Former Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan, accompanied by Mayor Toddy Kollek, visited yesterday with Anwar Nusseibeh, the former Defense Minister of Jordan who is regarded as King Hussein’s unofficial representative in Jerusalem. Nusseibeh Insisted afterward that there was no special significance in their 30-minute “chat over coffee” at his East Jerusalem home.
He acknowledged, however, that “We talked about problems which are uppermost in our minds, namely the Palestinian issue in general and the future of Jerusalem.” He said there was nothing new in his positions as he presented them to his guests, namely that he rejects the Camp David accords as a basis for resolving the Palestinian issue and supports a re-division of sovereignty over Jerusalem.
Nusseibeh stressed, however, that he did not want to see Jerusalem divided physically again. “There would have to be two separate sovereignties. But I certainly do not advocate the setting of barbed wires in a very bad thing, especially in a city such as Jerusalem,” he said. Nusseibeh stressed that he conveyed no messages. He pointed out that he and Dayan “are both private citizens now.”
Dayan is an independent member of the Knesset Nusseibeh is chairman of the East Jerusalem Electric Corp, and recently led a protest against the Israeli government’s declared intention to take control of that company at the end of this year. He said that this issue was raised in his conversation with Dayan and Kollek, “but only incidentally.” The meeting was Dayan’s first with a leading Palestinian personality since he resigned the office of Foreign Minister last Oct. 21.
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