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Israel's Last Chance

ELIZABETH KAPLAN

Staff Writer

Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion spokesman Bassam Abu Sharifs
statement calling for direct negotia-
tions between the Palestinians and
Israel is likely to be "the last conces-
sion the PLO will be able to make,"
according to Isa Hasan, a local
Palestinian American.
"The PLO is really putting its
neck out on the line with this," Hasan
said. "They're showing they're will-
ing to take the chance for peace. Now
let's see if Israel is willing to take the
chance."
The Abu Sharif statement, which
was circulated at the recent Arab
summit in Algiers and sent to the
State Department, says, "The key to
a settlement lies in talks between the
Palestinians and the Israelis."
The statement says the PLO ac-

cepts United Nations Security Coun-
cil Resolutions 242 and 338. "What
prevents it from saying so uncondi-
tionally is not what is in the resolu-
tions but what is not in them: Neither
resolution says anything about the
national rights of the Palestinian peo-
ple."
Reagan administration officials
this week gave the Abu Sharif state-
ment a lukewarm reception. State
Department spokesman Phyllis
Oakley noted its "constructive tone,"
but added, "If the PLO is serious
about moderating its position so as to
make a practical solution to the peace
process, it can do so in an
authoritative way."
Israel's Prime Minister Yitzhak
Shamir called the statement
"nothing new" and Moshe Fox, coun-
sul for press and information at the
Consulate General of Israel in

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Allocation Formula
Remains The Same

ALAN HITSKY

Associate Editor

The Jewish Welfare Federation
board of governors deviated little last
week from the Allied Jewish Cam-
paign allocations it disbursed in 1987,
granting small increases for 1988-89
to most local, national and overseas
agencies.
"We used the same formula be-
tween Israel and local agencies as in
the past," said Larry Jackier, head of
Federation's Conference of Division
Chairmen, which supervises the

budgeting process. Some 60.3 percent
of the $25.8 million Campaign was
designated for Israel and overseas,
and 39.7 percent was slated for local
and national agencies.
Allan Nachman, chair of the
culture and education budgeting divi-
sion, said local needs were addressed
fairly. Asked about cuts announced by
United Hebrew Schools in anticipa-
tion of its Campaign allocation,
Nachman said, "There is a finite
amount of money. We can't just deal
with United Hebrew Schools, but

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