THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, October 21, 1977 15 Article Suggests U.S. Bring Down Begin's Government (Continued from Page 1) -4? the failure of the U.S. to come to the aid of European Jews before and during World War II. However, he said, the American Jewish commu- nity "seems determined to react from fear rather than thought. It not only does not examine U.S. and Israeli relations with sufficient independence, it is too prone to Over-react to any attempt to do so by others and some extreme Ameri- an Jewish groups seem Ailing to use anti-Semitism and the Holocaust as a moral club." The article continued: "This paralysis is also a vicious circle" because "it would take great moral courage for the Adminis- tration to put pressure on Begin's military jugular without Congressional and American-Jewish support." The article claimed that American Jews "lack lead- ership and information from the Administration and Con- gress" and "Begin seems to lack Peres' ultimate prac- ticality and restraint." The writer • warned that Begin may "actually seek the political and military destruction of the PLO and also permanently seize con- trol of the West Bank towns and territories that have no desire to be part of Israel." The U.S. "has potential tools to change the situa- tion," he wrote. As examples of those "tools" the writer said "Begin is a terrorist and the U.S. can exploit the fact that there is no 'moral' dif- ference between an Israel led by a 'patriot' like Begin and a PLO led by a 'patriot' like Arafat." Furthermore, Cordesman wrote, "The U.S. can attack Israel's refusal to talk with the PLO in a way it could never do when Israel was led by David Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir of Yitzhak Rabin." He recommended that the U.S. can freeze aid levels in current dollars and reduce credits and other tacit economic support and indirect subsidies to Israel. It can "make clear in many different, politically Causes Concern By WARREN FREEDMAN There are 35,000 Jewish citizens in West Germany today, most of whom are distressed by the seeming revival of neo-Nazi activi- ties. This turn of events means that world Jewry must take a positive stand against this self-destructive German phenomenon, and simultaneously guard against the isolation of West German Jewry from the world Jewish community. Books, films and maga- zines in West Germany have recently portrayed Hitler in a favorable light. Joachim Fest 's film, "Hitler—A Career," seeking to portray events from 1918-1945 through Hitler's own eyes, glosses over and omits men- tion of the countless heinous crimes perpetrated by this fiend! Incredibly, two-thirds of West Germany's popu- lation was born after 1945! Light sentences in Nazi murder trials have become more frequent, and there are continuing delays in the Maidenek trial where 14 persons are charged with the murders of 250,000 con- centration camp inmates. The prevalence of wide- 7 ---spread violence, bombings, idnappings and assis- ination attempts have also terrified the West German Jewish community, moreso than other West German citizens, because these groups have links to Arab terrorists and to right-wing neo-Nazi fronts. There have, however, been several positive efforts to curb this tide: The mass- circulation weekly maga- zine "Stem" has published a 22-part report on "Jews in Germany" from Roman times to 1977, with Jewish contributions to German - culture, German politics, and German commerce emphasized, and discrimi- nation against Jews and persecution of Jews condemned. Also, the Central Council for Jews in Germany has taken bold steps to assure the continuity of West Ger- man Jewish communities. (A March 1977 seminar at Wurzburg was most successful). In addition, there has been established a depart- ment of Jewish studies at Heidelberg University to train Jewish youth leaders, Jewish teachers and rabbis to work in West German Jewish communities. acceptable ways that Begin endangers Israel's life-line to the U.S." and "can prob- ably force the collapse of his coalition." The U.S. can also slow down military aid to Israel without endangering Israel and "erode Israel's military endurance to defensive levels by selectively halting parts, ammunition and training" and "ending ,Israel-South African cooper- ation on land and air weap- onry and nuclear weapons," Cordesman wrote. He said, "The U.S. can use the current peace talks to force Begin and Likud - to set clear, unambiguous limits to what they define as Eretz Israel." He insisted that none of those acts would endanger Israel and "all can be accomplished in ways that do not violate dip- lomatic procedures." He said that "even a reduction in official U.S.- Israel contacts" would have "a visible and powerful impact in Israel." Cordesman said the U.S. could use those "tools" if the Administration and Con- gresss at least would "openly debate and discuss U.S. military aid to Israel, the trends in the Israel bal- ance and Begin as a man and Likud-Herut as a party. "More directly, the Admin- istration and leading mem- bers of Congress should place fixed limits on U.S. obligations to Israel." He added that U.S. Jews might follow such a debate "with considerable inde- pendence of thought and ... support U.S. policy that pro- tects U.S. interests without threatening Israel's survival." A "well-placed" source in the Pentagon said that workers in the Pentagon's Middle East sections regr- etted only that the article did not appear in a pub- lication with wider circula- tion. The source said the article was "in line with Pentagon policy." In what may be related to that rationale, • it was reported this week that the Pentagon may propose the sale of 60 supersonic F-16 jets to Saudi Arabia instead of the already proposed F-15 jets. The Pentagon justifica- tion reported in the media was that the F-16 is much less sophisticated, more within the technical capabil- ities of the Saudis, and viewed as defensive aircraft that would be harder to deploy against Israel. Meanwhile, Israel's Knes- set has formed a new sub- committee which intends to get the lawmakers more involved with Israel's arms purchases. There has been an on- going debate in Israel over whether she should pur- chase U.S. F-16 fighters or produce her own planes. • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • •••• •••••ifinFlf•••- ■ • S • • *$ COMPLETE OLOCKSM1TH SERVICE 26661 Coolidge Just S. of 11 Mile Oak Park Mich. 48237 M-S 9-6 541-2505 KEYS 59 8a ° 2 DEADBOLT . 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