A six-member Knesset delegation was preparing to leave for the U.S. today to explain Israel’s opposition to the eight-point Saudi Arabian peace plan and other Israeli positions on the Middle East to the American Administration, Congress and public opinion.
The delegation, proposed by Premier Menachem Begin and approved by the Knesset last week, is headed by Moshe Arens, chairman of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Security Committee and is composed of equal numbers of Likud and opposition Labor Alignment MKs. Arens is a leader of Likud’s Herut faction.
He told reporters today that the delegation would present Israel’s general view on current developments in the Mideast. He insisted that the mission was in no way an attempt to bypass the Reagan Administration to win support of American public opinion. Just as U.S. Congressmen visit Israel, Israeli members of parliament can visit the U.S., he said.
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