European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Ira c. Eaker saturday november 24, 1973 \ the stars and stripes Page 13 Russia was big Winner in Mideast the cease fire Between arabs and jews although still tenuous represents the Best Prospect for peace in that Trou bled area in 25 years. If it continues it will be the re sult of the yom kippur War the Only possible plus from that bloody but indecisive conflict. It will also be a vindication of the Nixon policy As ably con trived and manipulated by Rov ing Secretary of state Kissinger. But if the present cease fire is to eventuate in a stable Lon term peace both arabs and israelis must make major changes in their past policies. And their two principal sponsors the user and the ., must realize it is in their interests that this age old conflict be superseded by reason Able negotiation. Any valid assessment of this fourth War Between the arabs and israelis will find but one Short term Winner. It was not a Victory for the arabs because they did not accomplish their objectives to de stroy Israel or to regain the Arab lands lost in the 1967 War. It was a Victory for the israelis Only in the sense that it repelled a Surprise attack and preserved is Rael s Borders but at frightful Cost in armaments funds an lives. The ., the Only party in the conflict which did not permit its National interest to dictate its policy was the big loser in this conflict. It Cost this country $4 billion used up scarce reserves of weapons and supplies and lost the critical Arab Oil. The user was the one big win Ner. That of course is Why she incited the arabs to initiate the struggle at this time. The War accomplished All soviet major objectives save one the destruction of Israel. It restored russian prestige with the Arab world it weakened and isolated its Only world Power rival the  Twill probably result in reopening the Suez canal and it demonstrated for All the world to see that Russia can control the vital flow of Arab Oil to the Wester world. In addition the soviets gained an unexpected plus the break up of the Solidarity of nato which has been their prime european diplomatic objective since 1950. If the present fragile cease fire Tom Braden is to result in lasting peace is raeli1 forces must retire from the Arab lands they seized in the 1967 War be cooperative in resettling and compensating the displaced palestinians and agree to a reasonable solution for the control of Jerusalem. Israel has been stubborn on All these Points in the past and with Good reason from the standpoint of her Security. She has refused to retire from Sinai and the Golan Heights until Egypt and Syria cease their threats to her Security. These terms must be negotiated Between Arab and jew and guaranteed by the great Powers. Israel is Likely to be less intransigent now. It must have been a shattering experience to Golda Meir and her colleagues to find in this crisis that the Only nation coming to their Aid waste  The egyptians have for the first time agreed to meet the israelis in negotiation. It can be safely assumed that they made this major policy reversal be John p. Roche cause the yom kippur War like All prior efforts was a military disaster for Egypt. It is also Likely that the present cease fire has the approval of Moscow. The men in the Kremlin made some major miscalculations. They evidently believed that they had Given the egyptians sufficient weapons and trained them to use them effectively so that they would win this time. Brezhnev also reckoned that he had anaesthetized Nixon and Kis Singer with promises of detente so that the  Would not inter Fere. The belief that the  President was completely pre occupied with Domestic troubles May have influenced this mis calculation. A rational analysis leads to the conclusion that a stable peace in the Middle East is now in the in Terest of All concerned parties a favourable climate for negotiation. Unfortunately however in tense passion not Calm reason traditionally has characterize National attitudes in that area. C general features corp.  of 1.a. Tamil san Diwali father Daniel Berrigan turns venom on Israel on oct. 19, in a speech to the association of Arab University graduates in Washington which curiously enough received no press coverage that gentle Christian Daniel Berrigan s.j., delivered himself of some of the most venomous remarks on is Rael that i have seen outside of the Arab and anti semitic press. There were two aspects of the speech first a Savage condemnation of the leaders of the american jewish Community for abandoning the cause of North Vietnam in the interests of is Rael. To put the matter brutally he said Many american jewish leaders were capable of ignoring the asian holocaust in favor of economic and military Aid to Israel. Those of us who resisted the War had to live with the fact. The Fate of the vietnamese was As unimportant to the zionists in our midst As was the state of the palestinians. But i venture to suggest that it is not merely we nor the vietnamese who must live with that fact. So must is Rael. So must the  Berrigan with sadistic irony suggested that president Nixon with the complicity of the american jews had maimed bombed displaced Tor tured imprisoned or killed 6,-000,000 Southeast asians. What really disturbed me was the second aspect of the pro Phet s speech his com passionate analysis of the origin Sand nature of the state of Israel. I hate extended quotes but occasionally they Are necessary. The dream of Israel Berrigan noted with True Christian Charity has become a Nightmare. Israel has not abolished poverty and mis Ery rather she manufactures human waste the by products of her entrepreneurs her military Industrial Complex. She has expanded the prison system perfected her espionage exported on the world Market that expensive blood Ridden commodity the Savage Triumph of the technology sized West violence and the tools of violence. In Israel the democratic formula is twisted out of All recognition the citizens exist for the Well being of the state it follows As the imperialist corollary that that Mea sure of terrorism and violence and murder is applied to dissidents As shall guarantee the Well being of the  elsewhere we sense the ancient image of the rapacious jew the coinage of Israel is stamped with the imperialist faces the roman Symbol of authority used by Mussolini whose favor she has courted the creation of an elite of million Aires generals and entry re  in Short Israel is a criminal jewish Community de voted to crimes against human Ity and racism derived from the nazis aimed at pro ving its racial superiority to the people it has  May i say As one irishman to another with All respect for the cloth that this is a Crock a Bli they As they say in county Kerry. A Blithe May be politely defined As 10 pounds of dung in a 5-Pound sack Ber Rigan for example gets worked up Over the problem of the palestinian refugees a legitimate concern but where does he think the population of Israel came from the death Camps the six million alas did not survive to enjoy the Law of re turn. Most of the jews in Israel were refugees from Arab states where they had lived in virtual slavery for a millennium or More. Millionaires they were Lucky to escape with the shirts on their backs. Who puts this in the com Puter even More fundamental is the premise that the israelis have been sitting around like spar tans for the last 25 years conspiring to enslave their 70-Odd million Arab neighbors. Like the South vietnamese All they want to be is left in peace. Hanoi and the arabs have unfortunately made this impossible. C King features Syndicate How about a society for the Protection of Henry Kissinger poor Henry Kissinger. He was just beginning to wrestle with the problem of How to make that sleeping giant the depart ment of state get up and move when along came a War and All his plans had to be put on tieback Burner. So did his one Man Effort to create a bipartisan foreign policy. Kissinger was making the right Calls and the right friends and he was so to speak in the Middle of an explanation there Are Only three  left he was saying and there s no Point in partisanship because what we do now ,." and then it was oops Par Don me there s a War  moreover Kissinger is dealing with this situation from a position of weakness. Sacrifices May be required  Citizens Imay have to suffer through a Winter with the heat turned too flow and not enough gasoline for the family car. Kissinger s Boss Richard Nixon May have to go before the country and ask for a show of Public support. It s doubtful whether Richard Nixon can get very much Public sup port. Another facet of that problem is that the russians know How weak Richard Nixon is right now and knowing this May be tempted to ask for More than Henry Kissinger can give. Kissinger does not believe it is possible for Israel to live in peace while sitting on All the territory it took away from the arabs in 1967. Therefore the Kissinger sparked cease fire is based upon guarantees which include the Promise of at least partial israeli withdrawal from this territory. The israelis Don t really love this and neither does the Ameri can jewish Community which will not spare its criticism of Kis Singer simply because he is member. On top of this both conservatives and liberals have suggested that the Kissinger Nixon detente with Russia is a delusion because the russians came to the assistance of the arabs against Israel. So wherever he looks Henry Kissinger has his troubles. Even the announcement of his Nobel peace prize was greeted with a storm of protest. Maybe there ought to be a society for the Protection of Henry Kissinger. He s just about All we be got left. He s the Only Man on the White House staff who came out of watergate with his head still High and the Only Man in the Cabinet who command National respect. It s All very Well to criticize Kissinger s detente by pointing out that the russians Don t always behave As we would like them to behave. But is that the meaning of detente was it logic Al to expect that the russians would not resupply their Ara allies could they have any doubt that we would resupply the israelis peace hopefully could be on the Way in the Mideast. For the present at least there is no threat of fighting in Korea there is at least a partial peace in Viet Nam the russians Are not trying to Bend us to the limit in Berlin. If Kissinger s detente policy were a real failure would t we be feel ing soviet pressure on All those old cold War battlefields so it seems to me that we ought to declare As a matter of urgency a policy of National restraint toward Henry Kissinger. He has the world s toughest Job and he holds it at the toughest possible time. C los Angeles times Syndicate the opinions expressed in the columns and cartoons on this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered As representing the views of the stars and stripes itself or of the United states government