Israel is now being faced with a major public relations offensive by Egypt focused on the United States and U.S. Jewry “in a blatant attempt to achieve negotiations by ultimatum,” Chaim Herzog, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, told an assemblage of Northeast Israel Bond leaders at UN Headquarters yesterday.
The Bond group met with him at a luncheon to launch the 1978 campaign of the Israel Bond Prime Minister’s Club and Ambassador’s Society of Trustees. Sam Rothberg, general chairman of Israel Bonds, announced that $1,750,000 in Israel Bonds was subscribed by the 70 persons present.
Herzog said that the Sadat media campaign was aimed at forcing the United States to become directly involved and to bring pressure on Israel for one-sided concessions, instead of conducting “free and open negotiations without prior conditions,” as Israel advocates. In explaining Israel’s stance on the occupied territories, Herzog stressed that Israel’s concern and determination was that they “never again be used as a springboard for attack.” He indicated that Israel was ready and willing to bargain away most of the “occupied lands,” but only in exchange for security from future attacks.
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