Premier Menachem Begin told a group of visiting members of the European Parliament today that their institution’s support for President Reagan’s Middle East peace Initiative was “destructive. ” He insisted that the Camp David accords are the only framework for peace negotiations.
Begin said the peace process would not be affected by the changes in his Cabinet made necessary by the forced resignation of Defense Minister Ariel Sharon. He also made it clear that the changes would have no affect on his government’s policies. He said Israel would never halt settlement activities in the occupied territories, would never agree to a Palestinian state and will never negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization “because a people does not talk to those who come to destroy it. “
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