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LONDON (JTA) - The threat of Islamic fundamentalism was high on . the agenda as Israel's President Chaim Herzog met British leaders during the first official visit to Britain by an Israeli head of state.
In talks with Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Prime Minister John Major, the president was expected to raise the danger posed by Iranian-backed terrorists, including Hamas.
The president — arriving in the wake of the expulsionTrom Israel of 415 Hamas activists — also showed himself ready to answer criticism of Israel's tactics.
Addressing a dinner hosted by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Mackay, Herzog pointed out that despite the fun-danientalist onslaught the law reigned supreme in Israel.
He continued: "It is not for me to burden you with the detaiLs and manner in which this war is being conducted in many countries. Suffice to .say that (unlike in Israel) there are no supreme courts to which one can apply: . .
. '-there are no media to report. The issues are dealt with summarily, in an unequivocal manner which would hardly meet with your lordship's approval."
The president again echoed Israel's growing concern in an address to Joint Israel Appeal fundraisers. He told them Islamic fundamentalism is "the greatest single danger to the free
world today," combining "religious fanaticism and abysmal hatred" with efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
"We as part of the free world must continue to raise our voice in warning against the spread of Islamic ftin-damentalism backed by Iran," he said.
President Chaim Herzog
In addition to Islamic fundamentalism. HerzOg said he would discuss the Arab boycott of Israel with Major and Hurd.
"I will tell them that Britain should pass legislation Outlawing the boycott."
He said he would also be requesting that Britain help locate missing Israeli soldiers in Lebanon;
Herzog's official visit, at the invi-
tation of the British government, underlines the new warmth in relations between London and Jerusalem.
There have been previous visits by Israeli heads of state, and Herzog himself was knighted by the queen. But the visits were not official state trips, and all points of protocol were not followed in tho.se instances.
This visit, British sources said, served to illustrate Britain's desire to help keep the Middle East peace process alive.
Despite the seriousness of the issues discussed, the visit had all the pomp and ceremony associated with a state visit.
Herzog and his wife. Aura, heard a Coldstream Guards band play Hatikvah, for the first time at Buckingham Palace, before lunching with the queen.
It was "the best version oi Hatikvah \ have ever heard, "said Herzog, who has his own British connections. He was bom in Belfast. Ireland and his father. Yitzhak Herzog, was chief rabbi of Ireland before assuming the same position |n Palestine and then Israel.
"The Guards commander s|X)ke perfect Hebrew when he invited me to inspect the troops. It was the ultimate surprise," he said.
Duringthe visit, Herzog reiterated that an alreiady standing invitation to Queen Elizabeth to visit Israel still stands. In his meeting with the queen, he discussed Middle,Ea.st issues.
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JERUSALEM (JTA) - Israel and the United States are discussing a ihrecrphase peace plan with Syria that would eventually entail a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights, according to Likud Knesset member Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu, a former deputy foreign minister, said in a radio interview he had information that this was the substance of discussions between Prime Minister Yitr zhak Rabin and his "American interlocutors."
Netanyahu made the comments as U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher took a helicopter tour of the country's eastern and northern fronts, to inspect for himself the geograjshic and strategic challenges to Israel's security.
The secretary flew along the length of the "Green Line" separating Israel proper from the West Bank and then joured the Golan Heights.
Christopher also hiet for a second time with both the Palestinian peace negotiators, led by Faisal Husseini and Haidar Abdel-Shafi, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Netanyahu, who oppcses Israeli withdrawal from the Golan, said the first phase of the plan being discussed with the United States involves an Israeli declaration of readiness to cede sovereignty pyer the strategic plateau to Syria;
The second stage would be a partial withdrawal, accompanied by the deployment of American peacekeeping forces on the territor>'vacated.
In the third and final stage, the Israeli army would withdraw entirely from the Golan. Netanyahu was vague on the issue of whether the purported plan would mean the removal of Israeli civilian set- . tlements too. ;
There was no immediate response from the government to Netanyahu's assertions. But the Israel Defence Force chief of staff. Lt. Gen; Ehud Barak, was said to be emphasizing the Golan's strategic military importance, to Christopher, whom he briefed during the tour of the northern border.
Yet a controversy erupted over remarks made by Barak's deputy. Maj. Gen. Aiii-
non Shahak.
Shahak, in an off-the-record briefing for American journalists, was quoted as saying that Israel could maintain adequate security even if it gave up all ofthe Golan.
American reporters also quoted Shahak, identified in articles as a"senior military official," a;s saying that "without withdrawal from the entire Golan Heights, there is no chance of peace;"
Likud and other right-wing politicians have demanded that Rabin dismiiss Shahak for his remarks. But the Prime Minister's Office issued a statement saying Rabin, who is also defenc? minister, has full confidence in Shahak.
In the wake of the uproar, Shahak said Wednesday he was misquoted and that his statements were taken out of context.
"I am certain 1 didn't say there is no chance of peace without a full Withdrawal," Shahak told Israeli army radio.
He went on to explain, "I meant to say, without recalling my exact words, that the Syrians won't come to the peace process unless they believe that in negotiations one can also discuss withdrawal."
But Shahak also stressed that as an army officer he believed the army's mission is to implement whatever political decisions the government makes.
"The Israeli Defence Force does not define formal borders or draw political maps. We do what we are told," he .said: "If there is a threat to Israel from the Heights, then a variety of security arrangements will have to be made.'"
Likud Knesset; member Eliahu Ben-Elissar, Israel's first ambassador to Cairo and a former chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee, complained that even if Shahak's words had been a slip of the tongue; he should be dismissed for allowing himself to fall into the trap.
'-.What is a .senior officer doing making political statements to foreign newsmen?" Ben-Elissar asked.
Rabin has consistently said he Would consider withdrawing from at least part of the Golan Heights, but he has never publicly stated what his final bargaining position would be in negotiations with Syria.
TEL AVIV (JTA) - Just over half the Israeli population is willing to give back to Syria some of or all of the Golan Heights in exchange for peace, according to a recent survey.
the survey, conducted by Tel Aviv University's Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies; also revealed that most Israelis are interested in peace but mistrust Arab intentions. ■ ,
The poll, based On a representative sample of Israelis excluding those living on kibbutziiii or in the territories, showed that Israelis regard the preseint moment as presenting more possibilities for peace than at anv time since the Persian Gulf War,     ■' ;
Government,policy in the territories is perceived as being too weak. and.the public appears to be highly concerned about personal security.
The poll revealed that 33 percent of Is^ raelis are ready to return a srnall portion of the Golan Heights in exchange for peace. 15 percent are prepared togive up a large part and five percent are willing to return the entire territory, which was annexed in the early-: 1980s.
Fony-six percent of those polled said they are opposed to returning any part of the Golan.
An overwhelming 89 percent expressed strong support for continued participation in the peace process, while 11 percent were opposed.
The survey showed that Israeli public
opinion regarding the future status ot West Baiik and the Gaza Strip has become more moderate.
Tw'erity-nine percent favored the establishment of some sort of Palestinian autonomy, 20 percent were in favor of returning most of the territories to Jordan in exchange'for a peace agreement, and 13 percent were ready to accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian state in the territories within the framework of a peace agreement.
However, 13 percent favored the annexation of the territories and the transfer of Arabs out of area, 13 percent were in favor of full annexation and six percent favored the preservation of the sia-tus quo.
Fifty-eight percent said the Arabs are interested in peace, while 95 percent are of the opinion that Israel is interested in peace.
Eighty-five percent expressed concern about ^being harmed by Arabs during the course of their daily fives;
The view that the intifada and terrorism can be eliminated via military action was supported by 75.percent of the respon--dents. The popular view is that govem-ment policy in the territories is top weak on the Palestinians — and this opinion is much stronger than in previous years.
About 60 percent said the government's policy in the territories is too weak, 30 percent said the policy' is coitect and about 10 percent charged it is too harsh.