NEWS Peace Atmosphere Continued from Page 1 F ASH Oh A9L E CLOTHING FOP MEN PARK AI PELISS , ER Use your Visa, Mastercard or American Express Turn left out of tunnel, straight through Ouellette, turn left into parking garage. Store located at ground level. Open Mon. to Sat. 9:30-5:30 (Fri. till 8) Sun. 12-4. (519) 977-1188 22 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1989 assistance and $1.2 billion in economic assistance from the United States each year. • The supply of defense systems by Israel to the United States has grown substantially in the last five years. • The U.S.-Israel free trade agreement and regular economic consultations have helped both countries. • The United States turned around "the dangerous economic situation that ex- isted in Israel during the ear- ly 1980s" after the Lebanon War. These developments, she said, serve as a backdrop to the U.S. position for the last 20 years on the Arab-Israeli conflict: a peace settlement based on United Nations Resolutions 242 and 338, direct negotiations between the parties and development of legitimate rights of the Palestinians. Although the anti-Israel rhetoric has been the same the past 20 years, Scobey believes other factors have changed since the 1967 Arab conference in Khartoum said of Israel: "No negotiations, no peace, no recognition." She cited Egypt's recogni- tion of Israel and the gradual return of relations between Egypt and other Arab coun- tries after that event; the de facto relationship of Israel and Jordan; Israel Finance Minister Shimon Peres' open talks with King Hassan of Morocco in 1986; and Syria's observance of the Lebanese ceasefire arrangements with Israel. The Arab summit in Am- man, Jordan, in 1987 may have contributed to the start of the intifada because the Arabs virtually ignored Israel to deal with the Iran-Iraq War, she said. Scobey also sees PLO leader Yassir Arafat's statement accepting Israel's right to exist, Resolu- tions 242 and 338, and renun- ciation of terrorism as positive steps forward from the situation 20 years ago. Israel's international image has been tarnished by the in- tifada, Scobey said. No one thought the uprising would last as long as it has, and "to a certain extent it has let the genie (of Palestinian na- tionalism in the territories) out of the bottle. I don't think it is going to easily be put back. "It was an indigenous local event, in spite of PLO efforts to try to take credit for it," she said. Scobey believes 95 percent of the Palestinians look to the PLO as their political leader. "Local Palestinians (in the territories) don't care who won the 1967 war," Scobey said. "For them, they've been living under occupation all their lives. Israel faces a long- term problem that it can't solve militarily. Time no longer works in Israel's favor." Scobey sees the U.S. role in the peace process as "sitting, listening and waiting . . . The U.S. can't force anyone in the region to make concessions. We can't steamroll our way through the Middle East and impose peace. It's not for us to lead the way." She is confident, however, that strong U.S. support for Israel and changes in the Arab world will bring Israel and its adversaries to the peace table. Scobey's visit to Detroit marked her return to Michigan. A native of Ten- nessee, she has relatives in Flint and joined the State Department in 1981 after do- ing doctoral studies at the University of Michigan. She recently completed Arabic language studies and will soon be assigned to the U.S. consulate in Jersualem. 1,000 Attend Moscow Service Tel Aviv (JTA) A memorial service in Moscow for the fam- ed Yiddish actor Solomon Mikhoels drew at least 1,000 people, as celebrations sur- rounding the inauguration of the new Jewish Cultural Center in Moscow, named in Mikhoels' honor continued. Mikhoels, a star of the pre- war, Soviet government- sponsored Yiddish State Theater, was murdered in 1948 at the direct orders of Stalin. Guests of honor were his daughter, Natalya, and his granddaughter, Viktoria, who were invited by the Soviet authorities to attend the ser- vice. The two had immigrated to Israel in 1973. The memorial included a film clip of Mikhoels and his Yiddish troupe performing a musical based an .a Sholom Aleichem story. There was also a brief clip of Mikhoels in one of his most famous roles, King Lear. The memorial was spon- sored by the Jewish Cultural Association, an independent group of artists, and the Shalom Theater, an offshoot of the old Yiddish State Theater. The Shalom Theater is link- ed to the Soviet Anti-Zionist Committee, whose chairman, Gen. David Dragunsky, at- tended the memorial.