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Kirkpatrick's hesitancy in the Security Council reflected the ambivalent approach of the Reagan Administration toward the problem of censuring Israel for the bombing raid on Iraq's Tammuz nuclear reactor. Eloquently recalling the "strength of U.S. ties and commitment to Israel and the warmth of our feelings," Kirkpatrick admitted that the draft was "not a perfect resolution." But she added that Washington had been "shocked" by the Israelis' launching a raid before peaceful approaches had been exhausted. Replied Israeli Ambassador Yehuda Blum: "Israel unreservedly rejects the biased and one-sided resolution just adopted by the council...
...Kirkpatrick and Iraqi Foreign Minister Saadoun Hammadi during three days of intense negotiations. Iraq had wanted to include a call for sanctions against Israel, but the U.S. made it clear that it would use its veto if they were mentioned. Instead, the approved resolution "strongly condemns" Israel for its raid on the reactor and urges it to pay damages to Iraq, which was "entitled to appropriate redress for the destruction it has suffered." There is nothing that could compel Israel to make such restitution, however, and Blum had already told the council that his government would not pay Iraq...
...aftermath of the Israeli raid, U.S. policy became a high-wire act aimed on the one hand at preserving the U.S. position with moderate Arab countries and on the other hand at demonstrating both displeasure with and support for Israel. "Making the best we could of a terrible situation," as a senior White House official put it, Washington agreed to the strong language in the U.N. resolution to placate Arab anger. Said the official: "We worked very, very hard on the wording of this resolution in order to maintain a dialogue and our credibility with the moderate Arabs. We also...
...with the Saudis again. As usual, Habib was tight-lipped about his negotiations, but Begin announced that Israel was determined to destroy the missiles if diplomacy did not remove them, and he warned pointedly that he would not wait forever. One of the most serious effects of the raid on the reactor appeared to be on Saudi efforts to fashion an Arab initiative to ease Lebanese tensions. Last week the Saudis dismissed Habib's mission as "irrelevant" and castigated the U.S. for its support or Israel...
...Stephen Mindich apparently decided long ago he wanted to put out the only alternative paper published in Boston. He succeeded, and now readers will get an unrelieved diet of his inanities (like the reprinted editorials from the New York Post that were the paper's comments on the Iraqi raid), along with some good writing by the more talented members of the regular staff. The richer Phoenix has done the same political fades as the Realp, but their bankroll has allowed them to keep the format much the same as the old days, with longer and more personal pieces. Want...