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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Menachem Begin said that one of the reasons that had impelled him to go so far. at Gamp David was that neither Syria nor Jordan nor any other Arab confrontation state would dare tofight Israel, sepafately or together, once Israel and Egypt were at peace.
But if there were no peace with Egypt, the alternative might well have been war, the Premier told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence committee in a briefing on the
framework agreements worked out at the recent summit.
One day before Camp David came to a successful conclusion, he said, the entire negotiations were actually on thelyerge of collapse, because of Egypjts Ailtimative demands that Israel both evacuate the .whole, of Sinai and give up the settlements iff the 'Rafiah Approaches, by that time, he said, all the other outstand^ ing obstacles had been overcomeibj^ the e;(pedient proposed by Foreign?^ Minister - Moshe Dayan — thp ejcchange of letters about issues on
which the parties could not reach accord.
"I believed that peace was more vital for Israel than the retention of the Sinai settlements and I was and still am ready to accept the responsibility for acting according to that belief," Begin stressed.
"Nor was I willing to bear the burden of responsibility for missing the chance |,of peace solely because we: demanded to retain the settlements in Sinai,** he said;
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SHABBAT SHALOM — THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1978 — TISHREI 11, 5739 Vol. XLV, No. 39 !
HUSSEIN 'DISCOURAGED'
NEW YORK - Jordan was not encouraged by any part of the Camp David framework for peace in the Middle East, King 'Hussein told Newsweek magazine in an interview. "What has come out, of the gefieral framework is a fig leaf for the Begin plan. Pure ^gar-coating,*! Hussein said in the mtcmew. "Look at all of Begin*s: statements: ilsraeli troops to stay for \ "an V indefinite. period. Settle-" mentsVtOD^ What's transi-^f tional about that?** Hussein said U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's visit, "confirmed our reservations*' about the r Camp David accords: (JefimkmPost}-
Discuss Mexico ties
UNITED NATIONS - Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Blum met with : Mexico's Foreign Minister Dr. Santiago R oel Garcia and discussed matters of mutual interest to the two countries, including'close, ties and bonds of friendship and development of bilateral relations.
JERUSALEM - Officials at the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem'have . been urging West Bank political activists to consider' naming representatives for eventual peace negotiations 'With Israel in line vvith the Camp J>avid framework agr^r^
the American' officials^'^ppealejd ^ tot¥e.WefitBank-per5ohalifie>h^^ ~ turn df^yn the Cftnip David accords, stressing that the agreemeirts concluded thus far constitute an opening to\'/ardsresolving'the political plight of the Palestinian people.
'^'Negotiate what is offered now, then demand whatever rights you . believe due to ypu,^ was the basic advice of the Americans. They went so far as to suggest that local Palestinian representatives could press at later stages for inclusion of the Palestine Liberation Organization in the negotiations.-. The Americans are said to believe that enough representatives are likely to be found to negotiate the establishment •; of a self-governing authority in the West Bank and Gaza, parallel with Egypt's negotia- '
GULAQ RECORD
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tion of a peace treaty with Israel;
Efforts to muster suppoit for the Camp David accords are. being.
fought on the West Bank by raidicalsr who are urging outnght rejectioii.
■^est ^ajik extremists aj:e jsaij^lto^ J3re^:.ij^k^3e^i^dy to vsl^ , ^
^jg^mfihs agi^Binen^. 0jie df the ' first targets was Halhouf^-^c^irth-^df - Hebrbn, ' where a curfew!'^^ wasC clamped "down for several hours after schoolchildren took to the streets to hurl rocks at pa;Ssing vehicles. -
According to a sourcethe Israeli-Egyptian negotiations prior to the signing of a peace agreement will be mainly technical by nature and will not involve questions of high policy They stat:ed- that the questions^ which .are^ going to be discussed include: *
• What will be the future of the Amerian Sinai Field Mission, which ciirrentLy monitors the Sinai Two agreement? ^
• What will be the future of the Egyptian and Israeli early warning stations Jl and El in Sinai?
• What will, be the exact line to which Israel will pull back between El-Arisli and Ras Mohammed? Will it be straight or folowtopographical limitations?'^
« The redeployment of U.N. forces after the Israeli pullback.
• The final formula regarding the future of the two airfields Israel will be leaving in Sinai.
' • Will Israel be able to use the field at Etzion as a civilian landing ground serving Eilat?
» What will be theformula for the rebuilding of these fields on the Israel side of the green line and the timetable for their completion? '
kO[L||!t PLAN
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Hassan el Tohami as to establishment of separate npturua^ ^in, Jerusalem^ hut^ ca^ti^^ th^ this was ^n condition t^ remain under^ Israicli sovereignty Mdth one mayor.
BLOCK KAHANE
HEBRON -> Israel Defense Forces closed, off approaches to this biblical city to prevent Rabbi Meir Kahane and his followers from 'establishing a "settlement'' in the town centre. " " -
• What guarantees will be formulated cbncerhing access to the f road: to be built through Israeli territory^^tinli^g Siimi and J ^ cBiBcause^Qf the techm tiie .taUcs Jt: is;assu^e»^i^^
n^S^sfty aiid iiqssjbly the; Treasuryii,1?r^tiiry officials ivUIdeal^ with iss^^ti^ fate pfffie^^ bilfieldc^^pSraer^ tourist jnvestr. mehts |l^fiS .Sinw cda^^^
No .;^t^ticial assurances were given ti) Israel by the U<S; duringlther Camp'David talks apart'^frdm ah-
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TEL:iiihf'-^^ devei^ ppmeht. expected: in. Negev; incliid'-. :mg construction of two U.S.-financ-^ ^3;:;air ^ bases to jcompensate. for ai^elds that will be given-up in ^Si]^ spokesmen for remote ham-:}etf j(>f;Mitzpeh Ramon and Yeru^ ^Kam^fqresee an economic boom with; an influx of workers, jobs 'anrf investment.
SINGER WINS NOBQ. PRIZE
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El-Arish residents back peace accords
EL-ARISH — Seven thousand residents of this North Sinaii town denionstrated in faVor of the Camp David . accords. /They marched through the townj carrying Egy^^ and? Israieli; flags a of Prime Minister Begin and Egyptian President Sadat, Israel television reporied. The demonstrators shouted slbgkhs supporting Sadit.::"
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ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER, prolific Jewish novelist and short story writer, Was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for literatuire last week. The 74-ye8r-ol4 Singer, who ' writes in Yiddish, was cited by the Swedish Aoidemy of Letters for ^his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, tarings universal human conditions to life." In!9?4, Singer,woiithe 25th snnual U.S. NatiGns! Eeek Award for fiction., '
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