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4arel sees continued settlement growth
in territories despite Labor leadership
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3Y DAVID FRIEDMAN
Israel Harel, executive director
if the Council of Jewish Cities and
settlements
in Judaea, Samaria
,
aid -Gaza,
Gaza, does not believe that a
r end
government headed by the
Labor Party's Shimon Peres will
atop the growth of settlements in
the territories.
The "present growth" will con-
Ginue, Harel stressed at a press
'il.nference with reporters from
`he Jewish press at the Israel Em-
[
:ssy in Washington recently.
Harel conceded that the present
catastrophic" state of the Israeli
conomy with inflation running
'6'400 percent may cause a cur-
ailment of new settlements. If
e present • settlements will be
xpanded and a good number of
. e ople move in there, it will
'atisfy us," he said. "It will be a
olicy we can live with."
The explanation for this, ac-
ording to Harel, is that since los-
g power to Likud in 1977, Labor
o-ved away from its "traditional
exiter position" and took an "arti-
icially left stand." He said this
osition was opposed by most Is-
aelis as demonstrated by the re-
ent election when, in spite of the
evere economic situation, Labor
riled to win a majority and Likud
ost "only" six seats. He believes
t while in power Labor will re-
urn to the center.
Harel sees the growth of set-
lements as necessary to change
he demographic balance between
ews and Arabs in the West Bank
lid Gaza so that Jews will even-
ally become the majority. He
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must particularly settle the harsh
notes that when the council was
hilly areas of Samaria and
established four years ago there
were 38 settlements. Now there
Judaea.
He rejected the position of the
are 122 settlements with some
Reagan Administration and
40,000 Jews living in Judaea,
many Americans that a freeze on
Samaria and Gaza.
settlements would be a gesture to
Harel, a journalist, who was one
the Arabs to encourage them to
of the first settlers of Ofra 10
come to the negotiating table.
years ago, stressed that most of
"The State of Israel always
the new settlers are not doing so
wanted to make gestures and it
for ideological reasons as he and
was never accepted by the Arabs,"
the other early settlers did. He
said someone in Tel Aviv or
he said.
Outlining the gestures, Harel
Jerusalem can sell their apart-
said that the first gesture was the
ment and for the same money
acceptance of partition which left
have a much larger flat or villa in
Israel with only a small part of
the territories.
Eretz Israel. He noted that in
A large number of these settlers
1949, Israel was ready to accept
are American immigrants, Harel
the armistice line as its boundary
said. He said they go to the set-
and in 1967, the day after Six-Day
tlements because having come to
War ended, Israel offered to make
Israel they do not want to live in
peace with substantial withdraw-
cities but to be pioneers.
als.
Harel is optimistic that a de-
The only Arabs who are ready
mographic change is taking place
to discuss peace are those who say
because of the large families most
that if they don't take what is of-
of the settlers have — at least four
fered now it will be too late to get
children. But he is particularly
it later, Harel said. He added that
optimistic about the new ultra-
he does not believe that King
Orthodox settlement of Emanuel
Hussein wants the "headache" of
in Samaria, 20 miles east of Petah
getting the West Bank back but
Tikvah, where the average couple
only says he does under pressure
has six children. The first 1,100
from the Arab countries. Harel
apartments were rapidly filled
said he knows some American of-
and Emanuel is expected to grow
ficials share this view.
by 600 or more apartments a year.
Harel explained that Judaea
Harel was in the United States
and Samaria are differett today
to present the case for the settle-
than when Hussein ruled them in
ments to the American public. He
a brutal manner, suppressing all
stressed it is dangerous for Israel
demonstrations with machinegun
to have 70 percent of its popula-
fire.
tion crowded in between Natanya
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