; THE DETROIT JEillSH• NEWS Friday, December 6, 1985 75 SHABOT SHALOM the Arab world. And although the treaty remains in place, Mubarak has kept his distance from the Jewish state, making no efforts to fulfill Israeli expec- tations of peace — full diploma- tic, economic and cultural ties between the two countries. In 1982, he recalled his am- bassador from Tel Aviv in pro- test at Israel's invasion of Leba- non. The ambassador still has not been returned. Moreover, the Egyptian leader has resisted entreaties to visit Israel or to meet with the Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres until there is a resolution of the bor- der dispute over Taba, a one- square mile beach on the Red Sea which Israel occupies and which Cairo claims is "holy Egyptian soil." Mubarak's insistence on re- gaining Taba is not so much motivated by an urgent need to recover an insignificant piece of real estate at the northern tip of the Sinai Desert as it is an at- tempt to placate his leftist and fundamentalist critics who re- gard even a "cold peace" with Israel as too much to stomach and who are using Taba as a stick with which to beat the Egyptian leader. And now, with relations be- tween Egypt and Israel in deep freeze following the Achille Lauro affair and the killing last month of seven Israeli holiday-makers on the Red Sea coast by a Koran-chanting Egyptian policeman, there seems little likelihood of an early settlement to the Taba dispute. For all that, though, Mubarak is unlikely to disturb the sub- stance of the treaty, which is the key to continued American largesse. In essence, he is caught between a rock and a hard place: if he maintains the treaty he will be courting inter- nal dangers, but tearing it up will open him to even greater perils. Militarily and economically, Egypt is in no shape to return to its former state of belligerency FROM YOUR FRIENDLY GREAT SCOTT SUPERMARKET CANDLE LIGHTING TIME 4:42 P.M. Detroit's Hometown Supermarket for Over 30 Years with Israel. And the Egyptian masses — struggling with fal- ling living standards amid a population explosion that is add- ing one million souls per year to the current population of 48 mil- lion — are in no mood to go to war again.Mubarak, now painted into a very tight corner, must be looking for a graceful way out. While President Ronald Reagan has declined to satisfy the Egyptian leader's demand for an abject public apology for the interception, Washington will nevertheless be ready to go to great lengths to help out a valued ally who has fallen headlong into a humiliat- ing quagmire. But it will be some time be- fore relations between patron and client regain their former robust health. In fact, though, the key to President Mubarak's survival lies neither in Washington nor in Jerusalem; rather, it lies in the Arab world. And this month's summit in Riyadh is likely to be his moment of truth. So far, only King Hussein of Jordan has defied the Arab con- sensus and restored diplomatic ties with Cairo. Other Western- leaning Arab leaders would like to follow his lead and help Egypt return to the fold, thereby strengthening the position of the moderates within the Arab world. But their voices will be drowned out if, as seems likely, charges of collusion with the United States continue to haunt Mubarak in Riyadh. A fresh rejection of Egypt, coming on top of the Achille Lauro fiasco, will be a serious blow to the Egyptian leader, strengthening his domestic op- ponents and emboldening those who dream of remaking Egypt in the image of fundamentalist Iran or radical Libya. "President Mubarak," ob- served one senior Middle East analyst in Israel, "is not the wisest of men." Given his pre- sent precarious predicament, a lack of political wisdom could prove fatal. LOCAL NEWS •WILD BERRY •CHOCOLATE SUPREME •MAPLE •VANILLA ALMOND Furri ppv,S LIGFIT& SM s\ PINT CUP wrNt • 9 • NW • • SAVE Wailes or KNOCKS 69 12-OZ. PKG. ASSORTED FLAVORS KING KOLD BLINTZES 15-0Z. PKG. SAVE UP TO 6r SAVE 1" QUALITY BORDEN SOUR CREAM SAVE 24' PINT CUP • REG. •NO SALT ROKEACH PRETZELS 7-OZ. BOX SAVE 36' CORYDEN HOUSE MATZO BALL & SOUP MIX 4 50Z BOX KOSHER FOODS AVAILABLE AT: Honorees Spencer Partrich, second from left, and Mickey Shapiro, third from left, are congratulated at the largest ever dinner for the Beth Yehudah Schools. Pictured with them are, from left: Rabbi E. B. Freedman, Sen. Donald W. Riegle and Rabbi Norman Kahn. • TELEGRAPH/LONG LAKE IN BLOOMFIELD TWP. • ORCHARD LAKE/13 MILE RD. IN FAMINGTON HILLS • TELEGRAPH & MAPLE RD. BLOOMFIELD PLAZA • 12 MILE/EVERGREEN IN SOUTHFIELD • ANN ARBOR RD./SHELDON PLYMOUTH TWP. MOST STORES OPEN DAILY 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. SUNDAY 8 A.M. TO 9 P.M. PRICES & ITEMS EFFECTIVE THRU DEC. 12, 1985. NO SALES TO DEALERS