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VOL.55 NO.49
DECEMBER 1,1977-KISLEV 21
U.S. Pleased
But Cautious
WASHINGTON,(WNS) -
The United States has taken
a pleased but cautious atti¬
tude following the talks in
Jerusalem between
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat and Israel Premier
Menachem Begin. President
Carter did not comment
publicly.
But White House Deputy
News Secretary Rex
Granum said Nov. 21 that the
meetings "clearly" set up a
new approach towards peace
in the Middle East. "We feel
their actions broke down
psychological barriers to
peace in the Middle East,"
Granum said. He said both
sides demonstrated they
want peace.
"We know from our
private discussions with
them that they genuinely
wanted peace, but for the
first time Israel and a major
Arab leader have publicly
called for peace and pledged
themselves to no more war,"
he said. Granum made , it
clear that the Sadat-Begin
talks will lead to Geneva.
The White House also an¬
nounced that Begin tele¬
phoned Carter to brief him
on his talks with Sadat and.,
"again expressed his appre¬
ciation for the President's ef¬
forts, in the Middle East,
which the Prime Minister
said made the historic meet¬
ing possible. The President
expressed ,his^ appreciation
for , the ', call and
characterized the conversa¬
tion as warm and encourag¬
ing."    -    •:
Meanwhile, Deputy Secre¬
tary of State" Warren
Christopher told the 54th'
biennial Assembly of the
Union,of American Hebrew
Congregations in San
Francisco Nov. 22 that
Carter "does not" intend to,
miss the moment" presented
by ' the Sadat-Begin talks.
"We see this initiative as a
beginning," he said. "It fore¬
shadows, the face-to-face ne¬
gotiations which must come
between all participants in
the conflict if the vision and
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No Decision Made On Policy Change
1st Hanukah Candle To Be Lit
On Jewish Center Menorah
The first Hanukah candle will be lit on The Jewish
Center's symbolic menorah on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 4:45
p.m. The above photo shows last year's lighting cere¬
mony.
The first event of the evening will be the running of
the Torch of Modiin. Rabbi Rubenstein will rekindle
the torch at Agudas Achim Synagogue at 4:30p.m. and
runners will then carry the torch from the synagogue
to the Center. There, the menorah located on the front
lawn will be traditionally lit. This year David Derrow,
past president of the Center, will light the first candle,
and blessings and songs will follow. Each succeeding
night of Hanukah the menorah will be lit at sundown by
• a representative of one of the Center's departments.
- An invitation to join this memorable happening is ex-- ■
tended to everyone in the community. People can
gather at Agudas Achim, on the route of the torch run
from the synagogue to the Center and by the menorah
at the Center.
Just prior to Chronicle
press time Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat
invited all nations of the
Middle East, the United
States and the Soviet Union
to go to Cairo, probably this
weekend, to prepare for
talks in Geneva.
Israel readily agreed to
join in the talks provided
there would be no direct
talks with the PLO. Syria
and the PLO plan to shun the
Egyptian summit meeting.
.Answers from the other in¬
vited countries were not de- '
finite at press time.
JERUSALEM (WNS) -
The Cabinet, meeting in a
special session Nov. 24 fol¬
lowing Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat's visit to
Israel, made no decision on
changing Israel's position
toward a Middle East settle¬
ment. A Cabinet com¬
munique said the. im¬
portance of the Sadat visit
was stressed and "negotia¬
tions over the establishment
of peace and the signing of
peace agreements between
Israel and her neighbors will
continue."
The Cabinet meeting came
a day after Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan went on Israel
television and told Israelis
they would have to make
hard decisions on the ques-,
tion of future borders, a
solution to the Palestinian
' problem and the nature of
the peace settlement.
The Cabinet did discuss
Israel's negotiating position,
it was learned later, with the
three Democratic Movement
for Change (DMC) ministers
pressing for an Israeli initia¬
tive. "There is no doubt that
we have to stick to the
momentum, and speed up
the rate," Justice Minister
Shmuel Tamir of the DMC
declared. "There is consi¬
derable significance to the
. timing and we shall have to
cope with powerful chal¬
lenges and soon."
Premier Menachem
Begin, talking to newsmen
after the Cabinet session,
denied that a date for the
Geneva conference has been
set. Begin confirmed that
preparatory talk for Geneva
would deal with substanta-
tive issues not just proce¬
dure. The Premier stressed
that there was no change in
Israel's position on the
Palestinian issue.
Dayan in his tv talks made
it clear that there would be
no  Israeli   "gestures"   to-
Gordon Zacks To Report First Hand
On Israel's History Making Weekend
Gordon Zacks, general
vice-chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal, will be the
featured speaker at a com¬
munity meeting" on Sunday,
Dec. 4 at 2 p.m. at Congrega¬
tion Tifereth Israel, 1354 E.
Broad St. Zacks was present
in Jerusalem when Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat
made his historic visit and
Zacks subsequently met with
Israel's leaders.
The Columbus Jewish Fed-
eration. as part of its on-
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going program of providing
understanding of the Middle
East conflict to the Colum-.
bus Jewish community, is
sponsoring this public meet¬
ing for the purpose of mak¬
ing available information on
what is happening in Israel
and what its effects will be
on the Middle East, on peace
prospects and on the Ameri¬
can Jewish community.
Joining Zacks in the pro¬
gram will be Jeff Paine,
Dennis Mellman and Don
Garlikov, leaders of the
Young Men's Division of the
United Jewish Fund Cam¬
paign, who have just re¬
turned from a Young Lead¬
ership .Mission to Israel.
They; and other members of
their mission, were present
in Jerusalem during the his¬
toric event and they will re¬
port on what they saw and
heard.
"We extend an invitation
to the entire Jewish com¬
munity," said Ernest Stern,
president of the Columbus
Gordon Zacks
Jewish Federation, "since
we believe that a first-hand
report of what is happening
in Israel today is of signifi¬
cant interest to all of us.
"Gordon Zacks is today
one of the best informed
people in the world to pre¬
sent to us the facts on what
has been taking place. I urge
that as many members of
the community as can do so,
along with their friends and
their families, make, every
effort to attend this historic
meeting," Stern added.
wards Sadat since this
"would create more difficul¬
ties for Sadat." But he said
, Israel now had to make a de¬
cision regarding what it
. could offer and what it could
not. Dayan stressed that
Sadat agreed with Begin that
there must be "continuity
and ongoing dialogue."   ?
He did not mean as many
Israelis  thought  that this
would result in "creeping
normalization." Sadat had
clearly indicated he would
not agree to normalization
until a peace agreement had
been   signed   and   Israeli:
forces  had' been? removed
.. from Egyptian territory.
Dayan   also   noted   that
when Sadat said that the
October 1973 war! would be
1 the last warhe was speaking
. in the context of his demand
for a complete Israeli with¬
drawal from Arab territory.
If there were no settlement
Sadat might return to the
war   option,   Dayan   said.
"God forbid that we attach
operative significance to the
Sadat statement — positive
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Schweiker Hails Sadat Visit As
Major Mideast Breakthrough
COLUMBUS - November
22 — U.S. Senator Richard S.
Schweiker (R-Pa.) today
hailed Egyptian President
Sadat's visit to Israel as a
major breakthrough in the
Middle East in a speech be¬
fore a United Jewish Appeal
Luncheon at the Esther Mel¬
ton Building!
"As a result of President
Sadat's visit, the situation in
the Middle East will never
be the same, Egypt has now
recognized the existence o(
Israel. The psychological
barriers of 30 years have
been broken. The possibility
of successful negotiations
between Israel and Egypt is
now very real."
Schweiker continued, "I
want to emphasize that
peace won't come tomorrow.
We can't allow our expecta¬
tions to become'top great. •
But there can be no question
that President Sadat's visit
to Jerusalem was the most
positive development in
many years, And it is ironic
that. Sadat's trip, in many
ways, was the direct result
of his belief that the Carter
Administration's approach
to the situation is just plain
wrong."
Schweiker, the ranking
Republican on the Senate
Foreign Operations Appro¬
priations Subcommittee, has
been sharply critical of Pres¬
ident Carter for his decision
to grant the Soviet Union an
expanded role in the Middle
East peace negotiations and
for his earlier statements on
the role of the Palestine Lib¬
eration Organization and the
"legitimate rights" of the
Palestinians..
"By making a Palestinian
state the centerpiece of a
Geneva settlement, the
: Carter Administration has
played into the hands of the
radical Arab states and their
benefactor, the Soviet
Union," Schweiker said.
"This is why President
Sadat,' of Egypt, made his
■ historic visit to Israel. He re¬
cognized that a larger role
for the Soviet Union could
not lead to peace."
Schweiker also reaffirmed
his belief that "if a just and
lasting peace is to be
achieveel, the agreement
must pass two critical tests:
first, that Israel be
guaranteed absolute recog¬
nition of her permanent right
to exist in peace; and
second, that Israel be as¬
sured secure and defensible
borders."
Senator Schweiker was the
guest of the Columbus Jew¬
ish Federation and ad¬
dressed a number of meet¬
ings for the 1978 United Jew¬
ish Fund Campaign while in
Columbus.
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