Generals, Admirals Advocate Stronger U.S.-Israel Accord Friendships For Zionist Libertarianism, The Devoted and the Record of Some Reversals NEW YORK (JTA) — President Reagan was urged, in an open letter signed by 130 retired American generals and admirals, "to revitalize the strategic cooperation between the United States and Israel, thereby enhancing the safety and well-being of the free peoples of the world." The letter, which appeared in the form of a full-page advertisement in the New York Times on Sunday, drew comment from the Defense Department, which was also reported in the Times. The Times stated, "A Defense De- partment official said . . . that the advertisement appeared to be part of a campaign to persuade the United States to agree to a memorandum of understanding with the Israelis that has already been rejected." (Continued on Page 12) HE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Diplomatic Dignities and Their Reversals, and the Testing of Campaign Pledges Editorials, Page 4 Copyright © The Jewish News Publishing Co. VOL. LXXXIII, No. 17515 W. Nine Mile,Suite 865, Southfield,_ Mich. 48075 424-8833 - $15 Per Year: This Issue 35c March 4, 1983 Obstacles Continue to Block Accord for Lebanese, Israel NY Mayor Ed Koch Regrets Lebanon Canceled Visit TEL AVIV (JTA) — New York Mayor Edward Koch said in Israel Wednesday- he was sorry the Lebanese government had withdrawn an earlier invitation to him to visit Beirut. "But I'm not annoyed with them. Their withdrawal of the invitation was apparently due to a misunderstanding," he told a press conference. Koch, who is on a tour of Israel at the invitation of the Foreign Ministry, said his itinerary had been well-known and publicized in advance. "Everybody knew that I planned to helicopter up to Kiryat Shmona and go, on from there into southern Lebanon. I had not originally planned to go into the city of Beirut itself from there, as it is not controlled by the Israelis. I had hoped to see the American Marines who are on the outskirts of the city," he said. Koch said the U.S. Administration had suggested that he should not go to southern Lebanon or Beirut "directly from Israel. They suggested I go there via Cyprus or Syria — not through Israeli-held territory. "But I said I would not do that — go to Beirut via Syrian-held territory of Lebanon, but not via that (territory) at present controlled by Israel," Koch said. The mayor said he had accepted a proposal by Philip Habib that he go to visit an American aircraft carrier off Beirut, and thence into Be- irut. "This would have been two trips — one to American territory represented by the carrier, and thus again from America to Beirut. But that plan has now fallen through, because of MAYOR KOCH (Continued on Page 5) TEL AVIV (JTA) — A clash between the Israeli and Lebanese delegates marked the 19th round of talks aimed at a political and security settlement in Lebanon, -held in the Lebanese town of Khalde Tuesday morning. The plenary meeting, at which the United States was a participant, lasted only 15 minutes. Afterwards, the delegations adjourned for private consultations and later re- sumed talks on the subcommittee level. But there was reportedly an angry exchange between the chief of the Lebanese delegation, Antoine Fatale, and his Israeli counterpart, David Kimche, after Kimche made it clear that Israel has not changed its position in response to new offers from Lebanon. A spokesman for the Lebanese delegation accused Israel of "intransigence" on grounds that it is not prepared - to accept Lebanon's com- promise proposals for mutual relations and security arrangements. Lebanon's proposals were conveyed to the Israeli leadership by U.S. special Ambas- sador Philip Habib. Israeli sources said they would be considered this week by the ministe- rial steering committee on the Lebanese negotiations. The differences between the two sides on security arrangements in south Lebanon were said to be over details but were "basic" with respect to the normalization of relations. - Meanwhile, tension was reported to be rising between Israeli forces in Lebanon and the small international group comprising the United Nations Truce Supervision Organ- ization (UNTSO) which was established after the 1948 armistice agreements. The Israelis accused UNTSO of extending its patrols recently to the Beirut-Damascus highway in violation of an agreement confining the observer force to Beirut. They also charged UNTSO with passing information about Israeli troop movements to Syrian and other forces. A spokesman for UNTSO, which consists of only 50 officers, rejected the Israeli complaints. He said the UNTSO mandate specifically requires it to monitor the situation "in and around Beirut." Meanwhile, Israel Radio 'reported that a group of Palestinians in Lebanon have declared their readiness to make peace with Israel in order to "put an end to what we have been suffering for 34 years." According to the report, about 70 Palestinians, including professionals and the chiefs (Continued on Page 6) Israel Public Support Is at Pre-War Levels' Reagan: Israel Can't Tehethons, Events Remain a Fortress for '83 AJCampaign NEW YORK (JTA) — The American public con- tinues to support Israel more than the Arab nations, according to a new Gallup poll which was released by the American Jewish Committee which commissioned the study. The poll was conducted by the Gallup organization Jan. 21-30, with a nationally representative sample of 1,515 adults aged 18 and older. Those who were polled were asked: "In the Mideast situation, are your sym- pathies more with Israel or more with the Arab na- tions?" The findings showed that the sympathies of the American public toward Israel had returned to the pre-Lebanon crisis proportions: in favor of Israel, 49 percent; in favor of the Arab nations, 12 percent; 22 percent said they- favored neither Israel nor the Arabs, while 17 percent said they did not know nor have the answer to the question. The poll also revealed that persons in higher income brackets and formal education are more likely to express sympathy for Israel. The support for Israel among col- lege educated persons was 56 percent, while support for Israel among those with less than high school education was only 42 percent. The findings also showed that people in the western part of the country sympathize (Continued on Page 6) WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Reagan cautioned Israel last week that it cannot "go on forever living as an armed camp" and saidits security depended on "the same kind of relationship" withkits neighbors as it now has with Egypt. The President spoke at some length on the Middle East during a question-and-answer session with about • 50 newspaper editors, re- porters and columnists in- vited to breakfast at the White House. In the course of his remarks he spoke of the need to pro- vide "something in the na- ture of a national home" for the Palestinian people. But he promptly qualified that by asserting that "no one has ever advocated creating a nation." The President said he was "a little sur- prised at the wind that started blowing" when he pledged that the U.S. PRESIDENT REAGAN (Continued on Page 8) Approaching the, climax of an anticipated record- setting philanthropic aim, the final stages of the 1983 Allied Jewish Campaign and Israel Emergency Fund are planned for the coming weeks, with a report meeting scheduled for 9:15 a.m. March 20 at United Hebrew Schools. Speaker at the report • meeting will be Israel's 77X.7 former Ambassador to France, Walter Eytan. He is currently chairman of the Israel Council of In- ternational Relations and of the Israel-France Asso- ciation. Campaign General Chairman Joel D. Tauber said that while the 1983 Campaign is showing im, pressive results, "we still have much to do before we can meet our respon- sibilities to our local and overseas beneficiaries." He urged that all who have not yet made their WALTER EYTAN (Continued on Page 10)