Dr. Nahum Goldmann suggested today that Israel eschew the step-by-step diplomacy of Secretary of State Henry A, Kissinger and press for total peace negotiations with moderate Arab leaders while the time is ripe. He mentioned as moderates King Faisal of Saudi Arabia, President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and President Hafez Assad of Syria who he thought are ready and prepared to reach peace agreements with Israel.
These three Arab leaders are anti-communist and want to get closed to the United States, he noted. But time is an Important factor for Israel since Faisal Is sick and Sadat is not very strong In Egypt at the moment. Dr. Goldmann told a press conference here,
Dr. Goldmann, who is president of me the world Jewish Congress which will hold its Sixth Plenary Assembly here Feb. 3-10, repeated his. sharp criticism of Kissinger whose step methods, he said, might work under normal conditions but not under the present conditions of tension, crisis and war danger that pervade the Middle East, He said It was objectively Impossible for Kissinger to bring peace to the region by himself because “the Russians will never accept a Pax-Americana In the Middle East.”
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