PLO ridicules Carter's Palestine stand

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PLO ridicules Carter's Palestine stand By The Associated Press The Palestine Liberation Organization today ridiculed President Carter's renewed support for the "legitimate rights of the Palestinians." Israeli officials expressed "some concerns" "about the term and said "the question is who determines these rights." Mahmoud Labadi, spokesman for Yasir Arafat's PLO in Befrut, said: "Let Mr.

Carter tell us where he wants these rights realized - on the moon or on earth." He was commenting on Carter's statement after meeting with Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in cerned, it knows what it a more complete analysis The victim was identified Aswan today that there must wants.

We want a sovereign, was expected within a day or be a resolution of the Palesti- Independent Palestinian two: as Bajes el Jaabari, a nian problem ensuring "the relative of the mayor of the state.

We shall never give up Israel reacted vehemently West Bank town of Hebron. legitimate rights of the this right or compromise." the first time Washington The mayor is a staunch foe of Palestinians" as a principle In Jerusalem, government subscribed to the term the PLO for lasting Mideast peace. spokesmen said they were "legitimate rights" in a joint Responsibility for the kill- "The American president waiting for a full report on communique with the Soviet ing was claimed in Beirut by is still vague and appears to Carter's talks with Sadat and Union last September.

Israel a group calling itself "The be unaware of what he really the leaders of Iran and Saudi said then the statement was wants,"_ Labadi said. - "It November Organization" - Arabla before issuing a for- "unacceptable' and for the month of Sadat's does not become a super- mal statement.

Privately, hampered peace. power to be unable to for- however, they expressed Meanwhile, a new Palesti- precedent-setting journey to mulate a policy on a specific concern. Jerusalem last year. •nian terror group claimed it •The heads of other issue.

Carter phoned Prime assassinated another Arab traitors will soon roll in ac "It is high time for the Minister Menahem Begin "collaborator" on the cordance with the death list Carter administration to from his presidential plane Israeli-occupied.

West Bank make up its mind and tell us en route to Paris to give a of the Jordan River, and that prepared by the command of what it really envisages for the Palestinian revolution," partial report, they said, and more heads "will soon roll." it said. the Palestinian people. "As far as the PLO is con-

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"PLO ridicules Carter's Palestine stand," West Bend News, 4 January 1978. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1978-014. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1978-014