s- 22 . Friday, September 74,; 1982 • THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS - , :k41 -. r Border Region Became Area of Great Concern for Israel in 5742 By DR. YOEL COHEN World Zionist Press Service JERUSALEM — Last Rosh Hashana, few people expected that Israel would find itself involved in this year's invasion of Lebanon. Attention was focused rather on Israel's southern border. Shortly after the Jewish year began President Sadat of Egypt was assassinated. Ironically he died in a hail of bullets at a military ceremony com- memorating Egypt's attack on the Yom Kippur War. In the ensuing months Is- rael made attempts to create a similar rapport with Hosni. Mubarak, as had existed between Begin and Sadat. These were not always fruitful — because the new Egyptian president has a different personality and different political lean- ings from his predecessor. Whereas Sadat, in coming to Israel to address the Knesset, was prepared to stand out on a limb and suffer the wrath of the Arab world, both personally and nationally, Mubarak has said that while he wishes to For those who want the finest custom furniture at... AFFORDABLE PRICES The simplest cube to the most intricate wall unit built to your specifications by meticulous craftsmen. Selections for every room in your home or office in fine woods, laminates, marble, glass and specializing in... . OUTSTANDING LUCITE DESIGNS Fr a ' I P 4110det aghtttuf, 354 -4126 follow in Sadat's path of conciliation with Israel, he also aspires to Egypt's re- concilation with the Arab world. It was, and to some ex- tent remains, a possible contradiction between these two goals as inter- preted by some Israeli observers which aroused concern inside Israel be- fore the final handover of Sinai in April. Was Egypt's intent to achieve full normalization of rela- tions with Israel, or was it all simply a ploy to regain all the lost territory? The months since April have shown that the former is largely nearer to the truth. During Israel's in- vasion of Lebanon, for example, Egypt did not break diplomatic ties with Israel — although she did use her diploma- tic means to protest the invasion. For Israel, normalization of relations with Egypt means full commercial and cultural ties. For Egypt, Is- rael is just one of a number of bilateral relationships — and one that embarrasses these other relationships. Slowly, over the last 18 months, with the boycott over, trade has begun to grow. In 1981 Israeli ex- ports to Egypt amounted to $13 million and this year's estimate is $15-$16 million. E. Ret. 263.81 * 210.25 Diamonds! F. Ret. 117.16 * 93.73 Put a sparkle in her eyes, it will say love is in your heart! A gift of Diamonds and Gold from Tapper's is like nothing else. 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She bene- fited from the increasing polarization within the Arab world. The pan-Arab unity forged at Baghdad in 1978 in opposition to Sadat's policies has been undermined since the Iran- Iraq War and the Soviet in- vasion of Afghanistan. - Moreover, the boycott of the Arab summit meeting in November 1981 by Syria and her allies prevented discussion of the Saudi Ara- bian Fand Plan as an alter- native to Camp David, further reflecting Arab dis- unity. The Fand Plan called for Israeli withdrawal from all territories occupied since 1967, the removal of settle- ments, and the establish- ment of a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital. The plan implied, although it did not state so explicitly, recognition of Is- rael. By the end of the Jewish • year, Israel's main concern was her northern border with Lebanon. The ceasefire which U.S. envoy Philip Habib had worked out in July 1981 was shattered. Between then and the Is- raeli invasion this June there were, according to the Israel Foreign Minis- try, 150 violations of the ceasefire including roc- ket attacks on Israeli towns and settlements, the laying of mines, and attacks or attempted strikes by Arab ter- rorists. Froth the PLO the ceasefire .included only actions across the Israeli-Lebanese border, as against a far wider Is- raeli interpretation. In the West Bank, (Judea and Samaria) the worst outbreak of clashes between Israeli troops and Arabs had broken out in March and April, after the new civilian administrator of the administered ter- ritories, • Professor Menahem Milson, dis- missed a number of municipalities which boycotted the civilian ad- ministration. 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One of the aims of the Is- raeli invasion of Lebanon, according to some obser- vers, was to reduce the PLO's influence on the West Bank. Questions remain whether Mr. Begin will seize the opportunity to fill the vacuum in the adminis- tered territories created by the PLO defeat, by offering the local Palestinians a practical and acceptable scheme for autonomy. Whereas Egypt envisages autonomy to comprise an elected council of 80-100 members, with legislative prerogative, and with re- sponsibility for all spheres of administration expect those touching on Israel's security and foreign policy concerns, the Begin Gover- ment has said that it wants an elected council of no more than 20 members and wants to retain control over key matters like land own- ership and the allocation of water and electricity. - The negotiations have so far made only limited pro- gress. Their importance, however, cannot be over- emphasized. 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