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PAGE 22 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE August 8, 1986
—Helsinki—
Continued from page 1.
role in facilitating the meeting and
dismissed as “speculative” a ques
tion whether Moscow would be in
“the driver’s seat” for an interna
tional conference on the Middle
East.
Jordan, Egypt, and other Arab
states and the Palestine Liberation
Organization have been striving
for such a parley. Some influential
elements in Washington favor a
conference to facilitate a Jor-
danian-Israeli peace settlement.
Those elements would impose with
drawal of Israel from East Jerusa
lem, the Golan, the West Bank and
Gaza under their interpretation of
U.N. Security Council Resolution
424, adopted after the Six Day
War in 1967.
The Soviets broke relations with
Israel at that time but approved the
resolution. Israelis have said they
would not negotiate in an interna
tional conference of the Security
Council members unless all the
nations in it have diplomatic rela
tions with Israel. The Soviet Union
and China do not have such rela
tions.
Israelis were reported playing
down the Helsinki meeting and
doubting that diplomatic relations
would be restored after a Soviet
Foreign Ministry spokesman,
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Gennady Gerasimov, said the meet
ing was aimed to re-establish con
sular ties because the Soviet Union
has “material interests” in Israel.
The Russian Orthodox church has
property in Jerusalem.
Aides in Prime Minister Shimon
Peres’ office speculated that the
meeting is part of an ongoing Soviet
policy shift toward Israel. The
Christian Science Monitor quoted
a senior Israeli official as saying,
“This new attitude of the Soviets is
for one reason. The Soviets des
perately need assistance (grain
supplies, technology, etc.) from the
United States and they hope to use
the prospect of restored ties with
Israel as leverage with the Ameri
cans.”
In a statement to The Southern
Israelite, Rep. Dante Fascell (D-
Fla.), chairman of the House For
eign Affairs Committee, said he
was “pleased the Soviets are fulfil
ling their commitment in allowing
Anatoly Shcharansky’s family to
join him in Israel.” He said he
hopes “this gesture—both for hu
manitarian reasons and in fulfil
lment of the Helsinki human rights
provisions—is an indication the
Soviets are prepared to allow the
emigration of Soviet Jews to
resume.
“In respect of world opinion and
in preparation of the upcoming
summit,” Fascell added, “the So
viets might also consider easing the
plight of human rights monitors
and activists such as Dr. Andre
Sakharov, Yuri Orlov and Ida
Nudel.
“Renewal of contacts and dia
logue between the Soviet Union
and Israel are also an essential step
in the process that hopefully may
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lead to restoration of normal diplo
matic relations and thereby improve
the prospects of Jewish emigration
and the release of Soviet refus-
niks,” Fascell added.
Regarding the Shcharansky
family, the State Department said,
“We welcome this news, if true, as
a positive gesture,” and added they
hope it is “a sign” of “significant,
sustained progress on Jewish emi
gration.”
William Keyserling, Washington
representative for the National
Conference on Soviet Jewry; Scott
Cohen, acting director of the Union
of Councils for Soviet Jewry; and
his predecessor who recently re
signed, Marc Epstein, saw the fam
ily’s release as Moscow’s fulfill
ment of its commitment related to
the U.S.-Soviet arrangement by
which Shcharansky was released in
February as part of an exchange of
prisoners. Cohen, who was direc
tor of the Senate’s Foreign Rela
tions staff under former Sen. Charles
Percy (R.-Ill.), said, “Oh, sure,”
when asked if there was linkage
between the Shcharansky family’s
release and Soviet political motives.
Cohen noted that the release was
designed to help bring about the
Reagan-Gorbachev summit by get
ting the obstacle out of the way to
improve prospects for success at
the summit, eliminate embarrass
ment to the Kremlin at the Hel
sinki review conference opening
Nov. 4 in Vienna and help the
Soviets achieve consular agree
ments with Israel.
“This is a low-cost concession
for the Soviets,” Cohen said of the
consular talks. “They had prom
ised before to release the family, so
they are giving nothing new. It’s
their way to get credit twice for one
thing.
“The Soviets held on to the
Shcharansky family release as a
card to play once things improve,”
Epstein said. “The timing was
manipulated to improve the Soviet
image. It is not a quid pro quo,”
and “no concession.”
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