• 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- Potpourri A Medley of Elegant Gifts & Books Always 20 0/ 0 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. 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Call Dan Sandberg 353-6699 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. Friday, July 25, 1980 21 DR. NORBERT KETAI and DR. NEIL HERTZBERG are pleased to announce the return of DR. ROBERT S. KETAI to the practice of podiatric medicine and foot surgery at THE TEL-12 MALL 28756 Telegraph Rd. Southfield, Mi. 48034 354-2262 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. 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