THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, October 15, 1976 17 Bonn Support of Israel Unchanged by Schmidt Re-Election BONN (JTA) — Chan- cellor Helmut Schmidt's re-election by a slim eight-seat majority in the West German Parliament is expected to bring no change in Bonn's policies toward Israel. Social- Schmidt's Democratic Party (SDP) and its coalition partner, the Free Democratic arty (FDP), headed by Leon Schoichit Diamond Broker WHOLESALE ONLY New Storekeepers WELCOME Memorandum to Rated Dealers (313) 557-9338 Foreign Minister Hans Dietrich Genscher, won 252 seats. The opposition Christian Democratic Union-Christian Social Union (CDU-CSU) won 244 seats. Schmidt and Genscher pledged to con- tinue their alliance for another four years start- ing Dec. 14. Israeli and Jewish sources in Bonn had ex- pected no change in Mid- dle East policy no matter who won. As Dr. Nahum Goldman, president of the World Jewish Congress and a long-time student- of German politics said recently: "Germany will continue to follow more or less the same lines of even-handed policy, no matter who wins the elec- tion." The SDP-FDP coalition which came to power in 1969 continued to uphold WE SUPPORT .. MAYNARD M. FELDMAN FOR OAKLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONER BECAUSE .. . "Of his integrity and concern for improving the quality of life of the community. He expresses his concern by things that will improve our community life, and would be an asset for the Oakland community. Dr. Harry Maisel President, Adat Shalom Men's Club Professor & Chairman of Anatomy Wayne State U. School of Medicine "We have known him to be very dedicated in civic, social and charitable affairs and know that his integrity is in the front line." Henry Y. Leopold This ad paid for by supporters of Maynard M. Feldman President Display Creations, Inc. 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HELMUT SCHMIDT the "special relationship" of support for Israel estab- lished by the late Chancel- lor Konrad Adenauer and the late David Ben- Gurion, but introduced the concept of "neutrality" towards,Mideast issues as a whole. In spite of occasional setbacks in German- Israel relations — espe- cially after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 — and in spite of a vast increase in German-Arab trade in the past five years and German dependence on Arab oil imports, ties with- Israel have perhaps never been better than they are today. Israeli Foreign Minis- ter Yigal Allon visited Germany (includ ✓ng Ber- lin) five times in the past 15 months and several German and Israeli Cabinet ministers and other delegations have exchanged visits. The flood of telegrams and d6nations received by the Israeli Embassy in Bonn after Israel's dar- ing Entebbe raid testifies to the deep public sym: pathy for Israel. Israeli dependence on Germany results partly from the fact that the Fed- eral Republic — the economic giant of Europe — is its second biggest supplier of goods and its third biggest customer after the United States and Britain. A big export offensive is currently un- derway- to cut back Israel's massive $550 million trad- ing deficit with Germany, and a treaty was signed re- cently to promote mutual trade and investment. Since the oil crisis of late 1973, Bonn has adhered more or less to the EEC line on the Mid- dle East, namely calling for Israeli withdrawal from the occupied ter- ritories (this was recently "elaborated" to "all" the occupied territories) and establishment of a Pales- tinian state in return for recognition of Israel's right to exist in secure borders. Observers consi- dered it unlikely that a CDU-CSU government would have changed this. Helmut Kohl, who was the opposition's candi- date for Chancellor, is be- lieved to have no well- defined opinions on Mideast matters. His de- signated Foreign- Minis- ter, Prof. Karl Carstens, is considered a friend of Arab oil-producing coun- tries. But CSU leader Franz-Josef Strauss, who, as shadow-Finance Minister, would have been the real strong man in any CDU-CSU gov- ernment, has supported Israel in the past. Factory Sealed IBM's $388.88 Acklin Type 399-8333 342-7800 DO YOU REMEMBER THAT LITTLE BUILDING ON BROADWAY IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT THAT SOLD WATCH BANDS AND REPAIRED WATCHES FOR 49 YEARS? WE ARE NOW IN SOUTHFIELD • -- at The Evergreen Plaza, Evergreen & 12 Mile LARGEST STOCK OF WATCH BANDS WATCH & JEWELRY REPAIRING ENGRAVING 559-9630 „ Daily 10 to 6, Thurs. & Fri. 10 to 9 4,4 Israeli Guilty in Arab's Death TEL AVIV (JTA) — An Israeli army officer was found guilty by a military court of responsibility for the death of Ahmed Dib Dahloul, secretary of the local Communist Party in Salfit village in Samaria last summer. 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