_ By NORMAN FREED os in the Middle East the un S unabated. If anything, the pe €clared war is menacing ace and security of Israel, Make fe countries and world , Unless a political settle- Ment j 5 F enichieved very soon there tio 2 fe full-scale war, with all People € Consequences to the World of this region and to the ppu,duestions, above all, are ale Ost in the minds of peo- i dle” ae concerned with the bee ae conflict. One. Is tlem ag Who prevents the Cement Of a political set- | tin, weards to the first ques- N. © are all aware of the tion, ~eCUrity Council resolu- Novemmanimously adopted on tion ener, 22, 1967. This resolu- Position passes a rounded-out realistic which could serve as a | Settleme basis for a_ political or Lat The resolution. calls ecupied 1 withdrawal from the ing lands; it calls for the en an the state of belliger- reel by ¢ the recognition of Is- for he Arab states; it calls € right of access to the Commerce; j Sout erce; it calls for a Problem. of the Arab refugee Si ed ote resolution was pass- Ady, oa Proposals have been of imp involving the phases tion ammentation of the resolu- ticular = SOviet Union, in par- » has advanced positive : indicating how the en, a settlement could be- Could ‘a Step by step phases the end &greed upon, leading in the int to a full settlement in the et of the security of all The ecole in the Middle East. ind outity Council resolution Provide Subsequent proposals Advance the only basis, so far Ment a for a political settle- a the Middle East conflict. tion: Stal to the second ques- ) Ment ie prevents the achieve- Qn the &@ political settlement? sme basis of an objective as- dence Nt of the available evi- Conchise Cannot but reach the Struct On that the main ob- ism ang. comes from imperial- Ket th Zionism. We must re- n € theory that hostility be- cha; Be cele is an inherent live, i Tistic. Arabs and Jews Century; 8ether in peace for many flict a The Jewish-Arab con- Prody, a €nmity is in the main a of imperialism and Zion- Ret SUtsig Edi ve danger of a new edi-- asis for a political set- € tional 2S for Israeli interna~ “1948 when the tions,” coupled with the condi- Bik : t the ’ fom th of Amman, Jordan. More than 10,000 people who were driven eir homes by Israeli troops live in this huge tent city. "gees lining up for food a | TT aT ism. This is not to deny that reactionary forces in the Arab world contribute to the fanning of the flames of conflict and enmity. The Arab people are engaged in an anti-imperialist, national liberation struggle. With con- siderable unevenness and often through contradictory processes they are striving to advance on the road of social liberation. The forces which are continuing to prevent a political settlement of the conflict are in fact impeding the national and social liberation movements. The reactionary forces in the Arab world demo- gogically utilize the conflict to hinder the carrying through of the democratic and socio-econo- mic measures which began fol- lowing the achievement of poli- tical independence. The reactionary forces hide their aims behind slogans of “unity.” They exploit the legi- timate struggles of the Pales- tinian-Arab people for self-deter- mination for their own purpos- es. They are the main source of chauvinism and enmity coming from some Arab countries. It is not surprising that the policies of imperialism, Zionism and the reactionary Arab forces coin- - cide. The Arab people advance three main charges against the government of Israel. 1. The Israeli government is expropriating their land. 2. It is collaborating with imperialism in the region. 3. It is out for. ter- ritorial expansion. They have the evidence to substantiate these charges. In state of Israel was created, it left a huge Arab refugee problem and marked the beginning of the struggle for national self-determination of the Palestinian Arabs. In 1956 Israel cooperated with France and Britain in a war against the United Arab Republic—collabo- rating with imperialism. In 1967 Israel waged a war for territo- rial expansion, under the slogan of ‘“defense—no new territory.” Events since then have left no doubt that territorial expansion was the aim. It is rather ludicrous for the Israeli government to insist on what it calls “direct nagotia- tions. The Israeli spokesmen are fully aware that the Arab gov- ernments involved cannot and will not enter into “direct nego- tiations” as vanquished with victors. It is also obvious that the proposal for “direct negotia- “Wadi Delail” camp 20 miles Full scale war threat ‘in Mid-East crisis tions, ‘no outside interference” and ‘no imposed peace” is ad- vanced by the Israeli govern- ment, in fact, in opposition to the U.N. resolution. And since they are aware that their pro- posals are unacceptable they are actually preventing a political settlement. A political settlement is as vital to the Arab people as it is to the people of Israel. No peo- ple can live and prosper under conditions of almost perpetual declared and undeclared war. The people of Israel, as the peo- ple in the Arab countries, have a right to existence in peace and security. The peace and security of Israel can be attained through a policy of co-existence with the Arab neighbors and not through a policy of chauvinism and mili- tary power. It is only those who are blind to the lessons of his- tory that fail to realize that peace and security can only be achieved through a political set- tlement and not through war, irrespective of which side is vic- torious in one or another war. The policy pursued by the government of Israel has prought it in confrontation with the whole Arab world. This is dis- turbing and alarming not only to many people throughout the world but to some _ influencial Israeli personalities and group- ings. Immediate withdrawal, from occupied lands is demand- ed by such well-known figures as Jerusalem’s university pro- fessor, Eshayahu Leibovitch; writer Mordehai Avi-Shaul, journalist Natan Elin-Mur and former minister Pincas Lavon. The Communist Party of Israel led by Meir Vilner and Trafiq Taubi is leading a courageous struggle for a political settle- ment. Many Israeli people re- ject Moshe Dayan’s divine pro- phesy.” “As long as Jews live here there will be war- between us and the Arabs.”. Sooner or ‘later the Israeli people will re- alize that their government leaders, who embrace Zionism and pursue Zionist policies, bear the main responsibility for the failure to achieve a political set- tlement and furthermore, their policies are contrary to the na- tional interests of Israel. The national interests of any people cannot be defended with the poisonous weapons of chauvi- nism and _ military conquest. This is the very essense of Zion- ism, as it is of imperialism and reaction. People who are concerned about the security and future of Israel, the security and future of the Arab people and the peace of the world, cannot but come to the conclusion that the poli- cies pursued by the government of Israel, which concide with the policies of U.S. and West German imperialism, to safe- guard its plundering of the “black gold,”—oil can only lead to disaster. These policies have to be- abandoned and in their place policies have to be evolved which are based on peaceful co- existence between the people and states in the Middle East. The U.N. Security Council reso- lution, with the full support and participation of the U.S.S.R. and U.S.A. could bring about a poli- tical settlement and begin the process of creating a new rela- tionship among all the people in the Middle East. More than 5,000 people lived at the “Doumma” refugee camp, Foose about 15 miles outside the Syrian capital of Damascus. Most are pea- sant families from the Kuneitra region on the Syrian-!sraeli border now occupied by Israeli troops. These people were expelled from’ their homes in June 1967 with only the clothes they wore. New USSR-DVR pact New agreements were signed in Moscow between the Soviet Union and the Democratic Re- public of Vietnam dealing with free assistance to the DRV and also new credits. The official communique says: “The agreements stipulate the delivery to the Democratic Re- public of Vietnam from Soviet Union in 1970 of large quantities of food, oil products, transport facilities, complete sets of equip- ment, ferrous and non-ferrous metals, chemical fertilizers, ma- teriel, ammunition and other goods and materials essential for building up the defense po- tential and developing the na- tional economy of the DRV.” Premier Pham Van Dong, leader of the DRV delegation, told reporters: “We are prepared to step up the struggle in every military, political and diplomatic sector in order to accomplish the cherished aspirations of our people in liberating South Viet- nam, defending North Vietnam, and securing the peaceful reuni- fication of our country. Our struggle is a just one as it is being waged in the name of the interests of our people and we will fulfil the behests of the late President Ho Chi Minh. This is our sacred duty. “As the upshot of the talks we signed agreements on Sovict economic and military assistance to the DRV which will contri- bute to the building of socialism in North Vietnam. Once again reflected in the joint communi- que were the sympathies and valuable and sincere ‘help and support which the Soviet Union extends to us in the spirit of proletarian internationalism “T would like to convey to the _ great Soviet people, to our friends and comrades, the sin- cerest and warmest greetings and feelings of deep gratitude from their brothers in Vietnam.” USSR steps up auto output By BERT WHYTE The Soviet Union’s automobile industry, which ranks third in the world in production of trucks and eighth in overall out- put of automobiles, is planning greatly expanded production in the next few years. _ After the Second World War manufacture of trucks was given priority. This. holds true even today because of the growing importance of motor transport.: The Byelorussian plant now turns out 75 ton tiptrucks and bigger vehicles are on the draw- ing boards. : The new Togliatti plant, now under construction, will pro- duce 660,000 passenger cars an- nually. The Zaprozhy plant in the Ukraine turns out baby cars and the Moskvich economy cars roll off the assembly lines at the Lenin Komsomol plant in Mos- cow. The new medium-sized Volga is produced by the Gorky plant. Designers are paying great attention to hovercraft and elec- tric cars, which may come into mass production within the next decade. sputnik SPECIAL OFFER Good Only Till Oct. 30, 1969 (] SPUTNIK (English, French). New- monthly picket-size di- gest. of the best articles, photo-stories, etc., from the Soviet press. $5.00 per year. 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