THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Arens and Sharon Bicker Over Lebanon
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Forces withdrew two
bitter public quarrel has weeks ago. The Israelis
erupted between former De- made it clear that their
fense Minister Ariel Sharon actions were aimed
and his successor, Moshe against PLO units which
Arens, over responsibility they say have penetrated
for the current bloody war- "certain areas" in the
fare between Druze and fighting zone.
Christians in the Shouf
Arens said that Israeli ac-
mountains of central Leba- tions north of the Awali
non from which Israeli River were "ad hoc actions,"
forces withdrew only a week and would not be on a reg-
ago.
ular basis. He said Israel re-
An angry exchange of serves the right to strike at
barbed comments between the PLO whenever neces-
the two men at Sunday's sary.
Cabinet meeting was ap-
Three Israeli soldiers
parently sparked by-Arens' were wounded in an am-
reported decision to re- bush in southern Lebanon
assess relations with Is- over the weekend, near the
rael's Christian Phalangist Israeli border north of
k
allies in Lebanon and to Metulla.
seek closer relations with
At the same time, several
the Lebanese Druze.
hundred Lebanese Chris-
Israel is demanding that tians from Sidon and the
the Druze in Lebanon get Shouf region crossed the\
rid of the Palestine Libera- border into Israel at Ras
tion Organization elements Hanikra. They were
said to have joined them in allowed to enter on a. pre-
battling Christian Phalan- sentation of identity cards.
gists in the Shouf Moun-
Some are seeking ref-
tains.
uge among family and
Arens said it was the friends in Israel. Several
responsibility of the purchased airline tickets
Druze to prevent the PLO to Europe at special El Al
from approaching the ticket offices set up at
IDF lines along the Awali Ras Hanikra and
River. He said Israel was Metulla.
acting to block PLO in-
The fighting between
filtration into the Druze and Christians ap-
evacuated region.
peared for a time to have
The Lebanese Druze deny spilled over into Israel.
vehemently that their Shots were fired and a hand
fighters in Lebanon are grenade thrown at a Chris-
supported by Palestinian tian houSe in Usafiya, a vil-
volunteers or Syrian artil- lage on the Carmel range
lery. But on Saturday, the populated by Druze but
U.S. State Department ex- with a Christian minority.
pressed concern that
Police reinforcements
Syrian-supported Palesti-
were dispatched. But Druze
nians were involved in the and Christian leaders in the
fighting in Lebanon.
village and in the two com-
On Wednesday, Israel's munities in Israel stressed
chief of military intelli- that the incident was part of
gence said there were at a feud between families and
least 1,000 armed Palesti- was not related to the fight-
nian terrorists in the Beirut - ing in Lebanon.
area and thousands more in
In Washington, Julius
the Bekaa Valley
Berman,
chairman of the
Fierce fighting over the
weekend between Druze Conference of Presidents of
and Christians in the Major American Jewish
Shouf Mountains of Organizations, emerged
central Lebanon drew a from two hours of State De-
sharp warning from the Is- partment meetings late
raeli Cabinet to "all forces Monday expressing the be-
in Lebanon to refrain from lief that the Reagan Ad-
collaborating with the ter- ministration will "stay the
rorist organizations (which course" in. Lebanon.
Berman said he re-
are) the enemies of both Is-
ceived this "impression"
rael and Lebanon."
Israel acknowledged at when he and 12 other
the same time that its ar- members of the
mored patrols are once Presidents Conference
again active north of the and of the National Re-
Awali River, the line to publican Jewish Coali-
which the Israel Defense tion met for an hour with
Secretary of State George
Shultz and then for an-
other hour with Richard
Murphy who has been
designated assistant sec-
retary of state for Near
Eastern and South Asian
affairs, succeeding
Nicholas Veliotes.
Murphy was formerly
ambassador to Saudi
Arabia.
Berman stressed that in
the Middle East there is a
need for "savlunot" (pa-
tience) and that the worst
thing for the U.S. would be
- to pull out of Lebanon. He
said the United States
would have to "persevere" if
it wants to get the Syrians
and the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization out of
Lebanon.
Meanwhile, 25 leaders of
the United Jewish Appeal,'
each of whom has contrib-
uted at least $500,000, met
with President Reagan and
Vice President George Bush
for a half-hour on' Sept. 6.
Sen. Arlen Specter (R-
Pa.), who along with Sen.
Rudy Boschwitz (R-
Minn.) accompanied the
group, said that while
they found that the
President was not willing
to do everything they
wanted for Israel, they
felt he was very sensitive
to their position. Specter
said the. President
greeted the group by
wishing them a happy
5744.
He said that when the
group asked why the U.S.
does not move its embassy
in Israel from Tel Aviv to
Jerusalem, the President
said it would be inappropri-
ate at this time because
negotiations are going on
and it is - still possible to
bring King Hussein of Jor-
dan into the negotiations.
The President also re-,
plied to complaints about
the sale of AWACS recon-
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