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SPIES FOR ISRAEL
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Publication Date:
January 10, 1986
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10 January 1986
LETTM
Spies for Israel
Joseph C. Harsch must have written
his Dec. 3, "Spying for Israel" column
without reference to fine news analyses
by other writers in the same issue. His
usually accurate comments on history
are flawed with canards that have for
years obstructed peace in the Middle
East.
By saying that "most Arab countries
are technically at war with Israel,"
Harsch ignores the bilateral 1949
armistice agreements negotiated for the
United Nations by Ralph Bunche on
Rhodes.
Israel signed these with Egypt, Jor-
dan, Lebanon, and Syria but then broke
all of them and still occupies territory
conceded to those states in the
armistices.
As for Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Is-
rael's negotiators volunteered to ex-
clude them, since neither had partici-
pated in the 1948-49 fighting. Iraq's
ratification of Jordan's agreement was
acceptable to Israel. As for the Arab
states that later gained independence, it
is wrong to infer that they are techni-
cally at war; Israel's raid on Tunis
proves just the opposite.
Britain and France violated formal
alliances with America in 1956 when in-
telligence liaison agreements were
breached to protect secret collaboration
with Israel to start the Suez war.
It is impossible to associate Mr.
Pollard's sale of US Sixth Fleet commu-
nications codes to Israel with Harsch's
rationalization that all the Israelis
bought was information about Soviet
equipment and United States arms sup-
plies to Arab states.
W Wbur Crane Evelard III Marlon, Mass.
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