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Friday, August 15, 1986
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tions, taking into account the
security of Israel and the aspi-
rations of the Palestinians, and
Washington's belief in the im-
portance of face-to-face negoti-
ations.
Bush said that while none of
the points were new, he felt
that such a statement was
"good and useful," adding:
"what is not useful is neglect on
the part of the United States in
not going to these areas."
The Vice President said he
was "more convinced than
ever" that Israeli Prime Minis-
ter Shimon Peres is committed
to the peace process. He also
praised Deputy Premier Yit-
zhak Shamir, who is scheduled
to trade places with Peres in
October as part of their rota-
tion agreement, as having "a
real desire for peace." Bush
said he had private meetings
with Shamir, who is viewed by
many in Washington as a
potential obstruction to peace,
and found him to be "quite for-
ward looking."
He also praised King Hus-
sein, noting that the Jordanian
monarch "wants to see a solu-
tion — I feel it more now." The
only Mideast leader he specifi-
cally criticized was Syria's
President Assad, for denounc-
ing the recent meeting be-
tween Peres and Morocco's
King Hassan even before their
talks took place.
that
Bush
asserted
President Reagan's 1982 peace
proposal is still viable, though
critics have called it invisible
because there has been virtu-
ally no progress in the last four
years. He repeatedly under-
scored the importance of hav-
ing face-to-face talks with
Mideast leaders and noted that
American policy calls for direct
talks between the disputants.
During his stay in Israel,
Bush suggested that King
Hussein meet directly with
Shimon Peres, thus upsetting
the Jordanian leader who in-
sists on an "international um-
brella" before beginning
negotiations. Bush said the
U.S. would approve of such a
format "not as a substitute for
direct negotiations" but as a
"catalyst" to set the talks in
motion. He said that one of the
benefits of the recent Peres-
Hassan talks in Morocco was
that King Hussein saw that
they took place and "the sky
did not fall" in the Arab World.
King Hussein was "discour-
ged" by the U.S. failure to fol-
low through on a promised
arms deal several months ago,
said Bush, who noted that he
and the Administration had
supported such a deal.
Asked about criticism of the
pro-Israel lobby in Washington
for its clout in helping to kill
the proposed arms sale, the
Vice President said the Ad-
ministration is "respectful of
that power." He added that "we
will keep on doing what we feel
is right for peace in the Middle
East. Sometimes we will suc-
ceed and sometimes we will
have the overwhelming sup-
port of the Jewish community"
and other times they will op-
pose the Administration.
Touching on several other
issues in response to questions
from the journalists (five
American and two Israeli),
Bush said he was pleased with
the upcoming consular talks
between Israel and the USSR
and he hopes it will lead "to the
exit of more Soviet Jews." But
he stressed that the U.S. con-
tinues to insist on keeping the
Soviets out of the Mideast
peace process. "We would be
very wary of them having a
major role," he said. As for the
status of Jerusalem, he favors
current American policy and
he would "encourage negotia-
tions that will resolve the is-
sue. I, for one, don't want to see
Jerusalem divided."
For all of his optimism and
praise in assessing his trip, the
Vice President could not avoid
the fact that it was less than a
complete success for him. He
admitted being disappointed
over his inability to oversee a
resolution of the border dispute
between Israel and Egypt con-
cerning the beachfront area
called Taba — "we would have
liked to have seen that issue
resolved," he said — and he
had also hoped to be invited to
Morocco by King Hassan as a
follow-up to the king's meet-
ings with Shimon Peres. No
such invitation was forthcom-
ing.
Bush's staff had hoped for a
"breakthrough" during the
Mideast visit. Upon return, in
searching for a word to de-
scribe how the Vice President
hadaffected the peace process,
they settled on the word "re-
energized."
Still, the visit seems to have
accomplished two of the Bush
staff's primary objectives: to
show his support for Israel as
the foundation of American
policy in the Mideast, and to
make him appear Presidential
in terms of the next election.
Clearly, he hopes to follow
the path that President Re-
agan has carved out for him.
Acknowledging that "there
could be a down side" to his
support of issues favored by the
Christian Right, Bush said he
"would like to end up in the
same position the President
ends up in terms of support for
Israel."
As for the political nature of
the Mideast trip, Bush said, "I
don't know what percentages
you measure it in, but I was
there to do a job, and if it helps
in terms of '88, fine." He said he
was pleased to have the eight
Jewish Republicans along with
him, but he did not mention
why the film crew he brought
along only photographed him
in Israel. "We didn't need
photos of the Vice President
shmoozing with Arabs," an
aide was quoted as saying in
Jordan.
Shmoozing with Jews,
though, whether they be politi-
cal leaders in Israel, wealthy
supporters in America or
editors of Jewish weeklies,
makes good political sense.