen. John
Danforth (R), who is heavily
favored.
In Tennessee, the latest
polls show Sen. James Sas-
ser (D) pulling away from
his GOP challenger, Rep.
Robin Beard, by 63 percent
to Beard's 25 percent.
In Utah, Salt Lake City.
Mayor Ted Wilson (D) re-
mains in a close race
against incumbent Sen.
Orrin Hatch (R) according
to a recent poll.
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lung association, 961-1697.
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