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"The letter was well-inten-
tioned," said Ezekiel Leikin,
executive vice president of
the Zionist Organization of
America's Detroit chapter.
"But the timing was bad.
They should have waited un-
til Shamir's visit."
Leikin said the letter was
an unneccessary attempt by
some Senate leaders to seek
control over Israel's histori-
cally divided political situa-
tion. Foreign Minister Shi-
mon Peres' Labor Party,
which comprises half of
Israel's national unity gov-
ernment, favors the land-for-
peace solution. Shamir's Li-
kud Party, the second half of
the national unity govern-
ment, opposes any surrender
of Israel-controlled territories.
"Israel is not Nicaragua or
El Salvador. You can't write a
letter and change its political
picture," Leikin said.
Steve Goldin, a member of
the local branch of the
Jabotinsky Society of Herut
USA, added that the United
States must let Israel and the
Arab states negotiate their
own peace initiative. He fell
short of advocating an isola-
tionist policy for the United
States, yet said putting un-
neccesary pressure on Israel
just before Shamir's visit here
could dissuade the Arab na-
tions from making peace.
"The senators have the
right to express opinions, but
not to exert pressure," Goldin
said.
Hyman Bookbinder, former
Washington representative of
the American Jewish Com-
mittee, disagrees. Bookbinder
told The Jewish News that
the the United States has the
right to express opinions that
could influence political deci-
sions rendered in other coun-
tries. He noted that the Rea-
gan Administration has made
outspoken comments regard-
ing policies in South Africa
and the Soviet Union.
"I see nothing improper or
inappropriate about senators
expressing their views, es-
pecially when those are the
views of the majority of
American Jews and of the
American people and of half
the Israeli government,"
Bookbinder said.
"Israel now knows in a very
effective and dramatic way
from some of its strongest
supporters that the concept
of land for peace is a very
important thing," Bookbinder
said.
In an interview from Wash-
ington, a Reagan Adminis-
tration spokesman said the
White House welcomed ad-
vice from the group of sen-
ators.
"We are approaching this
as a catalyst to move the
Sen. Carl Levin:
Pushing land for peace.
peace process forward," White
House Press Secretary Mar-
lin Fitzwater said during a
media briefing. "The views of
these senators are helpful to
us and probably instructive to
other parties in the region."
Local members of the Labor
Zionist Alliance said the
letter bolstered the peace
initiative.
"It was necessary pressure,"
LZA member Isadore Shro-
deck said. "If the West Bank
has to be given up, it should
be. And Gaza as well should
go."
The letter said in part:
"We were dismayed to read
in the New York Times of
February 26 that Prime Min-
ister Shamir had said that
`this expression of territory
for peace is not accepted by
me.' "
The senators said Israel is
entitled to keep territory
gained in the 1967 war, and
that the United Nations res-
olutions do not require Israel
to relinquish the land.
"Peace negotiations have
little chance of success if the
Israeli government's position
rules out territorial compro-
mise."
"Israel rejects negotiations
with the PLO, and rightly so.
However, its officials have in-
dicated that it would nego-
tiate with a joint Jordanian-
Palestinian delegation. Jor-
dan's abandonment of the
joint delegation concept now
would deal a serious blow to
the peace process."
Sen. Levin's brother, Rep.
Sander Levin, D-Southfield,
said the letter suggests that
Israel's security must be a
part of any Middle East peace
talks.
In the letter, the senators
said that the Arab nations
must support U.N. Resolu-
tions 242 and 338 that recog-
nize Israel's right to "live in
peace within secure and rec-
ognized boundaries, free from
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