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Fisher Downplays Israeli Tensions;
States U.S. View on Egypt and Aid
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
Max Fisher, chairman of the
Jewish Agency board of gov-
ernors, said that the current
feelings of tension between
Israel and the United States
were being generated by,the
Israeli Press. He said they
were not apparent in the
U.S. and that in fact, Presi-
dent Ford, with whom he
met only 10 days ago in
Washington, was puzzled as
to where the tension came
from.
Fisher spoke to Israeli
newsmen at a press confer-
ence following the end of the
board of governors meeting.
The Detroit industrialist
said he would "suggest very
strongly that the Israeli
press handle differently the
relations between Israel and
the U.S." Declaring that he
did not "find the same ten-
sions in the U.S." and that
"in all fairness," what is
reported in Israel "is not
quite accurate," Fisher
warned that "if you high-
light minor differences then
you lead to major disagree-
ments."
Fisher said he would
personally use whatever
influence he has to see
that Israel receives $550
million in U.S. aid for the
fiscal year transition
quarter. However, he
noted that in the last 27
months Israel has received
over $4 billion from the
U.S. Israel also must un-
derstand President Ford's
position, Fisher said, and
realize that it is very diffi-
cult for the President to
approve additional aid for
Israel when he faces a $49
billion deficit at home.
Fisher claimed that Israel
was making "Too big an is-
sue" over the sale of six
transport planes to Egypt.
He said Israel should try to
view the sale from the point
of view of the general bal-
ance in the Middle East.
It should be understood
that the U.S. is committed
to maintain the security of
Israel, he said. However, the
U.S. is friendly with Egypt
as well and only a major
power which is friendly to
all sides of the Middle East
conflict can try to find an
agreement.
Fisher denied allegations
that Ford has "written off"
the "Jewish vote" in this
year's Presidential elec-
tions.
Meanwhile, Moshe Zan-
bar, governor of the Bank of
Israel, warned that if Israel
does not receive the extra
$550 million, unemploy-
ment in Israel would soar to
80,000.
Zanbar said that under
the present circumstances,
"politicians in Washing-
ton can decide if we will
have unemployment and
what its rate will be."
Rabin denied reports
from Washington corre-
spondents of Israeli newspa-
pers that he hadtold Presi-
dent Ford Israel did not
need the transitional
quarter funding. Rabin's
statement to the Cabinet on
Sunday was followed Tues-
day by an official statement
saying that Rabin first
raised the issue with Presi-
dent Ford during his Janu-
ary visit to the U.S.
At the same time, Rab
Alexander Schindler, chair-
man of the Conference of
Presidents of Major Ameri-
can Jewish Organizations,
told Israelis that their world
image was that of a nation
without strong leadership
because it has postponed
dealing with basic problems
such as the Palestinians.
Addressing a press con-
ference in Tel Aviv, Schin-
dler also said that the Se-
curity Council speech by
U.S. Ambassador William
Scranton did not herald a
change of U.S. policy to-
ward Israel. American
policy in the Middle East
seeks to differentiate be-
tween the extremists and
more moderate elements in
the Arab world and to en-
courage the latter to come
under American influence,
Schindler said.
He -observed that the
world view of Israel was
that its leadership could not
stand up to the challenges of
the region's basic problems.
Whether this is true or not
makes no difference as long
as the world sees Israel in
that light, he said.
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Ford Veto Threat, Kissinger
Role Criticized at AIPAC
Annual Detroit Assembly
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Aaron Rosenbaum, re-
search director of the Amer-
ican Israel Public Relations
Committee Washington
headquarters, in an address
to 100 Detroit enrolees in
the movement, at the Stan-
dard Club, Wednesday, ex-
pressed concern over Presi-
dent Ford's threat to veto
the $550 million allocation
in foreign aid funds ear-
marked for Israel. He also
criticized the support given
to such a threat by Secre-
tary of State Kissinger.
Rosenbaum, who is the
son of Rabbi and Mrs. Mil-
ton Rosenbaum of Oak Park
and holds a major executive
position in AIPAC, said
hope now is centered in the
role to be played by Con-
gress whose members have
been alerted by IPAC about
the excessive arms provi-
sions that continue to flow-
into Arab countries from
Russia and other countries.
He said that proof has been
provided that $15 billion
worth of arms have been
given the Arab states by the
USSR and other govern-
ments and that Egypt, con-
trary to denials by Sadat,
still receives Soviet aid.
Wilfred Doner, co-chair-
man of the Detroit AIPAC
Committee with Morris
Brandwine, gave an analy-
sis of the national com-
mittee's functions and
urged strong support for it
as the movement that al-
erts American legislators
and public opinion on Is-
rael's desperate status
under threat from the Ar-
abs. He joined in express-
ing concern over the an-
tagonism that has become
evident both in the Sta
Department and the Whi,
House.
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Lewis Grossman also pE )
ticipated in the prograrh -
and spoke of the urgent
need to keep members of
Congress aware of the truth
in the issues affecting Israel
and of constantly urging
them to insist that justice
be done to Israel whose se-
curity is much dependent
upon U. S. support.
Banks Hold Bonds
NEW YORK — Three
thousand American banks
have Israel Bonds in their
investment portfolios.