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VOL. 57 N0.28
JULY 12,1979-IYAU 17
Israeli Solar
Technology
Praised
By Lauren Deutsch
LOS ANGELES(JTA)-
"Israel's advanced solar
energy technology , may
spark the beginning of new
foreign and energy politics
with the Uniled States and
other countries seeking independence from OPEC (Organization of , Petroleum
Exporting Countries) cartel
power," suggests California
economic/energy activist,
Tom Hayden who represents
the State of, California in
Western Sun, - a. federally"
funded solar energy agency,
and heads the Campaign for
Economic Democracy;
-Accompanied by his wife,
activist/actress Jane Fonda,
Hayden. has been stumping
within the Los Angeles Jewish community to gain public
and legislative support for a
joint Israel-Callfprnia solar
pond project in the Salton
Sea near Palm Springs, an
area similar to the Dead Sea
in Israeli
. The Salton Sea solar pond
.project, currently in feasibility study phase, is one of'thte
fruits of -a unique technological exchange'and solar
energy agreement signed
last April by California Governor Edmund Brown and
Israeli Premier, Menachem
Begin. Participating are
Southern California Edison,
California energy officials,
and Israels Ormat turbine
company in Yavne. If fully
developed, the .Salton Sea
site would be, capable of
generating up to 600 megawatts of electricity and support for local agricultural
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Strauss Seeks To Get Autonomy
Negotiations Off Dead Center
Slave At Work
Interior Designer Rosemary Wollins (left) appreci-
- ates the prompt attention by Gallery Players President, Pam Klynn whose services were purchased at the
past Gallery Players Summer Slave Mart. The next annual fun and frolic evening will be held at the Jewish
Center on Saturday, July 14 at 9 p.m.
Israelis Satisfied With Bundestag
Action On Statute Of Limitations
JERUSALEM (JTA)-Is-
raelis have hailed the West
German Bundestag's' vote
abdlishing the statute of
limitations for prosecuting
Nazi war criminals and have
sent cables of' appreciation
to German officials and Ger- -
many's Ambassador to Is-"
rael, Klaus Schuetz.
Premier Menachem Begin
personally expressed his
satisfaction to visiting West
Berlin Mayor Dietrich
Stobbe. Begin 'urged West
Germany to pursue the
prosecution of war criminals. At the same time, the
Premier protested to Stobbe
over the recent; statement by
the foreign ministers of the
European Economic Community criticizing Israel's
settlement policy.
Justice Minister Shmuel
Tamir expressed his satis
faction wilh the vote. Tamir,
who interrupted the Knesset
session last week to announce the vote, said he
hoped that now Nazi criminals still free would be
brought to trial. Labor Party
chairman Shimon Peres sent
■ ar cable of congratalatrons'to-
- his opposite-number in Germany, Willy Brandt, chairman of the Social Democratic Party, expressing his
appreciation for the de-
" cisibn.
Likud MK Yosef Tamir,
chairman of the Israel-Germany Association, sent
cables of congratulations to
German leaders as well as
West .German Ambassador
Schuetz. Tamir expressed
the hope the decision would
improve relations between
Germany and Israel.
By David Landau
ALEXANDRIA (JTA)-
The fourth session of the Is-
raeli-Egyptian-U.S. autonomy talks got underway last
week with a spirited opening
statement by President barter's special envoy, Robert
Strauss, obviously intended
to get the negotiations off
dead center where they have
been stalled since they
started last May. Strauss
called on both sides to "have
the courage not to equivocate but to face, difficult
issues and resolve them
fairly." He \i\jas referring to
the Israeli-Egyptian dead- •
lock over an agenda.
Egypt has proposed a^ej-
claratiye statement of ripf;
ciples that-would estaDftW
the ultimate objectives of
autonomy on the West Bank
and Gaza Strip. It feels this
approach would'provide an
incentive to Palestinian
moderated to join in the
negotiations and would improve the image of the autonomy plan in the Arab world.
Israel has rejected lhat ■
idea for fear that it would
bog down the discussions in
politics and ideology. The Israeli position is that the talks
begin by tackling the practical aspects of autonomy
such as the election of an
autonomous council, who
may seek election and who is
eligible to vote, the structure
of the self-governing authority and its ambit of responsibility. -
Expect Creation
Of 'Working Groups'
U.S. sources close to the
conference told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency today
lhat they expected this round
of talks to result in the creation of "working groups,"
meaning apparently, subcommittees, each to deal
with a specific issue involved,
in the creation of Palestinian autonomy. If that is
achieved during .the roughly
36 hours allocated for this negotiating session, Strauss,
will have chalked up a not-
, able success for his no-nonsense approach.
But the feeling as the (alks
started was thai any substantive progress will have
to await the outcome of the-
scheduled summit meeting
between. Premier • Men- .
achem Begin and President
Anwar Sadat in Alexandria.*
Both sides seem to be depending upon the two leaders.
to reach some sort of-comv
promise in the .course of,
their private conversations.
As far as Israel is concerned, however, its opposition to Ihe Egyptian plan was
reaffirmed by the negotiating team which met under
the chairmanship of Begin
before leaving for Alexandria yesterday. A number
of Egyptian suggestions, including the declaration
principles, were rejected on
grounds that they went beyond the Camp David frameworks and the joint letter of
Begin and Sadat which accompanied the Israeli-
Egyptian peace treaty. Israeli sources said privately
that  the  U.S.   negotiators
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Kissinger: Jordan Not Seeking
Confrontation With Israel
U.S. Bankers See Israel As
"Switzerland Of Middle East"
JERUSALEM (JTA)-An
Israel Bond Organization,
bankers delegation, whose
banks and bank holding companies list assets "of nearly
$30 billion and have already
invested significantly in Israel Bonds, predicted a role
for Israel as the "Switzerland of the Middle East" provided a lasting peace is
achieved.    . .   ,
This was the view of
Frederick Deane Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of the Bank of Virginia
in Richmond,'speaking at
the closing dinner of the
delegation which visited Israel for a week under the
auspices of Israel Bonds.
The dinner, addressed by
Israel   Manufacturers  As
sociation president Avra-
ham Shavit, provided an opportunity for the 20 bankers
to assess their impressions
of Israel "as bankers who
are interested in' lending
money and getting it back."
Deane summed up his
views: "I think that the
achievement in industry has
been fantastic particularly
when you consider that it's
been going on while you had
war at the same time."
A theme heard more than
once was the "bad press" Israel   gets   in   the   United
States.   William   Brenton,
chairman of Brenton Banks
of Des Moines,. Ia., said,
."This is a very dynamic
> country.  Instead of Bank
. Leumi. buying U.S. banks;
they ought to buy U.S. newspapers. The message of this
country has not been brought
to us."
A similar note was struck
by Harvey- Kershaw,'. Jr.,
chairman of the Provident
Savings Bank of Baltimore.
"Many misconceptions have'
been_r_eversed. These peqple'
are' among the most hard
working groups in the world.
Israel and her. people deserve the greatest amount of
encouragement. The West is
less informed than it should
be," he said.
If    a    Middle    East
development", fund   can
amass $30450 billion in the
pext i decade .to boost eco-'
; novMt, development (: within
- " J '   (CONJINUEO ON PAGE 31
JERUSALEM (JTA)-
Former Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger said here
last week lhat King Hussein
of Jordan i§. not bent onjj
military confrontation with
Israel. Kissinger return^ to 7
Israel after visiting Amman'
and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Speaking at a press conference, he said the fact that
Hussein received Robert
Strauss, President Carter's
special envoy to the Middle
East, on July 7 means
that the purpose is to "explore what possibilities exist,
for negotiations, otherwise it
wouldn't make any sense."
Asked if Saudi Arabi§ was
linking' oil supplies to the
autonomy -talks, the American diploma! said "I would
hate to think that our position in these negotiations depends on expectations of the'
supply of oil." He .agreed
completely with what
Strauss reportedly said July
S in Cairo, rejecting oil
blackmail. . Strauss was
quoted as saying that the
. United State? will npttalk
with the Palestine Iteration Organization ' under,
pressure from the oil-producing Arab nations.
"On the other hand," Kissinger added, "I must say
that this was not a threat
that was made to me while I
was in SaudiArabia. The two
issues were not brought into
connection while I was there.
The issue of energy and the
issue of problems here
should be dealt with as separate problems. I would have
thought, that Saudi Arabia
; would understand that its
own position depends on
stable world economy. There
is enough to talk about in the
energy field without linking
. it to other issues."
Kissinger said there could
be no change in the attitude
toward the PLO until it accepted Security Council Resolution 242- and Israel's
right to exist.
i
Gordon B. Zacks Named Chairman ZOA
Sponsored National Leadership Conference
Ivan J. Novick, president
of the Zionist organization of
America announced the acceptance of Gordon B. Zacks
as chairman of the ZOA
sponsored National Leadership Conference on American-Israeli relations, This
will be held Oct. 24-2« at the
Dora! Hotel, Miami Beach,
Fla. Participants will attend
from the United States,
South America, Canada,
Europe and will include a
numberof Israeli leaders.
Zacks is a widely recognized Jewish community
leader. He holds the position
of National Vice Chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal
(UJA). He is the past national chairman of the
Young Leadership Cabinet
of the UJA and is on the
governing boards of the
United Israel Appeal, .Melton
Research Center, AIPAC*
.the American'Jewish Corn-
Gordon B. Zacks
mittee. 'as well as the Columbus, O. Jewish Federation,
which is his home community. He also serves as a member of the governing bodies
of the American Friends of,
the Tel Aviv University. He- .
brew  University,  and  the
Jerusalem   Academy   and
Conference Center.
, In   his   announcement.
; Novick pointed to this con-.
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