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Giscard Warns Israel By Edwin Eytan PARIS (JTA) — President Valcry Giscard d'Estaing called for Israel's withdrawal to its pre-June 1967 borders and warned that the international "guarantees" for "just and recognized borders" exclude the territories occupied ,COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA by Israel in 1967. Giscard, who was addresOmaha. Neb.. Fri., July 41980 sing a press conference, said that the Venice declaration by the Prime Ministers of the nine European Economic Community (EEC) countries, calling for Palestinian "selfdetermination," was adopted without any difficulty. He added, In reply to a question, that the nine were now preparing diplomatic steps to put their declaration Into practical effect but refused to say what those moves may be or when they will occur. The French President, who artfully avoided using the words "Palestinian state," said that Palestinian recognition of Israel and Israel's recognition of Palestinian "rights" must take place within the frame work of a global peace settlement. The basis for any such settlement, Giscard said, was "Israel's ac(JP Photo by AUn Qoodmsnl ceptance that it should evacuate the territories" (occupied during the Six Day War). The French President ruled Three girls from the Omaha area left (or Israel this week In connection with the annual youth pil- out any possible long-term settlement for the Middle East as grimage. They are, from left, Pattl Goodman, Judy Evnen, and Helene Grunkln.
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Costa Rica Plans Welcome for PL© New York, NY—Costa Rica may be on the verge of abandoning its close friendship with Israel for the sake of Arab votes In the United Nations, the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith' warned. According to two ADL officials who have Just returned from a fact finding trip to Central America, reliable sources say that high ranking Costa Rlcan officials soon will rcceiviTan Arab delegation. The delegation will include representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization. A new PLO threat in Venezuela was also reported by the two — Abraham H. Foxman, associate national director and head of ADL's International affairs division, and Rabbi Morton M. Rosenthal, director of the agency's Latin American affairs department. They noted that the anticipated visit to; Costa Rica by the Arab delegation conies on the heels of a Mideast tour by Rodrigo Alberto Carazo, son of the president of the country, who was accompanied by a presidential adviser. He reportedly was promised Arab support in getting the United Nations to finance a U.N.-spdnsored University for Peace In Costa Rica — a project In which President Rodrigo Carazo Odlo has a persona) Interest. Mr. Foxman said that according to stories circulating In Costa Rica, the quid pro quo for Arab support of the University project Is a pledge by the government of Costa Rica to more actively support the
Arab cause and, specifically, the PLO. "A PLO presence In Costa Rica," he said, "would threaten the stability of this politically volatile region, In view of PLO contacts with the revolutionary Left In Guatemala and El Salvador." Mr. Foxman added that "it would also be a great setback for Israel, because' Israel has not had a more constant friend and ally than Costa Rica. Costa Rica has consistently supported Israel at the U.N. and at other international forums. Mr. Foxman noted that Costa Rica has already veered slightly away from Israel. Since the 1978 election of President Carazo Odlo, Costa Rica has altered its traditional voting pattern In support of Israel and on issues Important to Israel. Declaring that ADL is worried about the situation In Venezuela, Rabbi Rosenthal quoted informed sources as saying that the country's Ministry of Mines has forwarded to the Foreign Ministry a recommendation that Venezuela authorize the opening of a PLO off ice in Caracas. The Venezuelan Jewish community, he said, has expressed It concern in meetings with government officials and In full page newspaper advertisements. In a June 19 ad, the Jewish community warned that openIng of a PLO office would have "lamentable results" for Venezuelan society and for the "very bases of our democratic system."
Jewish Family Service Names Allan Qonsher ""•'/(Win M. Gonsher has been_ appointed Supervisor of Family Services, Bruce Gutnlk, president of Jewish Family Services, has announced. Mr. Gonsher comes to his new position with a background in social work and education. He has worked formerly at the Allyah office of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem providing educational assistance to immigrants, for Project EZRA in Brooklyn, New York, providing social services to low income senior citizens and as a caseworker for the North Hollywood Half Way House in California where he counseled juvenile offenders. Most recently he has completed a program at Columbia University and the Bernstein Psychiatric Foundation of the Jewish Theological Seminary designed to train rabbis to function as therapists within the Jewish Community. He has been trained to work within the family setting with an emphasis on children's behavioral disorders. Within the field of education he has worked In Camp Raman and the Solomon Shechter Day School, both of Los Angeles. These past three years while completing his education In New York, he has been living in Trenton, N.J., where he was both the principal of the Adath Israel Religious School and caseworker at the Whitney Child Guidance Center. Mr. Gonsher has a B.A. in Hebrew Literature from the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, a B.A. In Religious Studies (ram the University of California, an M.A. in Hebrew
Allan M. Gonsher Literature and a rabbi's ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and an M.A. In Social Work from Columbia University. Mr. Gonsher is married to Rinl, and Is the father of Joshua, three and Benjamin, seven months.
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Center An evening with Lubavltcher Chassldim will be available. July 13 for students and July 16 for families. Both sessions will start at 8 p.m. and will take place at the Jewish Community Center. Sponsored by the Lubavltcher Chassldim of New York in conjunction with the JCC, the evening programs will feature workshops, visual presentations, Chassidic music, book fair and refreshments.
long as Israel fails to accept the principle of evacuation. He said the Camp David agreement, establishing peace between Israel and Egypt, is based on the very same principle: "evacuation of the territories gradually accompanied by the creation of a situation of peace." Giscard also warned Israel that unless a settlement is reached, "advanced arms potentially dangerous for Israel's security might be introduced into the area. He said "It is not a narrow river of a few additional kilometer (of territory) which could protect Israel from new weapons which could be far more powerful and have a far longer range" than any now existing In the Middle East: Giscard said that he had personally intervened on at least one occasion to prevent the introduction into the Middle East of such types of weapons. He said he acted "while negotiations were actually in progress" and observers believe he was referring to French promises to sell bomb producing nuclear piles to either Libya or Iraq or both. The French President relused to comment, in spite ol repeated proddings, on his reactions to the French Jewish community's protests against, his Middle East policy or to say why he refuses to visit Israel although he has paid several visits to Arab countries In the Middle East. According to diplomatic observers, the President seemed confident of West European ^support and Elysee Palace sources said that his eight EEC c o l l e a g u e s "fully backed" France's position with certain countries actually pressing for faster and more concrete action In recognizing the Palestine Liberation Organization as a partner in the peace talks. Giscard himself did not mention the PLO. Israeli sources were not surprised by Giscard's statement but were worried by Ihe Indication of West European support in following France's lead. The sources were especially anxious about reports that the EEC nine will jointly submit an amendment to Security Council Resolution 242 recognizing the "rights of the Palestinian people." This is expected after the American Presidential election in November. Giscard himself said in his statement that 242 "remains the basis for France's Mideast policy by calling for Israel's withdrawal from the territories It has held since the 1967 war."
Resolution Not Useful By Joseph Polakott WASHINGTON, (JTA)-A resolution expected to be brought before the United Nations Security Council by 40 Moslem nations denouncing Israel's position on a unllled Jerusalem was criticized by the State Department. "We do not believe that the debate Is warranted by developments on the ground or that it is likely to serve a useful purpose," Department spokesman Thomas Reston
said. Recalling Secretary ot State Edmund Muskie's remarks three weeks ago, Reston said "we believe there should be future negotiations to determine the final status of that city. In absence of such negotiations, we do not believe the issue can be resolved by the Security Council. We approach the prospect ol a debate and a vote on a resolution with those considerations In mind." Reston, however, declined to forecast whether the U.S. would abstain or veto such a resolution. The U.S. has abstained from the vote.
Kuwait Warns of Religious War By Yitzhak Rabi UNITED NATIONS, UT&>—The Security Council resumed its debate on Jerusalem and heard various Arab speakers denouncing Israel and warning that Israel's intentions In regard to East Jerusalem can provoke a war between the Jewish State and the whole Islamic world. Abdalla Yaccoub Bishara, Kuwait's UN Ambassador, warned that if. Premier Menachem Begin of Israel moved his office to East Jerusalem it would set off a religious confrontation between Islam and Judaism. It would be like the religious wars of nine centuries ago, he said. He claimed that there could be no peace In the Mideast until Moslem rule is returned to Jerusalem. The Kuwaiti envoy also" warned that the flow of oil to the West is in jeopardy unless the Palestinian problem is resolved. He called on the VJ.S. government to make clear Its position on Jerusalem. Another Arab speaker in the Security Council was Clovis Maksoud, the Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States to the UN, who acknowledged that Jews have a spiritual association with Jerusalem. But this, he said, "does not constitute under any circumstances a claim to leglUmlze conquest, annexation and aggression. "He urged the Council to adopt measures that would put an end to "the usurpation" that Israel undertook day after day in "our Jerusalem."
Arms to Mideast May Trigger War JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Forelgn Minister Yitzhak Shamir claimed that the flow o( both American and Soviet arms into the Middle East endangers the military balance in the region and could ignite a local war or even World War III. Addressing the Knesset on four agenda motions related to U.S. arms supplies to Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Shamir said he had expressed Israel's concern to American officials. He said the supply of arms to countries which rejected the Camp David accords only encouraged them. Shamir said he understood the American motivation In supplying weapons to Saudi Arabia in order to secure its oil.
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