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lem to oversimplicity.
That perhaps best
describes Thomas Friedman's
presentation on his book
From Beirut to Jerusalem at
the book Fair Nov. 19 at the
Jewish Community Center.
For about 45 minutes,
Freidman gave a comprehen-
sive presentation on his book,
how it was developed and its
contents. Whether one agreed
with him or not, Friedman
was articulate and humorous.
But Friedman's views fell
apart in the question period
when he discussed his plan
for a Middle East peace settle-
ment. There is more to Mid-
dle East politics than having
a good speaking style and be-
ing able to tell a joke.
Friedman outlined three
basic principles for a Middle
East peace:
must
act
• Israel
unilaterally without waiting
for Arab recognition.
• It should permit creation
of a state in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip and, if Israel
suffers from attacks, it should
respond not only in kind but
by "Chicago rules", meaning
to make the enemy pay.
• Israel should also con-
sider a diplomatic effort
which calls for a demilitariz-
ed zone and, if this does not
work, it falls back on the
"Chicago rules" policy.
One can hardly believe that
this was from a two-time
Pulitzer PRize winner and
chief of the New York times
Middle East bureau.
Regarding a unilateral solu-
tion, Israel cannot ignore 22
Arab countries committed to
its destruction. Perhaps it
might ignore most of them
because they lack military
strength, but Syria, Saudi
Arabia and Libya (the latter
for its special brand of
fanaticism) cannot be
ignored.
Syria in particular is grow-
ing in military strength dai-
ly, acquiring sophisticated
weapons from the Soviet
Union and others. Friedman's
proposal to pretend these
other Arab nations don't exit
boggles the political
imagination.
Thlling Israel to create a
Palistinian state unilaterial-
ly ignores all the complexities
that would be set in motion,
not to mention the acceptance
of the PLO to such magnani-
mity and all the policies that
would be enacted.
His "Chicago rules" solu-
tion — to inflict severe
punishment if Israel were at-
tacked — is an astounding
recommendation coming from
the left. First, it assumes that
the PLO would act alone and
that none of the other Arab
states — which have been ig-
nored — would join in.
Second, in effect it is the
policy, minus the inhumanity
implied by Friedman, that
Israel has been practicing. For
40 years it has responded to
attacks and, after winning
wars, was forced to return
land and captured soldiers.
Third, and most ironically,
Friedman, although obvious-
ly unaware of the implica-
tions of what he said, was ar-
ticulating the "iron fist"
policies of an Ariel Sharon,
who is anathema to leftists
like Friedman.
A la Sharon, Friedman sup-
ported a policy of beating the
enemy into submission. Aside
from all the the other weak-
nesses of this policy, one can
only imagine the reaction of
the world if Israel were not
only to practice an "eye-for-
an-eye" policy but seek "two
eyes" for each attack.
Friedman said his mother
does not think this policy "is
nice." She is right and, what's
more, it is totally unworkable.
As for his final diplomatic
solution — demilitarizaiton —
that is the easiest of the three
to dismiss under Friedman's
"unilateral" policy. One can-
not act unilaterally to force
another to unarm. It takes
two to dance this political
tango.
It is truly unfortunate that
a man with such credentials
and experience turned out to
be so simplistic. 0
I NEWS I
Arens Meets
Japan's Leaders
Tokyo (JTA) — Israel and
Japan will conduct annual
bilateral discussions on in-
ternational issues and pro-
jects of mutual interest,
beginning in January.
Japanese leaders agreed to
the discussions during a five-
day official visit by Israel
Foreign Minister Moshe
Arens.
The plan to hold regular
meetings, the first of which
will take place in Tokyo, was
announced Nov. 9, following
Arens' talks with Japanese
Prime Minster Toshiki
Kaifu and Foreign Minister
Taro Nakyarna.
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