1980_03 The Daily Collegian March 1980

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The influence of the Jewish lobby
/—ft mAarn it looked like the United States had taken a significant
step forward In relations with the Arab world, the Administration
yielded to Israeli lobbying pressure Monday by recanting its U.N.
. vote condemning Israeli settlement policy in the West Bank.
Calling it an "error" and an "honest mistake, * President Carter
recounced an earlier position taken by the U.S. during a U.N. Se-
,." ■       curity Council vote. In that vote, the United States, along with 14
■   other countries, rebuked Israel's policy of "creeping annexation"
.-'•'•■  of the occupied Palestinian West Bank.
■ The vote indicated a positive U.S. reassessment of problems in
(■    ^ .-        the Middle East and.an end to the Administration's "Israel at all
costs" approach to foreign policy. It also signaled a possible return
to the spirit and intent of the Camp David agreement signed last
March. ■
'■.„■■'     But the Administration's recent capitulation to Israel once again
■   ■ strengthened the View that United States' foreign policy is being die-
. .        toted from Jerusalem. The United States has continued to allow
Israel's perception of the problems and solutions in the Middle
East to become a basis for its own perception. The Administration
has erred in thinking that what is good for Israel is necessarily good
for the United States. .    - "
The IT.N, resolution adopted unanimously last Saturday called on
Israel to dismantle its settlements in occupied Arab territories.
The resolution and the United States' approval of it was long over¬
due.
The U.N. action followed an Israeli decision last month to move
Jews into Hebron, a nationalistic Palestinian town in the West Bank
of the Jordan River. This was only one in a series of ill-timed moves
that began after the signing of the Camp David agreement.
--In September, the Israeli government approved non-military
settlements in the West Bank.
—In November, Israel jailed and ordered the deportation of Mayor
Bassam Shukd of Nablus, the largest Palestinian settlement in the
West Bank.
Each of these actions serve as further evidence of the flippant atti¬
tude Israel displays toward long-term peace in the Middle East.
The U.S. vote of condemnation against this settlement policy sig¬
naled an end to the polarization between the U. S. and Arab coun¬
tries.
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The U. S. .vote was an excellent policy decision in light of the cer¬
tainty that the Arab world will never grant legitimacy to 'a-'peaeeH-:-
settlement without Palestinian autonomy, and the realization of
the importance of solidifying relations with these oil producing na¬
tions.
The Administration's decision to renounce that vote, yielding to ,
Israeli pressure, is a major step backward for the United States. We ■
had the opportunity to embark on a new policy that could have en¬
sured peace in the Middle East, better relations with Moslem coun¬
tries; a'continuous flow of Arab oil and a safeguard against further.'^ [
Soviet aggression into an unstable Gulf area.
In renouncing the vote, President Carter said: "I instructed that
we abstain from the U.N. resolution....and that we would make it
clear that we did not favor the dismantling of existing settlements."
This statement is a major departure from previous Administra¬
tion policy. Since Israel began the policy of "creeping annexation"
of the West Bank, the United States has privately and publically
condemned those acts as against the spirit of Camp David. The U.S.
vote last Saturday was nothing more than a reaffirmation of that con¬
demnation.
When Carter renounced the vote and did so in such a fashion as to
contradict previous policy statements, he muddled the entire peace
process and confused Arabs and Jews alike.
What is more disturbing, however, is the political overtones of
the move. After much outcry from Israel, the B 'nai Br 'ith organiza¬
tion and various Jewish leaders in the U.S., Carter decided that.in-:/
stead of risking loss of potential Jewish support in the New York and}
Illinois primary, he would try to save face by renouncing the reso-.'$ ■
lution. The renouncement would not affect the official vote, however.
The Administration's decision to recant the vote has resulted in
the loss of world-wide credibility for the United States and it has pro¬
ven highly embarrassing both politically and diplomatically. It has
confused Arabs and Jews and has set back opportunities to solidify
relations with Moslem countries.
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Afore? importantly, however, it has confirmed what many Ameri- ■"■
cans already believe-United States' foreign policy is dictated not
only from Washington but from Jerusalem as well.
Available housing Fresno-Clovis
A considerable build-up in the arnount
of available housing occurred in the
Frearno-Clovis area during 1979, accor¬
ding to a new study by the School of Bus¬
iness and Administration Sciences
at CSUF. But costs also increased
The report is designed to help iden¬
tify specific strengths and weaknesses
in the market far diftwant types of noos¬
ing. & shows a substantial far— mi fa
the  availability  of  new   single-family
Inrrissi fa
and a substantial increase in the number
to the.previews year.
A 7r*-page report te now being re¬
ad wh—h i
the results
of field surveys arreting ar—it—lent com¬
plexes, new sfagto-famfly tracts, new
tl-J-reeno-Clovte area. All the field work
was dona fa November 1979.
the study was directed by Dr. Tom
Dctyel, professor of finance and industry,
and graduate assistants Scott Odell and
Dteane Hendry. An additional 20 stu¬
dents participated in the various field
surveys and other data collsection act¬
ivities. The project is partially financed
by research grants to the university
from 27 bnatoasasa, faefadfag ftnsnrisl
fas—la——a, real estate companies,
and others concerned with housing
i—u—rt conditions in Fresno snd Clovis.
From the apartment survey, the study
reports vacancy rates by type of unit,
rental range, location, size of complex,
and other variables. The survey covered
more than 21,000 apartment units and
showed an overall apartment vacancy
rate of 6.9 percent. This te up from 4.3
percent in November in 1978, snd is the
second year-to-year increase in vacan¬
cies found during the six yean of the
study.
However, vacancy rates varied sub-'
sta—_—y by geographic area and other
variables. For example, vacancy rates
ranged from a low of 3.2 percent in a
northern portion of the urban area to
a Ugh of 10.2 percent in some of the
southem sectors. On a year-to-year
comparison basis, vacancies increased
moderately for all types of apartments,
although most noticeably for three bed-
roomunita.
A survey of new single-family tracts
and condorniniiun developments " in¬
dicates a dramatic increase in the num¬
ber of new unsold housing units. For
single-family units, the university re¬
searchers found 2194 unsold units in
13 active tracts compared to 68 unsold
units in 11 tracts in November 1978.
There were also more active new condo¬
minium developments and a substan¬
tially higher number of new condomi¬
nium units built in 1979 as compared
to 1978. The number of unsold units
increased from 62 to 223.
to 91fidf
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