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Samuel Lewis' criticism
earned Strauss' enmity
BY WOLF BLITZER
The Jewish News Washington correspondent
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NEWS
&VS* W;it is a
Washington — U.S. Ambas-
sador to Israel Samuel Lewis
caused a major stir on the eve of
the Nov. 6 U.S. Presidential elec-
tion by sharply criticizing the tim-
ing of President Reagan's Sept. 1,
1982 Arab-Israeli peace initia-
tive. "The timing, in my opinion,
was abysmal, the tactics of pre-
sentation worse and the outcome,
so far, nil," he told a group at Tel
Aviv University.
His candid comments predicta-
bly generated speculation that he
was planning to wind up his
seven-year tour of duty in Tel
Aviv to return to the United
States. If that now turns out to be
the case, Lewis should know that
he did not anger only Reagan and
his Republican political advisers.
Upon his return, he will also
have to face the wrath of a Demo-
crat — former Middle East Envoy
Robert Strauss who was another
target of Lewis' criticism.
"There was a cultural problem
between Bob and the Middle
East," Lewis said. "He had never
been here before, and his informal
Texas style was unsuited for sub-
tle negotiations."
Strauss, who is not exactly shy
and is still a formidable figure in
the U.S. political establishment,
was clearly angered by Lewis'
putdown. But he is someone who
follows the principle: "Don't Get
Mad — Get Even."
At a Washington reception re-
cently honoring Leon Charney's
new book on the Camp David
peace process Special Counsel,
Strauss indicated that he would
eventually find a way of doing
exactly that.
Charney, by the way, quickly
came to Strauss' defense. "I think
Lewis' comments about Bob
Strauss are without merit," he
said. "I think Strauss was a Texas
negotiator; his heart was in the
right place and he gave it all the
human effort possible to try to ac-
complish his mission. He was in
constant contact with me for con-
cepts and ideas. For Sam Lewis to
attack Bob Strauss is grossly un-
fair."
Charney, a New York lawyer
who served as an unofficial back
channel between the Israeli gov-
ernment and the Carter Adminis-
tration, went on to add his own
sharp criticism of the U.S. Am-
bassador to Israel. "Sam Lewis
seems to have forgotten that he is
an American Ambassador to Is-
rael and not the High Coriimis-
sioner of Palestine. He was not
particularly helpful to me even
though he was quite aware of my
role and knew I had direct access'
to the highest U.S. and Israeli of-
ficials and that my contacts were
invaluable.
"I had the strangest feeling
with him, although I am an
American and although I was
going into my embassy. I felt I was
going into a foreign embassy. The
converse was true of (former U.S.
Ambassador) Milton Wolf in Vie-
nna who gave me all the facilities
in the embassy when we were on a
special mission involving the U.S.
hostages in Iran. When the hos-
tage situation broke out, Lewis
Samuel Lewis
felt it was a propitious moment to
go deep-sea diving in Sinai. Ezer
Weizman looked at me with as-
tonishment and said, 'Your own
ambassador doesn't think it's so
important. He's fishing in Sinai."
Two years ago, Max Frankel,
the powerful editor of the New
York Times editorial page, wrote
two signed columns suggesting
that some senior Israeli politi-
cians — he refused to identify
them — had recommended to him
that the U.S. actually cut back on
its generous economic and mili-
tary assistance package to Israel
in order to help the then Labor
opposition topple the Likud-led
government. An understandable
commotion erupted as Frankel's
points were splashed on the front
pages of Israeli newspapers.
There was intense interest over
the identity of the Labor leaders
who offered that suggestion. At
the time, there was widespread —
but never proven — speculation
that former Foreign Minister
Abba Eban may have been
Frankel's source. Eban denied it
strongly. Frankel has remained
silent.
Robert Strauss
But now, several irate Israeli
officials in Washington and New
York are once again pointing
their fingers at Eban who was
quoted in a recent issue of Parade
magazine as saying that the U.S.
actually might be doing Israel a
favor by cutting back on aid.
Parade is the popular Sunday
supplement which appears in
numerous local newspapers
around the country — potentially
reaching more than 100 million
Americans.
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