El Fatah may “deport” a kidnapped Israeli to Hungary, the country where he came from, the Middle East News Agency said in a dispatch from Damascus. The report referred to Shmuel Rosenwasser, 50, of Metullah, who was abducted by Arab guerrillas from Lebanon last Dec. 31. He is reportedly being held by El Fatah somewhere in Jordan. According to the Arab news agency, El Fatah leaders were considering sending him to “his original homeland” and allege that Rosewater himself has been “insistent” on going to Hungary. Meanwhile, no developments were reported in efforts by the International Red Cross and the United Nations to have Rosewater exchanged for II Lebanese prisoners of war held by Israel. Israel made the offer because it holds Lebanon responsible for Rosewater’s safety. Israeli authorities have refused to deal with El Fatal. The Palestinian guerrilla organization has intimated that if it succeeds in its goal of defeating Israel it would deport all Jews who came their after 1948 to their countries of origin.
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