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DECEMBER 7,1978-K1SLEV 7
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U.S.-Egyptian
Talks Continue
By Joseph Polakof f
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3
(JTA)—Talks between
Egypt and the United States
on President Anwar Sadat's
demands for alterations in
agreements Egypt has already reached with Israel on
a peace treaty will continue.
Egyptian Prime Minister
Mustapha Khalil, Who arrived here last Thursday for
talks with President Carter
and other top Administration
officials, decided to postpone
His scheduled departure for
Europe several nights ago
after he met for two hours
with Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance and afterward-
described the talks as "useful and cdnstructive." Asked
if a decision was taken to re-
. sume the negotiations,
^halil said Egypt would like
to see the talks resumed,
"but there is no decision."
(In Jerusalem, Premier
Menachem Begin said over
the weekend that Israel is
ready to sign the present
peace treaty draft any moment, although he noted that
it may be a matter of weeks
before it is actually signed.
Speaking before a .United
Jewish Appeal delegation,
he expressed confidence that
a treaty would be signed.
"Only war is avoidable, (
peace is unavoidable,"'
Begin said.
(In Cairo, Acting Foreign
Minister Boutros Ghali said
in an interview with Al-
Ahram that Egypt and Israel
might decide to postpone
their Dec. 17 deadline for
signing a treaty. He said he
doubted that Israel would oppose this, but if it did, Ghali
said, "this means it does not
want peace.")
New Treaty Language May
be Necessary
Khalil delivered Sadat's
latest position to Carter at a
three-hour meeting Friday
at the White House, which
was also attended by Vance,
Vice President Walter Mondale and National Security
Advisor Zbigniew Brze-
zinski. The unexpectedly
long meeting was interpreted by some qualified
sources as indicating that
Carter has not accepted
> Sadat's view as offered to^
him but that new language
was necessary to obtain at
least a ip'easure of Israeli
agreement.
The session between
Khalil and Vance Was seen
as designed to do that. However, it is believed that no
decision was made, pending
Israel's   Cabinet   meeting.
(CONTINUEDON PAGE II)
Begin To Reply To Sadat's Message
Before Going To Oslo On Dec 10
Blood donors during the most recent B-Day held in
August are seen enjoying the refreshments and hospitality extended to all donors upon completing their
donation—sharing life by giving blood.
Blood Donations Maintain
Lifesharing Blood Program
On Monday, December 11
from 12 noon to 6 p.m. at The
Jewish Center, 1125 College
Avenue, donors can contribute to the blood bank.
The Jewish Community
Blood Donor Council under
the auspices of the Columbus
Jewish Federation and with
the volunteering efforts of
the Jewish War Veterans
and the cooperation of the
Central Ohio Red, Cross, this
particular program entitles
anyone in the Jewish community to use the blood bank
when the need exists.
"The continuation of this
blood bank program depends
largely on reaching the
drive's goal," explained Ir-
vin Wiener, the chairperson
of the 1978 drive and Commander of the Jewish War
Veterans.
"Over the years, many
donors within this Jewish
community have maintained
the program by sharing life
through giving blood,"
stated Wiener. He is hopeful
that support for this blood
program from members of
the Jewish community will
continue.
Donors can be any person
in good general health and 17
(with written parental per-
. mission) through 65 years
old. The entire procedure
takes an hour, although the
actual blood giving is 10 minutes.' Donors will be given refreshments-and can resume
their normal activities within the hour.
Human blood cannot be
manufactured, it must be
given. Call the Center, 231-
2731 for an appointment
sometime between noon and
6 p.m. on Monday, December 11. Babysitting will be a-
vailable.
By Gil Sedan
JERUSALEM, (JTA)-
Premier Menachem Begin
will reply to the special message he received last Thursday from President Anwar
Sadat of Egypt this week,
before leaving for Oslo to ac-
, cept the Nobel Peace Prize
on Dec. 10. So far the government has maintained an unusual silence about the message which was delivered to
Begin by U.S. Ambassador
to Israel, Samuel Lewis.
The Cabinet met Sunday
for four hours to formulate a
reply to Sadat amidst growing understanding that the
peace negotiations may take
several weeks before they
are concluded. The Cabinet
authorized Begin to prepare
to reply to Sadat, but the content of Sadat's letter was not
released for publication.
Talking to reporters after
the Cabinet meeting, Begin
Byrd Urges Israel To Resume
Peace Negotiations With Egypt
By Barbie Zelizer-Meyouhas
JERUSALEM, (JTA)~
United States Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd of
West Virginia urged Israel
last night to resume peace
negotiations with Egypt and
called on Israel for greater
flexibility in the negotiations
and restraint in its public.
statements. The Senator,
who was speaking here at a
dinner in his honor given by
Deputy Premier Yigael
Yadin, stated, "I would hope
that we measure what we
say lest we make the negotiations moredifficult."
Byrd, who met with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
in Cairo last week and left Israel Sunday to meet with
Jordan's King- Hussein before returning to Washington
to report' to President
' Carter, visited the Middle
East as Carters "special
envoy."
In his speech, Byrd said
that Carter was determined
to conclude a peace treaty
between Israel and Egypt
and to reach accords with its
neighboring countries as
well. He said Carter had the
full support of the American
people on this point, and.the
"absolute, total and complete" support of himself as
well.
In a lighter moment,. Byrd
serenaded the assembled
guests with a Scottish highland ballad played on a vio-
linOfadin had provided for
him. "I am the Isaac Stern of
the U.S. Senate," Byrd
quipped.
Says Palestinian's Can Rely
On U.S. Support
Earlier over the weekend,
the Senator met with a number of West Bank dignitaries
in an attempt to convince
them to accept the autonomy
ICONTINUEDON PAGE 13)
said both countries agreed
to keep secret the content of
Sadat's letter and Israel's
reply. ''This is a very important contact between our two,
governments," the Premier
said. "Both countries agreed
not to make public the contents of the communications
unless agreed otherwise."
It was learned, however,
that in general, Sadat expressed the desire to continue with the peace negotiations. Sadat reportedly explained that Egypt's demand
to drop Article VI in the
Egyptian-Israel peace
treaty draft—giving the;
treaty priority over earlier:
agreements between Egypt
and other Arab countries—
and linking Israel's withdrawal from Sinai with the
issue of autonomy on the
West Bank and Gaza Strip
did not mean that Egypt was
trying to keep an option open
not to fulfill its obligations.
Begin is expected to reject
these demands, which have
bogged down the peace negotiations. ,
Observers here spe
Sadat's message as part of a
new "peace offensive" on
the part of the Egyptian
President in an effort to .
soften the Israeli stand and
perhaps allow for more
American pressure on Israel. However, the observers
also noted the "warm character" of Sadat's message to
Begin.
It was also understood that'
Israel does not, at least pre-
-sently, intend to send its negotiating team back to
Washington. "There is no
crisis," some Cabinet ministers said as they emerged
from the Cabinet meeting,
"but neither is there a breakthrough."
Governor Proclaims Week Of Dec. 10-17
"Human Rights Week For Soviet Jewry"
Governor James A.
Rhodes has officially proclaimed the week of December 10-17, 1978 as "Human
Rights Week for Soviet
Jewry "as part of the Columbus observance of the
Women's Plea for Soviet
Jewry which will be held for
community-wide leadership
at the Governor's Mansion
on Tuesday, December 12, at
8:00p.m.
According , to Sharon
Paine, Chairperson of the
Women's Plea Steering
Committee; "We are delighted that Governor
Rhodes has joined in our effort to raise the consciousness level of our state to the
continuing plight of Soviet
Jewry; He has been a long
time advocate on behalf of
Soviet Jewry and with his
leadership, we are certain
that a majority of Ohioans
will; become more knowledgeable concerning the critical human rights struggle
intheUSSR.'V
The text of the Governor's
proclamation has been released in advance Yof the
Women's Plea for the Jewish
Chronicle. The text is "as follows: •■ Y.
"• Proclamation In
Recognition Of
Human Rights Week
For Soviet Jewry
Whereas, December 10,
1978 marks the twenty-ninth
anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human
Rights enacted by the concert of nations of the world
and
WHEREAS its objective of
insuring basic human rights
and freedom is still denied to
many human beings in some
nations because of their religious beliefs, their race or
creed, their national origin,
or because they are individuals seeking justice for
themselves and their people
and
WHEREAS the Soviet Union
is   among   those   nations
where basic rights have been,
denied in the practice of religion and freedom, where in
(CONTINUEDON PA<SE 15)
Heritage Tower Dedication
Sunday, Dec. 17,2:00 p.m.
Board members who have
been extremely active in the
project's development. The
Ceremony will also be the
first Annual Meeting for
Heritage Tower, including
election of Officers and
Board members.
Followipg the Ceremonies,
Tower Residents will lead
guided tours of the building
and their apartments.
Members of the Planning
Committee include Chairman Glassman, Co-Chairman Betty Talis, Ben Goodman, Cressa Goodman,
David Levison, Eleanor
Resler, David Roth, Sylvia
Schecter, Edward Schlezinger, Diane Tyroler, Jack
Wallick and Sol Zell.
All members of the Community are cordially invited
to the Dedication of Heritage
Tower on Suri,, Dec. 17.
"We are all. greatly looking forward to the Dedication and Housewarming
Ceremonies, as we celebrate
the opening of Heritage
Tower," stated Marvin L.
Glassman, Chairman of the
Dedication Planning Committee. The Ceremonies will
be held on Sun., Dec. 17, at 2
p.m.7
Glassman continued that
"in 1971, the Columbus Jewish Community had a dream
of building Housing for the
Elderly. Since then, many
people have been involved in
the planning and development of Heritage Tower.
This Dedication and House-
warming Ceremony mark
that our dream has finally
become a reality!"
The Ceremonies will be a
family affair. Special presentations will be made to
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