M.E. peace meeting idea ‘dead’
By
GAIL FITZER
of Reuters
NZPA Tel Aviv The Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir, said yesterday that Israeli efforts to convene a Middle East peace conference were dead and declared that he would fight hard to prevent a break-up of the Government over the issue. “The initiative of an international conference is already non-existent. In order to do a far-reaching thing like this, the support of all the Government is needed,” Mr Shamir said in an interview on Armed Forces Radio. Mr Shamir is firmly opposed to plans by the Foreign Minister, Shimon Peres, to convene a United Nations-sponsored conference which would pave the way for direct negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbours. “There may be a demolition team, but I do not think it will succeed in breaking up the Government. I am guarding the national unity Government and hope I will prevent all efforts to sabotage it,” Shamir said.
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