The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, October 12, 1979, Image 2

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P*l« J THE SOUTHERN ISRAKI.ITt Ortohvr 12, 1*7* A ons 9U ‘MB ukukk&im in SicpfJiMg 3T5h t05»<f-1 *d 23T-5WS *arta«re Vtal Oumwoodv 7F3-9«5 »«-l*2 ■a.—Sat. *3* im - S.M t* Dealing with PLO hinges on Israel’s ‘right to exist’ h DtiM Kridhun WASHINGTON (JTA> — Pmitm Carter reiterated Tarwln that the l amed States will act deal wsth the Palestine Liberation Orpootioi until it ii i main israefs right to cent and rndonri laud Nations Scant Cnan-i Resolution 24Z Carter's comae at was made at a ns conference a response to a qnesnon ahether he agreed wnh Andrea Yonng. former IS Ambassador to the U.M. and others that the I S do anas nub the promise former Secretary of State Hems Kissinger made to brad not to negotiate wnh the PLO The promise a as made as part of the 197$ Smai II agreements “No 1 do not* the President Carter replied “We will not negotiate with the PLO. we will not recognize the PLO until after the PLO recognizes Israel's right to exist* and endorses the U.N. resolution. Earlier. Carter said be has “no plans to talk” to Rev Jesse L. Jackson about the Mack activist's recent visit to the Middle East. He noted that Jackson had reported on his 'rip to Robert Strauss, the President's special Ambassador for Middle East negotiations Jackson, who met with Shansi Monday, later told reporter*? he urged the L'.S. to meet wmh representatives of the PLO. The President was also asked whether he would consider a U.S. military intervention m the Mideast if the circumstances required Carter replied that he sees no need for American intervention any-w here m the world at this time and such a step would be based on the question of U.S. security. ‘Playing with fire’ Syria threatens Israel a speech to Syrian units of the Arab peace-keeping force in Lebanon. He told the soldiers to be prepared for the battle against Israel. There was no official reaction in fand although some sources warned the Syrians that they were ~P*»V»g with fire." Political observers noted that Tlass spoke on the eve of President Hafez Assad"s trip to Moscow. Syria has recently received large shipments of aircraft and anti-aircraft missile batteries from the Soviet Union. They are expected to be supplied soon with Soviet MIG-25s, a highly sophisticated combat plane for which there is no Western counterpart in the region. On the SELLING YOUR CAR? We v« Got A Better Way To Advertise. GAS General Automobile Services, Inc. -Provides a comcuten2ed listing service tar used cars at a cttarge of $27.50 per list ing for a sx morrtft penod (Jess than 15 cents per day t —Ma Cap To Thn hqn- jVe offer the fastest, cheapest, most ef fective nay to find that Duyer you re look ing tar .CXir service rniff complement, not com pete with, your other advertising efforts .Teh us wfwr you have to sell and we’ll tell you who marts to buy CALLTODAY 256-2277 by Yitzhak Sharp! TEL AVIV (JT.Af—Syria's Defense Master Mustafa Tlass. has threatened a new war of attnooa against Israel He made the threat tag Landis mghtdamg other hand. Israeli circles noted. Synan ground forces are spread thin because more than 30.000 of their troops are stationed in Lebanon Israel is nevertheless concerned by the build-up of air strength and anti-aircraft defenses in Syria. A pilotless I stack plane was shot down over Syria was on a photo reconnaissance mission to determine the size and nature of the Syrian escalation. Its loss was announced this week by .Air Force Commander Gen. David Ivrt The Synans claimed that the remote- controlled plane was in fact an Israeli fighter that was downed in an air battle. They later revised their story to conform with the facts.