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The author, lecturer and scholar, who also serves as a member of the Israeli prime minister's think-tank on Arab-Israeli affairs, stated outright that he had some bad news. That news, he said, is that for the past 100 years, "very little, if anything, has chang- ed favorably about what the Arabs think of Jews and what the Arabs think about the legitimacy and the accep- tability of the Jewish state." Furthermore, he added, "I cannot see a major change in the Arab world in terms of what they think of us and what they would like to do to us . . . If anything, there is more hatred today toward Israel in the Arab world than there ever was before!' Schueftan was the featured speaker at the Zionist Organization of America's Einstein Luncheon Forum, held late last week at the Zionist Cultural Center. Schueftan's "bad news" was tempered, however, by his comment that how Arabs feel about Jews is not what is most important. Arab motiva- tion cannot be changed, he said. But Arab behavior can be affected — and that is what is most critical. For Schueftan, it is of the utmost importance that Arabs understand that they cannot destroy Israel. The Arabs must "realize they have no chance whatsoever in undermining our existence!' he said. "And this is called peace!' Violence in the Middle East is of a particular nature, Schueftan said. In Lebanon, "'Kill thy neighbor' is a na- tional sport. Everybody kills everybody all the time." He also said that the Iraqis murdered with cyanide and mustard gas a group of their own citizens, whom they feared might conspire with the Iranians. E "If this," he said, "is what Arabs do to each other, what do you expect them to want to do to Israel?" Schueftan scoffed at the no- tion that the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was once a foe of Israel who sud- denly awoke one morning a Dr. Dan Schueftan: Behavior, not motivation. great lover of Zion. Rather, he said, Sadat realized that the Egyptians could not afford "the conse- quences of not having a set- tlement with Israel." "Fear," he said, "breeds peace." Yet it is not enough. Israel must "carry a big stick," Schueftan said, "but it is on- ly the beginning!' It also must offer a carrot of sorts: the West Bank. That carrot is topped by a wilted growth of political discussions for which Schuef- tan has little patience. Questions like "Do the Palestinians have a right to self-determination?" are not the ones Israel should focus on, he said. The real issue is, "Can we -afford to incorporate most of the West Bank into Israel?" About 1.5 million Arabs live in the West Bank, Schuef- tan said. And these are Arabs with whom Jews share nothing in common but mutual hatred. "I simply believe we don't deserve to be stuck with such a large Arab population inside the Jewish state," he said. Schueftan's own solution to the Middle East conflict is to incorporate the West Bank in- to Jordan. Any peace talks would not include the Palestine Liberation Organization. But this would be a slow process, and consequently might not prove popular with Americans. Americans, he said, "want to have everything now," and pursue a peace plan of "Let's do something, whatever it is!' This led to such "well- intentioned but ill-advised" moves as Secretary of State George Shultz's recent Mid- dle East peace initiative. Many people believe they have a solid working knowledge of the area. "But there are very, very, very, very few who have the ability and the background to unders- tand a complex issue" like the Middle East, he said. Carl Levin, Rabbis Have 'Satisfactory' Meeting STAFF REPORT A meeting April 7 between Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and the executive board of the Detroit Council of Orthodox Rabbis (Va'ad Harabbanim) was described as satisfactory by all parties. The 45 minute meeting was requested by the Va'ad. It followed a letter from the rab- bis to the senator expressing "confusion and dismay" over Levin's March "Letter of 30" to Secretary of State George Shultz. Levin's letter, cosigned by 30 U.S. senators, criticized Israel Prime Minister Yit- zhak Shamir for his rejection of the land-for-peace option, and condemned Jordan for backing away from its earlier support of a Jordanian- Palestinian delegation to negotiate with Israel. "The emphasis of the meeting was on the next step to be taken in the peace pro- cess," said William Blacklow, Levin's press secretary. The senator met with the six rab- bis "primarily to listen and to learn." Describing the meeting, the Va'ad's director, Rabbi Chaskel Grubner, said "the importance of emphasizing a positive public image of Israel was clearly agreed upon!' Israel's public image was on the rabbis' minds when they wrote to Levin March 18. Their letter expressed con- cern that the senator's criticism of Shamir could hurt the State of Israel and the Jewish people. The Council of Orthodox Rabbis primarily is engaged in overseeing Orthodox religious practice in the Detroit area, but its foray in- to foreign policy issues is not outside the Va'ad's purview, according to Rabbi Grubner. "We're interested in Israel," he said.