FBIS Coverage of the Middle East Peace Talks- 1978 September

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V. 26 Sep 78 N 5 ISRAEL
(Begin] Of course I will continue. What else; I should stop? I repeat what I said,
the organization of murderers called PLO is not an element in the negotiations, nor
will it be and we heard from the President of the United States the correct comparison
between it and the Nazis' organization, because this is an organization which not only
adheres, as it were, to sacrificing the State of Israel--it will never gain this--but
it has made the civilian population the sole target of its attacks. In the end revenge
will be taken against it and even now a vendetta is going on between its sections and
you know very well what has happened recently in Beirut. Learn a lesson from this and
take care, gentlemen. You too, one of these days, may be the victims of this organi-
zation.
[Heckling about PLO agreement.to the establishment of a Palestinian state in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip]
I nust--NK Wilner--[heckling, arguments]
[Knesset Chairman] Members of Knesset, I request that you abstain from arguments on the
Knerset benches.
[Begin] MK Abramovitch, if [words indistinct] it is because of your neighborhood....
[Beginl A question is always permissible, but in a quieter voice, so that I can hear.
[MK Moshe Shahal] I ask the prime minister to explain what was quoted today, in your
name, in INEWSWEEK, about your willingness to meet and sit down with PLO members if
they are elected by the public,.
[Begin] No such thing. I was asked a question, if someone from among the PLO
supporters is elected, what would our attitude be to that person if he were elected
to the administrative council and I said, if he is elected, he is elected, and then
we will tell him, if you behave correctly, then you will sit on this committee, but
do not even imagine harming anyone in Israel and causing a breach of the peace. ,That
was my reply and I stand by it.
[Violent heckling] That was my reply and I stand by it and if you have another reply,
give it from the Knesset podium, [violent heckling]
[Knesset chairman] Members of the Knesset, members of the Knesset, I request that you
cease the arguments and discussions among yourselves.
[Begin] I must explain other problems. The first is that of Jerusalem. One day it
was suggested to us at the Camp David conference that the flag of an Arab country fly
over the temple mount. We refused, we argued, and the flag was taken down before it ,
was raised. On the last day of the conference we were presented with a draft letter
which was due to be sent tome and to President as-Sadat regarding the status of
Jerusalem, We told the U.S. delegation that if that letter remained valid and was
sent to us, we would not sign any agreements, so that letter was cancelled. In its
place, another letter was sent to us and I replied to it as was required. Mr
President, I am honored to imform you that, on 28 June 1967, the Israeli House of
Representatives [Bet Hanivharim] passed a law, as follows: The government is authorized
by law to impose law, judgement and the administration of the state in every area of
Eretz Yisra'el, as is determined by the law. On the basis of. this law, the Cabinet of
Israel issued an order, in July 1967, according to which Jerusalem is one city, can no
longer be divided, is the capital of Israel. [.heckling] Those letters, Mr Shamir,
those letters--Mr Shamir--after all, you are a proud Jew and I want to say to you that
President Carter wrote a letter to Mr as-Sadat, and President as-Sadat wrote a letter
to Mr Carter, and what I wrote in the name of the State of Israel is what will stand.
Jerusalem, the eternal capital of Israel, is indivisible for all the generations and
for ever and ever. Did you understand that Hebrew? As a poet? [heckling]