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Print Name of Person Submit Image Signature of Person Submit m cc: SecGen v CONFIDENTIAL . REG JJ Meeting in the Secretary-General's Office at 12.30 p.Ft. on Tuesday, 11 December 1977
Present: Secretary-General Ambassador Herzog Mr. Yosef Lamdan Mr. Brian 'Urquhart
' Ambassador Herzog said that" he had been in Israel to discuss whether or not he should run for the Knesset. Another, and probably better, possibility was that he should stay on at the United Nations until after the elections and then conceivably serve as Minister. The' Secretary-General said that, from his personal point of view, he hoped that Ambassador Herzog would stay at the United Nations. ' Ambassador Herzog described the current political situation in Israel. The' Secretary-General said he had read with interest Prime Minister Rabin's statement that the electoral process would not interfere with efforts to start the negotiating process on the Middle East problem. The timetable for the Secretary-General's visit to the Middle East was then discussed. It was agreed that Ambassador Herzog should communicate with the Israeli authorities on the basis that the Secretary-General would arrive in Jerusalem by road from Amman at 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 10 February and would leave early on Saturday, 12 February, for Cairo. "-•>. "f§** It was not excluded that he might come back to Israel from Cairo if that was necessary. -v- _' Ambassador Herzog repeated that the Secretary-General would . be visiting Israel on the. basis of resolution 338 and not of the General Assembly resolution. It would help if, in his 'first public appearance, the Secretary-General could re-emphasize the importance of resolutions 242'and 338. The question of the leader of the Labour Party would not be decided until the - 2 - end of February, which might present certain difficulties as far as the Secretary-General's visit was concerned. There was no question that Shimon Peres would run for the Office of Prime Minister-. Ambassador Herzog felt personally that the beginning of June was the most practical date for the Geneva conference to open. . . The Secretary-General mentioned that there had been suggestions that the ceremonial opening could take place before the Israeli elections. ""•' Ambassador Herzog said that-, as far as negotiations over the Sinai and Golan were concerned, there was no debate in Israel. The big issue was whether or not the West Bank was negotiable. MapaHi (left-wing Labour Party) was insisting that the West Bank be included, although most people in Israel were open ' • prepared to leave the matteivfor the time being. . . The Secretary-General said his trip was primarily to investigate the procedural aspects of the reconvening of the conference. .Jjt,r-L_------' • Ambassador Herzog said that another reason for delaying his visit would have been that the Palestinian Council was meeting at the end of February. He personally felt it unlikely that- this meeting would result in a change in the Palestine Covenant. There was no indication of such a change from the PLO represen- tatives with whom various Israelis had met in the past weeks. Moreover the Arabs had never stated that the 1967 borders were in fact the line on which a peace settlement could be agreed. Nonetheless, Mr. Allon felt that the present situation did present certain opportunities. As regards the participation of the PLO in the Geneva conference, Israel ;jwould wait for the Palestinian Council, which was unlikely to dojanything. Arafat was at present resisting efforts to fill up the Arab Council with other Palestinian representatives, and the question was how many new members the Arab Governments could force Arafat to accept. There was a gradual split emerging between the emigre Palestinian leadership and the leadership in the actual territories. Jordan was quietly making its influence felt in this process. - 3 -
The Secretary-General said that he did not exclude the necessity of having to return to Israel on Sunday, 13 February. Ambassador Herzog said there would be no objection to this ' -provided that it was on the basis of his role as Secretary-General. He saw no possibility of acceptance 'of PLO participation in the conference as long as there was no change in the Palestine Covenant. Israel was against a single Arab delegation because specific problems would in any case have to be discussed with those particularly concerned. He understood that the Soviet Union also opposed a single delegation. Israel felt that the PLO issue was becoming irrelevant as the PLO was far less important than it had been and had roused antagonism in Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Syria was making strong efforts to change the member- ship of the Palestinian Council and get the control for Saiqa. As far as Jordan was concerned, the King was anxious to get the Rabat decision out of the way as soon as possible. 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PERMANENT rc. 8OO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-S5OO
17 December 1976
Excellency,
On instructions of my Government, I have the honour to submit in English translation a communication addressed at the beginning of December 1976 to the President of the State of Israel by ninety- two Soviet Jews in protest against official attempts to sabotage a symposium devoted to Jewish culture in the Soviet Union, due to be held in Moscow from 21 to 23 December.
In accordance with the wish expressed by the signatoriessI have the honour to request that this letter and its annex be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly under agenda items 69 and 83.
Please accept,Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
V Chaim Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations
His Excellency •Dr. Kurt Waldheim The Secretary-General
r. V f: The President of the State of Israel FROM: 92 Soviet Jews (signatures below)
Dear Mr. President, Unusual circumstances have forced us to turn to you. Together with thirty- four other countries, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics committed itself, in Helsinki, to enable the national minorities to develop their cultures. On the basis of this agreement, and taking into consideration the evergrowing interest of the Jews in their own culture and heritage, a group of people has taken the decision to convene a symposium to be held on 21 to 23 December 1976, dedicated to the situation and possibilities of developing Jewish culture in the Soviet Union-. This purely national-cultural initiative raised a favourable echo amongst Jews in the Soviet Union, as well as those of a number of other countries, including Israel. Many papers were received from all these countries. The preparations for the symposium were con- ducted in an entirely open and legal.- manner. Invitations to the symposium were sent out to a number of Soviet institutions and cultural personalities.
At a press conference, held on the 17th of November, 1976, the programme of the symposium was made public. This programme includes 54 papers, more than 30 of which were written by Soviet citizens. Later on, as news of the symposium was broadcast by several radio stations, including the Israel Radio and "The Voice of America", thousands of Jews in the Soviet Union began to reveal a hopeful interest in-its preparations. However, the Soviet authorities, in spite of all their own commitments, and of the purely national-cultural and legitimate character of the symposium, initiated, on the 23rd of November, a massive action aimed at preventing the symposium from taking place. To this end, members of the KGB and of the State Prosecution searched at night the apart- ments of the organizers of the symposium; Progessor V. Rein, Dr. L. Volvovski, Dr. I. Begun P. Abramovich (Engineer), V. Prestin (Engineer), V. Lazaris (Advocate), I. Essas (Math- ematician), L. Vilensicaia (Psychologist), and V. Bogomolnii (Mechanical Engineer). All the material for tho symposium was confiscated, including papers, theses, programmes, the finding;; of a sociological survey and similar material. In addition, they confiscated everything relating to Jewish culture, such as textbooks of the Hebrew language and Jewish history, as well as other books on Jewish subjects, even including rare Soviet editions, prayer books, and notations of Jewish music. Many of the organizers of the symposium are under KGB surveillance day and niyht. Consequently, the convening of the symposium, which might have become on import- ant precedent for Jewish revival in the Soviet Union, came under the threat of being vitiated. All these measures constitute, in our opinion, a clear infringement of the rights of the Jewish national minority in the spheres of culture and tradition.- -2-
In this connection, and taking into account the fact, that the State of Israel is the spiritual centre and as such the obvious representative-of World Jewry, we express our hope that you will help us.
We assume that you will find it appropriate to instruct your Representative at the United Nations to raise the question of the violation of the cultural rights of the Jewish.national minority in the Soviet Union and to circulate this letter as an offical doc- ument of the United Nations.
MOSCOW
V. Fein, L. Volvovski, V. Prestin, P. Abramovich, E. Lieberman, L. Vilenskaia, I. Begun,!. Essas, A. Mai, V. LazariS, V. Bogomolnii, F. Mandel, S. Rosanskaia, V. Slepak, M. Kreme B. Beilin, V. Furman, M. Novikov, I. Beilin, B. Chernobilski, I. Kosharovski, L. Menes , L. Shabashov, L. Ulanovski, A. Bolshoi, V. Elistratov, I. Elkind, M. Gorbatov, A. Polischiuk, D. Shiglik, A. Swarzman, G. Vigdorov, V. Brailovski, M. Azbel, E. Orleanskaia, M. Andriuhin, L. Vitshtein, E. Nizhnikov, A. Druk, A. Krujkov, A. Gvinter, A. Lerner, V. Broiter, M. Liublinski, V. Olxov, S. Spekiorova, Leizerman, I. Kogan, V. Lesskis, P. Einbinder.
MINSK
I. Goldman.
TBILISSI S G.Goldstein, I.Goldstein.
TALLIN
B. Gurfel.
VILNA
N. Salanski, D. Drot.
VINNITZA
M. Mager, B. Dehovich.
KISHINEV
P. Roitberg, I. Shehtman, P. Shehtman, L. lakubovic, R. lakubovich, E. Abramovich, S. Abramovich, K. Weinshtein, L. Weinshtein, M. Mamontlivi, L. Mamontlivaia, I. Shneider, T. Starkman, M. Starkman, I. Swarzman, L. Swarzman, M. Rois, V. Balbarer, M. Margulis, I. Vanshtuk, Z. Vanshtuk, D. Vatzman.
TIRASPOL
G. Levitt. -3-
D. Ariev, H. Shur, D. Gordin, H. Frumkin, S. Zabrodskaia, A. Zinober, B. Rauhman, V. Kaminski, F. Lemberg, I. Minkina, B. Ziterman. f, PERMANENT BOO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK, N Y. 1OO17
TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-S5OO
CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY
STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR CHAIM HERZOG
i WITHDRAWING DRAFT RESOLUTION A/31/L.24 \ I
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
9 December 1976
' Mr. President,
A few days ago T rose to present to the Assembly draft resolution
A/31/L.24 on behalf of my delegation.
This draft resolution was, as I pointed out, crystal clear, unequivocal and straightforward and as such represents Israel's policy on the issue of negotiations for peace.
We endeavoured by means of this resolution to brush aside the smokescreen of contradictory statements issued by Arab leaders of late, some conciliatory and some warlike, each atuned and adapted to the audience before which it is delivered and the circumstances in which it is delivered.
Our purpose was to cut through this smokescreen and to get down to specifics. Our purpose was to present a resolution which, if accented as we presented it, would have the Geneva Peace Conference of
December 1973 reconvened even tomorrow discussing peace in the Middle Hast.
Our resolution served also to clarify what would not be acceptable to us.
Our purpose was to reaffirm the centrality of Security Council resolutions
242 and 338, because they are the only resolutigns which have been accepted . * ,%t by all the States parties to the conflict in the Middle East and the Geneva
,..-,.- x •*• •>, Peace Conference as a mechanism for furthering the negotiating orocess in the Middle East. . -2-
It was important that we reiterate our position because you have before you a_resolution submitted at the behest of the Arab States by a number of
countries which would change the ground rules of the Geneva
Peace Conference, erode its central position in the negotiating process,
substitute in effect the Security Council for the Geneva Conference and substitute
a dictated settlement for direct negotiations between the parties.
These were the reasons for our draft resolution.
As I pointed out when I introduced the draft resolution that we had no illusions
whatsoever as to developments in this Assembly following the submission of the
resolution.
It was quite clear that the automatic majority would move into action and would
render ineffective our initiative.
However we nevertheless submitted the resolution hoping against hope that
perhaps it may be possible for the Assembly to rise for a moment above the
considerations of expediency which dominate its deliberations and helo our war-
torn area to move towards a peace acceptable to all the parties.
But this was not to be.
On the instructions of the Arab States an amendment was introduced. -•"Isffi^
^ Jw V The whip was cracked and the automatic majority moved into action. The amendment vitiates the entire content and purpose of our resolution.
For years many have criticized us for not putting our trust in the
United Nations as a vehicle to bring the Middle East towards peace
We were castigated for not allowing the United Nations to play its part.
We did not trust this General Assembly. Now we have been vindicated.
We gave you a chance. You could have siezed upon it. Had you done so we may have well have been on the eve of the reconvening of the Genera
Geneva Conference.
But no.
This would have not been in accordance with the true policy of the Arab
States.
This would have meant negotiations.
This would have meant as a natural corollary the recognition of Israel's rightful place in the area, because that naturally flows from the fact of negotiating with Israel. -4-
This would have meant a rejection of the concept of dictation which seems to dominate this Assembly.
We gave you a chance and you proved again and vindicated our conviction that the United Nations General Assembly is not a body which can be entrusted with an impartial peace-making role.
Furthermore, Mr. President the amendment to the Israeli draft resolution makes a mockery of all these deliberations.
It highlights the utter incongruity of this discussion and what is worse cho lack of intellectual honesty on the part of those proposing the amendment.
The amendment is a contradiction in itself.
It includes two concepts in the same paragraph which are diametrically opposed and utterly irreconcilable.
It includes mention of the P,L.O. participating in peace negotiations and at the same time it reaffirms Security Council resolvtion 242.
Mr. President,
How many times does this Assembly have to be told that the P.L.O.'n policy is diametrically opposed to any move towards peace with Israel ?
That article 15 of the Palestine Covenant calls for the elimination of
Zionism ?
That article 19 of the Palestine Covenant declares the oxisloncp of Ihr State of Israel to bo null and void ? -5-
That article 20 of the Palestine Covenant denies the existence of any historic or religious link between the Jewish People and the Holy Land ?
That article 21 of the Palestine Covenant rejects out of hand any form of compromise on this issue ?
If you need further testimony as to the incongruity of linking the so-called P.L.O. to a Peace Conference and to Security Council resolution 242 let me quote Point No. 3 of the 1970 P.L.O.
Ten Point Programme which states that:
"The P.L.O. will struggle against any plan for the establishment of a Palestinian entity the price of which is recognition (of Israe) , conciliation (with it) , secure borders (and) renunciation of the national right. ..."
On November 26f the P.L.O. leadership issued a statement following its meeting in which it stated:
"The revolutionary command emp? asizes that it rejects out of hand resolution 242 (1967) as a solution for the Palestine people". -6-
Only two days ago two of the leaders of the P.L.O. were quoted as follo-.vs
in the Washington Post on 16 December 1976.
The report states "that while there is talk of diplomacy and peace
in the air, the interviews with George Habash,the leader of the
so-called Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine,and Abu lyad,
Yassir Arafat's number two in the P.L.O., show that they are ultimately
dedicated to war to achieve their aims" .
As George Habash stated "The question of a West Bank-Gaza solution
for us as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine is
impossible - 100 per cent impossible, 1.000 per cent impossible".
We simply believe. . . .that any partition or recognition of the
occupying force (Israel) is unthinkable".
How ridiculous can you make yourselves?
Who do the sponsors think they are fooling?
Here you include in the same amendment the P.L.O. which denies
zf&tS&Vft the right of Israel to exist as part of itsrbasic philosophy; which reiects any form of compromise based on secure" borders or recognition of Israel with two completely contradictory concepts, a Peace Conference and -7-
jrity Council resolution 242.
When each and everyone of you here knows that the P.L.O. rejects Security Council resolution 242, what sort of an amendment is this, if not a hasty and ill-conceived ploy to prejudice an Israeli move towards peace.
You presented here an amendment which is so obviously self- contradictory, for one purpose and one purpose alone, and that is to sabotage Israel's move towards peace.
Words fail me in which to give expression to the utter incongruity and lack of realism contained in this amendment.
Mr. President,
Our purpose has been achieved. We had hoped for more but we had no illusions about this body. We have made it perfectly clear to this body and to the world that we are prepared to go tomorrow to Geneva for a resumption of the Geneva Peace Conference of December 1973 in accordance with the invitation from the Secretary General dated 18 December 1973 (doc.
S/11161) which the parties to the conflict then received. vrf*spiip» In this connection, the attempt in the ame'ncfment and indeed in resolutions A/31/L25 and A/31/L2G which have'to be considered as constituting one whole,according to the explanations given here to impose preconditions as to participation in the Geneva Peace Conference is irreconcilable with the letters of the Co-Chairmen of the Conference dated 18 December 1973 and signed by Ambassador Y. Malik for the
U.S.S.R. and Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett Jr. for the U.S.A.
Their two letters communicated by the Secretary-General to the
President of the Security Council stater
"The parties have agreed that the Conference should proceed under the joint chairmanship of the Soviet Union and the United States . The parties have also agreed that the question of other participants from the Middle East area will be discussed during the first stage of the Conference".
For our par:,as I have emphasized,we can resume the peace negotiations convened at Geneva in December 1973 as stated,under the co-chairmanship of the United States of America and the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics/ tomorrow or whenever you so desire.
This was the message in our resolution.
This we wanted you to endorse, so as to encourage the process of negotiation towards peace in the Middle East.
This the Arab States did not want you to endorse so as to prevent the States in the area from entering into negotiations leading to peace and so as to substitute the concept of a dictate from this Assembly for the concept of negotiations _g _
The sponsors of this amendment did a great dis-seivice
to the cause of peace in the Middle East in sponsoring an amendment
which they knew in advance would vitiate the Israeli draft resolution.
They did a great dis-service to themselves in sponsoring an amendment
which is a gross contradiction in itself and which cancels itself
out in its own language.
Accordingly, Mr. President, my delegation is left with no alternative-
but to admit that our fears have been vindicated and regretfully
to withdraw draft resolution A/31/L.24.
We accordingly withdraw draft resolution A/31/L.24. *0- 7^
PERMANENT 6OO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL f NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNJTED NATIONS *4/r *- /g-^c- OXFORD 7-55OO
The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations presents his compliments to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and, confirming his conversation with His Excellency on Monday, 22 November 1976, has the honour to inform him that the Government of Israel has decided to approve the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for another period of six months. The Permanent Representative of Israel also wishes to refer to the annex to the note verbals dated 22 November 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Syria (A/31/345; S/12237 of 23 November, 1976), in which he asserts that since the last extension of the UNDOF mandate Israel has been responsible for the lack of progress towards peace in the Middle East, He wishes to draw attention to the fact that during that period Israel offered all its Arab neighbouring states, including Syria, to negotiate agreements on the termination of the state of war. This proposal has remained without response or acknowledgement from the Arab side to this day. As for the Government of Israel, it still stands. The Government of Israel reiterates that it is ready at any time to conduct peace negotiations with Syria in accordance with; Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338. The Permanent Representative of Israel has the honour to request that this note be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under agenda item 29, and of the Security Council. The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations avails himself of this opportunity to renew to the Secretary- General of the United Nations the assurances of his highest consideration.
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13 § ¥ i L- K U f* L ?? I* u K i"1;~ '. i ;? y L i\ U i si L L ?f UPI 11- VT . I? i =83 UNITED NATIONS IMS NATIONS UNIES
23 November 1976
Note for the Secretary-General
We suggest that you might call Ambassador Herzog and inform him a) that the report on UNDOF will be coming out during the day and contains a simple statement of the agreement of the Governments of Israel and Syria with no conditions whatsoever; b) since the report went to press the Syrians have asked for circulation of a note and declaration in connexion with their agreement to the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF. This will appear as a completely separate document in the course of the day; c) If Herzog asks the nature of this statement, it can best be summarized as a restatement of the well-known Syrian position. It contains no conditions on the renewal of the mandate.
Roberto E. Guyer Brian E. Urquhart fl 1«- ' cc: ^'Secretary-General OUSGSPA (2)
17 November 1976
Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to your letter of 1 November 1976 concerning my report on the Situation in the Middle East {documents A/31/27O and S/1221O) .
Please find enclosed a note prepared by the Secretariat on this question which z hope will clarify the matter.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration*
Kurt Waldheia
His Excellency Mr. Chain Herzog Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations FTI/ST
Note
1, The report of the Secretary-General of 18 October 1976 (A/31/27Q - S/1221O) is not intended to be a comprehensive report on the Middle Bast problem, similar to that which the Secretary-General submitted to the Security council on 18 May 1973 (S/1O929) at the request of that Council. Rather it is submitted in pursuance of the request addressed to the Secretary-General by the General Assembly in paragraph 5 of its resolution 3414 (XXX) and purports to deal with one specific aspect of the Middle East problem, namely the efforts aimed at the establishment of a just and lasting peace in that region through a comprehensive settlement* 2* In preparing this report, the Secretary-General gave the most careful consideration to the scope v,rhich it should be given in the light of the intent and purposes of the General Assembly request and after weighing all the factors involved it was concluded that it was best to focus the report on the specific aspect mentioned above. *£hus the report does not seek to cover other aspects of the Middle East problem* 3» It is true that several letters addressed to t&s Secretary- General by Arab and other States on the situation in Lebanon have circulated as official documents of the General Assembly under its agenda item 29 relating to the Situation in the Middle Bast* Those letters were so circulated at the express request of the representatives of the Member States concerned* Zt is a long-established practice of the Secretarial: to comply with the wishes of representatives.of Member States to all extent possible concerning the •circulatio " --O^Vj-'^^r&l^ n of their Government *s communications, tfhus, if a duly^accredite•. • „- . --r-'^-y^J.^.'Vii.-yi d representativ-, e requests the circulation of a communication from his Government under a certain agenda item of the General Assembly, his request is always complied with unless the subject-matter of the communication is obviously and totally outside the agenda item in question* For obvious reasons, such a criterion should not be used to determine the scope and contents of the Secretary-General's reports. r S • / S~
PERMANENT 8O O SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17
TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-5SOO
1 November 1976
Excellency,
I have the honour to refer to your report (A/31/270, S/12210) of 18 October 1976 on the Situation in the Middle East (Agenda Item 29), and to inquire why no mention was^jnade i^nj.t_ci the ^in^Le^non^througjhout the period covere..d by the report.
The Government of Israel is of the opinion that this conflict is one of the major factors which over the last year have impeded progress towards a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, including the reconvening of the Geneva Peace Conference, and therefore it warrants more than the single passing reference which it received in paragraph 9 of the report, in the context of the reply of the United States of America to your aide-memoire of 1 April 1976.
Indeed it should be recalled that in this connexion several letters on the tragic war in Lebanon were addressed to you by Arab and other states and circulated as official documents under Agenda Item 29:
i) A/31/95, S/12084: letter of 25 May 1976 from the Charge d'affaires a. i. of the Permanent Mission of Algeria to the United Nations;
ii) A/31/96, S/12087: letter of 26 May 1976 from the Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations;
iii) A/31/118: letter of 22 June 1976 from the Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations;
His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim The Secretary-General -2-
iv) A/31/179: letter of 17 August 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the United Nations;
v) A/31/184: letter of 25 August 1976 from the President of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon; vi) A/31/204: letter of 2 September 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Yemen to the United Nations.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Chaim Herzog [ Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations RH-ISRBEL 1STLD-PICKUP4THGRBF B221 11-22 BV STEMflRT KELLERK8N flVIV, ISRBEL
Thirty-first session Agenda item 55
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ISRAELI PRACTICES AFFECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE POPULATION OF THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES
Letter dated 12 November 19T6 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General
I wish to place on record Israel's strong protest against yet another demonstration of the discrimination practised against it in the United Nations. I refer to the incident which took place this week in the Special Political Committee at the outset of its debate on item 55, as a result of which Article 2 (l) of the Charter, stipulating that the United Nations Organization "is based on the principle of sovereign equality of all its Members", was violated.
The issue at stake was stark in its simplicity. Syria requested to show a film to the Committee. Israel requested to do likewise. Predictably, the Arab group along with its customary supporters rose and objected to the screening of Israel's film - for fear that it would reveal just a glimpse of the true situation in the territories which Israel administers.
These objections sparked off what can only be described as a surrealistic performance. The Special Political Committee was converted into a living "theatre of the absurd", with all members participating, whether they liked it or not. At issue was the question of whether one - or two - films should be seen by the Committee. Two days of serious deliberations were devoted to this problem. In between, an adjournment was moved to allow time for consultations, and no doubt reference to Governments for guidance on how their delegations should proceed. In the end, a decision was adopted by 66 votes to 23, with 16 abstentions, preventing Israel from showing its film.
There can be no doubt that this was yet another act in the concerted Arab campaign to convert every organ of the United Nations into -a platform for political
76-23038 A/SPC/31/6 English Page 2 warfare and propaganda against Israel. Part of that campaign is now aimed at preventing Israel from expressing its views and correspondingly stopping other Member - States from hearing the facts and exercising their fundamental right to judge matters for themselves.
Israel has on many occasions drawn attention to the double standards practised at the United Nations. But on this occasion., what was more obvious than ever was the "blatant Arab domination of this international organization., and the utter helplessness of Members to prevent a move to violate its own Charter.
For the record, the following countries cast their votes against freedom of information, and the showing of the Israeli film.
Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burundi, Byelorussia, Chad, China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia.
I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly under agenda item 55.
(Signed) Chaim HERZOG Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations PERMANENT lu*UUBOO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-55OO
12 November 1976
Excellency, I wish to place on record Israel's strong protest against yet another demonstration of the discrimination practised against it in the United Nations. I refer to the incident which took place this week in the Special Political Committee at the outset of its debate on item 55, as • a result of which Article 2 (1) of the Charter, stipulating that the United Nations Organization "is based on the principle of sovereign eqaality of all its Members", was violated.
The issue at stake was stark in its simplicity. Syria requested to show --a film to the Committee. Israel requested to do likewise. Predictably, the Arab group along with its customary supporters rose and objected to the screening of Israel's film - for fear that it would reveal just a glimpse of the true situation in the territories which Israel administers. These objections sparked off what can only be described as a surrealistic performance. The Special Political Committee was converted into a living "theatre of the absurd", with all members participating, whether they liked it or not. At issue was the question of whether one -or two- films should be seen by the Committee. Two days of serious deliberations were devoted to this problem. In between, an adjournment was moved to allow time for consultations, and no doubt reference to Governments for guidance on how their delegations should proceed. In the end, a decision was adopted by 66 votes to 23/with 16 abstentions,preventing Israel from showing its film.
His Excellency Dr."Kurt Waldheim The Secretary-General -2-
There can be no doubt that this was yet another act in the concerted Arab campaign to convert every organ of the United Nations into a platform for political warfare and propaganda against Israel. Part of that campaign is now aimed at preventing Israel from expressing its views and correspondingly stopping other member-States from hearing the facts and exercising their fundamental right to judge matters for themselves.
Israel has on many occasions drawn .attention to the double-standards practised at the United Nations. But on this occasion, what was more obvious than ever was the blatant Arab domination of this international organization, and the utter helplessness of members to prevent a move to violate its own Charter. For the record, the following countries cast their votes against freedom of information, and the showing of the Israeli film. Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Burundi, Byelorussia, Chad, China, Congo, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Democratic Yemen, Egypt, German Democratic Republic, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Mozambique, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, USSR, United Arab Emirates, United Republic of Cameroon, United Republic of Tanzania, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia. I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly under agenda item 55. Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
ChaifnrrHerzog Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations J.
8OO SECOND AVENUE PERMANENT ilt' NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL T TO THE UNITED NATIONS t u ' OXFORD 7-55OO
23 August 1976
Excellency,
On the instructions of my Government I have the honour to draw your attention to the criminal attack carried out on August 11, 1976 against passengers of an El Al Israel Airlines plane in the Istanbul International Airport. In this attack four passengers of various nationalities were killed and 21 were injured.
This criminal attack is the latest in a long series of indiscriminate Arab terrorist attacks against innocent civilians- including women and children- on international airlines and elsewhere.
The organization which calls itself The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and which is an integral part of the so-called Palestine Liberation Organization has claimed credit for this act, maintaining that not only did its members carry out this attack but that they were also responsible for the hijacking of the Air France plane from Athens to Entebbe at the end of June 1976.
The guiding force behind these foul attacks is Libya. It bears responsibility together with the perpetrators for the criminal acts.
His Excellency Dr. KurtWaldheim The Secretary-General -2-
It has been proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that the two terrorists who carried out the attack in Istanbul reached their objective from Libya. According to the reports of the news agencies from Istanbul "the terrorists said they had been armed and financed by the Libyan Government". It will be recalled that Libya served as the first refueling stop for the .hijacked Air France plane en route to Entebbe.
The active participation of Libya and its President, Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, in planning, supporting and cooperating with Arab terrorist movements and with international terrorist movements not only against Israel but also against other countries in North Africa in the Middle East and throughout the world is by now common knowledge.
Indeed Colonel Qaddafi prided himself on this fact in his address, to the conference of Non-Aligned countries in Colombo on August 18, 1976. It is the official and systematic policy of the President of Libya to initiate and finance from the considerable income available from oil sales, acts of assassination, subversion conspiracy and sabotage in countries outside Libya. These acts are carried out in blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law. •>- It is worthy of note that even President Sadat of Egypt has confirmed Colonel Qaddafi's involvement in and responsibility for the hijacking of the Air France plane to Entebbe. In an interview to the Kuwaiti newspaper A-Siyasseh, the President of Egypt declared that the hijacking of the French plane to Entebbe was arranged at a meeting which took place between Qaddafi and George Habash the leader of the so-called Popular Front, and that Qaddafi "paid the money and smuggled the arms to Athens in Libyan diplomatic pouches, and that .the Libyan Embassy later turned over the arms to the hijackers". (UPI Cairo, August 14, 1976). -3-
The list of crimes perpetrated by Qaddafi in the six years of his rule over Libya is too long to be cited in full on this occasion. Suffice it to mention but a few examples of his collaboration with international Arab terrorist movements, specifically his involvement in attacks on international civilian air trasport. All this while Libya is a signatory to The Hague Convention of 1970 and the Montreal Convention of 1971.
DATE CASES OF HIJACKING AND ATTACKS ON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
September 8, 1971 Hijacking of a Jordanian Alia plane by a Libyan terrorist. The terrorist was arrested and released after a few days.
October 29, 1972 Hijacking of a German Lufthansa plane by two terrorists who demanded the release of the murderers of the Israeli Olympic sportsmen in Munich. The hijackers found refuge in Libya where they were released.
April 9, 1973 Two units of the so-called "National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine", a Palestine terrorist organization sponsored, financed and trained by Libya carried out two attacks in Nicosia, Cyprus. One was against the residence of the .Israel Ambassador, and the second was against an El Al Israel Airlines plane in Nicosia Airport.
July 20, 1973 A Boeing 747 plane of Japan Airlines en route from Paris to Tokyo via Amsterdam was hijacked by five terrorists and landed in Libya. It was blown up on July 24, 1973 while in Libya. The terrorists were later released by the Libyan authorities, -4-
August 5, 1973 An indiscriminate massacre by terrorists in Athens Airport. Five passengers were killed and 55 were wounded, most of them passengers from a TWA plane which had arrived from Israel. One of the two terrorist groups that carried out the attack arrived from Benghazi. The terrorists who had stated that they were trained in Libya, were released and flown to Libya in February 1974.
September 5, 1973 An attack by terrorists using missiles against an El Al Israel Airlines plane was foiled in Rome. Five terrorists were arrested and several S.A.M.7 surface to air missiles Supplied by Libya were found in their possession. Three of the terrorists were released and flown to Libya on March 1, 1974.
December 17, 1973 Terrorists belonging to the Libyan sponsored so-called "National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine" attacked a Pan American plane and a Lufthansa plane in Rome International Airport! Thirty-two passengers were xilled. One plane was extensively damaged and the terrorists flew with thirteen hostages to Kuwait on the second plane.
March 3, 1974 A British plane en route from Beirut to Amsterdam was hijacked by terrorists, members of a Libyan sponsored terrorist organization. The terrorists blew up the plane after the passengers and crew were released.
DATE OTHER ATTACKS-
September 5, 1972 The murderers of the Israeli athtetes at the Munich Olympic Games used Libyan diplomatic pouches for the transfer of the weapons to Germany. After they had been wiped out by the German Federal Republic police, they were accorded, on Qaddafi's instructions, a heroes' state funeral in Libya. March 1, 1973 The terrorists who occupied the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum and murdered the American Ambassador and an American and Belgian diplomats had used the Libyan diplomatic pouch for the transfer of fheir arms to Khartoum. After the murder, the terrorists were transferred to Libya.
September 28, 1973 Terrorists took hostage immigrants from the Soviet Union on a train which arrived in Austria via Czechoslovakia. A plane was later made available to these terrorists and flew them to Libya.
February 2, 1974 Three terrorists took control of a Greek ship and demanded the release of two terrorists who had carried out the massacre in Athens Airport in August 1973. The terrorists were flown to Libya and released.
Libya, a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by Colonel Qaddafi, whose hands are soaked in the blood of the innocent victims of international and Arab terror throughout the world, is a member of the Security Council of the United Nations. According to the Charter of the United Nations, the primary responsibility for "the maintenance of international peace and security" is that of. the Security Council.
The representative of this criminal regime will serve as President of the Security Council next month. What more blatant example could there be of the systematic cynical disregard of the Charter of the United Nations than the fact that the representative of Libya, the paymaster and instigator of international terror, will preside over the Security Council during the month of September. Exactly four years after the massacre of the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympiad, an accomplice to that crime will assume the presidency of the Security Courcil. -6-
It is the considered view of the Government of Israel that the time has been reached when the United Nations must take immediate and effective action in order to put an end to this intolerable situation.
I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly under item 113 of the Provisional Agenda and of the Security Council.
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Chafm-H-e Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations C--
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No. 8 November 1976
Excellency:
I have to honour to refer to the letter dated 9
•August 1976 addressed to you from the General Secretary of the New Settlers Federation of Australia, concerning the depriving of the Palestinian people their right to return to their homeland Palestine, by the Zionist entity. I would like to request that the above-mentioned letter be circulated as an official document of the General
Assembly under item 27 (the Question of Palestine).
Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my
highest consideration.
Mansur R. Kikhia Ambassador Permanent Representative H. E. Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary General of the United Nations New York, New York ME7/ SiTTL^RS FEDERATION OP AUSTRALIA THE LARGEST AUSTRALIAN ORGANISATION OP IMMIGRANTS
HEAD OFFICE FOR AUSTRALIA TELEPHONE:263875 590-592 GEORGE STR^iiT, SYDNEY H.S.W. 2000
9 th August, 1976.
Dr. K. Y/aldhcira, Secretary General, United Nations Organisation, New York. i-I.Y. U.S.A.
Say Dear Secretary General,
This 13 to advise you that the New Settlers Federation of australia has redeived a complaint from Lira. Fatima Arnro presently residing at 61 Ardent Street, Clovelly, II.S.VV. in regard to the renewal of her Laissez Passer, issued by the State of Israel. I.Irs, £karo was born at Sura-Hebron on 10th February, 1957. This Territory has been occupied by the Israeli iitate since June, 19o7. Onljth December, 1975 she Was Issued with a Laissez Passer. She was also issued with a visa to travel to australia as a migrant. Approximately - more than two months ago I was approached by Mrs. Araro .and I was told by her that the Israeli authorities refused. . to renew the Laissez Passer without satisfactory explanation, I have new ascertained that this is not an ' exceptional case but indeed a number of persons that have conie from occupied territories have complained .that when they approached the Israeli Consulate authorities here the Laissez Passer are delayed for renewal and when they -^expire they are told they cannot be renewed because they have expired, • ;.^S#> , - "^aS^iftsKV _ ' I was further informed that in Canada the Israeli -authorities there told applicants straightout
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Dr. K. Waldheiri.
that they will not renew any Laicscz Passer. A number of Laissez Passer holders have been forced to travel back to Israeli occupied -territories so they can renew their Laissez Passer. This, of course, is jit tremendous cost because many of these people are now residing in Canada, United Kingdom and Australia.
Uhc:i I received the complaint from Mrs. Amro, I rang the Israeli Consulate in Sydney and spoke to Mr. Brahim and at that time arranged an appointment to see him.
I saw him a few days Inter personally and I explained to him the all^rntion which was received from Mrs. Amro. He denied any knowledge nnd he did say that to renew a Laissez Passer he must be authorized by Jerusalem. I told Mr. Brahim that I did not wish to put this on an official basis as I Imow how sensitive the whole affair is and I did not wish this Federation or myself to be accused of anti-semitism but I also informed him that if they did not renew the Laissez Passer within one month from the date of my representations, I would be forced to take the matter up with you, the Arab League and also inform the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Arab States.
I have further told Mr. Brahim'that the situation was extremely serious and this Federation considers the whole scheme as a very effective and undemocratic way of not allowing Arabs once they left their homeland to return.
On 2'/th July, 1976, at about 11.10 a.m. Sydney time, I rang Mr. Jirr.hin and this conversation was recorded by ny Secretary, l:rs. Power. I have told Mr. Brahim that I have already given them two- months time and since last month I have rung several times enruirinc about the renewal of this Laissez Passer. How I am not prepared to wait further and I will bring the matter to your attrntion and I will further take the matter up with the press of this country.
Mr, Erahira a^ain told me that it was not up to him it was up to the authorities in Jerusalem. He -3-
Dr. K. Waldheim. 9th August, 1976
that Xrs. Aniiro writes to relatives in Israel to approach the military authorities so that they may issue is t ructions to him. I said that it was not necessary as this wa? his function and we v;ere not go/irrj to advice moi'ibc^s to em'.-ioe in ,-\ game of letter v:rl tir.'j. Mr. Hr.'ilii.ii st.\t.<_'d that he communicated \vith the Israeli Government and he has also sent a reminder. He further told me tJu'.t 11 ho do^s not receive any instructions to rcnev: the Laissex Passer he would liave to issue a new !.ais5;e;- Taster because the Australian authorities insist that a visa v;hach was issu'ed to Mrs. Amro should be on a valid document.
1 thon asked him if she would have the right to travel back to her homeland and he said: "l\o, She has to ge.t a visa." 1 said: "To go to her own home she has to have a visa?" He said: "Yes." I then told Mr. Brahim that I was surprised at the way the Israeli State is behaving because I \vould havo thought that they \vouid have berjn more democratic as they v:ere the victims of similar inhumane actions t:y the Nazis.
Mr. brahiin then made the astounding allegation that T "hatrd the Jews."
As tar as this Federation was concerned this v;as the last straw. Mr. Brahim has now descended to personalities in a most unbecoming way and no doubt socks by such an accusation to cover the grossly inecui table wthod that his government is dealing v;ith their minorities.
Our reputation for non-racism is second to none arid it i:; precisely because V:P evrc untainted that this ploy is instantly unmasked.
I would appreciate ;.iy dear Secretary General if you could take this matter to the ^o - I* -
Dr. K. V: a li; helm. within the United Nations. A copy of this letter for their reference has been sent to the following organisations and states:
The President of the State of Israel Palestine Liberation Organization Hr. Hahnoud Riad, Secretary General Arab League Hr. Brahinij Israeli Consulate, Sydney.
Yours Faithfully,
NEW SETTLERS FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA
SOLOIT SALTINGS General Secretary UNITED NATIONS NATIONS/UN IE S
INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM MEMORANDIJlrfjNTERIEUR
TO: Mr. R. Ahmed DATE: November 19?6 A: Executive Assistant Secretary-General REFERENCE: THROUGH: S/C DE:
FROM: F.T. Liu, Director^' DE: Office of the Under-Secr-efaries-General for Special Political Affairs SUBJECT: OBJET: Draft resolution circulated as A/C.2/31/L.13
You have asked this office's advice on how to handle the request addressed to the Secretary-General in the above-mentioned draft resolution. Since the draft resolution was submitted in the Second Committee it would seem highly desirable that it be handled by ESA as a mainly technical matter within the purview of that department. We would suggest the following possible course of action for its consideration: 1. ESA will first check informally with Israel whether she would be willing to grant free entry to UW experts designated by the Secretary-General to occupied territories and give them full assistance and co-operation for the preparation of the proposed report. 2. If Israel is willing, ESA will prepare a financial statement in the normal manner, making sure that the required experts will be available in due time. 3. If Israel is not willing, no financial statement will be submitted, but the USG of ESA will make a statement in the Second Committee, at an appropriate time before the voting on the draft resolution, along the following lines:
(a) The Secretary-General will of course make every effort to prepare and submit the report requested of him in the resolution. However, there are certain difficulties which should be brought to the attention of the Committee. The Secretary-General has no independent source of information in occupied territories and in the present circumstances it does not seem possible to send experts to occupied territories to obtain information on the spot. Therefore the Secretary- General will have to seek the information required for the report from the Governments and organizations concerned with this matter. With this in view the Secretary-General proposes to prepare the report in the following manner: - He will ask the Government of Israel, as the occupying power, to provide him with information on living conditions of the Palestinian people in occupied territories. - 2 -
- He will ask the PLO, with special reference to para. 2 of the draft resolution, to give him any information it may have on living conditions of the Palestinian people in occupied territories.
- He will ask the Governments of Egypt, Jordan and Syria, as well as the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Population of the Occupied Territories and ECWA, to give him any information they may have on this matter. - He will ask Specialized Agencies of the United Nations, in particular UNESCO, WHO, FAO and ILO, to provide him with any information they may have on this matter insofar as it relates to their respective spheres of activities. - Finally, he will ask the Commissioner General of UNRWA to give him any information he may have on this matter insofar as it concerns Palestinian refugees connected with UHRWA. (c) ESA will assign experts on human settlements and housing to prepare the proposed report. These experts will be drawn from the existing staff of the department. Therefore no financial implications are foreseen for the implementation of the resolution.
(d) In his statement, the USG may also wish to clarify the meaning of "the Palestinian people in occupied territories". For the purpose of the report, and in the light of the discussions in the Second Committee, it may "be assumed that the Palestinian people mentioned in the resolution include all Arabs of Palestinian descent, including those who have received Jordanian citizenship. (e) We would also suggest that before the text of the proposed statement is finalized, ESA check informally with the various Governments and organizations mentioned and also with Pakistan as the sponsor of the draft resolution.
cc: Mr. Paul Mwaluko TO: Mr. Rafejentldin Ahmed FROM* Mr. Paul Mwaluko u Room No. — No de bureau Extension — Poste Date DC-1518 89U7 3 Nov. 19T6
FOR ACTION POUR SUITE A DONNER FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION FOR SIGNATURE POUR SIGNATURE FOR COMMENTS POUR OBSERVATIONS' MAY WE DISCUSS? POURRIONS-NOUS EN PARLER ? YOUR ATTENTION VOTRE ATTENTION AS DISCUSSED COMME CONVENU AS REQUESTED SUITE A VOTRE DEMANDE
NOTE AND RETURN NOTER ET RETOURNER FOR INFORMATION POUR INFORMATION I attach herewith a draft resolution tabled by Pakistan, requesting a study by the Secretary-General on the living con- ditions of the Palestinian People in the occupied territories. Because of the political implications of this draft resolution, I would appreciate your advice on how to handle it,prior to preparing a financial implication statement of the report requested.
CR. 13 (8-75) Distr. LIMITED A/C.2/31/L.13 1 November 1976 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
Thirty-first session SECOND COMMITTEE Agenda item 6o(c)
UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT;' PROGRAMME
HABITAT: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS: REPORT OP THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
Pakistan: draft resolution*
Living conditions of the Palestinian
" The General Assembly, Recalling the Vancouver Declaration on Human. Settlements of 1976 and the ^»~ recommendations for national action adopted by Habitat: United Nations-Conference on Hunan Ktfl aJC -fSc^v -*--s"~ " "•^ Settlements (Vancouver, 31 May to 11 June 1976),I/ Recalling further resolution 3 of the "~Conference's^eco^inendation ~/ s for xfnte/ r nationa' l yo-operation, on giving^Conditions of the Palestinians in jS'ccupied Territories, and Economic and Social Council resolution 2026 (LXl) of U August 1976, Recalling further the recommendation adopted at the Regional Preparatory huo o.( fr-";-" r*~ Conference for Asia and the Pacific (Teheran, 14 to 19 Jun e 197°)f , J "^ . rw _»%> , 1. 'Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration vith relevant United Nations organs and specialized agencies, to prepare and submit to the General Assembly at its thirty- second session a report on the living conditions of the Palestinian ^People in the J&c'cupied Territories,
^•V.f* * The draft resolution is submitted by the delegation of Pakistan on behalf of the States members of the United Nations vhich are members of the Group of 77- I/ United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.7. U N / T E D N A r / O N S Distr. ',"--. LIMITED :f:- \ ' -•_*••- : .. •:• GENERAL A/C.2/31/L. 13 ..I',, -^ ASSEMBLY 1 November 1976 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Thirty-first session SECOND COMMITTEE Agenda item 60(c) UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME HABITAT: UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON HUMAN SETTLEMENTS: REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL Pakistan: draft resolution* Living conditions' of the Palestinian people The General Assembly, Recalling the Vancouver Declaration on Human Settlements of 1976 and the recommendations for national action adopted by Habitat: United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, held at Vancouver from 31 May to 11 June 1976, I/ Recalling further resolution 3 of the Conference's recommendations for international co-operation, on living conditions of the Palestinians in occupied territories, and Economic and Social Council resolution 2026 (LXI) of U /.-just 1976, Recalling further the recommendation adopted at the Regional Preparatory Conference for Asia and the Pacific, held at Teheran from 1^ to 19 June 1976, 1. Requests the Secretary-General, in collaboration with the relevant United Nations organs and specialized agencies, to prepare and submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session a report on the living conditions of the Palestinian people in the occupied territories. i . • - • ' * The draft resolution, is submitted by the- delegation .ofu Pakistan '.on behalf of the Pt.itcG Members of the United"Nations which are members of 'the Group of 77. I/ United Nations publication, Sales No. E.76.IV.7. 76-21-2-58— A/C.2/31/L.13 English Page 2 2. Requests the Secretary-General, in preparing the a"bove-mentioned report, to consult and co-operate with the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people; 3. Urges all States to co-operate with the Secretary-General in this matter. PERMANENT (f (rUlA/ 8OO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL , , J f\ I' NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NAT.ONS ,. . ,..- OXFORD 7-5SOO 4 November 1976 Excellency, I wish to refer to my letter of 1 November 1976 (A/31/303 - S/12223), in which I observed that in the "information", supplied by the Islamic Conference and circulated as Annex II to the Secretary-General's report of 13 October 1976 (S/31/235), "all Jewish associations with the city of Hebron, both religious and historical, are completely brushed aside, if not denied outright". I should like to draw attention to the fact that the plot of land, containing the Tomb of the Patriarchs and held holy by Jews throughout the ages as the "Cave of Machpela", was purchased by the Hebrew Patriarch Abraham almost 4000 years ago. The details of this purchase are recorded in the Bible, in which the Jewish people enunciated the principles of human brotherhood that inspired the creation of this Organization. The relevant passage appears in the Book of Genesis, 23:2-20: ".. .(2) And Sarah died in Kirjath-Arba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan; and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. (3) And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the children of Heth, saying, (4) I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with you, that I.may,bury my dead out of my sight.... (13) And he spake unto Eptiron in the audience of the people of the land, saying. But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, His Excellency Dr.Kurt Waldheim The Secretary-General -2- hear me: I will give thee money for the field! take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. (14) And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, (15) My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee ? bury therefore thy dead. (16) And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. (17) And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field , and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure (18) unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. (19) And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. (20) And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying place by the sons of Heth" . Although of great historical moment and certainly of pertinence to the present day, this transaction was not of course registered with the Secretariat in accordance with Article 102 (1), since it was not in the nature of an international agreement and, in addition, it was concluded somewhat prior to the coming into force of the Charter. I have the honour therefore to request that this letter be now circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under Agenda Item 55, and of the Security Council. Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. 1 Chaim Herzog Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations PERMANENT 80O SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-55OO 1 November 1976 Excellency, On the instructions of my Government I have the honour to refer to Annex II of the Secretary-General's report (A/31/235) of 13 October 1976 with regard to Agenda Item 55. That annex contained information submitted by the Islamic Conference purporting to relate to the situation at the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. However, a cursory reading of that "information" makes it clear that all Jewish associations with the city of Hebron, both religious and historical, are completely brushed aside, if not denied outright. Moreover, in the last paragraph (para. 28) an appeal is made to revert to the discriminatory situation prevailing for almost two decades before 1967 under the occupying Jordanian regime - when, it will be recalled, Judaea and Samaria (the "West Bank") were kept clear of Jews in accordance with Article 3 of the Jordanian Citizenship Law No. 6 of 4 February 1954, and when in contravention of Jordan's international undertakings, Jews were barred access to all Holy Places there, including those in Hebron. His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim The Secretary-General tyuc. -2- The grossness of this approach can be seen in the fact that Jewish connections with Hebron span almost 4000 years. In about 2000 BCE the Hebrew Patriarch Abraham "dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is Hebron, and built there an altar unto the Lord" (Genesis, 13:18). Since then, there has been an almost continuous Jewish presence in Hebron (see Annex II). Abraham and his wife Sarah, together with the other Hebrew Patriarchs and Matriarchs (Isaac and Jacob, Rebecca and Leah) are buried in Hebron, making the site (the "Tomb of the Patriarchs") the most ancient shrine venerated by Jews to this day, predating Jerusalem by several centuries. The Arab conquerors of Hebron in the 7th century were cognizant of these ancient ties, for the Mosque erected over the Tomb of the Patriarchs is called the Ibrahimi Mosque - the Mosque of Abraham. Israel has administered the West Bank since 1967. The overriding principles guiding its policy regarding all the Holy Places have been, and are, to guarantee the access of members of all faiths to these places and to ensure freedom of worship there to members of every religion. These principles apply to the Tomb of the Patriarchs, and thus sanctity of the shrine is strictly observed. To guarantee orderly conditions of worship for both Muslims and Jews, the following arrangements have been in force for over a year (see Annex I): a) Entry and Exit 1. The eastern gate is used for entry and exit by Muslim worshippers. 2. The south-western gate is used by Jewish worshippers. 3. The western gate is used by visitors of all faiths. -~-b) Areas of Worship 1. Muslims - Hall of Isaac and Rebecca; Jawliyya Hall and Yusufiyya Halls. 2. Jews - Hall of Abraham and Sarah, Hall of Jacob and Leah, balcony and courtyard linking the two halls. 3. Visitors and tourists are able to visit all areas at times when •no prayers are in progress. c) Times of Worship 1. Muslims are able to pray in their area 24 hours a day, every day of the week. -3- 2. Jews are able to pray in their areas on weekdays and on the Jewish Sabbath, as well as on Jewish holidays, in accordance with accepted hours of prayer. However, on Fridays -the Islamic special day of prayer- Muslims are able to pray throughout the whole day, whereas Jews are limited to evening prayers to greet the coming Jewish Sabbath. These arrangements were established with the greatest consideration for Muslim religious sentiments and without affecting or infringing Arab privileges. That they have been working to the satisfaction of all sidesin itself refutes the burden of the charges in the "information" supplied by the Islamic Conference . However, the utter spuriousness of this document is also evidenced by numerous other falsities which it contains. A few examples will .suffice: a) It is absolutely not the case that the Israel authorities destroyed the remains of a Mamluk school (para. 8),pulled down a stairway on the eastern side of the Mosque (para. 11), and destroyed a monumental well, used for ritual purposes, adjoining the fence of the Mosque (para. 12). The remains of the school, the stairway and the well were indeed removed, but for the purpose of renovations, landscaping and the expansion of the area around the Mosque carried out by the Municipality of Hebron itself, with financial aid from the Israel authorities. In the course of these renovations, the Municipality built a new ritual washing stand in place of the old one. b) Contrary to the claims in para. 22, it is a blatant lie, bordering on incitement, to state that Jews are allowed to pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. Similarly there is no "grand Israeli plan" against the Muslim Holy Places (also para. 22). c) Arab children in the territories study according to the Jordanian educational syllabus, and not the Israeli one, as alleged in para 23(a). -4- d) Arab banks in the territories remain closed because of Arab unwillingness to open them, and both Israeli and Jordanian currency are legal tender, contrary to the allegations in para.23(b) e) It is completely untrue to state that "finished goods of Arab origin are subjected to higher taxes in order to make them uncompetitive with Israeli manufactures" (para. 23 (c)). I trust, therefore, that no credence will be placed in this "information", which is as malicious as it is dubious. For its part, Israelis proud of its record in respect of the Holy Places of all faiths. Its policy will continue to adhere strictly to the fundamental principle of free access for prayer and worship by all believers of all faiths to all Holy Places. I have the honour to request that this letter and its annexes be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly under Agenda Item 55 and of the Security Council. Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. r /ft C Chaim Herzbg Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations ANNEX I THE CAVE OF MACHPELAH " ,". '.. > r I >\ JAWLIYYA/ X ' ' >N X xv ' I / s \' HALL /,,' "• " X - *-i3£ = iit*--£:-" /Tj\ /..\ XM\ X i ! \ i ' X ' ' * ' ' ">' ' ! I -\ S ' ' '*\ S ' ' '*sS ' ' '*> ' ..|X .1|-- ,I.X _ FT u ,\ H. ; \1J If ^1 Ull^ 1' ^ MUSLIM WORSHIPPERS ENTRAWCE VISITORS' 'ENTRANCE 1. Leah's tomb 2. Jacob's tomb 3. Sarah's tomb 4. Abraham's tomb 5. Rebekah's tomb 6. Isaac's tomb ENTRANCE ANNEX II HEBRON AND THE TOMB OF THE PATRIARCHS ' HISTORICAL SURVEY •A. Summary 1. Hebron, one of the oldest known gities in the'world, derives its name from the root of the Hebrew word for "companion". It has been the site of almost continuous Jewish settlement since Biblical times until the present day, and contains the Tomb of the Patriarchs (the "Cave of Machpela"), an ancient Jewish Shrine and Holy Pkce. In August 1929, 67 local Jews were massacred by an Arab mob incited by their religious leaders. After the war of 1967, the Israeli authorities opened the Tomb of the Patriarchs for prayer to worshippers of every faith from all countries,'both friendly and hostile to Israel. A Jewish community was also permitted to re-establish itself, not however in the town of Hebron itself, but nearby. The Israel Government decided that the optimal way to organize life in the Hebron area was to allow the Arab inhabitants to develop their city as they wished, 'in keeping with their own way of life, while a Jewish township bearing the ancient name of the "City of the Patriarchs" - Kiryat Arba - was set up outside the municipal boundaries of Hebron. -Arab Hebron has not been supplanted by the Jewish town but the two co-exist, side by side, with each growing and developing in its own way. B. Biblical Times 2. Hebron can be traced back in Jewish history to almost 2000 BCE, when the Bible recounts how the Hebrew Patriarch Abraham, the founding father of the Jewish people and religion,settled there (Genesis 13:18 and 18:1). When Abraham's wife, Sarah, died "in Kiryat Arba - that is Hebron" (Genesis, 23:2), Abraham bought a burial place .for,400 shekels of silver from Ephron the Hittite and "buried Sarafi^ftis wife in the cave of the field of Machpela before Mamre - that is He£ron" (Genesis 23:19). Later Genesis 49:29-31 relates how the Patriarch Jacob,'also known as Israel, asked to be buried with his fathers in the"Cave of Machpela. "There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried..Isaac and Rebecca his wife; and there I buried Leah". Hebron thus became the most ancient shrine in Judaism, revered by Jews until this very day. -2- 3. Hebron maintained its importance throughout the following centuries. Under the Prophets of Israel, Hebron became one of the three "cities of refuge" west of the Jordan, the others being Kadesh in Galilee and Shechem in Mount Ephraim. Around 1000 BCE King David was born in Bethlehem, midway between Hebron and Jerusalem. David is said to have asked the Lord in II Samuel 2:1: "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah ? And God said, 'Go up... unto Hebron1." Here David reigned as King of Judah for seven and one half years, and here six of his sons were born. After David moved his capital to Jerusalem, Hebron's centrality declined, although it was still an important trading centre and road junction. 4. Jews moved from the city with the First (Babylonian) Exile (6th century BCE) but they returned within half a century, f jr Nehemia 11:25 describes how "some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kiryat Arba, and in the villages thereof". At the turn of the eras, Herod the Great, the Jewish king and rebuilder of Jerusalem, re-shaped the Tomb of the Patriarchs, and gave it its present form. Above the Tomb in the Cave of Machpela, he constructed a quadrangle measuring 60 by 34 metres, the enclosing walls, nearly three metres thick, rising to a height of over twelve metres. The ramparts are made of beautifully worked, huge bordered ashlars, some over seven metres in length, similar to those used in the Herodian structures on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. C. Roman and Byzantine Times 5. During the Jewish Wars against Rome, Hebron, being an important Jewish centre, was burnt down by the Roman commander Cerealius (Josephus, The Jewish Wars, 4:554). Nonetheless, Jews continued to live there. 6. It was during the Byzantine period that a church was erected over the Cave of Machpela and the building was named the Church of St. Abraham. In the sixth century C.E. the Church was divided into parts - one for Jews the other for Christians. D. Arab Conquest and Crusader Times • '-g-i'*^ - -'^y 7. The Arabs conquered Hebron in 638.VC,. E., and in memory of the Hebrew " Patriarch, renamed the town Khalil Al-Rahman ("the companion of (God) the Merciful - i.e. Abraham) or simply al-Khalil. The Arabs allowed the Jews to be supervisors of the Cave of Machpela, although part of it was used as a mosque - the Mosque of Ibrahim. -3- 8. With the Crusader conquest in 1100 C.E. the Mosque of Ibrahim once more became the Church of St. Abraham, and both Muslims and Jews were expelled. However, Jewish pilgrims continued to visit Hebron and the site of the Cave of Machpela, even though they were not-allowed to enter the Tomb proper. E. Mamluk and Ottoman Rule 9. During the Mamluk rule, a small Jewish Community lived in a closed-off ghetto-like section of Hebron. But Jews once again had access to the Cave of Machpelah, where they were accustomed to pray daily. Many of them also sought to be buried in the vicinity of the Tomb. 10. The Mamluk Sultan Baybars prohibited the Tews and Christians from praying within the area in the year 1267. Jews were permitted to ascend five, later seven, steps on the side of the eastern wall and to insert petitions into a hole opposite the fourth step. This hole pierces the entire thickness of the wall, to a depth of 2.25 metres. It is first mentioned in 1521, and it can almost certainly be assumed to have been made at the request of the Jews of Hebron, possibly on payment of a large sum, so that their supplications would fall into the Cave situated under the floor of the area. The extremity of the hole is below the blocked opening in the mosque floor and leads to the Cave. 11. This prohibition was strictly enforced until the 20th Century. Nonetheless, given the holiness of the Tomb and the significance of Hebron in Jewish history, the local community remained, and Jewish pilgrims to the Holy Land did not consider their pilgrimage complete without a visit to Hebron. The chronicles of these medieval travellers, including Maimonides (from Egypt), Benjamin of Tudela (Spain) Ovadiah of Bertinoro (Italy) and Rabbi Petahia of Regensburg (Germany) have been preserved and make most informative and instructive reading. Ovadiah of Bertinoro wrote in one of his letters that "there is a tradition among all the people ".'•'.• of the land that burial in Hebron (in the-vicinity of -the Tomb of the Patriarchs) is better than in Jerusalem". ^-T -4- 12. Under the Ottomans, the Jewish community in Hebron continued to develop, despite occasional persecution and plunder. In 1659 a Yeshiva (Theological College) named Hesed Le-Avraham was established, a.id it later became an important centre of scholarship anda primary factor leading to the spiritual prominence of the local Jewish community. In the nineteenth century the community developed significantly and several Jewish public institutions such as schools, alms-houses and a hospitals, were set up. . . F. British Mandate and Jordanian Annexation 13. In 1929, at the end of the first decade of the British Mandate, a tragic blow was dealt to the Jewish community of Hebron. The Arab population, incited by their religious leaders, launched a well planned assault with the obvious goal of eliminating the Jewish Community. The mobs did not spare women, children or the elderly; 67 were massacred and 60 were wounded, the community was destroyed, synagogues razed and Torah scrolls burned. The centuries-old Jewish presence in Hebron came to a virtual halt at the hands of Arab rioters. 14. After the war of 1948, Transjordan occupied the West Bank and later annexed it within the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. During the years 1948 to 1967 no Jews lived in Hebron, and none were allowed to visit the town or its Holy Places. _G. Israeli Administration 15. Despite Israeli appeals transmitted to Jordan through the good offices of the U.N., Jordan chose to attack Israel on 5 June 1967. As a result of that Jordanian aggression, Israel found itself in control of Judaea and Samaria (the "West Bank"), including the town of Hebron. Retiming to Hebron for the first time in over 20 years, Israel discovered the old Jewish quarter totally, destroyed; the AvrahamAvinu Synagogue turned into a public latrine and a municipal warehouse; and the ancient Jewish cemetery of Hebron was almost obliterated. "S 16. Immediately after the War, the Government of Israel decided that the Holy Places throughout the territories should be open to all worshippers of all faiths. The Government proclaimed on 28 June 1967, the Protection of Holy Places Law, which guaranteed to members of all religions free access to their respective Holy Places. 17. Thus, for the first time in exactly 700 years, the Tomb of the Patriarchs was opened to members of all faiths and in particular to the followers of the three major monc-theistic religions - Judaism, Christianity and Islam. 18. At the same time, nothing has been done to minimize in any way the responsibility exercised by the Muslim Waqf over the Cave of Machpela. The personnel of the Waqf hold the keys to the Cave and is responsibls for the daily opening and closing of the Cave, as well as its maintenance. The orderly conduct of Muslim prayers has in no way been interfered with and there has been no division of the Cave and no physical partition has been erected in this Holy Shrine. •f - V " Possible points for ranch with P.M. Allon 1. The Secretary-General may want to mention the fact that the peace-keeping forces deployed in the Sinai and in the Golan Heights are contributing to the maintenance of quiet in the region; a fact which has been recognized by the Government of Israel. In spite of this welcome development, it would be regrettable if efforts were not made to resume the negotiating process. In this connexion, the Secretary-General may want to make general reference to Allon *s own efforts to outline some of the conditions for a peaceful settlement of the dispute. 2. The Secretary-General may want to repeat his intention, if the parties so wish, to resume his personal initiative to assist the parties in finding an acceptable framework for resuming the negotiating process. (His note of 1 April 1976 was intended to obtain from the parties some of their ideas towards this common objective) . 3. Something should be said about the good co-operation between Israel and the peace-keeping forces in the area. Although difficulties have arisen since the conclusion of the interim agreement of September 1975, both sides have - 2 - made considerable efforts to maintain a good relationship and the commanders of the UN forces have reported that they have always found understanding and co-operation among Israeli officials in the carrying out of their mission. 4. The Secretary-General might conclude with a cautious reference to the hope of a better climate for Middle East negotiations in 1977. v • CONFIDENTIAL Meeting between the Secretary-General and the Foreign Minister of Israel on Thursday, 7 October 1976 Present: Foreign Minister Yigal Allon Ambassador Herzog Ambassador Mordechai Kidron The Secretary-General Roberto E. Guyer The conversation started with the activities in the General Assembly and Foreign Minister Allon said that they had hopes that this year something could be done about terrorism. The Secretary-General commented that the Germans had started the ball rolling and he had not heard any opposition to their project, which certainly was a change from 1972. Afterwards, mention was made of Foreign Minister Allon's speech and what he had said on the resumption of the negotiating process. Allon remarked, "l meant each word of it". The Secretary-General then commented that the Soviets were pressing on this issue, but it was difficult to initiate anything before the American elections. The idea was gaining ground that a way out could be by forming working groups. Naturally, one had to consider the incidence of Lebanon in this question, and one had to wait also for the Arab summit. Allon commented that more important than the Arab summit would be the preparatory meeting at Jeddah. The Secretary-General then referred to his meeting with Khaddoumi, noting that there were no new elements. Allon said that the PLO was having confrontations with 1 i i •. - rl'St'''•^vy* everybody, including the USSR. They had hoped that Moscow would intervene physically in Lebanon, and now they feel abandoned by Soviet inaction. In reality, the USSR has no desire for the establishment of a Palestinian state. Furthermore, Libya and - 2 - the PLO have also fallen out because Libya does not like the relations of the PLO with Egypt. One could even say that the PLO was disagreeably surprised when the Arab League made them a full member because they do not want to give up their status as a liberation movement. Foreign Minister Allon said that they were willing to consider any type of forum for the solution of the Middle East problem. He is seeing Kissinger and Ford on Monday 11 October and will tell them so. ' Then he mentioned that Israel did not like very much having the USSR as a co-chairman. Naturally, they could not do anything against them since they were a big power, but it was difficult for Israel to accept the co-chairmanship of somebody that refused to have diplomatic relations with them. Furthermore,•the Soviets are conducting a real offensive against them by refusing to attend the Olympic Chess Championship in Haifa. He could not understand Moscow, since by not having relations with Jerusalem they were closing their options, depending exclusively on Arab good will. The United States, on the contrary, had a total freedom of action by having relations with everyone. He then said that Kissinger was in constant touch with them. Allon underlined categorically that Israel would not accept the PLO at any conference table, however disguised and whatever the covering doctrine would be. A way had to be found to get Jordan back into the picture. Israel did not mind if Jordan had Palestinians in their delegation. The Secretary- General then asked if Israel could eventually accept Palestinians in the working groups, and Allon answered negatively because they were not a state. He ended saying that there was no ";V-'vX x misunderstanding whatever with Washington on the PLO. The Secretary-General then mentioned the question of freedom of movement and that it was necessary to give the - 3 - Poles their freedom since they were acting as a UNEF unit. Foreign Minister Allon replied that since they were an independent country, according to President Ford, why did they not recognize Israel, in which case all problems would be solved. Finally, the Secretary-General brought up the question of Hebron, stating that he had been visited by the Turkish Foreign Minister in his capacity as Chairman of the Islamic Conference. Allon answered that nobody denied the fact that the Arabs had destroyed the Torah. Since 1967, there had been no incident of that nature, Israel was being more tolerant than the Crusaders, Turks or even the British had ever been. They gave freedom of access and worship to all religions. They are now investigating if some Jews destroyed a page of the Koran and, if it were proven so, they would act accordingly. The fact remained, however, that nobody denied that the Arabs had destroyed a Torah. : •'•: '•"-• ^''^••••:-: f ; :••'•'-•'^'' \o;-'-J^^^-^^WjI^&^^^^^i: . '•'• •'' .'.'.'• ••". ' ." •'••'••'^:-"M:-:'^ ^^&g^^S^^m /''k/vVOp \! "6 N MS? NOTE FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL If you are seeing Mr./Allon/before he leaves, you should perhaps, if only for the record, mention the question of freedom of movement for the Poles in UNEF and UNDOF. Brian Urquhart 6 October 1976 f* Since 1967 the Israel administration in the territories has been a model of religious tolerance.^ Access to the Holy Places in these areas, including Hebron, has been open to members'of all faiths, in direct contrast to the situation which persisted for almost twenty years under the Jordanian regime, when Jews were completely barred from access to their most sacred shrines. There will be no change in the present policy. The recent deterioration in public order in Hebron results from the intemperate provocation against Israel being made by various Arab States ef certain Muslim religious leaders. It culminated in a riot in the Tomb of the Jewish Patriarchs, as a result of which Jewish Torah Scrolls were desecrated and religious articles destroyed. In connection with this and with allegations about the behaviour of Jewish individuals, a police investigation team has been appointed to act promptly and impartially in order to discover those, both Arabs and Jews, who were guilty of violations of law and order, and'to prosecute them. Every effort will be made to prevent a religious confrontation and the turning of this issue into one which will further arouse passions and sentiments. Israel's two Chief Rabbis have called for calm and moderation. The Mayor of Hebron and Muslim religious leaders have expressed their shock at the incidents and apologized publicly for the desecration of the Jewish Scrolls. The former Mayor of Hebron, Sheikh Ali Ja'abari, has appealed to Arab Governments to desist from incitement. ^ These appeals come against the background of repeated efforts by Arab Governments to inflame Muslim religious feeling specifically at moments coinciding with international conferences, such as the General Assembly. -They also come against the background of the fact that in 1929 Hebron was the site of a bloody massacre of Jews as a result of similar religious provocation. It is to be hoped that the Islamic Conference and other outside elements will exhibit restraint and not fan religious passions. fljfir . .-'•: uu. ED :' . -: TEL AVIV, e^'PT 17, i?nrr^R~-^gR A-:€fe..FCR Fife? -a-paiSIER YIGAL :: •.'•' ALL CW SAID- 10-n QJ-fT ISRAEL COULP •1OT.-.J£SS£UR>' TIO IIS 'F5?7^- i 9€7 v : m- ALLCK- WAS- SP-'AKI^G Or T^LW !S|f ' TV T:! PLY TO CRITIC1S*} ' OF- A^ A^TICL"- PY HTM PUBLISHED j." TH-l^ft^R ICA^ JOURNAL, FOR FIG?-' RS, ' I •'• ..wHTCM ''n'r B~"S FRR.T.H . 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ATT^PS.'f..^ ;iMPOSTr- 'A S^TTLEM^NT- 'KfiT:'i^ :lm:^L ^3"'sFCL?RiTY--R"!ftum-i|"frrs,r •'••••. : m ''',5"SA" ^T' B '^ARLItTR" TODAY THAT ^3'L LCATJOJl' OF THE 'P•L AM -WAS. 3-PAPTY HAS CALLFD .FOP A At' f'll T" ?VT T J! (V ."IT "f tf~ : BiU: !'( . • .; i .?. ;:• O ,• f 1 i •. "" '-?T ) T 0- D "BATK T HE N ATT 'TR, >'-: 'f'-l: S ; •'JEl T H"r' '.ARTICL^. MR ALL: ^j. SAID . THp|'.."TO ACHT^V P^AC^ WITH -is,\''•J.SR&'-'L'".SHOULD- MAK" - A .sir^'Fi-fe^^MitH^AWFiAL FT?OH OCCUPIED 't"PR.T.T-.CRY.. HIS' PLA!- PR :5G UP .OF V'^HTLITARISED r : ;v S i''-\TH'- • 'v?"' !?T ".'.RA-'K-'. Cf T HY. -J CSD-A^ '-^ GAZA.STRIP AS PART ALL-:V.- SAID- TKrr JD^' CAL PLA:1 «UT iNG FOR D-F^sirt'7 .; -^ V\ CONFIDENTIAL Meeting between the Secretary-General and the Director General of the Israeli Foreign Ministry on 1 September 1976 Present: Director General Shlomo Avineri Ambassador Chaim Herzog The Secretary-General Roberto E. Guyer The Secretary-General asked Mr.1 Avineri for his evaluation of the situation in the Middle East. Mr. Avineri said that the situation had intensified. On the one hand there was the Arab disunity which evidently was making things easier for Israel, but, on the other hand, there is an increasing deterioration in Lebanon; as long as the Arabs remain disunited on Lebanon, the more difficult it will be for them to reach any sort of agreement with Israel. Mr. Avineri went on to say that none of the parties in Lebanon was interested in partition. The Secretary-General said that this was also his impression and that both Franjieh and Karame had told him so when he was there last November. Mr. Avineri went on to say that the Christian side realized that they could not go back to the old system. On the other hand, a unitary solution, with majorities and minorities, was totally out of the question. It was not impossible therefore to envisage a federal system, on a cantonal basis. The actual political situation in Lebanon was making this solution feasible. Another factor which should be taken into account is the present disunity between the Moslems, and that the division between the Sunni and Shiites was stronger. In the Middle East, especially in Syria, the majority was Sunni but the elite was Shiite, as was shown by the case of President Assad. This was creating a sort of alliance between the Christians and Shiites. The Christians were now united. All this determined a de facto partition although none of the parties really wanted it. The Secretary-General said that when he spoke with President Assad, - 2 - both in Damascus and more recently in Colombo, he was totally against any type of partition. The Secretary-General then asked what would happen when Sarkis takes over on the 23rd of this month. According to Mr. Avineri the great problem was — that there was no Lebanese administration at present and that therefore the Syrian Army had to stay. Mr. Avineri then referred to the West Bank and said that now, due to the Lebanese situation which provoked a confrontation between Syria and the PLO, Damascus was working with Amman to find a moderate alternative to the PLO for the West Bank. One can see now that the West Bank is much quieter and that there is a very good administrative - although not political - co-operation between the Israeli authorities and the mayors of that region. The Secretary-General then inquired what the reason was for the fall-out between Syria and the PLO. Mr. Avineri replied that in general an alliance never holds for long between Arabs, but concretely there were two motives: (a) President Assad felt that the PLO was aiming for a radical political solution which did not coincide with general Syrian objectives, and (b) that the PLO wanted to conduct an indiscriminate action against Israel from Lebanon. It should be noted that Syria has always been very radical in her rhetoric but controlled in her actions. These two elements caused Syria to be afraid that the PLO would radicalize Lebanon and produce as well an uncontrolled confrontation with Israel. The Secretary-General then referred to his conversations in Colombo. He said that the most significant one was the one held with Sadat who said that they could not wait forever, only • --Wff.ggj&fflge - until next year. As President Sadat did not elaborate, the Secretary-General afterwards queried Fahmy who repeated the same words. When Fahmy was asked what he envisaged, as it was difficult to convene Geneva under the present circumstances, - 3 - he replied that it did not necessarily have to be the Geneva framework, that some sort of international conference could be called for, and that the Secretaryr-General should propose such a meeting. The Secretary-General then referred briefly to his talks with Presidents Assad and Qadaffi. He also mentioned, that he had only stayed in Colombo for the inauguration of the Non-Aligned Conference. Mr. Avineri commented that Egypt has never given up the military option. He said that as long as the Lebanese problem continued nothing could move in the negotiating process. Speaking of Colombo, it was noted that there was no resolution asking for the suspension or expulsion of Israel from the United Nations. Mr. Avineri said that there would be some problems with the report of the Committee of Twenty. The Secretary-General mentioned some of the practical problems concerning UNEF, to which Mr. Avineri replied that they were being dealt with in the Joint Commission. When asked his opinion on the future of UNDOF Mr. Avineri replied that from the military point of view the Syrians had no other alternative but to approve the renewal. However, the disunity among the Arabs as well as the Lebanese situation could force Syria to adopt a more extreme position before agreeing to the renewal. It was 'unfortunate that this renewal would take place during the General Assembly. Finally Ambassador Herzog delivered a note to the Secretary-General with reference to a Jewish family in the Soviet Union. ' y/ sfcL^r 'XL ""^ r .^JHtSW^ 8OO SECOND AVENUE PERMANENT NEW YORK, N. Y. 1OO17 REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-550O Excellency, On the instructions of my Government I have the honour to draw your attention to the criminal attack carried out on August 11, 1976 against passengers' of an El Al Israel Airlines plane in the Istanbul International Airport. In this attack four passengers of various nationalities were killed and 21 were injured. This criminal attack is the latest in a long series of indiscriminate Arab terrorist attacks against innocent civilians- including women and children- on international airlines and elsewhere. The organization which calls itself The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and which is an integral part of the so-called Palestine Liberation Organization has claimed credit for this act, maintaining that not only did its members carry out this attack but that they were also responsible for the hijacking of the Air France plane from Athens to Entebbe at the end of June 1976. The guiding force behind these foul attacks is Libya. It bears responsibility together with the perpetrators for the criminal acts. His Excellency Dr. KurtWaldheim The Secretary-General \ -2- It has been proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that the two terrorists who carried out the attack in Istanbul reached their objective from Libya . According to the reports of the news agencies from Istanbul "the terrorists said they had been armed and financed by the Libyan Government". It will be recalled that Libya served as the first refueling stop for the .hijacked Air France plane en route to Entebbe. The active participation of Libya and its President, Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, in planning, supporting and cooperating with Arab terrorist movements and with international terrorist movements not only against Israel but also against other countries in North Africa in the Middle East and throughout the world is by now common knowledge. Indeed Colonel Qaddafi prided himself on this fact in his address, to the conference of Non-Aligned countries in Colombo on August 18, 1976. It is the official and systematic policy of the President of Libya to initiate and finance from the considerable income available from oil sales, acts of assassination, subversion conspiracy and sabotage in countries outside Libya. These acts are carried out in blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law. Jh It is worthy of note that even President Sadat of Egypt has confirmed Colonel Qaddafi1 s involvement in and responsibility for the hijacking of the Air France plane to Entebbe. In an interview to the Kuwaiti newspaper A-Siyasseh, the President of Egypt declared that the hijacking of the French plane to Entebbe was arranged at a meeting which took place between Qaddafi and George Habash the leader of the so-called Popular Front, and that Qaddafi "paid the money and smuggled the arms to Athens in Libyan diplomatic pouches, and that .the Libyan Embassy later turned over thejarms to the hijackers". (UPI Cairo, August 14, 1976). -3- The list of crimes perpetrated by Qaddafi in the six years _of his rule over Libya is too long to be cited in full on this occasion. Suffice it to mention but a few examples of his collaboration with international Arab terrorist movements, specifically his involvement in attacks on international civilian air trasport. All this while Libya is a signatory to The Hague Convention of 1970 and the Montreal Convention of 1971. DATE CASES OF HIJACKING AND ATTACKS ON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS September 8, 1971 Hijacking of a Jordanian Alia plane by a Libyan terrorist. The terrorist was arrested and released after a few days. October 29, 1972 Hijacking of a German Lufthansa plane by two terrorists who demanded the release of the murderers of the Israeli Olympic sportsmen in Munich. The hijackers found refuge in Libya where they were released. April 9, 1973 Two units of the so-called "National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine", a Palestine terrorist organization sponsored, financed and trained by Libya carried out two attacks in Nicosia, Cyprus. One was against the residence of the Israel Ambassador, and the second was against an El Al Israel Airlines plane in Nicosia Airport. July 20, 1973 A Boeing 747 plane of Japan Airlines en route from Paris to Tokyo via Amsterdam was hijacked by five terrorists and landed in Libya. It was blown up on July 24, 1973 while in Libya. The terrorists were later released by the Libyan authorities, -4- — August 5, 1973 An indiscriminate massacre by terrorists in . Athens Airport. Five passengers were killed and 55 were wounded, most of them passengers from a TWA plane which had arrived from Israel. One of the two terrorist groups that carried out the attack.arrived from Benghazi. The terrorists who had stated that they were trained in Libya, were released and flown to Libya in February 1974. September 5, 1973 An attack by terrorists using missiles against an El Al Israel Airlines plane was foiled in Rome. Five terrorists were arrested and several S.A.M.7 surface to air missiles Supplied by Libya were found in their possession. Three of the terrorists were released and flown to Libya on March 1, 1974. December 17, 1973 Terrorists belonging to the Libyan sponsored so-called "National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine" attacked a Pan American plane and a Lufthansa plane in Rome International Airport. Thirty-two passengers were xilled. One plane was extensively damaged and the terrorists flew with thirteen hostages to Kuwait on the second plane. March 3, 1974 A British plane en route from Beirut to Amsterdam was hijacked by terrorists, members of a Libyan sponsored terrorist organization. The terrorists blew up the plane after the passengers and crew were released. DATE OTHER ATTACKS- September 5, 1972 The murderers of the Israeli .athbtes at the Munich Olympic Games used Libyan diplomatic pouches for the transfer of the weapons to Germany. After they had been wiped out by the German Federal Republic police, they were .accorded, on Qaddafi's instructions, a heroes' state funeral in Libya. -5- March 1, 1973 The terrorists who occupied the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum and murdered the American Ambassador and an American and Belgian diplomats had used the Libyan diplomatic pouch for the transfer cf tieir arms to Khartoum. After the murder, the terrorists were transferred to Libya. September 28, 1973 Terrorists took hostage immigrants from the Soviet Union on a train which arrived in Austria via Czechoslovakia. A plane was later made available to these terrorists and flew them to Libya. February 2, 1974 Three terrorists took control of a Greek ship and demanded the release of two terrorists who had carried out the massacre in Athens Airport in August 1973. The terrorists were flown to Libya and released. Libya, a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by Colonel Qaddafi, whose hands are soaked in the blood of the innocent victims of international and Arab terror throughout the world, is a member of the Security Council of the United Nations. According to the Charter of the United Nations, the primary responsibility for "the maintenance of international peace and security" is that of the Security Council. The representative of this criminal regime will serve as President of the Security Council next month. What more blatant example could there be of the systematic cynical disregard of the Charter of the United Nations than the fact that the representative of Libya, the paymaster and instigator of international terror, will preside over the Security Council during the month of September. Exactly four y'eanTJafter the massacre of the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympiad, an accomplice to that crime will assume the presidency of the Security Courcil. -6- It is the considered view of the Government of Israel that the time has been reached when the United Nations must take immediate and effective action in order to put an end to this intolerable situation. I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly under item 113 of the Provisional Agenda and of the Security Council. considerationPleas. e accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest Ch a fm-ff e rz ocf Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations UN/TED NATIONS Distr. GENERAL GENERAL SECURITY A/31/182 S/12186 ASSEMBLY COUNCIL 2k August 1976 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL Thirty-first session Thirty-first year Item 113 of the provisional agenda* MEASURES TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM WHICH ENDANGERS OR TAKES INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES OR JEOPARDIZES FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AND STUDY OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THOSE FORMS OF TERRORISM AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE WHICH LIE IN MISERY, FRUSTRATION, GRIEVANCE AND DESPAIR AND WHICH CAUSE SOME PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE HUMAN LIVES, INCLUDING THEIR OWN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO EFFECT RADICAL CHANGES Letter dated £3 August 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the Unifred Nations addressed to the Secretary-General On the instructions of my Government I have the honour to draw your attention to the criminal attack carried out on 11 August 1976 against passengers of an El Al Israel Airlines plane in the Istanbul International Airport. In this attack four passengers of various nationalities were killed and 21 were injured. This criminal attack is the latest in a long series of indiscriminate Arab terrorist attacks against innocent civilians - including women and children - on international airlines and elsewhere. The organization which calls itself The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and which is an integral part of the so-called Palestine Liberation Organization has claimed credit for this act, maintaining that not only did its members carry out this attack but that they were also responsible for the hijacking of the Air France plane from Athens to Entebbe at the end of June 1976. The guiding force behind these foul attacks is Libya, It bears responsibility together with the perpetrators for the criminal acts. It has been proved beyond any shadow of a doubt that the two terrorists who carried out the attack in Istanbul reached their objective from Libya. According * A/31/150. 76-15971 A/31/182 S/12186 English Page 2 to the reports of the''"news agencies from Istanbul the terrorists said they had "been armed and financed by the Libyan Government. It will be recalled that Libya served as the first refueling stop for the hijacked Air France plane en route to Entebbe. The active participation of Libya and its President, Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi, in planning, supporting and co-operating with Arab terrorist movements and with international terrorist movements not only against Israel but also against other countries in Worth Africa, in the Middle East and throughout the world is by now common knowledge. Indeed Colonel Qaddafi prided himself on this fact in his address to the conference of non-aligned countries in Colombo on 18 August 1976. It is the official and systematic policy of the President of Libya to initiate and finance from the considerable income available from oil sales acts of assassination, subversion, conspiracy and sabotage in countries outside Libya. These acts are carried out in blatant violation of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law. It is worthy of note that even President Sadat of Egypt has confirmed Colonel Qaddafi's involvement in and responsibility for the hijacking of the Air France plane to Entebbe. In an interview to the Kuwaiti newspaper As-Siyasseh3 the President of Egypt declared that the hijacking of the French plane to Entebbe was arranged at*a meeting which took place between Qaddafi and George Habash, the leader of the so-called Popular Front, and that Qaddafi "paid the money and smuggled the arms to Athens in Libyan diplomatic pouches, and that the Libyan Embassy later turned over the arms to the hijackers". (UPI Cairo, lU August 1976). The list of crimes perpetrated by Qaddafi in the six years of his rule over Libya is top long to be cited in full on this occasion. Suffice it to mention but a few examples of his collaboration with international Arab terrorist movements, specifically his involvement in attacks on international civilian air transport. All this while Libya is a signatory to The Hague Convention of 1970 and the Montreal Convention of 1971. Date Cases of hijacking and attacks on international airports 8 September 1971 Hijacking of a Jordanian Alia plane by a Libyan terrorist. The terrorist was arrested and released after a few days. 29 October 1972 Hijacking of a German Lufthansa plane by two terrorists who demanded the release of the murderers of the Israeli Olympic sportsmen in Munich. The hijackers found refuge in Libya where they were released. A./31/182 S/12186 English Page 3 Date Cases of hijacking and attacks on international airports 9 April 1973 Two units of the so-called "National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine", a Palestine terrorist organization sponsored, financed and trained by Libya, carried out two attacks in Nicosia, Cyprus. One was against the residence of the Israel Ambassador, and the second was against an El Al Israel Airlines plane in Nicosia Airport. 20 July 1973 A, Boeing 7^7 plane of Japan Airlines en route from Paris to Tokyo via Amsterdam was hijacked by five terrorists and landed in Libya. It was blown up on 2k July 1973 while in Libya. The terrorists were later released by the Libyan authorities. 5 August 1973 An indiscriminate massacre by terrorists in Athens Airport. Five passengers were killed and 55 were wounded, most of them passengers from a TWA plane which had arrived from Israel. One of the two terrorist groups that carried out the attack arrived from Benghazi. The terrorists, who had stated that they were trained in Libya, were released and flown to Libya in February 197^• 5 September 1973 An attack by terrorists using missiles against an El Al Israel Airlines plane was foiled in Rome. Five terrorists were arrested and several S.A.M.7 surface to air missiles supplied by Libya were found in their possession. Three of the terrorists were released and flown to Libya on 1 March 1971*. 17 December 1973 Terrorists belonging to the Libyan-sponsored so-called "National Youth Organization for the Liberation of Palestine" attacked a Pan American plane and a Lufthansa plane in Rome International Airport. Thirty-two passengers were killed. One plane was extensively damaged and the terrorists flew with 13 hostages to Kuwait on the second plane. 3 March A British plane en route from Beirut to Amsterdam was hijacked by terrorists, members of a Libyan-sponsored terrorist organization. The terrorists blew up the plane after the passengers and crew were released. A/31/182 S/12186 English Date Other attacks 5 September 1972 The murderers of the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games used Libyan diplomatic pouches for the transfer of the weapons to Germany. After they had been wiped out by the police of the Federal Republic of Germany, they were accorded, on Qaddafi's instructions, a heroes' state funeral in Libya. 1 March 1973 The terrorists who occupied the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Khartoum and murdered the American Ambassador and an American and a Belgian diplomat had used the Libyan diplomatic pouch for the transfer of their arms to Khartoum. After the murder, the terrorists were transferred to Libya. 28 September 1973 Terrorists took hostage immigrants from the Soviet Union on a train which arrived in Austria via Czechoslovakia. A plane was later made available to these terrorists and flew them to Libya. 2 February Three terrorists took control of a Greek ship and demanded the release of two terrorists who had carried out the massacre' in Athens Airport in August 1973. The terrorists •were flown to Libya and released. Libya, a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by Colonel Qaddafi, whose hands are soaked in the blood of the innocent victims of international and Arab terror throughout the world, is a member of the Security Council of the United Nations. According to the Charter of the United Nations, the primary responsibility for "the maintenance of international peace and security" is that of the Security Council.r The representative of this criminal regime will serve as President of the Security Council next month. What more blatant example could there be of the systematic cynical disregard of the Charter of the United Nations than the fact that the representative of Libya, the paymaster and instigator of international terror,'will preside over the Security Council during the month of September. Exactly four years after the massacre of the Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympiad, an accomplice to that crime will assume the presidency of the Security Council. It is the considered view of the Government of Israel that the time has been reached when the United Nations must take immediate and effective action in order to put an end to this intolerable situation. I have the honour to request that .this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under item 113 of the provisional agenda, and of the Security Council. (Signed) Chaim HERZOG Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations njnapn 8OO SECOND AVENUE iniN!? IJKIV* l?w NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 PERMANENT MISSION OF ISRAEL OXFORD 7-55OO TO THE UNITED NATIONS 10 August 1976 Excellency, I have the honour to refer to the note verbale addressed to you by the Charge d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Syria on 29 July 1976 (S/12151 - A/31/159) . There is not a "word of truth' in the allegation contained in the Syrian letter dated 10 July 1976 annexed to the above mentioned note verbale. This is borne out by the investigation carried out by UNDOF. I have the honour to recruest that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under item 29 of the provisional agenda, and of the Security Council.- Please accept. Excellency, the assurances qj my highest consideration. >irihas Acting Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations His Excellency Dr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General n BOO SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 PERMANENT MISSION OF ISRAEL OXFORD 7-55OO TO THE UNITED NATIONS 28 July 1976 Excellency, I have the honour to refer to the letter addressed to . you by the Permanent Representative of Syria on 22 July 1976 (S/12151-A/31/159). The charge that Israeli forces opened fire on Syrian civilians working their fields on 21 June is untrue. The only firing by Israeli forces in the area in question on that date was •a routine weapons test during which,in compliance with standing -orders, the test shots were all directed west of line A and.in no case into Syrian territory. This is borne out by the UNDOF investigation. In the face of the massive military intervention by Syria in Lebanon this attempt to inflate a routine and insignificant weapons test into an international incident deserving of the attention of the -Secretary-General, the Security Council and the General Assembly is nothing less than absurd. I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated -as an official document of the General Assembly under item 29 of the Provisional Agenda of its thirty-first session (A/31/150), as well as of the Security Council. Please accept /Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. s^ < Pinhas Eliav Acting Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations His Excellency Dr. KurtWaldheim Secretary-General ' v»i 1 • b PERMANENT eoo SECOND AVE; E £SENTAT!VE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK N Y .-><.//". ,i-^M,':* -fj. ' -'•:' ..- •' - - - 'OO17 THE UNITED NATIONS -' . '. .- • -/--S''i '•< ' "OXFORD 7-55OO 4 July 1976 Excellency, On instructions from my Government I have the honour to submit the attached excerpts from the statement delivered by the Prime Minister of Israel in the Knesset on 4 July 1976 with regard to the operation conducted by the Israel Defence Forces to rescue the hostages hijacked by Palestinian terrorists on 27 June 1976, and held in captivity in Uganda. I also have the honour to request that this letter and its attachment be circulated as an official document of the -General Assembly and the Security Council. Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. PermanerffHepresentative of Israel to the United Nations His Excellency Dr. KurtWaldheim The Secretary-General 80O SECOND AVENUE NEW YORK. N.Y. ,00,7 nvtmwan PERMANENT MISSION OF ISRAEL OXFORD 7-55OO TO THE UNITED NATIONS EXCERPTS FROM THE STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL MR. YITZHAK RABIN ON 4 JULY 19 7 6 IN THE KNESSET In a bold and imaginative operation, the Israel Defence Forces carried out the decision of the Government of Israel to rescue and liberate the passengers of an Air France airplane, who were hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and held prisoner and in danger of their lives in Uganda. In the course of the rescue operation three of the Israeli passengers of the plane were killed, and one officer fell in action. f The decision to undertake this operation was taken by the Government of Israel, on its sole responsibility. We did not consult any other Government in advance, and we shall not place responsibility on any other country or Government. Anti-Israel terror has become a matter of international concern, and we do not exclude any Government from the duty to fight for the elimination of terrorism. For our part, we shall persist in this struggle - even alone. An Air France plane that left Israel for France on 27 June was hijacked . after a stopover in Athens. The hijackers forced the French .pilots to land first at Benghazi in Libya, and then at Entebbe .in Uganda. As the hijacked aircraft belonged to the French national airline, it was natural to regard the French Government as bearing the immediate and principal responsibility to do everything demanded for the release of all the passengers. -2- We immediately contacted the French Government, which accepted this responsibility. In addition, we approached other Governments and institutions to do their utmost to ensure that no harm befall the hijacked passengers and to expedite their release. The terrorists transmitted their ultimative demands to the Governments of Israel, France, Germany, Kenya and Switzerland, but it soon became clear that the attack against the Israeli and Jewish passengers was the main objective of the operation. The terrorists' demands were accompanied by the threat that the passengers would be killed, if the Governments did not carry out.their demand that murderers, terrorists and accessories to terrorism, who had been apprehended and imprisoned for their crimes, should be freed. Self-defence against the attacks of the terrorist organizations, and the war against the terrorists within our own borders and abroad, in complex and unusual circumstances, have been part of oar daily life for years. When the terrorist organizations found themselves unable to operate on our territory, they tried to attack us on foreign soil, in conditions which place inestimable difficulties in the way of protection, rescue and action. There are cases in which the terrorist organizations operate against us in countries where we enjoy the. cooperation of the authorities. On the other hand, operational conditions are particularly difficult from our point of view in countries where.we have no access because of open hostility, the absence of diplomatic relations oreven governmental cooperation with the Palestinian terrorist organizations. On more than one occasion, we have found ourselves faced with appalling dilemmas, each alternative being more difficult than the other, with our dear ones held captive far away, isolated and without any possibility of our aiding them or acting rapidly for their release. In the hijacking of the Air France plane to Entebbe, all indications were that the President of Uganda cooperated with the terrorists, under a cloak of deception and false pretences. This was the situation on the eve of 1 July 1976: the expiry of the first ultimatum was drawing ever closer; the release of non-Israeli passengers blatantly exposed the sinister conspiracy against Israeli citizens. Political efforts bore no fruit. The sand in the hourglass was about to run out, leaving no possibility for an independent rescue effort. Under these conditions, the Government of Israel unanimously decided to declare its readiness to release terrorists detained in Israeli prisons. Following the Cabinet's decision, we informed the French Government, through which the negotiations with the terrorists were being conducted. In default of^any other alternative we were even prepared to adopt this course to rescue our people. It was not a tactic to gain time and/ had it been the only choice left, we would have stood by our decision as a last resort. -3- During the entire period after the hijacking we sought ways to foil the terrorists' scheme by our own means. The Israel Defence Forces and the Intelligence Services did not lose any time in this respect. When the appropriate moment arrived, the plan was submitted for the Cabinet's consideration. The Cabinet approved the operation unanimously. This rescue operation is an achievement of great importance in the struggle against terrorism. It is Israel's contribution to humanity's struggle against international terror, but it should not be viewed as the final chapter. It will give us encouragement as we continue our efforts, but the struggle is not over: new efforts, new methods and unremitting sophistication will be required. Terrorism will find us neither immobilised nor hidebound by routine. I know the Israel Defence Forces from within. I am well aware of its qualities and achievements. Nevertheless on this occasion I feel a personal need to express special thanks and appreciation to the Israel Defence Forces, the Chief of Staff, the General Staff, the several arms and all those who participated in the rescue operation, for risking their lives in the fulfilment of their duty as Jews and human being-s, and for being an example and a source of pride to us all. UNITED NATIONS Bisti-. GENERAL S E C U R ITY ~ s/12123 ASSEMBLY COUNCIL 5 July 1976 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH GENERAL ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL Thirty-first session Thirty-first year Item 112 of the preliminary list* MEASURES TO PREVENT INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM MICH ENDANGERS OR TAKES INNOCENT HUMAN LIVES OR JEOPARDIZES FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, AND STUDY OF THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THOSE FORMS OF TERRORISM. AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE WHICH LIE IN MISERY, FRUSTRATION, GRIEVANCE .AND DESPAIR AND WHICH CAUSE SOME PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE HUMAN LIVES, INCLUDING THEIR OWN, IN AN ATTEMPT TO ' EFFECT RADICAL CHANGES Letter dated h July 1976 from the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General On instructions from my Government I have the honour to submit the attached excerpts from the statement delivered by the Prime Minister of Israel in the Knesset on h July 1976 with regard to the operation conducted by the Israel Defence Forces to rescue the hostages hijacked by Palestinian terrorists on 27 June 1976, and held in captivity in Uganda, I also have the honour to request that this letter and its attachment be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly, under item 112 of the preliminary list of items to be included in the provisional agenda of the thirty-first session, and of the Security Council. (Signed) Chaim HERZOG Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations * A/31/50. 76-13^60 . A/31/122 S/12123 English Annex Page 1 AHNBX Excerpts from the statement delivered by the Prime Minister of Israel9 Mr. Yitzhak Rabin, onh July 1976 in the Knesset In a bold and imaginative operations the Israel Defence Forces carried out the decision of the Government of Israel to rescue and liberate the passengers of an Air France airplane, who were hijacked by Palestinian terrorists and held prisoner and in danger of their lives in Uganda. In the course of the rescue operation three of the Israeli passengers of the plane were killed, and one officer fell in action. The decision to undertake this operation was taken by the Government of Israel, on its sole responsibility. We did not consult any other Government in advance, and we shall not place responsibility on any other country or Government. Anti-Israel terror has become a matter of international concern9 and we do not exclude any Government from the duty to fight for the elimination of terrorism. For our part, we shall persist in this struggle - even alone. An Air France plane that left Israel for France on 27 June was hijacked after a stopover in Athens, The hijackers forced the French pilots to land first at Benghazi in Libya9 and then at Entebbe in Uganda. As the hijacked aircraft belonged to the French national airline, it was natural to regard the French Government as bearing the immediate and principal responsibility to do everything demanded for the release of all the passengers. ¥e immediately contacted the French Governments which accepted this responsibility. In additions we approached other Governments and institutions to do their utmost to ensure that no harm befall the hijacked passengers and to expedite their release. The terrorists transmitted their ultimative demands to the Governments of Israel9 France^ Germany9 Kenya and Switzerland, but it soon became clear that the attack against the Israeli and Jewish passengers was the main objective of the operation. The terrorists' demands were accompanied by the threat that the passengers would be killed3 if the Governments did not carry out their demand that murderers, terrorists and accessories to terrorism, who had been apprehended and imprisoned for their crimes, should be freed. Self-defence against the attacks of the terrorist organizations, and the war against the terrorists within our own borders and abroad., in complex and unusual circumstances, have been part of our daily life for years. When the terrorist organizations found themselves unable to operate on our territory, they tried to attack us on foreign soil, in conditions which place inestimable difficulties in the way of protection, rescue and action. There are cases in which the terrorist organizations operate against us in countries where we enjoy the co-operation of the authorities. On the other hand, operational conditions are particularly difficult A/31/122 3/12123 English Annex ' Page 2 from our point of view in countries where we have no access "because of open hostility,, the absence of diplomatic re3.ations or even governmental co-operation with the Palestinian terrorist organizations. On more than one occasion9 we have found ourselves faced with appalling dilemmas, each alternative being more difficult than the other., with our dear ones held captive far away3 isolated and without any possibility of our aiding them or acting rapidly for their release. In the hijacking of the Air France plane to Entebbe3 all indications were that the President of Uganda co-operated with the terrorists , under a cloak of deception and false pretences. This was the situation on the eve of 1 July 1976: the expiry of the first ultimatum was drawing ever closer; the release of non-Israeli passengers blatantly exposed the sinister conspiracy against Israeli citizens. Political efforts bore no fruit. The sand in the hourglass was about to run out., leaving no possibility for an independent rescue effort. Under these conditions,, the Government of Israel unanimously decided to declare its readiness to release terrorists detained in Israeli prisons. Following the Cabinet's decision3 we informed the French Government, through which the negotiations with the terrorists were being conducted. In default of any other alternative we were even prepared to adopt this course to rescue our people. It was not a tactic to gain time and, had it been the only choice left, we would have stood by our decision as a last resort. During the entire period after the hijacking we sought ways to foil the terrorists' scheme by our own means. The Israel Defence Forces and the Intelligence Services did not lose any time in this respect. When the appropriate moment arrived, the plan was submitted for the Cabinet's consideration. The Cabinet approved the operation unanimously. This rescue operation is an achievement of great importance in the struggle against terrorism. It is Israel's contribution to humanity's struggle against international terror, but it should not be viewed as the final chapter. It will give us encouragement as we continue bur efforts, but the struggle is not oven new efforts, new methods and unremitting sophistication will be required. Terrorism will find us neither immobilized nor hidebound by routine. I know the Israel Defence Forces from within. I am well aware of its qualities and achievements. Nevertheless on this occasion I feel a personal need to express special thanks and appreciation to the Israel Defence Forces9 the Chief of Staff, the General Staff, the several arms and all those who participated in the rescue operation, for risking their lives in the fulfilment of their duty as Jews and human beings, and for being an example and a source of pride to us all. 28 May 1976 G. Kalinkin 354O 2269 PSCA — O59 (ADDRESSES LISTED ON THE ATTACHED SHEET) I HAVE THE H080UR TO TRaHSMIT HEREWITH THE TEXT OF RESOLlTTIOIiJ 39O (1976) ADOPTED BY THE SECURITY COUNCIL AT ITS 1923SD MEETING ON 28 HAY 1976. QUOTE ^ATTACHED TEXT/ U33QUOTE * HIGHEST COHSIDERATIOJSr. KIJB3? SECHETARY-GE13ERAL A. N. Shevchenko, Under-Secretary--General for Political and Security Council Affairs ONE ADDRESS PER TELEGRAM. PLEASE. HIS EXCELLENCY MR. YIGAL ALLON MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ISRAEL HAMISRAD JERUSALEM HIS EXCELLENCY MR. ABDUL HALIM KHADDAM MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DAMASCUS (SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC) .>' . ' * UNITED NAF/ONS SECURITY COUNCIL Benin, Guyana, Fakistjim, Panana, Romania and United jtepublic of r-£anzania: draft resolution if The Security Council, Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (S/12033 and Add.l), Having noted the efforts made to establish a durable and just peace in the Middle East area and the developments in the situation in the area, Expressing concern over the prevailing state of tension in the area, Decides: (a) To call upon the parties concerned to implement immediately Security Council resolution 338 (1973); (b) To renew the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Fores for another period of six months; (c) To request the Secretary-General to submit at the end of this period a report on the developments in the situation and the measures taken to implement Security Council resolution 333 (1973). ** 76-11049 \.OJL-A Meeting in Secretary-General's Office at 9.30 a.m. on Monday, 24 May 1976 Present: Secretary-General Ambassador Herzog Mr. Aphek Mr. Urquhart Ambassador Herzog gave the Secretary-General an oral answer to his initiative of early April- on the resumption of negotiations in the Middle East, and also handed him the written text. The Secretary-General mentioned the stories over the week- end about his trip to Damascus. He assured Ambassador Herzog that there was no intention of discussing any linkage. He was aware of the position of the Israeli Government. He would not be taking up matters of substance in Damascus. His only intention was to ensure that the mandate was prolonged. He wanted to avoid the possibility that any refusal by him to discuss the matter with President Assad would threaten the continuation of the mandate. After careful consideration, he had decided that he could not avoid going to Damascus. Ambassador Herzog said that too much time was spent in worrying about the Syrian attitude, which was only 50% of the problem. In any case, Syria had freely signed their commit- ment to UNDOF. The Secretary-General pointed out that the last clause of the UNDOF agreement stated that the UNDOF agreement was not a peace agreement but a step towards a negotiated agreement. He also observed that the Syrian^preoccupation stemmed from the fact that UNDOF was statibned'^n Syrian territory occupied by Israel. Note on meeting in Secretary-General's Office, 10 a.m., Friday, 21 May 1976 Present: Secretary-General Ambassador Herzog Mr. Aphek Mr. Urquhart The Secretary-General explained the wish of the Syrian Government to have a letter from him asking for the prolon- ' gation of UNDOF, and also for a brief visit by the Secretary- \General to Damascus. He made it clear that if he visited Damascus there would be no discussions of matters of substance \ 6*r~"bargaining over the continuation of UNDOF. He felt it was ' necessary to get a positive answer from the Syrians and, in the particular circumstances in which President Assad found himself i it might well be necessary for him to go to Damascus. ; Ambassador Herzog commented that any Egyptian advantage accruing from the present Security Council debate would make the problem of Syria and UNDOF worse. Israel wanted to avoid any political linkage between the continuation of UNDOF and other matter. He felt that the Secretary-General's visit to Damascus would be "pandering to childish behaviour" and was not in accor- dance with the Secretary-General's dignity. The Syrians wanted to renew UNDOF anyway and would agree without such a visit. He also was very dubious about a letter, which would imply some political linkage. IV) The Government of Israel is in broad agreement with the views of the Secretary General on the need to avoid a stalemate in the Middle East. This question was discussed thoroughly with Under Secretary General Guyer on his recent visit to Jerusalem, and the views of the Government of Israel concerning the procedural framework for the resumption of the work of the Conference were clearly defined on that occasion. These are that the Government favours the reconvening of the Geneva Peace Conference, with the original participants, in accordance with Resolutions 242 and 338 following the terms stated in the letters of the two Co-Chairmen of 18 December 1973 ( S/11161). May 21, 1976 ini • V ^P -i-ixv. ol The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations presents his compliments to His Excellency the Secretary General of the United Nations, and further to their meetings on 21 and 24 May 1976 and a telephone conversation on 21 May 1976 has the honour to reiterate for the record the following points: 1. The Government of Israel is agreeable to the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF forces in the Golan for a period of six months in accordance with the requirements of the Israel-Syria Disengagement of Forces Agreement of May 1974. 2. Such agreement is on the assumption that the Government of Syria will agree to carry out its obligations under the aforementioned Disengagement of Forces Agreement without any further conditions whatsoever. 3. The Government of Israel will not entertain the linking of an agreement to renew the UNDOF mandate to any political conditions. Its agreement to the renewal of the mandate assumes a simple renewal of the mandate in accordance with the aforementioned Disengagement of Forces Agreement, without any conditions whatsoever being linked to such renewal. -2- It is for this reason that the Government of Israel has expressed its reservations about the Secretary-General's proposed trip to Damascus without his having received in advance a clear and unequivocal undertaking on the part of the Government of Syria to honour its obligations under the Israel-Syria Disengagement of Forces Agreement of May 1974. The Government of Israel notes the Secretary-General's undertaking not to negotiate with the Government of Syria on its obligation to renew the UNDOF mandate, and not to negotiate any conditions which the Government of Syria might propose. The Government of Israel's views on Syrian attempts to indulge in political blackmail in violation of its international obligations entered into freely within the framework of the Israel Syria Disengagement Agreement have been made clear on numerous occasions. Ignoring these views at this stage could prejudice the propsects of the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF. -3- The Government of Israel sees no reason for an exchange of letters between the Secretary-General and the President of Syria in connection with the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF should such letters include conditions of an irrelevant nature which may be interpreted as being linked to the decision to renew the mandate whether on the part of the Syrian Government or of the .Security Council. In short, the Government of Israel is of the opinion that agreement to the renewal of the mandate of UNDOF is an obligation on the part of the parties, signatories to the Israel Syria Disengagement of Forces Agreement, which can and should be honoured by them in furtherance of their international committments without the introduction of irrelevant elements . The Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations avails himself of this opportunity to renew to the Secretary-General of the United Nations the assurances of his highest consideration. New York 24 May 1976 Servl -te ; OS. ter*e\X P UNITED NATIONS NATIONS UNIES I. NY. 1OO1T In the brief statement which I made at the conclusion of the Security Council debate on the Middle East in January 1976, I stressed the absolute necessity of actively pursuing the goal of a peaceful settlement in the Middle East, however great, or even insurmountable, the obstacles to such a settlement might now appear. In this connexion I stated that I intended to remain in close contact with the parties directly concerned and with the Co-chairmen of the Peace conference. It was with this aim in mind that I asked Under- Secretary-General Guyer to proceed to the Middle East and to make contact with all those concerned. Mr. Guyer has now returned to Headquarters after extensive talks in the area, mostly centering on possible ways of resuming the negotiating process, with these talks in mind, I o shall be pursuing this matter in the coming weeks with all the parties concerned. -"Initially at least, it would *},. 11 seem most appropriate to do this through their Representatives here at United Nations Headquarters. I loqk forward to the co-operation of all those concerned in a matter which is of vital importance not only for the Middle East region but also for world peace. UNITED NATIONS |^| NATIONS UNIES - 2 - In this connexion I wish to express once again my concern that we find ways of avoiding a stalemate or a complete breakdown of the effort to negotiate an overall settlement of the Middle East problem. I am fully aware of the difficulties which all of the parties face in trying to find a way forward out of the present impasse. Among these are the conditions upon which the Peace Conference on the Middle East, which is one possible approach to the reactivation of the negotiating process, might be reconvened. On the other hand, the dangers of failure to resume the negotiating process are very great. Therefore, perhaps a more informal approach, such as was discussed by Mr. Guyer during his mission, might be considered. I would appreciate your views in this regard in order to enable me to decide what assistance I could afford to the parties concerned in finding a practical solution. Specifically, I would appreciate having any ideas you may have of a procedural or substantive nature with respect to actions to be taken by the United Nations. I am confident that I shall have' the co-operation of all concerned in putting forward constructive ideas for * V " solving the problems which face us. , 1 April 1976 ' PERMANENT 8OO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-550O May 4, 1976 Excellenc/, On instructions of my Government and with regard to the Note Verbale of the Syrian Arab Republic of 25 February 1976, referred to in Document A/31/57 of 2 March 1976, I beg to draw your attention to the following: While there is no obligation under international law requiring Israel to permit the travel of residents of the Golan Heights into Syria in order to study in Syrian universities, the Israeli authorities have nevertheless in the past permitted the travel of such per- sons to Syria, and are prepared to consider any applica- tion by residents of the Golan Heights to leave the area in order to study at Syrian universities. I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly. Please accept. Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration. Chaim Herzc Ambassador Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations H.E. Mr. Kurt Waldheim Secretary-General United Nations C.C 0 I? Vt PERMANENT 8OO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-55OO Ktt i March 29, 1976 Excellency, At the 1897th meeting of the Security Council the representative of Libya stated: "This racist entity in the Middle East must be destroyed and it will be destroyed one day". (S/PV 1897, p.92) The Security Council is the U.N. organ entrusted with "the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security", and the elections of its non-permanent members are guided by the provisions of Article 23 of the U.N. Charter as follows: "The General Assembly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nations to be non-permanent Members of the Security Council, due regard being specially paid, in the first instance to the contribution of Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security and to the other purposes of the Organization". I wish to record the Government of Israel's most emphatic protest against this call for the destruction of a member State, which was made by a member of the Security Council, at a public meeting of the Security Council, in flagrant violation of the U.N. Charter. H.E. Mr. KurtWaldheim Secretary-General of the U.N. United Nations New York, N.Y. 10017 (Page 1 of 2 pages) ".•-T-X .-s* T " -2- The fact that such a statement could be made by a member of the Security Council, whose Government according to the official spokesmen of Egypt and Tunisia sends assassins to kill the leaders of neighboring countries/ only serves to emphasize the serious decline in the moral standing of this important organ oftheU.N. I have the honour to request that this letter be circulated as an official document of the General Assembly and of the Security Council. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Israel to the U.N. ROUTING SLIP FICHE DE TRANSMISSION The Secretary-General Gleissner $ Room No.— No de bureau Extension — Poste Dati j\ 23»?6 -sS 1 FOR ACTION POUR SUITE A DONNER 1 FOR APPROVAL POUR APPROBATION -ti la FOR SIGNATURE POUR SIGNATURE | FOR COMMENTS POUR OBSERVATIONS' | MAY WE DISCUSS? POURRIONS-NOUS EN PARLER ? | YOUR ATTENTION VOTRE ATTENTION 1 AS DISCUSSED COMME CONVENU ^ AS REQUESTED SUITE A VOTRE DEMANDS | NOTE AND RETURN NOTER ET RETOURNER '•£ FOR INFORMATION , X POUR INFORMATION PERMANENT 8OO SECOND AVENUE REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL NEW YORK. N. Y. 1OO17 TO THE UNITED NATIONS OXFORD 7-SSOO March 22, 1976 Excellency, In my statement before the Security Council on March 22, 1976, I referred to the resolutions of the Third Plenary Meeting of the Jerusalem Committee, established by Mayor Kollek seven years ago, which includes seventy outstanding international personalities. This Committee serves as a world advisory council on matters pertaining to the restoration and beautification of the City* In view of the relevance of its work to the matter under dis- cussion in the Security Council, I have the honour to request that the resolutions of its Third Plenary Meeting, which I am enclosing, be circulated as a document of the Security Council. Chaim Herzog/ Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations His Excellency Ambassador Thomas S. Boya President Security Council United Nations New York, N.Y. RESOLUTIONS THE JERUSALEM COMMITTEE Third Plenary Meeting December 1975 More than two years have .passed since the last meeting of the Jerusalem Committee, a period of crucial events- in this ancient city, this region and throughout the world. The Committee was satisfied to discover that the delicate fabric of intercommunal relations has largely withstood the challenges of the October War and its aftermath. Indeed the Committee was deeply impressed with evidence of a spirited quality of life clearly related to the mobility and interchange provided by a united city and also due to marked improvement in the physical environment with new and better housing and a growing system of parks and recreational and cultural facilities. The Committee believes that this has been achieved by the implementation, in letter and spirit, of that universal brotherhood which was discussed by the Committee at its Second Plenary Meeting. In a world of distressing frictions and intolerance, Jerusalem observes and encourages religious and communal freedoms full access to its Holy Places and shrines of worship, a deep respect for the cultural and historical heritage of all its citizenss and beyond that, for all mankind. Attempts to break the peace through acts of terror or civil disturbance that have recently occurred or may recur should not deflect or deter the responsible guardians of this universal city from the continued policy and practice of ever-increasing intercommunal cooperation. The Committee acknowledges the energy,-imagination and sensitivity . which Mayor Kollek and his colleagues are applyin.- !,*&!/g to the problems as well as the opportunities to be found in the now unified city. Especially is it impressed by the dedication, objectivity and sophistication being brought to bear on the excavation and restoration of the relics and the rich past of the city, carried out with due respect for the integrity of all the existing holy and historical places. Recognizing their unique and heavy responsibility, a Resolutions The Jerusalem Committee Third Plenary Meeting - December 1975 Page 2 group of highly qualified archaeologists is uncovering heretofore unsuspected and important physical aspects of all of the great cultures and faiths - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam - to which Jerusalem has been home for -thousands-of-years. It is already evident that when -these projects are .completed, investigation, excavation and restoration will have become -revelation and historical clarification. The commitment of the Government - and the skill of its archaeologists have put the civilized world in their debt. Having once again visited Jerusalem and recalling its earlier recommendations for physical planning and development, the Committee notes with gratification that much has been accomplished in implementing its proposals. We are happy to note a sense of orderly growth and stability mindful of change. • 'The Committee is pleased with the fact that a clear and definitive delineation of the boundaries of the City has been made. It is pleased with the establishment of the two significant green belts* i. e., the inner green belt surrounding the walled Old Gity and the outer green belt along the boundaries of the entire municipality. The Committee acknowledges that the City has made a strong effort to adjust its physical development to the actual rate of growth of population at the present time. The Committee notes with satisfaction that the extensive superhighway "system proposed in an earlier version of the"City's master plan has been withdrawn with the exception of one major arterial road from north to south. Since the City is embarking on a significant program of development and redevelopment of its business areas, the Committee expresses its concern about the proper re-use and preservation of existing buildings and sections that continue to be of value and utility. We feel that at. this juncture it -^feg- would be desirable and advantageous to develop comprehensive area-wide plans for the central business district and for other business districts that the City may wish to promote. ;; The Committee is pleased to note that the municipality has made a strong effort towards a more decisive control of the height of buildings Resolutions The Jerusalem Committee Third Plenary Meeting - December 1975 Page 3 and that in fact it has succeeded in persuading developers who already possessed building permits to discontinue their plans for high-rise construction. We highly recommend that concrete efforts be made to limit further construction to the height of a maximum of eight stories and it is satisfying to observe that where taller buildings are already constructed or are under constructions a careful counter-balance is provided in terms of corresponding low-rise construction and open space. The Committee notes with satisfaction that strong efforts have been undertaken for the purpose of historic preservation with the registration of 1100 buildings for special protection and preservation along with the general attempt to maintain and revitalize streets and si.tes of historic value as well as .entire neighborhoods of that nature. The Committee recommends that greater efforts be made in the direction of tout ensemble (i.e. complete planning unit) planning. The Committee supports the municipality's continued efforts toward social planning. These consist, among other things, of protective measures in neighborhoods and local communities for the advancement of "the mosaic approach." The role of neighborhood committees in cooperation with the municipality in the promotion of diversity of local community life as well as the creation of such physical developments as local playgrounds, small parks9 small green places, schools, libraries, and other community facilities should be strengthened. The Committee recommends that citizen participation in planning and development be further enhanced by considering at an appropriate time the adoption of a more formal status for existing neighborhood committees which * may further contribute to-the achievement of even smaller scale diversity and self-fulfillment on the part of the residents. The Committee is impressed by the extraordinary and careful efforts of the municipality in bringing the walled Old City to its former charm and splendor. The Committee notes the substantial progress in rebuilding the Jewish Quarter of the Old City, with respect both for tradition and contemporary requirements, wherein architectural imperfections appear to be subordinated to the overall quality. Resolutions The Jerusalem Committee Third Plenary Meeting - December 1975 Page 4 -: Equally impressive is the outstanding achievement of the Jerusalem Moslem Council (Uaqf) in restoration of the Moslem Holy Places and especially the reconstruction of the El Aqsa Mosques which is being carried forward with consummate care, skill, and craftsmanship. Outstanding is the initative,imagination and planning which is leading to the creation of an "archaeological garden" adjacent to the South Wall of the Temple Mount which is being carried out with the. utmost care and skill. Another important contribution to the life and resources of the community is the tastefully designed Armenian Seminary which was most recently completed, thus adding a new dimension to Christian activity within the City. In reviewing the full range of planning arid development activity in Jerusalem, the Committee is disturbed by the prolonged absence of both a Chief Planner and City Engineer. While recognizing that final responsibility for municipal planning decisions must appropriately lie in the hands of those concerned with the totality of facets involved, namely the Jerusalem administrative authority, the Committee stresses the immense importance of the aesthetic and technical contribution of a Chief City Planner, without • whom the planning process can be seriously impaired. In view of the'current difficulties encountered in filling this post9 the Jerusalem Committee under- takes to assist in finding suitable candidates. The.Committee strongly recommends that the planning be formally supported by an extension of existing tools; these include a working physical model to facilitate solving complicated problems of three-dimensional urban design, technical measures for dealing with invisible interactions such as travel and environmental pollution and extended records for keeping track of ' the social and physical changes within the City. We are especially pleased by the aggressive program of placing contemporary works of art throughout the City. We earnestly encourage the continuation of this program including the commissioning of original works of art where possible. The Committee senses the need for creating .a plan document primarily concerned with the entire planning process and guidelines for future action thus providing for a continuous process of planning responsible to experience and change rather than producing a rigid stationary plan. It is likely Resolutions The Jerusalem Committee Third Plenary Meeting - December 1975 Page 5 . . . that through a wide dissemination of such a document, a more equal distribution of development can be achieved throughout the community. The Committee recommends that the Jerusalem Municipality jointly with the.Jerusalem Committee undertake a strong effort toward a wide dissemination of information on the physical as well as educational, scientific, and cultural achievements in Jerusalem and that furthermore the municipality take advantage of the offer of the members of the Jerusalem Committee to be helpful even when the Committee is not in session. The Committee further recommends that a consolidated effort be undertaken between itself and the 'Jerusalem Foundation. It further suggests that the Mayor consider convening the Tov/n Planning Subcommittee with a somewhat greater frequency so that it can be of greater assistance. The Committee would like to acknowledge the successful efforts made in the field of education. Everywhere we observed the building of new schools, appropriately located, serving all ethnic and religious groups. Especially does the Committee applaud the action within the educational system of'Jerusalems permitting schools, Christian and Moslem alike, to allow their students to choose a curriculum that gives them the opportunity of, choice to continue their education.in'Israeli universities-as well as universities in Arab countries. The Committee finds it necessary to express its conviction that Jerusalem is and should remain a united City, humane and universal. In the views of the Committee, those at present responsible for administering the City have proved themselves conscious of the trust to serve the best interests not only of its inhabitants but of all mankind. Finally, the Committee calls uponjthe peoples of the world and on .;*.'/ :>^'S'-'~^&^£, all international organizations to recogriize'their responsibility to assist .'..•pf/,^JS._a;?i;- those engaged in planning and executing the restoration and development of this universal City, Jerusalem, by intensifying their interest and concern and providing support for this important work. /se nu \;cnuoAi_uvi Cufviivii 1 ! tt Third Plenary Meeting 16- 19 December Jerusalem. Israel PARTICIPANTS NAME TITLE COUNTRY Mr. Manuel Aguilar Publisher Madrid, Spain Prof. Jaap Bakema _ Architect _ Rotterdam, Holland Prof. Hellmut Becker Director. Max-Planck-lnstitute Berlin, Germany Prof. Max Bill Architect. Sculptor, Painter, Writer Zurich, Switzerland Mr. Etienne Boegner Civic Leader New York, New York Rev. W.G.M. Brandful General Secretary, Christian Council of Ghana Accra, Ghana Justice Haim Cohn Israel Supreme Court Justice Jerusalem, Israel Prof. Jaques Courvoisier Professor of Ecclesiastical History Geneva Switzerland ' Prof. Mario Cravo/Jr. Sculptor, Art Historian Salvador, Bahia, Brazil The Hon. Sixto A. Duran-Ballen Mayor Quito, Ecuador Prof. Leon A. Feldmgn Historian New York, New York •Prof. Luigi Gedda Director, Institute di Genetica Medica Rome, Italy •Prof. Charles M. Haar Chmn., Joint Center for Urban Cambridge, Mass.' Studies, Harvard and M.l.T. Mr. Lawrence Halprin Architect, Town Planner San Francisco, California Prof. Britton Harris Architect '. Philadelphia, Pa. Mr. Karl Katz Museum Director New York, New York . Mr. Denys Lasdun Architect • . London, England Prof. Saul Lieberman Rector, Jewish Theological Seminary New York, New York H.E. Dr. Enrique De Marchena D. Statesman, Diplomat Santo Domingo, Dominic; Republic Mr. Harry Mayerovitch Architect Montreal, Canada Prof. Benjamin Mazar Archeologist, Educator Jerusalem, Israel Mr. Samuel R. Mozes Architect • New York, New York Dr. Franklin D. Murphy Chmn., Los Angeles Times Mirror Co. Beverly Hills, California ; Prof. Jacques Nantet Writer • _A Paris, France A y "-, Prof. Andre Nehcr Rabbi, Educator t Jerusalem, Israel Dr. Ursula Niebuhr Theologian Stockbridge, Mass. Rev. Dr. Roger Ortmayer Educator Orlando, Florida Dr. Paul Peters - Architect, Editor Baumeister Munich, Germany Prof. Luigi Piccinato Architect, Town Planner Rome, Italy Mrs. Monica Pidgeon Editor, Journal of the Royal London, England Institute of British Architects Mrs. Diana' Rowntree Architect, Journalist Hexham, England Dr. Willem Sandberg Museum Director, Humanist Amsterdam, Holland Mr. Arieh Sharon Architect, Town Planner Tel Aviv, Israel Prof. Goran Sidenbladh Architect, Town Planner Stockholm, Sweden Sir George Weidenfeld Publisher London, England Prof. Zwi Werblowsky Professor of Religion Jerusalem, Israel Prof. Bruno Zevi Architect Rome, Italy GUEST PARTICIPANTS Lord Bernstein Chmn., Granada Group Ltd. London, England Jtfr.'Paui Bevan Architect London, England- Mr. Kenneth Bialkin Attorney New York, New York Mrs. Jean Floud Principal; Ne'wnham Ccilege Cambridge, England Prof. Suzanne Keller Sociologist Princeton, New Jersey Prof. Bernard Lewis Professor, Islamic and Middle East Affairs Princeton, New Jersey " - " | Prof. Paolo Paris? Professor of Genetics • .. Rome, itsly ' ^£-(A€x^x^ c. f <"'-££>-> The Secretary-general, Ambassador Herzog in his speech at the World Affairs Council in los Angeles stated today J "The Syrians, as part of their overall design, are gradually taking over complete control of the PLO. ASodqa, the Syrian action of the PLO, has grown during the Lebanese civil war from 3,000 to 8,OCO men, .inti is threatening the prinacy of Al Fatah, Yassir Arafat's group. The leader of Saiqa, Zuheir Muhsein, is reputed to be the candidate of the Syrians and the Russians to replace Yassir Arafat, who is considered by them to be weak and ineffective." 2 March 1976 R. Stajduhar ("I f- EPA500 0138 EPA500 WAV EAS UU WDD RSE EWA 0138: MIDEAST - 2ND LEAD COUNCIL 2 UNITED NATIONS: ISRAEL BOYCOTTED THE DEBATE; IN PROTEST AGAINST THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO SEAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANISATION': THE COUNCIL BEGAN THE DEBATE TWO WEEKS AGO, AT THE INITIATIVE OF SYRIA,' WHICH MADE A FULL-SCALE REVIEW OF THE MIDDLE EAST QUESTION A CONDITION OF ITS ASSENT TO A SIX-MONTH EXTENSION OF THE MANDATE OF THE U^' PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN THE GOLAN HEIGHTS.' AFTER THE VOTE, ISRAELI_&MBASSADOR CHAIM HERZOG APPLAUDED THE AMERICAN STAND.' HE CALLED IT "AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS STABILITY IN THE MIDDLE EAST AHD TO THE PROMOTION OF THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATION AND OF PEACE-MAKING EFFORTS.*" HE ADDED IH A STATEMENT IT WAS DEPLORABLE THAT STATES FRIENDLY TO ISRAEL CONFIRMED A RESOLUTION THAT IN EFFECT TRIED TO ELIMINATE THE COUNCIL'S RESOLUTION 242, OF 1967, "AND TO DESTROY THE EXISTING PEACE MECHANISM IN THE MIDDLE EASTi!" (PICKUP AS REQUIRED) REUTER DJC/TKB CONFIDENTIAL Meeting between the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Israel on Friday. 16 January 1976 Present: Ambassador Herzog Mr. David Aphek Secretary-General Roberto E, Guyer The Secretary-General started the meeting expressing his desire to make a review of the current Security Council debate with Ambassador Herzog. He gave a synthesis of how the debate was going, the type of resolutions that were envisaged and whether there would be one or two resolutions. "The question of whether the resolutions could eventually be vetoed was also mentioned. He then drew the Israeli Ambassador's attention to the fact that this was, in reality, a debate on the Palestine question. Finally, he referred to his meeting of January 15 with the PLO, summarizing their position. Ee stressed that, while they were not actually saying it explicitly, the PLO was clearly implying the recognition of the existence of Israel. Ambassador Herzog thanked the Secretary-General and said that, according to his information, when Arafat went to Moscow Gromyko concretely requested him to recognize Israel, Arafat had said that it was not possible because he would have great problems within his own movement. That his position was too weak and that Syria would want to replace him. Herzog then said that the whole policy of the PLO continued to be the destruction of Israel, In that sense, he referred various times to the Covenant of the PLO and other documents which were circulated by Israel in the Security Council session of January 15. According to Herzog, the whole debate was a Syrian move and the only possible venue for Israel was Geneva. Therefore, their position was that no resolution should be approved by A.. - 2 - the Security Council and that the President should merely make a statement at the end of the debate, recommending the return to Geneva. The Secretary-General mentioned that he saw difficulties in that procedure; he did not think the Security Council members would agree to this idea. The Secretary-General then stressed the necessity that everyone should try to reach some sort of an agreement. The PLO was also worried about this as they themselves needed some sort of a positive result in order to avoid a negative reaction in their constituency. Herzoq replied that they were aware of this and that it should not be forgotten that there would be elections next March and April in the West Bank. Already last time the PLO had been against those elections and so were now. These elections would prove that the West Bank did not agree with the PLO. The Secretary-General said that one should not forget what had happened in Nazareth a short time ago, when an opposition candidate had won 7O% of the vote. Herzog affirmed that this was correct end that they were willing to run the risk, but it would be a great demonstration of what was the actual following of the PLO. This latter question was very important to Israel. The meeting lasted from 9.15 a.m. to 10 o'clock.