20 Friday, April 8, 1983
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Are Begin Policies Losing Favor in Sephardic Community?
By DAVID FRIEDMAN
government's policies is de-
clining, especially among
the poor Sephardic com-
munities which have been
the backbone of Likud's
support.
This was the analysis of that only last September
two Israeli political scien- when some 400,000
tists in a discussion ar- people protested the gov
ranged by the American ernment's then refusal to
Enterprise Institute here appoint a commission o
last month. The two profes- inquiry into the mas
sors spoke on the condition
sacres at the Palestinian
that their identities remain refugee camps in Beirut
unknown.
almost all of the demon-
This new development strators were
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has come about because the Ashkenazim. But now, he
Sephardi poor are linking said, Sephardim have
spending for the war in emerged among the
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fering problems in the communal problems; less
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has effected the very poor that Israel was at the be-
people
who have been the ginnings of "new group-
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chief supporters of the ings" in its political system.
Begin government, he
At the same time, the two
added.
political scientists stressed
The professor noted that the "trend" in Israel
has been "against" the gov-
ernment's policy of "holding
on to the territories," the
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out to give the Arab sections
control of their own daily
administration most Is-
raelis would support it.
The two professors
predicted "a moment of
truth" for the Begin gov-
ernment should King
Hussein of Jordan decide
to join the peace talks.
They said that Begin
would insist that the
Camp David accords be
adhered to and that only
autonomy be discussed
in the first stage of the
negotiations.
The United States was
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criticized for a "lack of clar-
ity" in its policy toward the
Mideast by the two profes-
sors. One of the professors
said that "contradictory"
policies have been offered
by Washington.
As an example, he noted
that at one time the U.S.
linked the autonomy
negotiations to the with-
drawal of foreign forces
from Lebanon and then the
two issues were "de-
coupled." He said it still was
not clear whether the U.S.
wants the negotiations, if
Hussein joins the talks, to
begin slowly or to start with
the discussin of the "end re-
sults." He said this means
that Israeli groups who
want to push a position
around a particular U.S.
"line" cannot do so since it
might change the next day.
The other professor said
some Israelis would like to
see the U.S. exert "very de-
licate and sensitive" pres-
sure on Israel but not in a
way to "create the impres-
sion" it is trying to "compel"
Israel. He explained this
could be done by showing
the "implications" and "al-
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Although Premier
Menahem Begin still enjoys
great personal popularity in
Israel, the popularity of his
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ternatives" of acting or not consensus is one of the rea-
acting in a particular way.
sons Defense Minister
In discussing Lebanon, Moshe Arens has been
one of the professors said pressing for a speedier
that up to now, Israel had withdrawal from Lebanon.
started pre-emptive wars
But the professors indi-
only when it had no
choice, but in Lebanon it cated that one of the prices
established a new policy for Israel's withdrawal will
of acting when Israel was be the continued presence of
strong and conditions Maj. Saad Haddad's Chris-
favorable. He said the tian militia in south Leba-
war became political, non. They said that Haddad
especially from the start will be the "alternative to
the Israeli presence" since
of the siege of Beirut.
He said this policy was Israel does believe it can yet
due to the personality of rely on the Lebanese.
former Defense Minister
Ariel Sharon but said it also
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