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Dayan Says Vance
Is Taking Sdes^
By David Friedman
NEW YORK, (JTA) ^
• Israeli Foreign : Minister
Moshe Dayan -said" Sunday
that Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance was "taking sides"
with Egypt itt his weekend
statement criticizing Israel.
He said if Vance was not
speaking for himself alone
but for tlie Carter Administration i then: the "Administration is taking sides," too.
Dayan's remarks were,
made on NBC-TV's "Meet
the Press" in response to a
question about the statement
issued by the Israel Cabinet
earlier today rejecting
Vance's charges  that'the
J Israeli settlements in the
j Sinai are illegal and should
' be removed.
4i The Israeli Foreign
Minister said that perhaps
the Administration felt it had
to give Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat more support
after his vis.it to Washington.
But he said if Vance, who he
was scheduled to meet in
Washington this week, was
taking sides it would not
make the Secretary's job as
a mediator, easier.   .
Dayan stressed that the
Israeli peace plan, which he
said President Carter found
to be "satisfactory," included Israel keeping its settlements in the Sinai. When
questioned whether the
President had ever used the
word "satisfactory," Dayan
said he was not at liberty to
give the exact word but "we
had the President's blessings for the plan."
The Israeli peace plan was
a package which included retention of the settlements,
the three Israeli airfields in
the Sinai, and Sharm el-
. Sheikh as well as proposals
for Egyptian and Israeli
troops, Dayan pointed out.
He said Sadat was given this
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U.S. Issues Forceful Statement
On Israeli Settlements
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Alfred Tibor Exhibit
Opening this Sunday afternoon with a reception the
,   art work of this noted sculptor will be on exhibit (see
story page 10).
Report Critical Of Israel
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
The State Department's
second annual report to Congress on human rights in J.05
countries receiving U,S. aid
in some form gave Israel a
mixed review while issuing
high marks to Egypt and
President Anwar Sadat.
ble to those of the United
States and the other Western
democracies."
Continuing, the report,
which was released last
Thursday, stated: "Under
the military regime, that
governs the occupied territories, certain of the normal
human rights- guarantees
that are taken for granted in
Israel   proper   have   been
The 426- page'report,-re-—superseded- e-n—«seeurlty
quired by law and published    grounds.   This   dichotomy
by the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee and the
House International Relations Committee, glossed
over Saudi Arabian customs
of justice, notes improvement in Syria under President Hafez Assad, observes
that Lebanon's government
has thus far been unable to
reassert its authority
throughout the country, and
that Jordan is "politically
stable." Communist countries, except Yugoslavia,
were not reported on.
Israel, within its national
borders, the report said, is
"a full-fledged parliamentary democracy whose
standards and administration of justice are compara-
poses a dilemma that will
probably be resolved only in _
the context of a final peace
settlement with their neighbors."
"The 10-page section on
Israel, double the space devoted to any one of Israel's
neighboring ' countries,
charged the Israelis with
abuses of Arab rights in occupied territories. Israel's
tactics in those areas, it said,
include "the use of extreme
physical and psychological
pressures during interrogation1," using excessive force
to quell demonstrations,
searching the homes of
Arabs without warrants, and
expelling Arab "security
suspects."
By Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Iii the most forceful U.S.
statement yet on the long
festering settlements issue,,
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance called on Israel Friday to cease settlement activities and dismantle settlements in the Rafah salient of
the Sinai bordering on. the
Gaza Strip, as Egypt is demanding.
Israel's security, Vance
declared, "can be taken care
of within the framework" or
United Nations Security
Council Resolution 242 and
"withdrawal from occupied
territories." He tempered
the statement with the view
that the settlements problem
is to be resolved by "the
parties" in negotiations.
Vance was responding to
numerous questions at his
news conference on the settlements that began with one'
asking whether withdrawal
from the occupied areas
would "tamper with or-,de*
ereaseIsrael,s,security;''Mt» •
keeping with the. current
U.S. policy, the Secretary
did not mention "minor adjustments" on Israel's borders that' President Carter
had recommended but which
have never been made explicit by the United States.
The Vance statements
came after Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan, in an interview on ABC-TV with commentator Barbara Walters,
declared that "we are abiding to every word that we
have promised" to the U.S.
leaders "and that's it. We
are not doing anything that
we did not promise, and we
are doing just what we have
promised to the President."
He added, "if the Americans
support the Arab objections"
CAPITOL SPOTLIGHT
U.S. Support Of Israel Sent As Test Of Commitments Abroad
By Joseph Polakoff
(Copyright 1978, JTA, Inc.)
The Armed Forces Journal, the century-old privately owned periodical devoted
to discussions of the military
prowess of America, its
friends and its enemies, reported last October the arguments by an erstwhile
Pentagon civilian specialist
now in the U.S. Department
of Energy's petroleum division, that Israel has never
been a strategic asset of the
United States and is becoming a strategic liability.
The author, Anthony H.
Cordesman, also contended
tliatti Israel is seeking! vast,
amounts of equipment, far'
beyond any defensive need;
to wage an aggressive war.
The U.S. in his view, should
therefore force Israel to deal
with the Palestine Liberation Organization, make
peace with "moderate"
Arab leaders, be made incapable of offensive war,
and remain militarily and
politically dependent upon
theU-Sl
These arguments have
now been answered, also in
the Armed Forces, Journal,
by'Dr. Joseph Churba who
* for four years was the Chief
Middle East Intelligence
analyst of the U.S. •. Air
Force. That was .before be
spoke out against Pentagon
policy and he was stripped of
his prerogatives as a result.
He then resigned. General
George Brown, chairman of
the'Joint Chiefs of Staff who
also has denigrated Israel as
a "burden" on the U.S., refused to assist Churba
against those who acted
against him.
The Cordesman view,
Churba points out, "has unjustifiably gained some currency within certain circles
of the Pentagon, the State
Department and the Administration, but repetition
of this viewpoint can make it
no less specious, no less illc-
.gical, no less at variance.
with the facts, and no less
alien to the views of the
majority of the American
people as I guage them."
Point by point, Churba
challenges Cordesman's
contentions and declares
that the "war of extermination" proclaimed by the
Arab League in 1948 against
Israel "reflected a basic
Arab attitude towards Israel
which remains operant today, and which ultimately
explains Israel's exceptional
defensive needs."
In the Yom Kippur War,
Churba details the participating forces from Egypt,
Syria, Jordan, Iraq; Saudi
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Major Campaign By
The Administration
With a major campaign
being waged by the Carter
Administration among
friends of Israel in Congress
and the American Jewish
community to help President
Anwar Sadat of Egypt at this
"crucial" time in Middle
East negotiations, Vance
was asked "What is it you
would like" the Congressmen and American Jews to
say to Premier Menachem
Begin of Israel and "what
can Israel do to contribute to
peace — disband the settlements" in Sinai and other
areas?
Vance replied that "we
have been talking to various
members of Congress and
various individuals here in
the United States to bring
them up to date on what has
■ been taking place with President Sadat so that they can
understand the actual condition of the negotiations at
this point and the obstacles
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Myer Mellman Appointed Chairman Allocations Committee
Ernest Stern, president of
the Columbus Jewish Federation, has announced the appointment of Myer Mellman
as overall chairman of the
1978 Allocations Committee
of the Federation. T
" Mellman is' currently a
vices-president of the Federation and was general chairman of the United Jewish
Fund Campaign in 1976. He
has been actively involved in
every area of Jewish community life including service
as a past president of The
Jewish Center. He has a
thorough understanding of
the Federation's allocations
process, having served as
chairman of the Social Serv-
Myer Mellman
ices Budget Committee,last
year.
The Allocations Commit-
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Schecter Named Chairperson
For 16th Annual Heritage Meeting
David Levison, President
of Heritage House, announced the appointment of
Mrs. Joseph (Slyvia)
Schecter as Chairperson or
the 16th Annual Meeting of
the Home to be held Sunday,
Mar. 19, at 1:30.
"It is with much pleasure
and pride that we announce
Sylvia's acceptance of this
important assignment.
Sylvia currently serves as a
Sylvia Schecter
Vice President and Chairperson of the Finance Committee. She has previously
held the positions of Secretary of the Board of Directors and President of the
Heritage House Auxiliary."
Mr. Levison continued,
"Sylvia has played a significant role in almost' every
aspect of the operation of
Heritage House since its
founding and has demonstrated dedication and commitment to the residents in
every assignment she has
accepted."
Mrs. Schecter will be assisted by the following members of the Annual Meeting
Planning Committee: Louis
Robins, Don Erkis, Alvin So-
love, Jane Finkelstein, Joan
Friedman, Charlotte, Ment-
ser, Miriam Paine, Betty
Talis, David Levison and
Gerald N. Cohn.
Future issues of the Ohio
Jewish Chronicle will provide details of this Major
Community Event	
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