Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1971 Page: 1 of 20
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SEARCHING
FOR TRUTH
Truth has a way of changing sometimes.
Words and meanings--the gamut of semantics-that may convey one
message can quickly change by a turn of events or another turn of
phrases.
The noblest search for truth is to bring Shalom-a peaceful world
to mankind.
Whether men die in Israel, whether they're Jew or Arab, or whether
they are sacrificed to the wastefulness of war, they are all human beings
and each of them deserves a chance to live a full and better life.
Israel has been pursuing its own search for truth during the current
round of belligerency.
"Come up with a sign," they say to her, as if they were speaking to
the victim. "Show us you want the peace you're always talking about."
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Israel Asks U.S.
So, Israel, though she is still challenged by Arab armies, planes and
tanks on all borders and the might of the Soviet Union to supply and
support the Arabs, decides to offer her veracity as a test. Israel says
she is willing to pull back from the Canal front if the Arabs promise
not to cross and if the Canal will be open to shipping of all nations.
What happens?
The Arabs start clamoring for a new Summit Conference to lay
plans for the ultimate and final defeat of Israel. President Sudat,
though not participating in this forthcoming meeting offers it lip
service. Sudat also promises to cross the Canal the moment Israel
withdraws. The threat that Russian equipment and/or Soviet troops
will accompany the Egyptians is inherent in Sudat's words.
Add to this fact that Sudat and his colleagues in Syria and Libya,
following their declaration last month to form a tripartite federation,
immediately issued their main objectives as heads of state: Not to
make peace with Israel, not to hold direct negotiations with Israel,
not to make any territorial compromises and not to bargain "the
rights of the Palestinian people."
Libyan president Col. Muammar al-Kaddafi told the Rome daily
"Paese Sera" last month: "There is nothing new in the Middle East...we
continue to stand by the same concept: This is not a problem of bor-
ders or of separate peace agreements. The Palestinian problem is the
basic problem in the Middle East. Anyone who sees this problem in
terms of borders is mistaken. The Palestinian people must be re-
turned to its land. All the confusion surrounding the Jarring taiks is
being taken advantage of by a few people as an instrument to gain
time.
In the face of this sabre rattling, Israel still offers its conditions for
opening the Canal: An assurance that there would be no resumption
in fighting. Pulling back Israeli forces would not constitute a stage in
general withdrawal but should be considered as part of an overall peace
agreement. No Egyptian or Soviet soldiers would cross the Canal. The
freedom of navigation for all nations, including Israel remains para-
mount and has to be guaranteed.
What's the answer?
More sabre-rattling by the Arabs who now actually believe that
they've won the war and are treating Israel as their victim.
Truth has strange forms and shades.
OK No Soviets
Will Cross Canal
JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Israel has asked the United States to obtain a Soviet commitment
that no Soviet troops would cross the Suez Canal after an Israeli pullback, the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency learned this week from a very reliable source. The request, it was
understood was one of the subjects discussed here April 28 by Premier Golda Meir and U.S.
Ambassador Walworth Barbour. Israel, it was understood, feels that an Egyptian promise
that no Soviet troops would cross the canal would be worthless without a clear Soviet
commitment to that effect. Such a commitment pertains to the situation that would
arise after an Israeli withdrawal from the eastern bank of the canal as part of an interim
settlement under which the waterway would be reopened.
In a broadcast interview April
29, Finance Minister Pinhas Sapir
said that it was essential in any
interim solution that Israeli with-
drawal not extend beyond a point
from which the Israelis could not
see any activity in and along the
canal. Another essential condition,
Sapir said, was that Israel have free-
dom of navigation all along the
canal once it is reopened. As for
terms for an over-all settlement,
Sapir said he had a peace “map”-
but only in his mind, not on paper.
Regarding his personal future, the
minister, said he would not be a
candidate for another term. He
also insisted that if he were offered
the Premiership, which earlier re-
ports considered likely, he would
emphatically decline it. Referring
again to his peace “map” Sapir
said that it was in line with the
rest of the so-called oral doctrine
of the Labor Party-a united Jeru-
salem, a territorial link to Sharm
;1-Sheikh and the Jordan River as
Israel’s security border with the
Gaza Strip to remain under Israeli
control.
Report Says Jarring Talks Now Suspended
PARIS, (JTA)-United Nations Secretary General Thant and his Middle East representa-
tive, Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring of Sweden, agreed to suspend Dr. Jarring’s mission "for
the time being,” UN sources in Geneva told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency April 29 by
telephone. The two officials met in that city the day before. They decided, the sources said,
that the Jarring mission will be reconsidered after the Mideast tour by United States
Secretary of State William P. Rogers-if it is clear that a resumption of the mission can
achieve concrete results. Thant and Dr. Jarring were said to have agreed that Rogers’
personal Mideast “initiative” has for the time being superseded any UN action. Immedi-
ately after their consultation, the Swedish diplomat returned to his post in Moscow.
His often-interrupted mission began Nov. 23, 1967, the day after the Security Council
authorized the Secretary General to designate a "special representative” in the Mideast
crisis. - -------- — -
Especially in the double-dealing and intrigue of Middle East
Diplomacy.
Secretary of State William Rogers, in his own search for truth, must
be aware of all of the aforementioned.
Possibly he can emerge as the Great Statesman who finally nailed
down the elusive verite as he continues his journey.
If this can be accomplished and it leads to a just and lasting peace
Mr. Rogers will have his testimonial in the history books.
First, however, we respectfully suggest he ask the Arabs what they
mean rather than take what they say for granted.
Soviet visas revoked
From our Special Correspondent on East European Affairs
The position of Soviet Jews has deteriorated since the end of
the Soviet Communist Party congress on April 9. This was reported
by emigrants from the Soviet Union who arrived in Israel this week,
as well as by Western tourists who have been in Russia on holiday.
The Soviet authorities have clamped down first on Jews who
have applied for exit permits, and the new official attitude can
fairly be described as
harassment.
But there has also been a marked
increase in official intimidation of
Soviet Jewry as a whole.
As far as exit permits are con-
cerned. a number already granted
have been revoked, and some Jews
in the main Soviet cities have had
their applications refused.
Marina Kansburg. a Kharkov
University student, has been ex-
pelled for asking the university to
give her a character reference to
attach to her application for an
emigration permit to Israel.
Ina Zand, a Moscow medical
Institute student and a member of
Komsomol (Young Communist |
At UN headquarters in New
York, a spokesman for Thant said
only that he and Dr. Jarring had
had “a useful and comprehensive
exchange of information and views”
and that there was “no real basis”
for the intermediary’s “immediate”
return there. The statement said
that the two men had decided it
would be “desirable” for Dr. Jarring
to return there in mid-May for
further “useful exchanges.” By
that time Rogers will have returned
to Washington. A spokesman for
the U.S. Mission in New York re-
jected the description of the Jarring
mission as “suspended.” He saidi
the mission was in no way con-
nected with the Rogers tour, as
Dr. Jarring’s dealings are with the
Mideast parties and not with the
U.S. Secretary of State. The U.S.
spokesman said communications
between the Big Four and Dr.
•Jarring were continuing.
League), has been expelled from
the League because she applied for
an exit permit.
Miss Zand is the daughter of
Professor Mikhail Zand (see page
40).
In Leningrad, there is said to be
virtually a reign of terror.
Pi’ess reports in London and
elsewhere about the formation in
the Soviet Union of Jewish “resis-
tance groups ” have been dis-
counted.
A Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter hovers over an M-109 self-propelled c,_n
as some of the Israel Defense Forces' latest equipment goes on
maneuvers “somewhere in Israel."
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