THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 34 Friday, December 29, 1918 An Analysis of America's Current Middle East Policy By. VICTOR BIENSTOCK Why is President Carter trying so hard to browbeat Israel into acceptance of drastic revisions of the draft peace treaty with Egypt which, previously, he had urged upon both sides as an equitable resolution of their conflict? Why is he so harsh in his criticism of Prime Minister Begin for insisting on the terms agreed upon in the Blair House negotiations and so supportive of President Sadat's new de- mands which the Israelis . say reduce that draft to a meaningless piece of paper? Disco Parties by Dan Sandberg 353-6699 Why, for the first time since 1956 when President Eisenhower stopped Secre- tary of State John Foster Dulles from seeking sanc- tions against Israel, has a White House emissary (Se- nate Majority Leader Byrd) threatened Israel with sus- pension of American aid? The answer to these questions does not lie in the Middle East. The Arab-Israeli conflict is not, at this moment, the most pressing problem in the Middle East; cer- tainly not when Iran, the most powerful military force in the region and its second largest oil expor- ter, is being torn apart by revolution. And not when a genocidal action is being perpetrated against the million Chris- tians in Lebanon as the prelude to a Syrian takeover of what was once a democratic oasis in the Arab world. FREDDY SHEYER One Man Orchestra Available For All Occasions Now playing for all the Jewish Community Center dances. 398-2462 FENBY— STEIN TALENT AGENCY 31455 Northwestern Hwy., Farmington Hills, MI 48018 (313) 855-1400 WEDDINGS BAR MITZVAS CELEBRATIONS Do something different — have your event RECORDED PROFESSIONALLY ON AN AUDIO VIDEO - TAPE for a lasting rememberance. INEXPENSIVE - A Wonderful Gift CALL: PROFESSIONAL VIDEO ENTERPRISES, INC. FOR A COST QUOTATION. 358- 1440 Audio Video Recording Specialists Nor is President Carter naive enough to believe that he can appease the money- hungry sheikhs who control 60 percent of OPEC's oil production and provide most of the fuel we import by tossing Israel to them. Israel cannot be blamed for the Iranian debacle or the Syrian pogrom of Chris- tians or the voracious appe- tite of the oil sheikhs. The cause of Carter's displeas- ure with Israel must be found closer to home on the domestic scene. Earlier this year, the President had fallen to a lower point in the popular- ity polls than any President in many years. Overnight, his success in persuading Begin and Sadat to sign the Camp David accords created a new image for the man in the White House. He followed Camp David with successes in Congress previously de- nied to him and with the coup of establishing rela- tions with Communist China. Nevertheless, he apparently feels that his new prestige is being un- dermined by the possibil- ity that his Mideast peacemaking effort failed. It is, perhaps, premature to say that the President has failed as a peacemaker. It is unlikely, however, that he will succeed in the Mid- dle East until he recognizes A Hanu ka Story By MRS. L.H. LANDAU As we drove towards Northland that night, the Christmas lights froni the trees and stores shown brightly. . It was so pretty and impressive. Suddenly a voice came from the back of the car: "Why do they have Christ- mas lights and not Hanuka? Why don't they have Hanuka and dreidels and all for the Jews?" The little voice of the four-year-old was perfectly clear and a bit deep. I was sort of startled by the way she asked the question. "Well, Dear," I started- to say and explained there are more Christians than Jews and the stores try to sell to the majority of the people. I thought my answer was sort of THE HAIR and NOW SALON New management offers Special Prices. PERMS including cut conditioning and style Wash & Sets FREE Conditioner with 20% $ 25 $800 I . $800 Hair cuts Discount To Senior Citizens. 23011 Greenfield, Lower level Advance Bldg., Sfld. Mich. the salient point stressed in a recent New York Times editorial: "What Egypt gives can be revoked; what Israel yields can be re- gained only in war." The President's standing in the polls is a problem for him and for his public rela- tions staff; unfortunately for the Israelis, he has also made it a problem for them. But the Middle East situa- tion remains, and we don't see too much being done about it. The question is not how much we have to pay for the oil we must buy to warm our homes, keep our factories humming and our wheels turning; it is whether we can keep the oil flowing at any price as long as we need it. The Middle East is an area highly vulnerable to Communist pressures — as is any area where the ruling regimes have no popular support. We sat back while Communist- dominated forces took control of the Horn of Af- rica dominating the sea lanes by which our oil must transit. We de- pended on the Shah of Iran, with the most sophisticated military equipment the world has ever seen, to protect the flow of oil through the Persian Gulf and shield the Arabian oilfields against threats from the north. 559-9330 OK, but just a bit above the little four-year-old. The silence in the back seat continued. Then, suddenly, as loud as a four-year-old could pos- sibly get without scream- ing, came, "But God loves us best!" I was a bit taken aback after trying to teach my children that God loves everyone the same. "Why do you say such a thing?" I asked. "Well God made the snow white and the sky blue, and those are Jewish colors," she said. Channel Island Inmates Sought to Identify Nazi The Kansas City Jewish Community Relations Bureau is seeking individu- als who may be able to iden- tify an alleged Nazi war criminal now living in Kan- sas City. The alleged Nazi war criminal may have been stationed on one of the Channel Islands sometime between 1942 and 1945. The Detroit Jewish Community Council re- quests that any persons who had been interned on the Channel Islands call Steve Shaw at the Council office, 962-1880. Said Samuel to Ray Judah: "Hurry up and eat, hurry up and drink, for the world from which we must go is like a wedding feast." We relied on Israel (even if we didn't openly state it) to keep the Communist- supported radical Arab re- gimes from swallowing up the militarily helpless oil producing countries, includ- ing Saudi Arabia. Now Iran, as a linchpin of this defense, is gone and we are threatening Isiael with various dire punishments. We have done virtually nothing to reduce our own oil consumption and thus reduce our vulnerability, or to develop major alternative sources of energy such as, perhaps, the vast oil re- serves of Mexico might sup- ply. We remain dependent on the Middle East. Some weeks ago, President Carter asked former Undersecretary of State George W. Ball to examine the Iranian de- velopments and advise the White. House on its options. A few months ago, writing on the Arab-Israeli conflict, Ball proposed that the U.S. Air Force move into at least one of the magnificent bases Israel built in the Sinai (from- which the Saudi Arabian, Kuwaiti and Emi- rates oilfields can be covered) and that the U.S. Navy establish bases at Haifa and or Alexandria or both, under mutual defense treaties with Israel and Egypt. Ball proposed this as a guarantee for both sides to enable them to make' the concessions neces-' sary to facilitate 1-33. Egyptian-Israeli treaty. 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