European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes columns . Rosenthal . Plan for Israel weak in timing approach the United states Pluti for a Israel Palestine solution won t work h is Loo Laic and Loo much. It is too ale because president Reafan and Secretary of slate Ceorge Shult waited until Lime and Power were run Ning out on them before coining up wit their proposals. It in too much because it would toss what should be a delicate Day by Day bargaining process into the political Cir Cus of a big International conference at which the soviet Union will be Able to use in influence to Reward its friends or punish its enemies. Those american who believe the so Viet Union will not use that Power for arabs whom they court and against is Rael a country they do not respect enough to Send an ambassador Are perfectly free to do so. It is asking too much for them to insist that the Isamli govern ment have the same touching Trust i Moscow. The fun also allows the Plo to participate not Only As a member of the Jordan Palestine delegation but As a party to the dispute. That Day May come but first the Plo must formally renounce its nation Al  comments from Yasse Arafat about supporting somewhat opaque in. Resolutions Are not enough. If Arafat wants to sit at the table with Israel it is not asking too much in fact he Bare minimum of palestinians to renounce the covenant that among other things condemns zionism As racist out Law fanatic aggressive expansionist co Lonial and fascist denounces the very establishment of Israel As illegal and cries for the violent destruction of the stale negotiating officially now with in Cpl u like negotiating with a Man who before his comrades and the whole world hat signed a death threat to kill you. Maybe he has changed his mind then let him car up the death threat before his comrades and the whole world. The plan essentially demands prepare Tom Wicker there Are iwo major tasks in the mid die East. They Ere intertwined bul they have to be seen understood and approached distinctly not jumbled together As in the . Plan. One is the objective a solution that will allow israeli and palestinian to live in peace. If the Shamir government is in Helen uj6lll at 1-e/isr the r ace6 of 6om6tuiw&-/ Lions for Palestine self Rule on s seeded up timetable. Yet it does not even prom ise the israelis that their other Arabad ver Saries would sign permanent treaties As did Egypt. Now the prime minister of Israel Hap pens to hate the . Plan and feels in will Lead to the destruction of his nation. Millions of americans myself included do not agree with his stand on the West Bank. But if the United Stales is going to get him his party and israelis who support them into negotiations for giving up protective frontiers it has to come up with a More reasonable plan. Reagan and Shutlz have proved they have warmth and decent intentions to Ward israelis and arabs including palestinians. Hut they wailed too Long to try to bring about a solution and then in their hurry threw in too much Lake it or leave it. Thing worse. I believe without vast Evi Dence that Shamir liked bloc i mov ing in the direction of real concessions. These will not be enough far the Plo and the Young men of Gaza. They cannot get All they with. But to help their cause they Musi renounce their death Boisnel passion in their statements their hearts and their covenant. The other task is the Road to the objective Selling up and conducting talks with those who do believe in it possibility of peace with safely. Big inter National conferences at this Point will make mischief not peace. Direct negotiation ire needed bul a third party to prevent breakdown an apply the pressure of a Friend to both sides is essential. That is the role die . Carl play and should insist on for itself one country nol a convention. That one country needs one Perron to represent it not a Parade of Diplomat known respected and trusted in the mid dle East As much As any Man can be. 11 is obvious that Henry Kissinger Wal and is the Man to seek inc negotiating Road and push Down it. The reason he was not called into service was that the Reagan administration Obj afraid of being overshadowed by him a distinct possibility other reason Are Malarkey you do not have to be sentimental about Kissinger to know he in the Bat available negotiator for the . You do not have to love Shamir to know you cannot get him or his party to agree to a Tan they Sec As leading 10 a whetted Niec. New � wet tit vat in Start sandinista incursion result of Contra Aid cutoff is is understandable thai some members of Congress who voted on feb. 29 to end military Aid to the cantos in Nicaragua now feel betrayed by the advantage the sandinista regime has taken of the Cut off. Nevertheless the propriety and necessity of the House s action have not been diminished by the intensified fighting an the Honduras Nicaragua Border. The House did not Vole after All to impose n cease fire or to Brinit about a Sci lament in Nicaragua Al though some members certainly Hope to further the acceptance of the Arias peace plan for Central Ameri Ca. The House acted instead to Slop congressional sup port for an illicit War sponsored by the Reagan administration in order to overthrow a Legal government in Managua one the administration in set officially recognizes. The unconstitutional and anti democratic lengths to which president Reagan and some of his highest associates were willing to go to pursue that War has been recalled by the indictment of one of his former nation Al Security advisers Ibe guilty plea of another and the indictments of three other participants in a conspiracy hatched within the while House itself. The exposure of that conspiracy More than anything else led the House to invoke the congressional Power of the purse to try to Slop . Support for a War that had come to be seen As having no Legal or moral justification nol even the support of the Public if numerous polls were to be believed. That Wai in itself Worth doing even necessary to redeem what was ten of this country s Good name and to Stop in administration from going on to violate the Arias peace plan s prohibition on outside assistance to rebel forces in Central America. The sandinista quickly Sci cd inc Opportunity thus presented them. When the Aid cutoff Roc cd the con iras to Retreat from within Nicaragua toward their sup ply bases in Honduras government forces launched an offensive to ambush them and seize or destroy the Supply bases that this offensive spilled Over into Honduras caused Reagan to Send 3,200 american soldiers to Honduras both to support that country in the event Ofa real sandinista attack on in and to signal Managua that presidential Powers if not appropriated funds still were available to support the Contra in their War to oust the sandinista. It s nol Clear whether this show of Force caused the sandinista to halt their drive or whether they were More influenced by the anger and disappointment of some members of Congress. Many who had supported the Aid cutoff Felt i lapped in the face by the new Offen Sive against the contras some members began another Effort to provide financing and even a new flow of arms to them. In was the contras however who insisted on negotiations to change the government in Managua before a cease fire can Lake effect although the Arias plan Calls for a cease fire and an end to outside assistance first. And in is Honduras that has been the most Brazen violator of the Arias accords by allowing the contras at . Insistence to retain their base in Honduras for attacks adroit the Border into Nicaragua. Thus the contras and Honduras both backed by the Tugan administration have done As much As if not More than the sandinista to keep the War going. In that Light it s nol surprising that inc Sandi nistas seized their Opportunity to strike at a weakened enemy. It s not reassuring either since in suggest How Little they exp Cal of the Arias plan and How limited heir commitment to it is. There too. However Washington is equally the culprit since the administration Lias never paid More than lip service to the peace plan and has sought actively to undermine it in at least iwo ways by continuing arms Aid to the contras and by keeping Honduras in line and willing to allow contrabass on honduran territory. Honduras May yet pay for its subservience to us demands and bribery by being dragged into he Niewara Guan War. That could happen because of an actual sandinista invasion or even a renewed sandinista Effort to wipe out the Contra bases. That could yet involve . Troops Loo in a War the Reagan administration has Rich to wage at second hand. What now can result from the direct Sandi Nistra Contra talks at last getting under Way the Conan have been weakened Iii warily by their own intransigence and by the sandinista exploitation of the aids Utoft. Bui by thai exploitation Managua risked re Newal of Contra Aid from an angered and politically fearful Congress. Both sides would have been belter off to have put wholehearted Effort into making the Arias peace plan work. New Yew to few Karl the opinion expressed in the columns and cartoon of Iii Page represent Uisok o Ibe author unit tue tuns Way to be could Ltd 13  the to Teri of the Stan end stripes or the United sum Lonny Nunt