Gideon Rafael, director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, proposed last night a “recipe for peace” in the Middle East based on “the six C’s.” Addressing an Israel Bonds Organization dinner, he listed them as “cease-fire, climate suitable for negotiations, contact between the parties, confidence in their intentions, conditions to be established, and contract.” He added: “I would prescribe Vitamin C.” Mr. Rafael, a former ambassador to the United Nations, asserted that Israel sought not expansion but “peace and security” for all the parties in the area. What are needed, he said are “secure and recognized borders,” which would be compromised by “premature (Israeli) withdrawal.” He urged foreign powers to “subordinate their interests” to those of the Mideast nations and avoid imposing a settlement, as “peace is a do-it-yourself proposition.” Pending a settlement, he said, Israel must “keep our defenses strong to resist any onslaught.” He called on American Jews to maintain the “rear guard” through financial aid while Israeli soldiers held the “front lines.” An Israel Bonds spokesman said last night’s dinner raised $500.000, and that the 1970 total to date was $2.6 million, exceeding the figure for 1967, the year of the Six-Day War.
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