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Shared Rule Plan for Territories
Considered by U.S. and Israel
By DAVID FRIEDMAN
promise or "repartition,"
has several difficulties, ac-
cording to Elazar. First, he
noted, no Arab in a position
of authority has been will-
ing to consider it as a basis
of negotiations.
Secondly, since 1977,
with increased Israeli set-
tlements, it would be now
difficult to "untangle" the
territory in Judea and
Samaria. Shoval also noted
that there is a difference of
opinion in Israel over how
much of the areas can be
given up for security.
WASHINGTON (JTA) -
The proposal that the solu-
tion to the West Bank and
Gaza should be through
Israel-Jordanian "shared
rule" has apparently re-
ceived some serious thought
both in. Jerusalem and
Washington since it was
first made last June by nine
Israelis who participated in
a study group on Israel-
Arab peace under the au-
spices of the Jerusalem
Center for Public.. Affairs
Two members of the
This led the group to a
group, Daniel Elazar,
shared
rule, Elazar said.
president of the Jerusalem
think tank and chairman of The American-born
the study group, and Zal- Elazar, who is also direc-
man Shoval, a former Likud tor of the Center for
Knesset member who was a Study of Federalism at
close associate of the late Temple University in
Moshe Dayan, outlined the Philadelphia, said that
proposal to a group of jour- the plan is neither for a
nalists, scholars and former "federation or a confed-
government officials at the eration."
Instead, it is an Israeli-
American Enterprise Insti-
tute here recently. They Jordanian "condominium"
called the plan the "only vi- that "recognizes the exist-
ences of two peoples and two
able option available."
states within a common
"The one thing that is
territory from the Mediter-
desperately needed" in the
ranean to the eastern des-
Middle East is some uncon-
ert, Israelis, Palestinians,
ventional thinking even if it
takes a while to germinate Hashemites."
Elazar said there were
and percolate," said Elazar,
who is also head of the Insti- two states there now, Jor-
tute of Local Government at dan and Israel, "with terri-
Bar-Ilan University in tory in dispute in between."
Shoval stressed that Israel
Ramat Gan.
He said the Mideast has couild not allow the West
been "the victim of con- Bank and Gaza to become a
ventional European separate Palestinian 'state
thinking about state sov- for "fear that such a state
would be a "springboard for
ereignty."
The two Israelis rejected aggression against Israel."
all the current options for
the territories. Annexa-
tions, or what Elazar said
was the present Likud gov-
ernment's policy of "absorp-
tion," is not acceptable out-
side Israel or by many Is-
raelis. Full Israeli with-
drawal is opposed by almost
all Israelis.
The major option being
discussed, territorial corn-
The plan would set up
separate Jewish and Pales-
tinian "cantons" on the
West Bank and Gaza with
the Jews being citizens of
Israel and the Palestinians
citizens of Jordan, as most
are now. There would be a
large measure of local au-
tonomy with a central
authority deciding on issues
of common concern.
Shoval, who helped
Dayan found the Telem
Party, noted that Jordan
has the largest number of
Palestinians living in one
place and the majority of
people in Jordan are
Palestinians.
He said that might cause
the Palestinians to eventu-
ally think of Jordan as a
solution for their problems
instead of the West Bank,
and for this reason King
Hussein might be willing to
go along with the shared
rule concept.
The proposal is within the
framework of the Camp
David agreements, Shoval
maintained. He said the au-
tonomy period envisioned
by Camp David may be
needed' for the shared rule
plan as a "psychological,
necessary transitory step."
But Shoval ruled out
President Reagan's peace
initiative since he said it
does not take into account
Israel's security needs in
Judea, Samaria and Gaza,
as Camp David does. But he
said the U.S. could play a
major role in promoting
shared rule.
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When a Palestinian
journalist said that the
plan does not meet Pales-
tinian aspirations since it
rejects the idea of a
Palestinian state, Elazar
replied "not every people
can satisfy its aspirations
precisely in the way that
it seeks to satisfy them."
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He noted as an example
that the Basques in Spain
have to be satisfied with an
autonomous region in a
larger area while the Bas-
ques in France do not even
have that. He said if Israel
is faced with an all or noth-
ing choice it will retain ex-
- elusive control. Shoval
added that if the Palesti-
nians continue to demand
"all or nothing" then "I'm
afraid they will get noth-
ing."
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'Ike and Mama' Is Skillfully
Told Children's Adventure
By RENA ROTENBERG
from JWB
Set in the Bronx in the
1920s, "Ike and Mama and
Trouble at School" by Carol
Snyder (Coward-McCann),
depicts the trials and tribu-
lations of 12-year-old Ike
Greenberg.
Pursued and intimidated
by Ziggy, a bully who calls
Ike a dirty Jew; scolded and
reprimanded by his morn-
ing teacher; wanting to see
more of Sylvia, a special
girl, Ike comes home with a
black eye (thanks to Ziggy)
and a note from the princi-
pal in a sealed envelope to
give to his parents. Fearful
of the note's contents, Ike
does not hand the envelope
to his mother.
What follows a series of
events and adventures that
happen to Ike, from his
mother inviting Ziggy to a
Sabbath eve dinner, to Ike's
sister, Bessie, tattletaling,
to Ike's asking his paper
route employer to be his
"father" at a meeting with
the school principal. The
book ends on an upbeat, pos-
itive note.
Carol Snyder does a skill-
ful, masterly job of making
the reader feel part of the
setting, from the descrip-
tion of the Greenberg's fab-
ric store to the depicting of
the Democratic Party pic-
nic. Each personality is so
clearly drawn that a young
reader can. easily identify
with the characters in the
story.
Rabbi Sternstein Chosen
Histadrut Ivrit President
NEW YORK - Rabbi
Joseph P. Sternstein, of
New York, has been elected
national president of the
Histadrut Ivrit (Hebrew
Culture Movement of
America). Rabbi Sternstein
is the spiritual leader of
Temple Beth Shalom of Ros-
lyn Heights, N.Y.
Rabbi Sternstein is the
immediate past-president of
the American Zionist Fed-
eration, a former president
of the Zionist Organization
of American and is cur-
rently a vice chairman of
the National Conference on
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