THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Sim) says Israel and U.S.
must negotiate with Syria
Washington (JTA) — opposition to a Palestinian
Joseph Sisco, Undersecre- state.
tary of State for Political Af-
He noted that the dif-
fairs in the Ford Adminis- ference between the govern-
tration, said last week that ing Likud and the opposi-
in order for the Middle East tion Labor Alignment over
peace process to succeed negotiations was really
Syria has to be brought into "moot" as long as Jordan re-
the negotiations.
fused to enter negotiations.
"Over the next two or
While saying that
three or four years, as you Jerusalem "must remain
look ahead, there is going to united," Sisco said that the
be a reckoning between proposed bill in Congress to
Syria and Israel," he said in move the U.S. Embassy
answering questions from from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
foreign correspondents. "I would not be "helpful" to the
think all of us would agree present situation.
Joseph Sisco
that it is far preferable for
. He stressed that the prin-
this reckoning to occur ciples outlined in President was not acting in Lebanon
politically rather than Reagan's Sept. 1, 1982 as a hostage or surrogate for
othbrwise."
peace initiative are "still re- the USSR but in its own na-
But Sisco, noting the pre- levant and are going to have tional interests.
sent situation in the Middle to be addressed." He said
But Sisco added that he
East is "stalemated," said the U.S. under all adminis- does not believe that Syria
_ no progress will be made trations has adhered to the will be able to totally domi-
this year and any moves "territory for. peace" for- nate Lebanon. He said the
will have to wait until 1985. mula. He said this was the Lebanese "of all principal
"This is less a function of a basis for the Reagan plan, stripes" want to find a
Presidential campaign year the Camp David accords, Lebanese solution and if
in the United States," he the Egyptian Israeli peace they do so and are able to
emphasized, "but much treaty and the three dis- restore Lebanon's soy-
more a reflection of the ero- engagement agreements ' reignty over all its territory,
sion that has occurred in the between Israel and Egypt this will require the "ulti-
area generally, plus the fact and Israel and Syria.
mate withdrawal of all ex-
that none of the principal
On Syria, Sisco said he traneous forces." But Sisco
actors on the scene are had met with President said he did not believe there
really in a position to make Hafez Assad 20 to 25 times would be any progress in
a significant move."
and believes he is a strong Lebanon this year nor
While conceding that the. Syrian nationalist. He said would the withdrawal of Is-
U.S. has sufferred a "set- that while Syria is "depen- raeli and Syrian forces come
back," in the Mideast be- dent" on the Soviet Union it in 1984.
cause of Lebanon, Sisco said
he does not view this as a
permanent enfeablement
of American policy." He
Rome (JTA) — Brother- American Jews are so de-
stressed that there is no hood, cooperation between eply bound to Israel's survi-
substitute for the "third two ancient faiths for val over and beyond
party role" of the U.S. be- humanitarian goals and momentary politics — feel-
cause it is indispensable not continuing dialogue were ings difficult for non-Jews
only for its diplomatic ef- the focus of remarks by Pope to understand," the ADL of-
forts but because its mili- John Paul II at a Papal ficial said.
tary power helps insure the audience with 11 represen-
"Each of us, I said, feels as
security of Israel, Jordan tatives of the Anti- if he had personally sur-
and Saudi Arabia as well as Defamation league of B'nai vived the Holocaust, and we
the Persian Gulf.
B'rith — accompanied by know that countless more of
But he urged the U.S. at their wives — at the Vati- us could have survived if we
had a place to go. We must
present to study the various can Saturday morning.
"The dialogue between combine forces to assure not
options quietly and not
Catholics and Jews, the only Jews but all the perse-
make any public moves un-
less there is a chance of suc- mysterious spiritual ties cuted people of the world
cess. "The next move has got that unite us both in Ab- that there is a 'place' for
to be carefully prepared and raham, their common con- everyone to go to find ref-
it's hot to succeed," he de- cern for contemporary prob- uge," Bialkin said he told
lems of humanity, condem- the Pope.
clared.
nation of anti-Semitism by
John Paul did not refer to
Sisco said that the the Catholic Church," were
Israel or the Palestinian
strategic cooperation the themes touched on by problem.
agreement betwen Israel the Pontiff according to the
The Pope defined the spe-
and the United States is Vatican newspaper L'Os- cial quality of the
good but has to be expanded servatore Romano and "brotherly" relationship be-
to include not just military broadcasts by the Vatican tween Catholics and Jews.
issues but political ones as. Radio.
"Because, my dear friends,
well. He urged the need for
Kenneth Bialkin, na- as I have often said . . . the
resuming the consultations tional chairrrian of the ADL, encounter between
that once had existed be- spoke of the Pope's "very
Catholics and Jews is not a
tween the U.S. and Israel warm reception" to the meeting of two ancient reli-
over various political is- Jewish group, stopping to gions each going its own
sues.
exchange brief remarks
way, and not infrequently,
Sisco noted that under with each member.
in times past, in grievous
both Democratic and Re-
Bialkin, expressed par- and painful conflict. It is a
publican administrations ticular concern over the re-
meeting between brothers,
there existed a "continuity"
surgence of anti-Semitism
a dialogue . ."
in Mideast policy which in- all over the world, espe-
He appeared to be calling
cluded the "American com- cially the equation of for more open relations
mitment to the security and Zionism with racism. He when he observed that
survival" of Israel and the said he called on the Pope to
"This spirituel link, how-
effort to strengthen rela-
use his prestige and ever, involves a great re-
tions with "at least those spiritual force to help im-
sponsibility. Closeness in
Arab countries that are prove conditions for Soviet respect implies trust and
committed to the principle Jews and to further the
frankness, and totally
of live and let live and co- quest for peace, indepen-
excludes distrust and suspi-
existence."
dence and security for Is- cion. It also calls for frater-
He pointed out that in Is-
rael.
nal concern for one another
rael there was also a bi-
Bialkin said he stressed
and the problems and diffi-
partisan foreign policy the meaning of Israel to
culties with which each of
based on maintaining Jews. "The time was short,
our religious communities
Jerusalem as its capital and but I tried to explain why
is faced."
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Pope meets ADL group
Friday, March 30, 1984
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