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28 December 1979
, NEAR EAST/iVORTH AFRICA REPORT .
No. 2062
CON7ENTS PAGE
INTER-ARAB AFFAZRS
Baha'-Al-Din Co~mnents on Legal, Moral Aspects of Iran Crisis
(Ahmed Bahauddin; EMIRATES NEWS, 3 Dec 79) 1
Bahrain Causeway First Stage Contracted
- (GULF MIRROR, 10-::.6 Nov 79) 3 _
BAHRAIN
Export Credit Mandate
(GULF MIRROR, 17-23 Nov 79) 5
Aluminum Bahrain Awards Power Station Contract
(GULF MIRROR, 17-23 Nov 79) 6
Record Aluminum Output Reported
(GULF MIRROR, 4-9 Nov 79) 7
EGYPT
Details on Foreign Investments in Egypt
_ ('Isam Rif'at; AL-AHRAM AL-IQTISADI, 10 Nov 79)......... 8 `
IRAN
Ambassador to i7SSR Gives View on Crises
(KEYHAN, 21 Nov 79) 11
Soviet Opposition to Oil Well Occupation
Impact of Islamic Revolution
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CON'i'F.N7'5 (Continued) ~`~~e
P1~�ri::iir~~ti li~~ In}; 'I';ikun `I'c~ licvl vc A};r lr.ul turc~
(KLYIfAN, 23, 24, 'l8 Uct 79)..., 16
Ministry of Agriculture Reorganization
New Land Tenure Regulations
Cooperatian for Rural Centers
ISRAEL
High Court Decision Challenges Set~~lement Policy ~
(Editorial; HAMODI'A, 23 Oct 79) 22
Expansion of Settl~nnents Endangers Security
(Editorial; HAMODI'A, 16 Oct 79) 25
_ Government Faces Challenges in Winter Session of Knesset
(Editorial; HAZOFEH, 23 Oct 79) 27
Elon Moreh Settlement Backed '
(Editorial; HAZOFEH, 23 Oct 79) 28
Israel's Settlement Plans Call for 2,000 Units in Next 2 Y~ars
(Yosef Tzuri'el; MA'ARIV, 16 Dec 79) 30
Origin, Aims of 'Sons of the Country' Movement Discussed
(Mahmud Muharib; AL-DUSTUR, 22-28 Oct 79) 31
Ministry of Defense Colonization Program Discussed
(Ze'ev Shif; HA'ARETZ, 21 Oct 79) 41
Poll Shows Israelis Willing To Cut Their Living Standards
(Mark Segal; JERUSALEM POST, 27 Nov 79) 45
Women Will Quit Unless Income Tax Laws Amended
(Michal Yudelman; JERUSALEM POST, 11 Nov 79)............ 47
New Drinking Water Plant for Eilat
(Ya'Acov Friedler; JERUSALEM POST, 15 Nov 79)........... 48
Sharon Promises To Sell Land for Villas
(Yitzhak Oked; TERUSALEM POST, 29 Nov 79) 49
Briefs
New Elon l~iore Site 50
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CONTENTS (Continued) Page
KUWAIT
lirl~~l's
Atmnonia Ylant Production Line 51
QATAR -
Details of 1980 Budget Revealed by Emir
(GULF MIRROR, 24-30 Nov 79) 52
SULTANATE OF OMAN
Improvements Made in Cammunications Services
' ('UME1N, 18 Nov 79) 54 -
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Talks Opened With Hungaiians on Trade Relations
- (EMIRATES NEWS, 24 Nov 79) 56
Bedouins Resettled in Low-Cost Housing
(Maghazi Shuair; EMIRATES NEWS, 3 Dec 79) 57
Briefs
ADNPC Loan 5~
Surplus Trade Balance 58
British Patrol Boats 59
Fujayrah Cement Plant S9
Aluminum Smelter Start-up 59
WESTERN SAHARA
Saharan Leader Says Spanish Policy Full of Contradictions
(Bachir Mustafa Sayed Interview; EL PAIS, 26 Oct 79).... 60
King, Opposition Disagree About Waging Saharan War
(Domingo Del Pino; EL PAIS, 28 Oct 79) 62
AOSARIO Delegation Addresses Moroccan Workers' Group in Paris
- (MAP, 11 Dec 79) 64
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INTER-ARAB AFFAIRS
BAHA'-AL-DIN COMMENTS ON LEGAL, MORAL ASPECTS OF IRAN CRISIS
Ab~i Dhabi EMIRATES NEWS in English 3 Dec 79 p 3
~Articl.e by Ahmc~d Bahauddin]
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[Text ] By AHMED BAHAUDDIN Islamlc country such as Iren. polltically achleve the same sentence
If the proverb "crises are solved The Iranlan revolutlon In this of the coUn and release on Its own the
when they aggravate" dces not prove context Is wrong In "shape" because It hostages who are not more then a
true In a few days, then this means has attacked an embassy having dipio- token, but they are an unhappy token.
that an armed confllct Is imminent matlc immunlty In internatlonal law. When we speak ebout law and shapc
somewhere and In some way between Thc Amerlcan government Is gullty In we are not speaking with convlcUon of
the US and Iran. 'fhis is because the "content" because t; Is Involved In all thelr jusdce In practlce but we thlnk
status quo between the US and Iran the Shah's sins throughout the 36 that In sptte of all the falsehood of the
cannot continue for a long tlme. years of the Shah's rule and because of Intematlona{ law it Is In the end not In
It dces not seen that elther party Is Its exploltatlon of the Iranlan sltuatlon the Interest of the strong since the
ready for any retreat and moreover It ~d due to the fact that an open strong (powers) arc the ones who
seems as If the two are trving to speed trial of Its subiects wlll be a trlal for the contlnually vlolate Its provlslons.
up confrontatlon and conilict, partl- dark side of the American polltlcs and The Iranlan radlo replled very
cularly the party which can concede because It formulated, In conjunctlon shrewdly when some Arab writers
more than Its enemy, viz. Iran. with the Western world, the laws opposed the Iranlan attack on the US
I do not mean that the party more whlch protect the bllllons of doilars Embassy by asking these "writers:
capable of glving concesslons Is robbed by dlctators from the peoples "Why have'nt you opposed when we _
_ wrong, but probably the other one Is under the western banking systems attacked the Israell Embassy? ~s the
wrong. When you catch a pick-pocket and because It resorted to cheating In Immunity of the two embassles not
rcdhandeJ, you are the one In a more the face of shlfttng the (dying) Shah to emanating from the same
convenlent posltlon to drop the case a US hospltal. legitlmacy?"
than the plckpocket. The matter of "shape" and Thls Intematlonel Iegitimacy Is e blg
Proof, that the US was caught red- "content" Is avaliable In every con- force slnce the rlght of the Palestlnlan
handed h:s appeared In the ventlon and very law. peoPle Is more Iegltimate then the
confesstons. Several correspondencs Pollce can enter a house and flnd a~ght of Isreel which usurped its
~ between the Amerlcan ~Emba~,;~ In large quant~ty of drugs but the existence wlth arms.
Tehrnn and Washington I;r:~e heen defendant may clalm that the pollce Khomelnl's regime Is more IegIU-
found In thc Embessy. These preds of had not had a warrant fro?1~ the mate than the 35 years of the Shah's
correspondence were dealing wlth judlclary io Inspect thc huuse. The rule because Khomelnl hsis come from
_ ways and mcans to Ict the Shah enter judge wlll acquit thc defendant exlle wlth no provlslon other than the
lhe Unlted States. Among the sugges- because the legal procedures were not W~II of the people while the Shah w~
uons to th~~i effeci was one about the foliowed on entry and Inspecuon of returned from Rume to Tehran by a
allment ul the 5hah. The corres- the house. The defendant wlll be mllltary coup Jeslgned by the Central
pcmdenre tihuwed thet the Embassy pronounced Innocent according to law, ~ntelllgence Agency. _
advlsed Its government to drop that but to the people, saiety and In reaUty What are we to under~tand from
chcaung and that PresWent Carter wa5 he Is a drug trafflcker. this? .
very near a~ hls Embassy's opinlon, In thls w_~ we would say that the ~ We understand lhat thc Internauo-
but thc f~orelgn Mlnlstry, under US Is gullty In reallty (contenl) whlle nal law has two InterpretaUons, one of -
pressure from local American lobby of the Iranlan revolutlonarles are the strong and the other of the weak.
which thcrc anpeared so far Nenry erroneous In shape. But II Is sure that thc wcak Is In a
Kitisingcr and banker Davld The Iranlan revolutlon has the key ~~~cr struggling poslt~on when Ihc
- Ruckfeller, w:u suppurting the Idea. to solve the present problem of the Jespouc s~rong has nothing morc than
- Klssinger w,~s particularly Invoived In embassy and the hostages slnce the force.
Ihe affalr bcing a zealot 7.lonlst who Is problem of the Amerlcan relaUons There Is no doubt lhal the occupa-
krcn tu ~~ush thc US Into tough wlth Iran and the entlre reglon wlll not Uon ~if the embassy Is ;Umed m thc
cunlromaUun wlih Iran and Ihe entire be solved for many generatlons to (Irst Instance to Inlllct the sirongesl
� Islamlc wurld, In whlch Israel Is Ilving come. Iran can speak out all the facts pnsslhie joll to the US ~xitenUal ur
In Iear of the danger poscd by a blg for condemning lhe US and can altempts to plot ~alnst ihc Khomelnl
' rcvoluUon and II Is not almcd al
rcUirning thc Shnh.
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In niy' ~li�w li~l~ ~dm h:~~ hcCn
roull~cd a~iJ Ihc rcmalning part J~ws
no~ dcu~rvc thc great rlsks whlch can
rc~uU Irnni the agK~avaUon of thc
crlsK
I ~hlnk Khomcini Is alming at
rc.dhing threr objecUvcs, namcly:
A rrv~~lullun that wa5 rcallsed wlth
Ihc uvcrthruw uf the Shah.
Anothcr more dlfftcull revoluUon
through whlch Khomclnl Is lrying to -
, ~scrap the InlemaUonal. relaUons
~tiystcros whlch favoun strengtti ~t lhc~ _
expensc ~~f rlght anJ InjusUce at the
expense ul dlsublllty. It Is In thls
umlext an Inlcr[?pUonal revoluUon.
A third revolutlon which Is far more
dl(ficult Is alming at Introdudng
Jrasuc change In the face of the
- Iranlan soclety In such a way that It
= bec~mes another soc~ety which,
xcording to Khomcml, Was not
renllsed save In the da~ ,,~1 Prophet _
Mohamed (Peace be upon Him) and
Kallpha All Ibn Abl Tallb.
Through these three objecuves the
Khomelni revolutlon can be analysed
In a manner which would bcing us =
~rr~ ncar t~~ realll>.
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INTER=ARAB AFFAIRS
BAHRAIN CAUSEWAY FIRST STAGE CONTRACTED
Manana GULF MIRROR in English 10-16 Nov 79 p 35
[Text] The Bahrain causeway project has been
described as the biggest prize in the con-
struction world for the next decade. But it
has also been the biggest headache for
many companies who have put in bids.
They have gambled time and money on
preparing plans whic~~, if not accepted,
will end in the wastepaper basket. .
Mary Frings reports: ~
AS MORE than 20 inter- contractors' site visits and
national contractors await ~nspection of soil samples.
the arrival of tender The project first brought
documents at the end of him to the Gulf in 1974, and
_ this month, one major firm he has been stationed in
- has estimated the cost of a Riyadh for the past two years,
with frequent trips to the
Saudi-Bahrain causeway other end of the proposed
bid at $1 million - not causeway.
counting the one per cent
tender bond required Logistics
under Sau~i Arabian con-
tract law. "We are just putting the
Jens F. Nielsen, resident finishing touches to the ten-
engincer ior Saudi-Danish der documents;' he said,
Consultants, told me this adding that the legal condi-
week: "It is very expensive to tions of contract were in
prepare a tender like this, Arabic and English, while the
especially with alternative technical part was in English
proposals, and it would be only.
unusual if ~II the invited firms The invited contractors will
were finally to put in a bid. receive extensive reports on
field investigations as well as
Drawings specifications, a bill of quan-
tities and drawings.
"It needs extensive field Total length of the cause-
_ studies of the conditions both way is to be 25 km comprising
in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, 10 km of embankments at
and a lot of planning: ' watcr depths less than 6m, 12
Mr Nielsen was in Bahrain km of briciges over deeper
to make arrangements for water, and 3 km of roadway
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.icross the Liahrain island of preliminary screening would
Umm Nasan. reducc the bids to a handful . -
The supers;ructures of the of "interesting ones," which
five hritiges are designed as � would then have to be care-
steel tx~x girders, with a steel fully studied and compared.
dcck bencath the asphalt The optimal consttuction
roadway. This is where bid- time was four and a half years
ders have the option of sub- -but the work could be con-
mitting an altcrnative prop- centrated into a shorter
osal. period.
But while it is expensive "This might be more
enough to work from draw- expensive, but the contractor
- ings prcpareei by the consul- woald be less exposed to
tants, an entirely different inflation risk," said Mr
concept would require a Nielsen.
scparatc team of engineers The estimated labour force
and designers who would require~ would be around
nec~ to familiarise them- 3,000, he said.
sclves with lucal conditions,
draw up new specifications Navigation
and billl of yuantities, and
conduct tests on materials On the ecological effects of
available in the region. the causeway project, Mr
If it was decided to ship Nielsen said preliminary
pre-cast concrete from out- studies of water c~rculation,
sidc the Gulf, this would sim- salinity and water levels, con-
ply add to the mammoth dacted by Saudi-Danish Con-
problem of logistics. sultants in 1975 and 1976, '
" We still think steel is the had indicated there should be
best solutiun;' Mr Nielsen no harmful effects.
said. "But it has been decided 'This was because the five
to give the concrete people a bridges provided plency of
chance too, if they can show openmgs for tidal currents -
- past ex~erience and prove unl~ke an earlier proposal,
that their proposal is sound. discussed more than 10 years
ago, for solid causeways to
Screening enclose the whole area bor-
dered by Bahrain, Saudi
To prove that a company is Arabia and Qatar, which
capable of providing the would eventually dry out and
necessary expertise can cost provide additional iand.
hundredsofthousandsofdol- Four of the bridges are -
lars - even though they have designed for the passage of
ycars of experience behind ships, with a I20m, clear span ~
them. over the main navigation
Expensive design teams channel, west of Umm Nasan,
can he employed for wceks rising to a height of 28.5 m.
on ~ single parl of a project, For the three other naviga-
and air fares between Europc tion channels a height of
and Saudi Arabia and 15.Sm is provided.
I3ahrain