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PAGE 8 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE February 5, 1982
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MARSHALL LEEDS MICHAELBENATOR
At the Vatican
Israeli visitors greeted with smiling ‘Shalom’
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ROME (JTA)—When Jewish
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profound transformation of the
Vatican’s attitude toward the
entire non-Catholic world (and not
just Jewish or Israeli) ever since the
Second Ecumenical Council, is
obvious, and easy to observe, from
the broad directives to the very fine
details in whose context the
Roman Catholic Church expresses
itself.
In the halls of Vatican City,
Israeli visitors will always be
greeted with a smiling “Shalom”
by Pope John Paul II, as they were
by Pope Paul VI; and Arab
representatives will also be greeted
with a friendly “Saalam.”
The Vatican, the only religious
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universality.
All non-Catholics are
considered by the Vatican
hierarchy as “spiritual children,”
(with a professedly “special
relationship” toward the
"monotheistic children” who are
also Catholicism’s ancestoYs), to be
dealt with by a myriad of official
Vatican commissions and
secretariats created by the Second
Ecumenical Council expressly for
this purpose.
Jewish and Israeli representatives
sometimes fail to perceive that
while the forms taken by Vatican
communications will always be
marked by impeccable civility, the
contents will vary according to a
logical desire to keep all parties at
points of equidistance, clearly
defined in previous documents
issued by the Vatican on the
various issues involved.
Thus, there is nothing new in
the Vatican’s demand for“a special
statute with international
guarantees” for Jerusalem. The
Vatican has long ceased
demanding an "internationalization"
of the city, but neither is it about to
accept a “unilateral” (or not
“agreed upon”) action on
Jerusalem’s destiny.
Nor can it officially accept
Israel’s annexation of the Golan
Heights because this means Israel
is not “sticking to international
conventions," as was noted in the
long Vatican press communique
released after Foreign Minister
Yitzhak Shamir’s audience with
the Pope recently.
The length of that commi'- ; que
and its prompt appearance in the
official Vatican press organ,
Osservatore Romano, are both
signs of the exceptional
importance given to the encounter
Within the very carefully chosen
and moderate summing-up of both
sides’ views in the Vatican’s version
of the audience, several points
emerge
The Vatican apparently took the
“information briefing” on Israel's
positions given by Shamir with
good grace, and in return, made
several demands of Israel. In
addition to its request that Israel
make no further “one-sided moves"
of annexation, it is asking Israel to
extend “the peace negotiation
process to all interested parties”
and to improve the quality of its
relationship to its Palestinian
population
The exact words are: “An
efficient contribution would be
for the Palestinians in the West
Bank and Gaza to enjoy conditions
of serenity in full respect of all
rights.” “Moderation” is
demanded of Israel in regard to
I^banon, to help, along with “all
parties,” to gtve their “contributions
for extending and consolidating
the truce that has been achieved for
severai months in that region. .”
For those ever on the alert for
fine points in the Vatican’s
selection of words, it is noted that
while the Vatican has not yet
officially recognized Israel, it freely
speaks of “The State of Israel."
This press release which makes
reference to a “just and fair
solution” to the Palestinian
problem also “takes into account
the problem of the security of the
State ot Israel."
By the same token, the
belabored preference of one verb
over another in reporting Shamir’s
outline of Israel’s position on
Jerusalem reveals the Vatican’s
difficulty in accepting Israel’s
“one-sided" claim on Jerusalem.
The text states that Minister
Shamir “pointed out that the
present situation in the Holy City
reflects its particular significance
in the history of the Jewish
people...” The verb “reflects” was
obviously typed into a blank space
left in the previously printed text.
Reportedly the verb actually used
by Shamir was “does justice to."
The communique also takes
note of Israel's concern over “the
massive influx of arms in the
region and the grave problems of
terrorism," of “the safeguarding
and free access to the holy places of
all faiths and their self-
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