FIGHT
THE BIG "F"...
FURNITURE
FADING
N'S ACCESSORES./
W/
\if
thl WOME
■ V
C
THE ULTIMATE
pM
‘...a Wage • 29555 SotYvesteo- - 6
SoutY6e0,1411 4'8.034 • 3'13) 356B-TO
1.11onday Satutday
B 10
SOLAR SALES, INC,
Shultz In The Mideast:
Wooing Israel, Arafat
WOLF BLITZER
Special to The Jewish News
S
ecretary of State
George Shultz may
have more surprises
planned for Israel as he con-
tinues his diplomatic offen-
sive aimed at reviving Arab-
Israeli peace negotiations.
Shultz, according to all ac-
counts, is determined to con-
tinue despite the apparent
lack of any significant prog-
ress. This was made clear to
Israeli Foreign Minister
Shimon Peres during his re-
cent talks in Washington.
Peres welcomed Shultz's
resolve.
"The United States is
for comprehensive peace
achieved through negotia-
tions," Shultz said. "The peo-
ple of the Middle East require
peace. The situation is not im-
proving, and the status quo
remains unacceptable."
The Arab-Israeli conflict,
Shultz told Peres, will be on
the agenda during Ronald
Reagan's summit with the
USSR's Mikhail Gorbachev
in Moscow next week.
Directly from the summit,
Shultz is due to return to the
Middle East for another
round of shuttle diplomacy.
This time, Shultz will make
Cairo his base of operations.
Shultz will also visit
Jerusalem, Amman and Da-
mascus.
And again, there is talk of
a possible meeting in Cairo
between Shultz and a group
of Palestinians, including
some residents of the West
Bank and Gaza. This, say U.S.
officials, would be a natural
follow-up to Shultz's con-
troversial meeting in Wash-
ington on March 26 with
Palestinian-American pro-
fessors Edward Said and
Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, both
members of the Palestine Na-
tional Council.
Last week, Shultz said
peace negotiations must for-
mulate transitional arrange-
ments. "Political and
economic authority," he said,
"will pass from Israel to
Palestinians, who will, for the
first time in their history, be
able to exercise real authori-
ty over political and economic
decisions that affect their
lives."
"Palestinians," he con-
tinued, "will receive their
legitimate rights through
negotiations in which they
will participate actively."
It seems clear that the
Reagan administration is
eager to cultivate a more
cooperative posture among
Palestinians. "They are try-
ing to woo Arafat," said one
well-informed source.
In fact, the administration
is now seriously considering
a proposal for the United
States to modify its long-
standing position on the prin-
ciple of Palestinian self-deter-
mination. In the past, in-
cluding at Camp David in
1978, the United States has
shied away from flatly endor-
sing Palestinians' right to
self-determination, insisting
that such a statement would
be tantamount to supporting
an independent Palestinian
state.
Instead of embracing Pales-
tinian self-determination, the
United States has supported
the right of Palestinians "to
participate in the determina-
tion of their own future" —
meaning that others, in-
cluding Israel and Jordan,
would also participate. This
position was formally incor-
porated in the 1982 Reagan
plan and in Shultz's own pre-
sent initiative.
But now, suggest senior
State Department officials,
the United States is moving
toward a broader acceptance
of Palestinian self-
determination. America's op-
position to a Palestinian state
would not necessarily change,
but American rhetoric would.
Before coming to Washing-
ton, Peres had tried to con-
vince Shultz to sign a
diplomatic Memorandum of
Agreement (MOA) with him.
Such an MOA would have
bound the next U.S. ad-
ministration to a set of
specific positions on this sen-
sitive issue and related mat-
ters that would arise during
peace negotiations.
Initially, Shultz and other
U.S. officials were not only
prepared to go along with
Peres on a new diplomatic
MOA, they welcomed an op-
portunity to strengthen his
political base within Israel.
In behind-the-scenes discus-
sions, the Peres camp tried to
persaude the United States to
firmly commit itself to several
key positions, including op-
position to a Palestinian state
and a withdrawal by Israel to
the pre-1967 lines. Peres also
wanted a pledge from Wash-
ington to oppose any Arab ar-
my's ever crossing the Jordan
River to the West Bank.
But Peres and Shultz and
their aides found it impossi-
ble to nail down the document
so quickly.
537-7900
3m
Authorized
INtsda`l 0
Dealer/Applicator
Sun Control Products
at\
firs. Nom
Around the World
In fashion... it's
all a matter of taste.
Don't conform • inform.
\fl _ Mil
14 11011• IMO/
WE TRAVEL!!
In Search of Exotic
and Totally Unique
Things for You!
Designer fashions as individual as you are
31409 Southfield Rd.
642-3315
Also
Inside • 29117 Northwestern Hwy.
357-4771
Bellissima Hair Design
•
Inside
Emile Salon
626-1999
MONT
INTIERIORS
FOR
ALL
YOUR
GIFT
NEEDS
SWEET 16
BIRTHDAY
ANNIVERSARY
SHOWER-WEDDING
BAR/BAT MITZVAH
COMPLIMENTARY
GIFT
WRAPPING
8hefWGDd AUCITO8
FINE FURNITURE & ACCESSORIES ALWAYS 20% OFF
TEL-TWELVE MALL • 12 MILE & TELEGRAPH • SOUTHFIELD
DAILY 10-9 • SUNDAY 12-5 • 354-9060
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
33