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July 10-12 $225 Parade • Meals • Hotel • Show Three Ways to Climb! • Self Program Mode $225 *June 10-12 U.S. Backtracks On U.N. Resolutions Washington (JTA) — In a further attempt to defuse a political ruckus in Israel, the State Department has clarified that a 1948 United Nations resolution guar- anteeing a Palestinian "right of return" is not an accepted basis for the cur- rent Middle East peace pro- cess. Department spokeswoman Margaret Tutwiler said that the only U.N. measures that have been accepted by all parties as terms of reference for the peace talks are Security Council Resolu- tions 242 and 338, which call for the return of land in exchange for peace. While Ms. Tutwiler did not mention Resolution 194 by name, her statement was clearly intended to reassure Israel that the 1948 resolu- tion on the Palestinian "right of return" has no offi- cial standing in the current round of peace talks. That position appeared to backtrack from remarks Ms. Tutwiler made last week, in which she said the United States still supported the 1948 resolution. Her remarks triggered an uproar in Israel, as politi- cians across the political spectrum denounced what they perceived to be a U.S. affirmation of the right of Palestinians to return to lands they fled after Israel gained statehood in 1948. Despite subsequent clarifications and assurances offered by Secre- tary of State James Baker, Israeli government officials continued to speak out sharply this week against the American policy stance. In Jerusalem, Foreign Minister David Levy said at last week's Cabinet meeting that anyone supporting a Palestinian right of return is torpedoing the peace pro- cess. Police Minister Ronni Milo urged the government to submit a formal protest to Washington. Still smarting from the brouhaha, Ms. Tutwiler told reporters that the State Department has decided not to answer additional ques- tions about the Middle East peace process until after Israel's June 23 elections. "Because this historic ne- gotiating process is under way and particularly in the midst of a heated political campaign in Israel, henceforth I will not be re- sponding to every comment or question on the peace pro- cess or on the Arab-Israeli conflict," she said. Ms. Tutwiler said that the State Department imposed a similar restriction on statements during an earlier Israeli election campaign that took place while she was spokeswoman. Jess Hordes, Washington representative of the Anti- Defamation League, said the State Department was now trying to "back off on the problems that they cre- The 1948 resolution on the Palestinian "right of return" has no official standing. ated for themselves" by sup- porting Resolution 194. He called Ms. Tutwiler's remarks last week "a terri- ble mistake. It was inap- propriate from a tactical point of view and it was in- appropriate from a substan- tive point of view," he added. Ms. Tutwiler's clarifica- tion came as multilateral talks on Middle East envi- ronmental issues opened in Tokyo. Participating were 37 delegations, including Israeli and Palestinian representatives. Saudi Sheik Visits Jerusalem Jerusalem (JTA) — A top- ranking Islamic religious leader said to be close to the Saudi throne visited Jerusalem this week and met with President Chaim Herzog, Mayor Teddy Kollek and the Ashkenazic chief rabbi, Avraham Shapiro. The visitor was identified as Sheik Ishak Idris Sakoote, a senior advisor to the Islamic League, a fund- raising organization for Islamic institutions head- quartered in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Some of the league's grants have gone to Islamic institutions in Israel and in the administered territories. The sheik reportedly told President Herzog that he considered his visit to Jerusalem as a good omen and said he hoped it would contribute to the cause of peace. The chief rabbi received the Islamic dignitary in his office, saying, "This meeting may still bring good to the people of Israel and the en- tire world." K K