MINIMMINE THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS ..•■••■•■■ ammor. WC. Trojan Now Is the Time to Deal With Palestinians Israeli General By SOLLY PRESS "Son of C. Trojan" CUSTOM FURNITURE & CARPET CLEANING ON LOCATION FREE ESTIMATES Phone 576-1140 111 JOHANNESBURG (JTA) — Brought to South Africa under the auspices of the Friends of Tel Aviv University's visitors pro- gram, Maj. Gen Aharon Yariv quickly makes it clear that he is a soldier who prefers peace to war. He knows what war is all ab- out. He served in the Hagana, was a British captain in World War II, commanded the famous Go- lani Brigade, was military attache in Washington, di- rected Israeli military in- telligence, graduated from the French Army Staff Col- lege, advised Premier Golda Meir on terrorism and was a special assistant to the Chief of Staff during the Yom Kippur War, headed the Israeli delegation at the kilometer 101 cease-fire talks with Egypt and later entered first the Meir Cabinet and then the Cabinet of Yitzhak Rabin before resigning to estab- lish and head Tel Aviv Uni- versity's Center for Strategic Studies. 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The fact that he is at present outside any party political arena seems to have increased rather than detracted from his authority as an analyst of Israel's strategic position, his point of departure in his current series of talks. At this point, says Yariv, Israel has been fortunate in maintaining the military balance vis-a-vis all her neighbors, except Egypt. Israel has maintained and sustained this bal- ance through its own ef- forts, but also to a grow- ing extent due to U.S. aid by way of both dollars and military hardware. However, over the next five to 10 years Israel's defense is going to be a more difficult matter. For one thing, inflation aside, the cost of carrying on the arms race is increasing. A war-plane that cost $5 million a few years ago now costs 10 times more for cur- rent models. But Israel's an- tagonists also have at their disposal both the Russian and Western arms markets. In addition, the Arab states have large standing armies and are not as de- pendent on mobilization as is Israel. Those armies may not be as efficient as Israel's armed forces, but they can and do operate their ever more sophisticated weaponry. In war it is not only the kind of weapons system that matters. Israel has come to rely on more skilled man- power. Yet the Jewish state has always tried to enjoy an edge in the area of superior weapons systems, mainly of Western origin. But now Egypt can obtain U.S. weaponry, as can hostile Saudi Arabia, while Iraq and Syria can obtain hardware elsewhere in the West. There is no need for panic, however, Yariv says. Indeed, Israel should continue to main- tain the military balance — even after most of its neighbors have signed peace treaties. Yet he predicts that the effort is going to become increas- ingly more difficult to maintain While Egypt is for now, and hopefully for always, out of the fray, the rejectionist states and their friends are not. In the Arab east, Syria has vowed to redress the military balance now that Egypt is out of the war party. Damascus maintains a tank force equivalent to that of NATO and has the biggest of the Arab air forces. Iraq's expeditionary forces amount to six ar- mored divisions and their paraphernalia includes up to 1,500 tanks. Jordan is likely to have 1,000 tanks by 1985 and now has a qual- ity air defense. Saudi Arabia is beginning to be a military factor which for the first time has to be taken note of. While he approaches the problem of peace mainly from a military point of view, he understands that it is not the only view that de- serves consideration. Yet something has to be done to avoid complete isolation, even estrangement from the U.S. which provides Israel with a valuable umbrella in the East-West struggle, Yariv observes. The issue of the Palesti- nians has to be faced. It will not go away. They will not emigrate to South Africa nor elsewhere. So, it is bet- ter to face up to the chal- lenge now rather than later, Yariv advises. Friday, August 22, 1980 13 You've tried dealers... now try an AUTO BROKER ouR 9Fmco oy skAKC SURPN5 NEW cAG1 stotq , l Ordering '81's at '80 Discount Prices N .1h1 1_8015 TRY ME" NEW CAR PUR C CHASES HASES (Up to 23% discounr on new cars.) 968-2360 25900 Greenfield Rood, Suite 139 Ook Pork, Michigan 482371 IT'S THE COFFEE THAT'LL MAKE EVERYONE THINK YOU DID WHEN YOU DIDN'T! The rich ground aroma and fresh perked taste makes Maxim® the coffee any busy balbusta would be proud to serve. Especially with the strudel. Or, the Honey cake. Or the lox 'n bagels. 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