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JANUARY 17, 1986
SERVING.OETROIT'S METROPOLITAN JEWISH COMMUNITY
Israel, Egypt Agree
To Arbitration On Taba
U.S. welcomes decision
in border dispute.
Jerusalem (JTA) — The Inner
Cabinet has agreed in principle to
settle Israel's border dispute with
Egypt over Taba through binding .
'arbitration, in the process of which
conciliation will also be tried.
The formula, the key to an
overall package aimed -at improving
Israel's strained relations with
Egypt, was vigorously presied by
Premier Shimon Peres.
Peres prevailed at a 12-hour
marathon session of the ten-man
Inner Cabinet (five Labor and five
Likud Ministers) which began Sun-
day night and ended at dawn Mon-
day. Previously, the Inner Cabinet
had been deadlocked.
Peres promptly telephoned
'Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak
in. Cairo to inform him that the way
has been cleared for arbitration, the
method insisted upon by Egypt.
• Peres told reporters afterwards that
the decision finally reached by the
Cabinet's top policy-making forum
would reverse the process of deter-
ioration in relations between Israel
and. Egypt. •
In Washington, the State De-
partment Monday welcomed the Is-
raeli Cabinet's decision as an "im
. portant step" in Israeli-Egyptian re-
lations.
,
"The U.S. remains ready to as-
sist as both sides work to' bring the
Taba issue to a mutually satisfactory
resolution," State Department
spokesman Bernard Kalb said.
The move for arbitration:, has
also apparently saved the 16-
month-old Labor-Likud, - unity coali-
tion government from dissolution.
Peres had made clear he was pre-
pared to end the partnership if
Likud continued to; balk at the foi-
mula which is a concession to Egypt
but at the same time, preserves the
conciliation option demanded by
Likud.
Deputy premier and housing
Minister David Levy, one of the
strongest voices in Likud, also ex-
pressed satisfaction with the deci-
stressed to reporters how-
sion. • Be
ever that the steadfastness of the
Likud ministers ensured that what
he called "safety valves" would be
built into the rapprochement process
with Cairo, to make sure the Egyp-
tians live up to their part in the
bargain.
He and other Likud spokesmen
explained that the'first eight months
of the arbitration process would ac-
tually be a period of conciliation at-
tempts during which the arbitrators
would be empowered to propose
compromise formulas.
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Michigan Hate Rising
s U.S. Rate Declines
ADL survey reveals 14
incidents reported in
state last year.
BY TEDD SCHNEIDER
Stuff Writer
Michigan continued to buck the
national trend in recorded incidents
of anti-Semitism 'during 1985. But
last year's statistics — which show a
-moderate decrease in the country
and a marked increase in the state
— are. a complete reversal of the
1984 figures.
The annual audit, conducted by
the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai
HALF
JEWS?
There are none according
to Jewish law, but Robin
Margolis has founded
a national group for
those who feel in limbo.
Page 14
B'rith (ADL),;revealed 14 anti-
' Semitic incidents were reported in
Michigan between Jan. 1 and Dec.
31, 1985, up from seven such - in-
stances the previous year. .
Richard Lobenthal, ADL Michi-
gan region director, is unsure of the
reason or reasons behind the in-
crease. But the ADL director told
The Jewish News this week that the
abundance of Jewish issues which
made headlines this past year may
be partly responsible. "We have to
recognize that issues of Jewish con-
cern, like (the President's trip to)
Bittburg and the attention paid to
men like (Louis) Farrakhan fre-
quently tend to trigger some of these
kinds of incidents."
Lobenthal refused however, to
criticize media attention to such is-
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