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FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1992
Australian Governemnt -
Favors Palestinians
Sydney, Australia (JTA) —
The Australian govern-
ment's sharp tilt toward the
Palestinians in the Middle
East conflict has brought it
under heavy fire from oppo-
sition leaders, the Jewish
community and the main-
stream Australian press.
Prime Minister Paul
Keating, clearly on the
defensive, tried to justify the
change of policy, which per-
mits high-level dialogue
with the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization that was
previously banned.
In his first speech to a Jew-
ish organization since
replacing Bob Hawke in
December, Mr. Keating told
the 35th biennial conference
of the Zionist Federation of
Australia that "the
Palestine Liberation Organ-
ization has played a more
positive role in encouraging
the peace process over the
past six months."
He added that "the resto-
ration to our earlier policy of
contact with the PLO is con-
sistent with our long-
established aim of encourag-
ing the forces of moderation
rather than extremism
within the PLO."
The prime minister did not
address another key change
in Australia's policy, which
is to state support for the
"right of return" of Palestin-
ian refugees to Israel. But he
reiterated his government's
opposition to Israeli set-
tlements as "an obstacle to
peace."
Mr. Keating spoke three
days after Foreign Minister
Gareth Evans expressed
Australia's strongest-ever
condemnations of Israel's
human rights record during
a two-day visit to Israel.
Opposition leader John
Hewson, who also addressed
the Zionist conference,
called the renewal of contact
with the PLO "extra-
ordinary."
"Just as the PLO has not
earned a place at the negoti-
ating table in the Madrid
peace process, so too it has
not earned a place in
bilateral relations with
Australia," Mr. Hewson
declared.
He claimed the move "is
driven by the prime min-
ister's indebtedness to the
Australian Labor Party Left
faction for his overthrow of
Mr. Hawke, and it is driven
by Sen. Evans' ego."
Mr. Hewson called the
Keating government's at-
titude to Israeli settlements
unfair. The opposition par-
ties "do not believe it is fair
to expect Israel to make
unilateral concessions that
compromise its security," he
said.
A senior government
member and former min-
ister, Clyde Holding, also
criticized Mr. Evans, argu-
ing that no Australian
parliamentarian is in a posi-c,
tion to give advice to a coun-
try which has lived with ter- c=",
rorism since its beginning.
Representatives of the
Labor Friends of Israel j
organizations in the five
Australian states criticized,
Evans' "policies made on the
run."
Editorials in the mass-
circulation daily the Herald-
Sun and the major national
newspaper, the Australian,
blasted the changes in
The prime minister 5
is blasted by
Jewish groups.
government Middle East
policy.
The Australian observed
that "the Australian
government is now less
sympathetic than Egypt to
Israel's problems." The
Herald-Sun maintained that
"by publicly supporting the
PLO, Australia makes the
job of moderate Palestinians
more difficult."
Isi Leibler, Australian-
based co-chairman of the
Governing Board of the
World Jewish Congress said,
"Senator Gareth Evans'
latest critique of Israel is ill- (=,
conceived, ill-timed and
leaves one at a complete loss
as to what he hoped to
achieve."
Mr. Leibler argued that
raising the "non-issue" of a
return of Palestinian Arabs
to Israel "can only serve to
alienate Israel and seriously
undermine the delicately
poised peace talks currently
under way."
The Executive Council of
Australian Jewry branded
the policy changes
"counterproductive to the
peace process."
Council President Leslie
Caplan said Mr. Evans
"exhibited an extraordinary
double standard by criticiz-
ing Israel and praising for
its moderation the
totalitarian regime in Iran `-
within 24 hours."
The president of the
Zionist Federation of <
Australia, Mark Leibler, at-
tacked Mr. Evans as
"provocative and one-sided."