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Israel Intercepts
Arab Terrorists
Israeli military forces
combined efforts Monday
d Tuesday to ferret
terrorists from hiding places
ollowing a coastal raid
toward the shore along
Galilee.
Three heavily armed ter-
>rists were killed. One
Israeli sailor was hurt in the
mcounter that was watched
>y villagers in the Galilee.
Damascus radio claimed
:hat the terrorists were
[engaged in a two-and-a-half
lour struggle with the
Israelis. However, observ-
ers scoffed at the reports as
being exaggerated. The Is-
raeli military command said
in Tel Aviv that the raiders
were intercepted by a naval
patrol boat. The naval craft
destroyed the dinghy carry-
ing the terrorists.
An Israeli source said the
terrorists usually attempted
landings at night. This one
was made early in daylight.
Objective of the attackers
was to tire upon bathers on
the beach in order to create
havoc during a busy season.
The dinghy was sighted
by the patrol boat and$;
ordered to identify itself.
The distance between the
two crafts was about 200
yards. Instead of answering
the dinghy tired a bazooka
shell at the naval vessel. The
patrol boat answered and
killed the three terrorists
and sank their boat.
Documents found on the
terrorists identified them as
being members of A1 Fatah,, }
the largest group within the \ > terminology and
Palestine Liberation Organ
ization which is headed by
Yasir Arafat.
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Continued from pajje 1
Sol Linowitz does not look as
medium height, slim faced and
Carter Conference
tall as he appears in his pictures. He is of
wirey. a
Linowitz, chief U.S. Negotiator in the Middle Last, said he felt negotiation^
between Israel and Egypt would begin again sometimes in July. He said he
discerned from his talks with Begin and Sadat that Israel and Egypt have
genuine commitment to keep things open. 8
He said he had uno way of knowing what the Palestinians will do after the
negotiations results are presented to them ... if we produce an arrangement
that is consistent it would be acceptable to them.”
Linowitz said he did not “make an effort to speak to Palestinians on th^
West Bank.” He conceded that publicly Palestinians support the PLO bul
“we've had conversations that look toward other leadership.” ■
He still listed the five main points open for negotiations: Security for Israel,
external and internal; disposition of Public Lands in West Bank and Gaza;
Water agreements with Jordan and Syria; Arabs living in East Jerusalem
having a right to vote on West Bank and Gaza and the nature of authority, its
reap—ribflity. I
Ambassador Linowitz often asserts his position as “being no room for
compromise.” He called Begin’s pledge that there will only be 10 more new
certainly interesting.”
settlements [TJPost-June 12] as
Defense Ministry Official
Defends Collective Punishment
TEL AVIV (WNS) —
Deputy Defense Minister
Mordechai Zipori said that
while collective punishment
was not the ideal way to
keep order in the occupied
territories, sometimes it was
the only means available
short of arms. Zipori claimed
that his former chief. De-
fense Minister Ezer Weiz
man, was solely responsible
for the collective punish
ment of two West Bank
families because one mem-
ber from each family had
stoned cars in which Israeli
officials were riding. The
families were removed from
their homes and relocated in
a deserted refugee camp
near Jericho where minimal
facilities were lacking. The
incident raised strong pro-
tests in Israel and abroad
and the families were
returned to their homes on
Weizman's orders. Testify-
ing before the Knesset
Foreign Affairs and Security
Committee. Zipori. who was
reappointed after Weizman
resigned May 28. said that
normally an expulsion order
required the Premier's ap-
proval. He said Weizman
acted on his own because the
families were not being
deported from Israeli con
trolled territory. After Zi
pori’s testimony. MKs Am
non Rubinstein of Shai and
Yossi Sand of the Labor
Alignment maintained that
collective punishment was
unjust and ineffective. They
referred to the 24 hours
curfew imposed on the West
Bank Arab town of Hebron
after the ambush killing of
six yeshiva students May 2.
The curfew which lasted for
12 days is still in force
during the night time hours.
However. Haim Druckman.
a National Religious Party
MK. insisted collective pun
is h ment was proper for
Hebron since he insisted
that moat of the Arab
population knew in advance
of the ambush and had
stocked up food.
Presidents Conference Endorses
MFN Extension For Rumania
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
The extension of moat-fav-
ored-nation (MFN) trade
status for Rumania has been
endorsed by the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions. But opposition to the
move came from Jacob
Birnbaum, national director
of the Center for Rumanian
and East European Jewry
who said “Rumania has
made no fundamental im-
provement in immigration
since last summer's public
guarantees to American
Jewish Organizations.” In
written testimony to the
Trade Subcommittee of the
House Ways Committee
June 10, the Presidents'
Conference said that despite
some persisting problems,
members of the Conference
believe that Jewish emigra
tion from Rumania was
moving ahead “reasonably
well." However, Jack Spitz-
er. president of B’nai B nth
International, who present-
ed the Conference's testi
mony, said that in the five
years since Rumania was
granted MFN trade with the
U.S. “has grown dramatical-
ly" and approaches $1 billion
annually, but emigration, a
condition of MFN status
under the Trade Reform
Act, “has shown the oppo-
site tendency." He said
while the decline, from 3700
in 1974 to 1200 in 1979, had
something to do with the
shrinking base for emigra
tion, Jewish organizations
“were convinced that the
decline also has something
to do with the (Rumanian)
government's policy of dis
couraging emigration.”
Spitzer added that the
agreement reached last year
between the Rumanian gov-
ernment and the Presidents
Conference, and endorsed
by the U.S. government, will
result in increased emigra
tion. He said that immigra
tion this year is “significant
ly ahead of last year's pace."
He said the Presidents'
Conference will continue to
closely monitor Rumania's
performance. Birnbaum,
who also testified June 10,
contended that the Ruman
tan government has not
implemented their promise
to the Presidents' Confer
ence that “application forms
will be readily available and
will be processed expedi-
tiously." He said his group's
latest information is that
there has been no simplifica-
tion of emigration proce
dures, no end to harassment
of would be emigrant and a
"continued, controlled drop
in emigration to Israel”
during 1980.
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
An American delegation in
due in Israel at the begin-
ning of July to discuss de-
tails of the oil agreement
between the two countries
Asked by this writer if we would get at the core of the problem for
Palestinian settlement by getting King Hussein to cooperate and open part
his land for Palestinian settlement, he answered “there have been talks witfl
Hussein” and he noted he was to be in Washington this week. ®
linowitz stressed that the L.S. was “engaged to try and fashion an interim
agreement for a five year period ... I deeply believe that Israel has the best
opportunity to emerge with the best agreement with which she could live . . .”
One of the most candid officers was Robert W. Farr and, in charge <1
Bilateral Relations, Office of Soviet Union Affairs, Department of State.H
Farr and looking sunburned said he had just been “painting my house” when
he was rushed in to give the briefing. Farr and had been on vocation.
He speculated on why the Soviet L nion cut its Jewish emigration
drastically. He said it reflects Soviet perception of what's happening in tl
bi lateral relationship between the U.S.S.R. and the United States. i
inability to grant most favored nation status to the U.S.S.R. might have
something to do with the reaction by the Soviet L nion. He also surmised that
the flow of Jews out of the Soviet L nion was a “hemorrhage” and they wanted
to stop the flow in order to catch-up with the backlog in the pipeline as well as
subdue domestic criticism from other religious groups. OVIR, which handles
the exit as well as visa, permits may have been understaffed due to
Olympic Games and may have needed a halt to process the large flow of vii
Farr and said he didn’t “think they'll squeeze the faucet to zero.” As soon as
the Olympic games are over, he predicted the Soviet Union will allow about
“2,000 per month to emigrate.”
On Friday at approximately 11:30 a.m., we were ushered into the Cabinet
Room at the White House. m
President Carter came in briskly, sat down and came right to the point™
For a review of that meeting, which we are reprinting in full, please see
pages 10 and 11.
U.S. Ambassador Says
Carfer Did Not Disavow
All of U.N. Resolution
SQUADRON ELECTED g
CHAIRMAN CONFEREfwE
OF JEWISH PRESIDENTS
NEW YORK |WNS] -
I*resident Carter did not
“disavow,, the March 1
United Nations Security
Council Resolution criti-
cizing Israel’s settlement
policies, just the reference
to Jerusalem, according to
Donald F. McHenry, the
United States Ambassador
to the United Nations. In an
interview with the biweekly
explicitly said it was with
regard to references to
Jerusalem." the envoy main-
tained. “He went on to
reiterate the policy with
regard to settlement." Mc-
Henry said the Security
Council action "was not an
anti-Israel vote. It was an
anti settlement vote." Mc-
Henry rejected claims that
he personally supported all
journal, The New Leader, of the resolution despite the
McHenry said Carter did not Administration’s views. “I
disavow the U.S. vote for work for the government
the resolution. “Ho (Carter) and. when I speak. I speak
NEW YORK [WNS] -
Howard M. Squadron, pres-
ident of the American
Jewish Congress, has be<
elected chairman of tl
Conference of Presidents
Major American Jewisl
Organizations. The 53 year-
old New York lawyer will
take office for a one-year
term July 1. He succeeds
Theodore R. Mann, chair-
man for the past two y«
for the government," he
said. “No one has ever heard
me express my personal
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