Hussein says no _to peace
From the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee
•
King Hussein of Jordan
has dealt a severe blow to
the American-sponsored
peace process in the Middle
East. In an intervidw with
the New York Times, the
king ruled out direct
negotiations with Israel and
barred U.S. mediation. He
blamed the United States
for refusing to abandon our
democratic ally Israel. He
threatened to turn to the
Soviet Union.
He criticized the United
States for daring to broker
an accord between Lebanon
and Israel. He scapegoated
the U.S. Congress. He im-
plied once again that the
role of the U.S. should be to
"deliver" Israel on Arab
terms, and he accused the
U.S. of failing to live up to
its principles.
These statements are a
deep disappointment to all
who seek to advance the
peace process in the Middle
East. But they are not sur-
prising. For, in reality,
King Hussein is the one who
has refused to live up.to the
basic principles of peace and
reconciliation:
• In June 1967, King
Hussein joined Egypt and
Syria in making war on Is-
rael.
• In September 1967,
King Hussein endorsed the
Arab world's declaration of
"no peace with Israel, no
recognition of Israel, no
negotiations with Israel."
• In 1978, King Hussein
rejected the Camp David
Accords — negotiated by
Egypt, Israel and the U.S.
— which provided the
framework for peace in the
Middle East.
• In 1979, when Egypt
signed a peace treaty with
Israel, King Hussein joined
the Arab rejectionists at
Baghdad, helped expel
Egypt from the Arab
League, and accepted Arab
subsidies of $1.2 billion an-
nually to continue the con-
frontation with Israel.
• In 1983, although King
Hussein did praise the Re-
agan Plan, he still refused
to enter negotiations with
Israel. The fact that the Re-
agan Plan had purposely
prejudged those negotia-
tions in his favor by stating
that territories under Is-
raeli control should be
handed over to Jordan made
no difference.
• And now, King Hussein
has renounced the peace
process and blamed the
U.S., despite Reagan Ad-
ministration efforts to
encourage him by providing
Jordan with generous
amounts of military and
economic aid as well as a
variety of sophisticated
weapons.
Coming in the wake of
Lebanon's abrogation of the
Israel-Lebanon Agreement
and Egypt's distancing it-
self from the peace treaty
with Israel, King Hussein's
renewed rejectionism raises
serious questions about
Arab "moderation" and
willingness to live in peace -
with Israel.
In these circumstances,
the United States needs to
recommit itself to the fun-
damental principles that it
has long upheld:
• The U.S. cannot and
will not impose peace on the
parties to the Arab-Israeli
conflict.
• The U.S. can and will
act as a peace broker only
when Arab leaders are pre-
pared to sit down and
negotiate with Israel.
• The U.S., in the words of
Secretary of State Shultz,
"has done, does have and
will have a strong relation-
ship with Israel" — regard-
less of Arab objection.
• The U.S.' friendship
and support for Israel is not
incompatible with, but
rather is the very founda-
tion of the Middle East
peace process.
Outreach group
for immigrants
New York (JTA) —
Jewish leaders in the
Brighton Beach section of
Brooklyn, an area heavily
populated by recent immig-
rants from Russia, have
formed the Brighton Beach
Coordinating Committee
for Outreach to Russian
Jews. Committee members
hope to prevent an influx of
Christian missionaries in
the community.
Third Moroccan
parley slated
Tel Aviv (JNI) — The
growing number of mayors
and local council chairmen
of Moroccan origin will
comprise 40 percent of the
500 delegates to the third
annual convention of the
Association of Immigrants
of Moroccan origin next
week. The conference will
address the promotion of
Moroccan traditions and
culture by its 400,000 mem-
bers who have immigrated
to Israel.
Secular meeting
"The Future of a Secular
Jewish Identity" will be the
theme of the second annual
meeting of the Leadership
cmnference of Secular and
Humanistic Jews, April
30-May 1 in New York.
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