Arabs' Aims: Takeover of Israel Today,
World Domination in the Future
By RAPHAEL RUPPIN
(Copyright 1975, -JTA, Inc.)
The Arabs would have the
rest of the world believe that
they are out to get Israel,
and once this is achieved oil
prices will subside, prosper-
ity will return and the world
will come out of its present
crisis.
The ultimate aim of the
Arabs is not Israel, but world
domination. • This is to be
achieved through much more
sophisticated means than
Hitler's brute force. The
means to this end are at
their disposal:—oil—the most
important source of .energy,
huge and accumulating fi-
nancial resources, geopoliti-
cal strength and the domina-
tion of the UN and all other
international organizations.
But let us look at the facts.
The Arabs consider them-
selves to be a great people.
They number more than 100
million persons, who speak
the same language and are
heirs to a great culture. They
exceed in numbers any of the
traditionally great European
powers except Russia. They
control a huge land area
stretching across two contin-
ents from the Persian Gulf to
the Atlantic. This area has
great strategic importance
and is endowed with great
resources, particularly oil.
They are the authors of Is-
lam, a religion professed by
more than 600 million per-
sons. Islam is more than a
religion in the modern West-
ern sense. It is a way of
life, and has far reaching
political purpose. The Arabs
are the keepers of Islam's
shrines; and by virtue of
their special standing is Is-
lam, have assumed political
as well as religious leader-
ship, enabling them to enlist
all good Muslims to their
cause.
The Arabs, an extremely
proud people, have been be-
littled and downtrodden for
centuries. They have lost
their independence; they have
been colonized and ruled by
foreigners, even infidels.
They have been among. the
earth's poorest people. They
feel they have been cruelly
exploited, misused and hu-
miliated by the Western pow-
ers.
Arab pride is second to
none. Their frustration and
feeling of humiliation and
abuse is much deeper than
that of the Germans between
the two world wars. Why
shouldn't they wish to get
back at those whom they
consider their exploiters and
tormentors, now that Allah
the Just has delivered them
into their hands?
Leaders of non-Arab oil
producing countries—such as
the Shah of Iran—have spok-
en in more guarded and
"reasonable" terms. They
aim at the "redistribution of
riches" meaning "We have
been poor for centuries while
Western industrialized coun-
tries were rich; from now on
we shall change sides."
As to capabilities
these
were not primarily military,
though the combined Arab
armies are not to be belit-
tled. However, it is possible
today to achieve domination
of one nation over another
by other than military means.
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Unless there is a signifi-
cant technological break-
through making available an
alternative source of energy,
or a major oil find in a West-
ern country large enough to
break the Arab world mono-
poly, this dependence of the
West on Middle Eastern oil
will probably last for many
years to come, possibly to
the end of the century. This
will give the Arab countries
tremendous leverage and
ample time and opportunity
to- pursue their goals.
It is estimated that the oil
exporting countries and pri-
marily the Arab states will
amass surpluses of between
$60-85 billion per year.
These accumulated sur-
pluses will top the combined
Western industrialized coun-
tries current surplus estimat-
ed at $200 billion, by 1975.
By 1977 Western surpluses
will all but disappear, or at
best be insignificant in com-
parison to the huge Arab
surpluses. Control of the
world money market will by
then have passed completely
into Arab hands.
What makes this financial
weapon more ominous and
dangerous is the fact that the
Arab rulers wielding these
huge sums of money are ir-
responsible and unaccount-
able to anyone. Never in the
world's history have such
huge sums of surplus money
been at the disposal of ruth-
less and absolute rulers.
Geopolitical strategy, by
using the Arab control over
a vast area between the At-
lantic and the Persian Gulf
to cut off communication by
land, sea (the Suez Canal)
and air, enable the Arabs to
bring pressure on any coun-
try that doesn't toe the Arab
line. It has proven to be a
useful weapon in the Arab's
strategic arsenal.
The use of the United Na-
tions, its technical agencies
such as UNESCO, and other
international bodies as wheels
in their vehicle, was made
possible by the rapid suc-
cumbing of Third World na-
tions to the Arab use of the
oil and financial weapons. It
was further facilitated by the
readiness of the Communist
countries to support Arab
domination of international
bodies as long as it was
aimed against the Western
countries.
Arab strategy is to use the
various means at their dis-
posal in a sophisticated pat-
tern and over a period of
time, enabling them to as-
sume control and domination
gradually and imperceptib-
ly; always keeping in mind
the dangers of a Western
military backlash — particu-
larly at the poorly defended
oilfields. The feverish Arab
.
Technion Profs Cut
Ties With UNESCO
HAIFA — Two professors
at the Technion-Israel Insti-
tute of Technology have
severed their ties with
UNESCO because of its re-
cent anti-Israel resolutions.
The two are Professor
Jacob Bear, vice president
for academic affairs, and
Professor Haim Finkel of the
'faculty of agricultural engi-
neering.
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military build-up, ostensibly
aimed against Israel, serves
to make such a move more
risky and unlikely.
This military build-up is
based on Soviet as well as
Western, particularly French,
weaponry. Since oil prices
have been raised to their
present levels, many nations
are virtually forced to supply
the Arabs with every kind of
sophisticated arms they de-
mand in order to balance
their soaring trade deficit. In
doing so they close their eyes
to the dangers to Israel em-
anating from these heavy
arms sales to the Arabs.
The Western weapons sup-
pliers also close their eyes,
or are unaware of the fact
that the only reason that oil
prices have not been fixed at
a much higher level than the
present, is the fear of forc-
ing the Western powers into
a corner, where the only al-
ternative left to them will
be the "military option." As
the arms build-up strength-
ens the Arabs, a military
takeover of the oil fields be-
comes less likely. With this
eventuality out of the way
oil prices will climb again.
The oil consuming indus-
trialized countries import
about 10 billion barrels of oil
annually from OPEC nations.
Thus a price rise of just $1
a barrel means another $10
billion annually to be paid by
Western consumers to the oil
exporters. It is not far fetch-
ed to assume that by arming
the Arabs. Western countries
are digging their own econ-
omic graves.
In a sense Israel, by its
very existence, is forcing oil
prices down. Logistically it
is the only feasible land base
in the Middle East from
which a Western military
takeover of Persian Gulf oil
fields could be launched.
It may be questionable
whether Israel would be will-
ing to serve as such a base,
but the point is that the
Arabs believe that it would.
If it were not for these Arab
fears and assumptions, oil
prices might have been much
higher by now.
Can the Arabs possibly
achieve world domination?
There are certainly obstacles,
even dangerous pitfalls on
this road. They can make
mistakes by rushing things,
or tackling too much at the
same time. They may start
another war against Israel,
which can end more disas-
trously for them than the
Six-Day War of 1967. If the
Syrian-Iraqi front collapses
the Arab oilfields may be
endangered.
Great powers "insurance"
against Arab total defeat by
Israel may not be enforced
in the future, as it has in the
past, particularly if Western
powers see their economies
crumbling and their indepen-
dence threatened.
Possibly the deepest pit-
fall of all is the possibility
that people everywhere will
become aware of what the
Arabs are scheming, how
grand and ambitious are
their designs, how intricate,
compelling and sophisticated
their means, how strong their
resolve and how immense
their capability. If this hap-
pens before it is too late—
there is still hope.
AIM Supports Women's Rights,
Prints Guide on Battling Bias
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
20—Friday, January 24, 1975
NEW YORK — The Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith has added a new dimen-
sion to its 62-year history of
f i g h t in g discrimination —
women's rights as a separate
issue.
The ADL campaign to
change the way society thinks
of women, and some women
think of themselves, was
launched with the first of
what will be a series of
consciousness - raising audio-
visual and printed materials
designed for use by govern-
ment agencies, universities,
labor organizations, manage-
ment training programs and
other groups.
Entitled "Women vs. the
System or the Games Men
Play," and produced in co-
operation with the New York
Chapter of the Women's Na-
New Residence Hall
Wurzweiler School
Celebrates 18 Years
NEW YORK—Yeshiva Uni-
versity's Wurzweiler School
of Social Work will celebrate
its 18th anniversary this
year.
The first school of social
work in the nation uder Jew-
ish auspices, Wurzweiler rep-
resents the culmination of ef-
forts which persisted for over
half a century to establish
Jewish-sponsored social work
education.
Programs offered by the
school include leadership in-
stitute for the aged, in-service
training, community mental
health, Jewish communal or-
ganizations a n d services,
fund-raising and publications.
We know the time of our
setting out, but not of our
return.
tional Book Association, it
consists of a discussion guide
and an album of recorded
dramatizations based on real-
life incidents illustrating the
discrimination women face in
business and the social
world.
NEW YORK—The Jewish
Theological Seminar y of
America recently purchased
property for the Mathilde
Schechter Residence Hall.
The new residence for
women will replace Schuyler
Hall. The facility will be
The recordings focus on completed in the spring of
views which limit the roles 1976.
"socially acceptable" for
women and "the accepted
rigid expectations" of what
feminine behavior should be.
Photography
Weddings - Bar Mitzvah
The albums, two 33'i LPs
and the discussion guide, are
Social Events
available at a fee through
647-5731
the Anti-Defamation League's
Eves. and Weds.
audio-visual department, 315
Lexington Avenue, New
Jack Drapkin
York, 10016, or the agency's
851-2671
26 regional offices.
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