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Show ,f The Salt Lake Tribune. Sunday, August f World FoCU' U.N. Raps Israeli Hijacking By William K Frye UNITED NATIONS. The Israeli diversion Iraqi aircraft has Aug been the subject of -- N y an which ol 10 angry debate m the U N all this week, dramatizes some of the more curious ironies by spawned the Middle East Israel which had previously proclaimed to the world that hijacking was inexcusable in found any circumstances, itseli insisting that good ends could justify e il means. (The aircraft she diverted from Beirut and forced to land temporarily in Ikrael was thought to carry four Arab terrorists ) Arabs, lor their part abandoning the posture that terrorism could be necessary to nght a great wrong (such as the expatriation of Palestinian refugees) argued instead that no purpose could justify putting innocent hves in peal It was as if the two dispu-tam- s were dancing a classical minuet, each whirling about and adopting the stance previously taken by the other. They were not alone The Soviet Union and China, vying to be more Arab than the Koran, found themselves suddenly abhornng the kind of action which, especially in the case of China, they had often excused or overlooked. Apply Principles . This kind of inconsistency is, of course, by no means a novel phenomenon. Diplomats habitually apply eternal principles m temporal ways. The interpretation of the moment depends on the overall objective being sought ftlevitz sells more famous brand furniture than anybody ! But there was an especially ironic twist to the hijacking minuet. Lebanon and her Arab allies wanted the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which meets in Rome .this month, to impose sanctions on Israel. But ICAO was unlikely to do this against Israel alone. So the net effect of SAVE YOUR CASH... TABLE AND 4 CHAIRS OR CHINA CHEST $145 USE YOUR GOOD, CREDIT! 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