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Singer and Sons — 569-0040 MODEL PHONE 661-0763 Developed and Sold by j. Singer a Son/ Development Co. JIMMY CARTER settlements as if to create a de facto Israeli ascen- dancy there. It has pub- licly repudiated the Re- agan peace plan which calls for a freeze for Is- raeli settlements." They said that the Begin government must "realize that, however it may define its intentions in the West Bank or Gaza, however it may seek to rationalize its actions there, the evidence is convincing to the Arab world and beyond that the Israeli leaders have simply chosen to seize these lands, and hold them by force." While criticizing the Is- raeli invasion of Lebanon and accusing the Begin gov- ernment of "an inclination . . .toward a military rather than a diplomatic solution to Israel's problems," the two former Presidents con- ceded that before the Lebanese invasion all Israel could perceive were threats from the Palestine Libera- tion Organization rather than diplomatic efforts by Arab moderates. "Indeed, the need for credible voices articulating Arab — and more precisely Palestinian — concerns cannot be over- stressed," they added. The two former Presidents stressed that there are two realities that have to be acknowledged. The first is that Israel is a nation and as such "has a right to exist and to co-exist in security and peace in the world community." The sec- ond is that there are four million Palestinian people "scattered throughout the Middle East and other regions and they cry out for their own home, in which their legitimate rights may be exercised." Ford and Carter noted that they were both engaged in negotiations on Israeli withdrawal from the Sinai and on the Camp David negotiaions and that they support President Reagan's Sep- tember 1 peace initiative. "But now the Arabs are waiting to see if Washing- ton means business," they noted. The State Department said Monday that Carter and Ford have "focused rightly on Israeli settle- ments" on the West Bank as a "problem" in the Middle East peace negotiations. But while Department spokesman John Hughes said the settlements were a "problem which President Reagan has identified as an obstacle to peace," he re- fused to go along with the two former Presidents who said it was the "major obsta- cle" for moderate Arabs to join the peace process. GERALD FORD Sharon Visit to Zaire Nets Military Training Package TEL AVIV (JTA) — Zaire President Mobutu Sese Seko told Israel Radio Tuesday night that Israel would be replacing Belgium in retraining his army's crack Camaniola division. In an interview with a radio reporter accompany- ing Defense Minister Ariel Sharon to Kinshasa, Mobutu said Israel would also supply the force with artillery, mortars and communications equipment over a five-year period. Newsmen with the Sha- ron party report that mili- tary cooperation between Israel and Zaire was the main topic of all Sharon meetings with Mobutu and other Zaire officials so far. Mobutu said he hoped to visit Israel shortly, but no date has yet been set. The Camaniola division is stationed in the strategic Shaba area near the Zam- bian borders where the country's main mineral sources are located. Mobutu has stressed that he will maintain military cooperation with France, , Belgium and China, not putting all his eggs in the Israeli basket. Israel Defense Ministry announced that Sharon, who had been expected to leave last Saturday night, had postponed his trip "for a few days" because he had to be in Israel "to deal with current matters." He met in Jerusalem Sunday with U.S. special Ambassador Philip Habib on the situation in Lebanon. Foreign Minis- ter Yitzhak Shamir and _ David Kimche, head of the Israeli negotiating team with the Lebanese were also at that meeting. Critics of Sharon claimed he delayed his departure for Zaire so that he would not be absent should any break- through occur in the Israel-Lebanese talks for which he might take credit. He advanced it because he was convinced no dramatic developments were immi- nent, the critics said. Sharon also was to dis- cuss agricultural projects with the Zairc leader.