The Jewish Times

              Thinking
Out Loud
See Schlossberg's Column
on Page Five
Egypt Prepares To Open Tel Aviv Embassy
Israel Wary Of Small Staff
JERUSALEM,   (JTA)-Egypt   is  Aviv   would   be   a   medium-size      Discussions between Minister of
thinking in terms of a staff of five legation in Israeli terms, something   State  for  Foreign  Affairs  Butros
diplomats for its embassy in Tel on the level of the Japanese. It would   Ghali and two. top Israeli officials,
Aviv, considerably less than Israel  be in keeping with a trend detected   Eliahu   Ben-Elissar   and   Yosef
would like to send to Cairo. Informed by Israelis visiting Cairo--of trying   Ciechanover, have resulted in the
who   disclosed   this   said  to   keep   the   opening   of   normal   decision to set up "technical teams"
relations   low-key   rather   than   which   will   prepare,   during   the
jubilantly ceremonial.                                  Continued on Page Six
Delegation In Mideast
To Negotiate For Bases
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-The U.S.  itinerary, the Defense Department
Defense  Department   has   sent   a  is    studying    possibilities    for
delegation to Saudi Arabia and three  negotiating with Israel, Egypt and
other   countries   to   negotiate   for  Morocco for rights to use bases in an
access for American military forces  emergency,
to bases in the Middle East.                 Some Senators have suggested the
While Defense Secretary Harold  U.S. arrange to take over the bases
Brown recently said that "I don't  in Sinai that Israel is to give Egypt
believe that American bases as such  in 1981 under the Egyptian-Israeli
in that area are the right way to go"   peace treaty. Use of bases is un-
and   that   "nor   do   I  see   formal  derstood to be in connection with the
alliances," he left the way open for  development   of   a   U.S.   Rapid
Vol. XXXV, No. 19,  Thursday, December 27, 1979   Price Fifteen Cents
sources
Israel need not hold inflexibly to the
principle of reciprocity. But, on the
other hand, there must be some
parallelism in the size of the two
legations, due to open Jan. 26. The
exchange of ambassadors is
scheduled for Feb. 26.
Israel, apparently, hoped for
larger embassies, in the order of 12-
15 diplomats in each. A five-
diplomat Egyptian embassy in Tel
Halachic Process.
After hearing position papers by
five senior members  of  the  JTS
Conservative Jews Vote To Table
Action On Ordination Of Women
by Ben Gallob
NEW YORK, (JTA)--After nearly revived, he replied "I do not foresee
three-and-a-half hours of debate, the the matter being revived in the
44 members of the Faculty Senate of context of the Seminary faculty,"
the Jewish Theological Seminary of through he did expect it to continue faculty, the group approved a
America (JTS) voted 25-19 to table a to be a topic of debate in the Con- resolution that "we, more than 200
report recommending the admission servative movement. He said that members of the RA assembled at the
of women to the Seminary for or- the only further action he planned at conference on Halachic Process,
dination as Conservative rabbis.      the present time was to present a
Chancellor Gerson Cohen, who comprehensive report on the issue
had named and headed a special next month,
commission to examine the issue, The vote, which had been
said that the vote was "a defeat of scheduled originally for February,
the motion to accept women as came after a day-long meeting by
candidates for ordination at the 175 members of the Rabbinical
Jewish Theological Seminary."        Assembly (RA), the association of
Asked  whether   there   was   any Conservative   rabbis,   who   called
possibility   of   the   issue   being themselves   the   Conference   on
Blum Asserts
Israel's Position In General
Assembly Continues To Erode
UNITED NATIONS, (JTA)--
Yehuda Blum, Israel's Ambassador
to the United Nations, said that
Israel's position at the world
organization was further eroded
during the three-month session of
the 34th General Assembly.
Speaking at a press conference at
the Israel UN Mission, Blum
claimed that "the erosion" was
reflected not only in the anti-Israeli
votes but also in the various
speeches and debates held during
the Assembly's session. "The
erosion (in Israel's standing at the
UN) was especially noticeable with
Latin American countries," Blum
said.
He noted that Latin American
countries that traditionally voted
with Israel, or at least abstained on
anti-Israeli resolutions, supported
anti-Israeli measures. This pattern
was clearly reflected when only
three Latin American countries
voted against the inclusion of
Zionism - which is identified by the
UN as "racism" -- in the recent
resolution on "hegemonism," the
Israeli envoy said.
Blum also said that "it is hard to
on Halachic
express our opposition to the or-
dination of women by the Jewish
Theological Seminary at this time.
We call on the Seminary to assure
our continuation as a movement
committed to halacha and halachic
process."
On Nov. 6, the 16 faculty members
considered to be halachists sent a
letter to Cohen informing him that
they believed that the JTS Senate,
the academic policy making body of
the Seminary, "as presently con-
stituted," is "not the proper forum
for deciding fundamental Seminary
policy." The signers also declared:
"We will not continue to participate
in debating or voting on the question
of the ordination of women unless a
ignore the worsening of our position proper body is constituted to deal
among   the   Western   (European)   with this question."
the U.S. use of bases when countries
having them ask for "our help."
Robert Murray, a Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense who
specializes in Middle Eastern af-
fairs, left on the trip that will include
Oman, Kenya and Somalia. Pen-
tagon sources said that besides the
four countries named in the Murray
Deployment Force to move as many
as 100,000 men quickly to a
developing war anywhere in the
world. Pentagon sources em-
phasized that Murray's trip is a
continuation of efforts made before
the Iranian crisis but it is believed
that the crisis has expedited the
need for such an arrangement.
Lebanese President Seeks
To Curb Activities Of PLO
countries" in the UN. Blum pointed
out that at the beginning of the
general debate in the Assembly,
Belgium, for instance, spoke
"proudly" about the Palestine
Liberation Organization office in
Brussels and France was "un-
friendly" toward Israel throughout
Continued on Page Six
Sequence of Events
The sequence of events that ended
in a rebuff to the substantial opinion
in the movement favoring ordination
of women began when delegates to
the 1977 convention of the RA ap-
proved a resolution to admit women
to the JTS as rabbinical candidates
Continued on Page Six
BOSTON (JTA) - Dr. Elias El-
Hayek, executive director of the
American Lebanese Information
Center in Washington, has charged
that the Arab heads of state at their
meeting in Tunis "abdicated their
responsibilities toward the weakest
and smallest member of the Arab
League (Lebanon) by saddling it
with the burden of the Palestinian
struggle at the expense of the
security and peace of the Lebanese
people."
El Hayek noted that "President
Elias Sarkis of Lebanon finally
broke his long silence about the
Palestinian encroachment on
Lebanese sovereignty and
demanded at the meeting of the
Arab heads of state ...that they with-
draw from south Lebanon and stop
launching attacks on Israel, or
claiming responsibility for terrorist
acts inside Israel."
According   to   El   Hayek,   "this
request could not have been made at
a   worse   time.   The   outburst   of
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FRANCE SELLS MIRAGES
TO IRAQ & KUWAIT
PARIS, (JTA)--France announced
that it will sell 24 Mirage F-l fighter-
interceptor planes to Iraq and six
Alpha-jet planes to Kuwait. French
official sources said that both these
countries are expected to buy ad-
ditional planes and electronic
equipment in France in order to
further modernize their air forces.
SUDAN CONSIDERS
BREAK WITH EGYPT
WASHINGTON The Sudan may
consider discontinuing full diplo-
matic relations with Egypt and may
back out of projects to integrate the
two economies if Egypt and Israel
exchange ambassadors as sched-
uled.
The uneasiness over its relations
with Egypt is prompted by Sudan's
economic difficulties and pressure
from the other Arab League coun-
tries to break ties with Egypt in
return for oil and financial assist-
ance from Saudi Arabia and other
Persian Gulf nations.
FINDLEY CALLS FOR
U.S.-ISRAEL MANEUVERS
WASHINGTON-Rep. Paul Find-
ley (R.-Ill.) has urged the U.S. to
cooperate with an Israeli proposal to
undertake joint U.S.-Israel naval
maneuvers. These maneuvers would
enhance U.S. naval capabilities and
resources in the Mideast, he said in a
letter to Defense Secretary Harold
Brown.
Findley, a frequent critic of Israeli
policies, countered arguments that a
policy of American evenhandedness
should mean that the U.S. can only
proceed in the region as part of a trio
with Egypt and Israel. It is "import-
ant for the U.S. to recognize the
strategic importance of Israel and
its willingness to play a role in
increasing Western deterrence and
defense," Findley stated.
BEGIN WARY OF
IRANIANS IN LEBANON
JERUSALEM, (JTA)-Israeli
reaction to the possibility of Iranian
volunteers deployed in south
Lebanon remained low-key but
wary. Premier Menachem Begin
told reporters it would not mean a
major threat in military terms but
would mean a significant worsening
of the situation which had been
quiet. Israel, Begin said, was
watching carefully and would be
prepared for any eventuality. The
presence  of   Iranian  volunteers
Continued on Page Six
'Most Dangerous'
Terrorist Gang
Apprehended
TEL AVIV [JTA] The
recent arrests of 30 terrorist
suspects on the West Bank
believed to be members of an El
Fatah assassination gang, was
reported by security sources.
The suspects, mainly from
Nablus and Ramallah, were
apprehended with large quanti-
ties of firearms, some of it
American-made and apparently
smuggled from Jordan.
According to the security
sources, members of the gang
were responsible for the assas-
sinations of at least three Arabs
for allegedly collaborating with
Israelis and attempts on the
lives of others. They are also
accused of having fired on
Israeli military vehicles on
West Bank roads and with at-
tempting to draw Israeli forces
into direct combat. The gang,
described as one of the "most
dangerous" terrorist groups to
be uncovered in recent months,
is also believed to have been
trying to set up new El Fatah
cells in the Judaea and Samaria
districts of the West Bank.
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