WJewish Florid Ian
Of Tampa
Volume 5 Number 11
Israeli Softening Unlikely
Tampa, Florida Friday, March 18,1983
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Shamir Denies He Came to U.S. to Express Dissatisfaction With Hahib
By DAVID FRIEDMAN
WASHINGTON -
(JTA) Israeli Foreign
Minister Yitzhak Shamir
emerged from his second
meeting with Secretary of
State George Shultz and
went immediately to the
White House for a meeting
with President Reagan.
It was not clear what progress
[if any was made during Shamir's
[talks with Shultz, totalling more
[than seven hours. But the For-
leign Minister was scheduled to
Ireturn to the State Department
from the White House for
[another meeting with Shultz.
SHAMIR, who was planning
[lo return to Israel Monday night,
postponed his departure for
I another day.
Shamir emphasized that the
| major purpose of his visit to the
U.S. is to explain the Israeli
position to the American Admin-
istration and to seek what he
.ailed a coordination of policy be-
tween Israel and the U.S.
Meanwhile, Lebanon's Foreign
Minister Elie Salem, who met
with Shultz earlier, before the
Shult/.-Shamir meeting, said
progress has been made if only
because the people who have been
negotiating for the last two
months have had a chance to
meet with Shultz and explain to
him at "first hand" the Lebanese
position. "We were able to re-
spond directly to some of the
concerns of Israel," he said.
SHAMIR STRESSED that he
is 'confident that Israel is enter-
ing these negotiations in a good
spirit" and that the Israelis, like
the Americans and Lebanese are
"anxious to reach an agreement."
He said many of the "bottle-
necks" holding up an agreement
now are really "psychological."
Hut. he said, Israel has been
asking for some "specific assur-
ances" which "nobody can gua-
rantee beforehand."
Salem rejected Shamir's state-
ment that the Lebanese army
cannot maintain security
throughout I^ebanon. "The Leba-
nese army is capable now to
control all the territory of Leba-
non." Salem said. "The Lebanese
army which is in greater Beirut
has provided peace in greater
Beirut. The only part of Lebanon
that is enjoying peace is that part
that is under the Lebanese ar-
my," he said.
Meeting With Reagan Said
To Have Been 'Very Friendly'
By DAVID FRIEDMAN
WASHINGTON (JTA) Israeli Foreign Minister
Yitzhak Shamir had what he called a "friendly talk" for
one-half hour with President Reagan at the White House,
but they apparently did not go into details of the issues
dividing the U .S. and Israel over Lebanon.
SHAMIR SAID the details would be discussed at the
State Department where he was returning for a third
meeting with Secretary of State George Shultz.
Shamir told reporters that his talk with Reagan was not
confined to Lebanon but covered the entire "peace
prospect" for the Middle East. He said Reagan expressed
his feelings of "friendship toward Israel," his concern for
the "security" of Israel, and for the right for all countries
in the Middle East to live in peace. Shamir said that
Reagan gave him "personal greetings" to take back to
Premier Menachem Begin, but he did not describe what
they were.
"close cooperation between Israel
and Lebanon." He refused to go
into any details, however, and
would not confirm reports that
Israel is now agreeable to drop-
ping its demand for military sur-
veillance outposts in south Leba-
non manned by its own troops.
Shamir indicated that Israel
believes Lebanon will not be able
lo maintain security in the
country by itself for months to
come and stressed that any
solution to safeguard security on
Israel's northern border requires
He denied that he had asked to
come to Washington because of
dissatisfaction with U.S. special
Ambassador Philip Habib. He
said the reason he asked for the
meeting with Shultz was that
after 10 weeks of negotiations on
Lebanon he thought it was time
to make a "special effort to coor-
dinate our positions with the po-
sitions of the U.S."
Shamir said there was a "large
degree of identity" of goals in
Lebanon by the U.S. and Israel.
He said Israel, as is the U.S., is
"very interested to leave Leba-
non as soon as possible," that
both were interested to restore
Lebanon's sovereignty and inde-
pendence and to prevent terrorist
activity in Lebanon against
Israel and to ensure "quiet and
security on the border" between
Israel and Lebanon. He said the
question to be answered is the
"ways and means" of achieving
these goals.
SALEM MET with Shultz for
\-' i hours Saturday. He said af-
terwards that there is "an oppor-
tunity for peace in the Middle
East, an opportunity for peace in
Lebanon. And if we succeed in
having peace in Lebanon, I think
that peace in the Middle East is
possible in the not too distant fu-
ture."
The Lebanese diplomatic also
Foreign Minister Shamir
said the "people in the Middle
East are tired of war. They are
ready for a civilized existence,
and there is a leadership in the
Arab world that is now ready and
determined to secure peace."
Weinberger vows
We Didn't Promise Jordan Sophisticated Weapons
WASHINGTON -
(JTA) Defense Secretary
Caspar Weinberger denies
that the U.S. has "in-
formally" promised King
Hussein of Jordan sophis-
ticated weapons if he joins
the Middle East peace pro-
cess as outlined in Presi-
dent Reagan's September 1
peace initiative.
"There is no way that anybody
can formally promise anything
that requires the approval of
Congress," Weinberger said on
the CBS-TV "Face the Nation"
program. But he said the U.S.
has told Jordan "we agree basic-
ally with the idea that they do
need more modern weapons, they
need air defense weapons."
HE SAID Jordan believes it is
"threatened" by a "number of
countries, including Syria and
Iran, and they do have genuine
validated military needs for more
air defense and more wapons to
protect their own country." Con-
gress, in opposing weapons for
Jordan, has listed as one of the
principal reasons Hussein's re-
fusal to join the peace process.
Secretary of State George
Shultz, in an interview with The
Washington Post published Sun-
day, said it was time for Jordan
to decide whether to join the
talks or not. "Basically, I think
it's time to move," Shultz told
the Post.
"I don't want to set a deadline
or anything like that, but I think
that there has been a great deal of
discussion. I don't know that
there are more facts to be found,"
he said.
SHULTZ'S REMARKS were
seen as the first official public
display of impatience by the U.S.
with Hussein's failure to make a
decision on joining the talks. The
Jordanian ruler first set a dead-
line of March 1 to make a decision
and then advanced it to sometime
later this month.
Shultz's remarks, appearing on
the morning of his meeting here
with Israeli Foreign Minister
Yitzhak Shamir, could also be
seen as an effort to convince the
Israelis that the Reagan Admin-
istration was exerting pressure
on the Arabs, not just Israel.
Meanwhile, reports appeared
that Weinberger has offered Is-
rael a new set of arrangements for
sharing military information and
other intelligence gained by
Israel during the war in Lebanon
last summer. Weinberger had
previously rejected conditions
demanded by the Israelis for such
sharing.
ACCORDING to the reports,
the Israelis have rejected Wein-
berger's new proposals because
they do not prevent information
provided by Israel from being
shared with America's allies in
Europe from where it could fall
into Soviet hands and be passed
on to the Arabs.
The Israelis, on the other hand,
are said to be anxious for an in-
telligence sharing agreement as a
means of arresting the deteriora-
tion of relations between Jeru-
salem and the Reagan Adminis-
tration.
Weinberger reportedly pro-
posed that the existing two dozen
or more intelligence sharing
agreements with Israel remain in
effect; that Israel turn over to the
U.S. all information it gained
from ground and aerial warfare in
Lebanon; and that any disagree-
ments or problems arising from
the information sharing would be
settled by discussions.
Seders Around Tampa
lunel Siherman (left) and Barbara Alter are unpacking for
distribution, staple items bought from cash donations for the
recipient* of the Jewish Community Food Bank. The staple items
purchased reflect the food needs of the clients. Story and more photos
n I'uge 4.
Where are there public Seders
in Tampa? Here is the schedule
with reservation information for
each. Pesach begins Monday,
March 28 at sundown.
Temple David Seder will be
Monday. March 28, 7 p.m. at
Temple David. The cost is $13
per person ($6.50 under 12). Res-
ervations: Jeanne Pennan 876-
8398 or Fritzie Kichler 877-2721.
Early reservations are requested.
Congregation Rodeph Sholom
 Seder will be Tuesday, March
29. 6:15 at Congregation Rodeph
Sholom. The cost is $13 per per-
son ($6 under 12). To make a res-
ervation send your check made
payable to Rodeph Sholom Sis-
terhood to Claire Levin, 2302
Manhattan Ave., Apt. 216,
Tampa, FL 33629. Phone 251-
0094. Seating limited to 155.
Congregation Schaarai Zedek
 Seder will be Tuesday, March
29, 6:30 p.m. at Congregation
Schaarai Zedek. $13 per person
($7 under 10). Send reservation
with check payable to Congrega-
tion Schaarai Zedek to Congrega-
tiin Schaarai Zedek, 3303 Swann
Ave., Tampa. FL 33609. Seating
is limited to 250.
HUM Foundation USF
Jewish Student Center Seder
will be Monday, March 28,7 p.m.
in the University Center (UC)
Ballroom. RSVP to the Hillel Of-
fice by March 28 (988-7076). $8
per person, no charge for paid
supporting Hillel members.
Humanistic Seder Seder will
be Monday, March 28. It is open
to the public and there will be a
charge. Call 1-725-2358 for reser-
vations.