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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Saudi, U.S. Arms Deal Concerns Israeli Military
By YITZHAX SHARGIL
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
serious concern expressed
in Israeli military circles
over Saudi Arabia's huge
purchases of advanced
weaponry from the United
States and especially the
Saudi request for equip-
ment that would endow
their American F-15 air-
craft'with long-range offen-
sive capabilities, stems
from the perception of the
dangers facing Israel on its
eastern front.
According to military of-
ieials, hardware being ac-
cumulated by the Saudis is
far in excess of what is
necessary to defend that
large, sparsely populated
country. It makes sense
only if the weapons are in-
tended — as the Israelis be-
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lieve they are — to bolster
the forces of the Arab con-
frontation states on Israel's
east — Jordan, Syria and
Iraq.
Those countries can cur-
rently field more than 5,000
tanks in an offensive
against Israel. Moreover,
they possess the military in-
frastructure to absorb large
quantities of war materials,
including aircraft, deliv-
ered from Saudi Arabia.
There is, for example, noth-
ing to prevent the station-
ing of Saudi F-5 combat jets
in Jordan. which has the
facilities and know-how for
their operation.
Israeli military sources
say there is no conceiva-
ble reason why the
Saudis need additional
fuel pods to increase the
F-15 operational range
from its present 720
kilometers to more than
1,600 kilometers (1,000
miles) unless offensive
operations against Israel
are intended.
Nor is there any reason
why Saudi Arabia would
need three times as many
laser-guided bombs as Is-
rael possesses or, with a
regular army of only 44,500
men, electronic command
control equipment capable
of coordinating 15 divisions
which is — not coinciden-
tally — the approximate
size of the combined
Jordanian-Syrian-Iraqi
forces on the eastern front.
The Israelis grant that
U.S. intentions are not to
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provide the Saudis with
means to destroy Israel but
to reinforce "moderate"
Sauid Arabia so that it can
function, along with Egypt,
as a firm base for American
support of friendly nations
in the Middle East and ad-
joining regions.
But the Americans
should ask themselves, Is-
raeli experts on Arab affairs
say, whether the massive
supply of arms to the Saudis
is indeed the best way to
achieve that objective or
whether it could prove to be
a disaster.
These experts fear that
the U.S. has not learned the
lesson of several decades of
military and diplomatic
mishaps which resulted
from arming and otherwise
supporting corrupt or un-
popular regimes and rulers.
They cite as examples Cuba,
Vietnam, Libya and North
Yemen • where, after the
pro-American rulers were
overthrown in popular up-
risings or coups, the Ameri-
can weapons were used
against the U.S. or its West-
ern allies and their inter-
ests.
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Rebbe Assails Birth Control
NEW YORK (JTA) — A
denunciation of the increas- _
ing frequency of family
planning among Jews and
concern over the "rampant
ignorance" of many Jews
about Jewish religious laws
on marital relations were
expressed by the
Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi
Menahem Schneerson.
He spoke at the 25th an-
nual convention of the
Four Arrested
Lubavitch Women's Organ-
ization, held at the Hasidic
for Plotting
group's world headquarters
to Kill Sharon
in the Crown Heights sec-
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Secu- tion of Brooklyn.
He criticized the si-
rity forces have arrested
four Arabs from the Gaza lence of what he said
Strip and charged them were many rabbis who
with a plot to assassinate hesitate to speak out pub-
Agriculture Minister Ariel licly on the traditional
Sharon at his farm in the stand on family planning
Negev. The four reported- and about observance of
ly confessed they were re- "Taharas Hamispakha,"
cruited for the task by the dealing with marital and
Palestine Liberation sexual relations. He
spoke against a back-
Organization.
Sharon was apparently ground of growing evi-
chosen because he is in dence that the American
charge of the Ministerial Jewish family is achiev-
Settlement Committee and ing, by choice, zero popu-
is the leading advocate in lation growth.
Scheerson said, "as a re-
the Cabinet of increasing
Jewish settlements in the sult of- this disturbing void
West Bank. A reserve gen- and painfully neglected
eral, he led the Israeli forces area of Jewish life, many,
across the Suez Canal into many of our Jewish men
Egypt during the Yom Kip- and women do not know
that in most instances,
pur War.
The terrorists had appar- Jewish law prohobits family
ently been planning the at- planning and the preven-
tack for a year. They had tion of birth, and that
people working in packing Jewish law prescribes many
houses near the Sharon details regarding marital
farm where they could ob- relations."
serve his habits.
According to reports, the
four men arrested had
planned to get jobs as far-
mhands on Sharon's farm.
The terrorists had earlier
stockpiled arms near one of
the fruit-packing plants.
They reportedly planned to
attack the minister with
explosives and firearms
while he was in his house,
thus circumventing his
bodyguard and the elec-
tronic warning devices
which surround the farm.
City Pauses
to Observe
Tisha b'Av
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
lights that usually brighten
the city in the evening were
dim Monday on the eve of
Tisha b'av, the national day
of mourning over the de-
struction of the First and
Second Temples.
According to the bylaws
of Tel Aviv, all places of
entertainment are closed.
Banks were closed Monday
afternoon and remained
closed until Wednesday.
Many municipal and gov-
ernment offices had skeletal
crews Monday.
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