FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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'Ami on Agreement
TA181649Y Jerusalem Domestic Service in Hebrew .1105 GMT 18 Sep 78 TA
[From the Midday Newsreel]
[Text] Let us begin with the evaluation of someone who was the minister of transport
and communications until the beginning of the week; i4e~ir 'Amit; who is today one ofthe leaders of the SHAY movement. [begin recording]
[Question] Mr oAnit,let us open with a personal .question. .In fact, less than an hourago you took leave of the staffof the ministries over which-you were in charge, withyour resignation having come, among other things, against the background of what wasthappe on the political plane. In view of last night's events, do you regret thisstep you took?
[Answer] l do not regret it but there is not doubt that today I had mixed feelings atthe farewell party. I said tony friends at work that I would have had mixed feelings inany event, how' uch more so after the signing of the framework agreement. Here there isno question of regret; when you enter the road of politics. of.statesmanship, forces workon you over which you have no con.rol. To get down to basics, there is no doubt that Iregret the fact that I am leaving the Ministry of Transport at the beginning of a processwhich ideveloped, which I began;. many beginnings, .many hopes,. the same goes for the. Ministryof Communcations, maybe even more They are standing at the threshold of a new era andI have musings, of course, about this., but, as I said, when you begin to be a politician,in .quotes--I am a very"smaJ politician--you run along a track and thats the situation,
(Question] Do you not also regret the fact that you are resigning at the beginning of thepeace process?
[Answer] I said, I mentioned that.,,
[Question] You said- the process in the ministry..-
[Answer No, I said how much ore, in view of what happened this morning. By the way, Ibelieve, I do not know details, only what I hQr oyer. the commiunications media, I believethat there has been a real breakthrough here, that is, that it. is not a.technical, matterbut'a substantive one I thirk that the hard decision was made by As-Sadat consideringthe fact that. he will- have to stand up against the .Arab wor.d. I estimate. that Saudi Arabiahas stood at his side, .othera se he would not have -done it or,at least,- only tacitly--and I estimate that Saudi A rbia .supported him in view of. what is occurring in Iran--buthewill have a.nroblm in the Arab world, a much more difficult problem than that Beginwill have with all kins of dmestic rebels' because; in the final analysis, and I havealways said this, if aryone can taea concession here, it is Begin; if anyone has strength, -domestic and poltca strengmc oa the national level to do this, it is Begin and I amvery happy, I very mch admire--his orning I. Sent a cable to the prime minister, a cableof adf.iration andhope because of what has happened, admiration for what has happened andhope for .what still should haBnen_ and today I am' hapty Justd'rias
If I may add to this -- am h Y just as is every good Jewish citizen,Ip s not something static, 'it is dynamic.. :It will be .possible toacsiepeit if an at.osphr= -s created, if cooperation is created arid-both the. Ministry.ofTransport and the Ministry of Comunications have a k y rpleinthis process, Ye il--we,.I say--but you, in the Ministr of Transport and the iistry ofComimniocations, will bethe spearhead, the arrowhead o this process . t i y C c o l