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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE December 26, 1 986 Page 19 Through the years-the ’70s he Southern Israelite N(). The Weekly Newspaper For Southern Jewry Our 54th Year Atlanta. Georgia. Friday, September 22, I97X y t*,'C IINGTON (.11 A) - jrfState Cyrus R Vance ky night to meet with the \ Jordan. Saudi Arabia k in that order over a four days in an attempt (it them to support the I for a Middle East Unered out in 13 days of jdngs at Camp David hy fcrot and the United Is peace at hand? I Carter, in an address session of Congress , where he dealt with Israeli-Fgyptian announced that visit Iordan’s King Saudi Arabia’s King [.Tuesday morning the tdisclosed i hat Syrian Illafc/ Assad also said he Sve Vance Egyptian President Anwar Sadat welcomed the Assad-Vanee meeting as a very good move Vance will be® accompanied by Special Ambassador Allred Atherton, the President’s special ambassador for the Middle East They are expected to return to Washington Sunday since Vance will be taking part in the United Nations General Assemble debates in New York where the agreements are certain to be under attack from the Soviet Union, some Arab states and their supporters. Hussein had indicated in interviews with American correspondents that he would not comment until he has studied the contents of t he two agreements He is coming to Washington within the next month to see Carter. Hut in the swill developments Mowing from the Camp David surprise agreements the process of persuasion has been stepped up. K h a I i d. whose political economic and spiritual support is considered essential for the achievement o( the frameworks’ purposes, has been silent I he Syrian government has been publicly critical and Assad has been hostile to Sadat since the Egyptian leader's trip to Jerusalem last November According to media reports from Damascus, Syria will host an anti-Egyptian summit which will bring together the five-member “Front for Steadfastness and Confrontation.” I he Front was formed last December by Syria. I ibva. South Yemen. Algeria and the Palestine I iberation Organization as a reaction to Sadat’s trip to Jerusalem Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Carter made separate appearances Iuesdas before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House International Relations Committee. I he one question still not settled is that of Jerusalem, a subject Carter did not mention cither in his address before Congress or in his report to the nation Sunday night. It is now known that the Camp David summit wa* about to collapse ov er t he fate of Jerusalem at one point but the matter was patched up by an agreement to exchange letters between the United States. Israel and Egypt. Reportedly, they shelved the issue by agieeing to disagree for the time being The letters which were to have been made public Monday are still unavailable It was hinted that thev will be held in abeyance until after Vance discusses Jerusalem with Khalul. Carter, who addressed Congtess Monday night, as Begin and Sadat sat on either side of Mrs. Rosalvnn Carter in the visitors’ gallery, was interrupted by applause 14 times, his most enthusiastic reception by Congress to date All three leaders received prolonged cheers and applause when they entered the House of Representatives chambers. After Carter’s speech. Sadat and Begin clasped each other around the shoulder and left to the applause of the Congressmen In his address to Congress, Carter pointed out that “it has been more than 2000 years since there was peace between Egypt and a free Jewish nation If our present expectations are realized, this year we shall sec such peace again.” Noting that the “United States has had no choice but to be deeply concerned about the Middle East and to trv to use our influence and Sec Peace. Page 25