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Shamir
Continued from preceding page
agree with his resistance to
an international peace con-
ference, and he expressed
anger at intellectuals like
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg of
Dartmouth and Tikkun
magazine editor Michael
Lerner who have been lob-
bying for a congressional
statement favoring an inter-
national peace conference.
Shamir reiterated during
the satellite session that he
felt it is the duty of American
Jews to support the position
of the government of Israel,
and that Diaspora Jews
"should not exert pressure on
their government and ask
them to put pressure on
Israel:'
When he added that he will
return to Israel with the
message that American Jew-
ry stands solidly behind him,
there were those who felt the
prime minister was engaging
in a bit of wishful thinking.
Still, there was a certain
sense of relief among close
watchers of the Mideast scene
as Shamir wound up his
seven-day visit to the U.S. —
relief that the feared show-
down between the adminis-
tration and the prime minis-
ter over his rejection of
Secretary of State Shultz's
peace plan did not develop,
and that Shamir did not do
further damage to Israel's im-
age during his visit.
At least one Jewish leader
who describes himself as "no
fan of Shamir" said the prime
minister managed to drive
home his message that Israel
is at war and that the
enemy's intention is not to
retrieve the occupied ter-
ritories but to take over all of
Israel.
Shamir stressed, in the
satellite session and through-
out his visit here, that he ad-
vocates direct negotiations
and that "we are not en-
thusiastic, to say the least,"
about an international con-
ference that would include
the USSR, China and the
British.
In response to those who
questioned his opposition to
what some consider a cere-
monial international con-
ference as a prelude to direct
talks with the Arabs, Shamir
emphasized that such a con-
ference would be far more
than ceremonial. "The inter-
national conference is the op-
posite of direct negotiations,"
he said. "It's not true that it
would have no influence on
the subsequent talks?' He
said such a conference would
be "a tool of pressure against
Israel," and that's why the
Soviets are eager to partici-
pate.
A caller from Atlanta men-
tioned the negative image of
Giles: Asking questions.
Israeli soldiers "brutalizing"
Palestinians, and asked if
Israel could improve her im-
age by having her soldiers
retreat when stones are
thrown at them. The prime
minister replied that violence
cannot be quelled without us-
ing military force. "We can't
remove our troops from Gaza,
or the violence will spread all
over the country," he said.
"Their aim is to liquidate the
state of Israel."
•
Yitzhak Shamir gives the
impression of a self-contained
man, firm in his resolve —
one who prefers to weather
the storm of criticism quietly
and then go about his
business as planned. Nothing
from his U.S. visit changed
that impression. The question
now is whether, in the face of
pressure at home and abroad,
he will indeed be able to carry
out his plans.
Chaim Herzog
Sends Message
Jerusalem (JTA) — Presi-
dent Chaim Herzog broadcast
a message of new year
greetings this week to the
estimated millions of Iranian -
citizens who tune into Israel
Radio's Persian-language
(Farsi) program
The new year is not
recognized by the Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini, who
changed the Iranian calendar
when he took power in 1979.
Herzog spoke of the antiqui-
ty of the Iranian and Jewish
nations. He said the strands
linking their fates in this
region remain unsevered,
despite the hostility of the
present regime in Tehran
toward Israel and Zionism.
He interspersed his
remarks with a few words of
Persian he apparently learn-
ed when he visited Iran as
head of Israeli military in-
telligence during the reign of
the Shah.