THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 16 October 17, 1980 Begin Worried Over New Soviet-Syrian Friendship PEAR L THE GALLERY FINE PEARLS AND PERSONAL ATTENTION 20% OFF Regular Retail 6346 Orchard Lake Road, Suite 208 855-3340 W. Bloomfield in Durbin Realty Bldg., across from Orchard Mall MasterCard VISA Daily 9:30-5:30, Fri. til 8, Sat. til 4 •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • BRING THIS AD• JERUSALEM (JTA) — Premier Menahem Begin said that Israel takes a "grave" view of the new Soviet-Syrian friendship and military cooperation pact and of "the growing Jordanian involvement in the Iraqi war efforts "against Iran. . Speaking to reporters at the Defense Ministry, Begin said it was safe to assume that Syria and the Soviet Union have signed a secret agreement that parallels their publicly signed accord. He contended that this af- 40 40 40 40•40 40 40 • • GRAND OPENING SPECIAL!! $36 KA • /2 OFF THE REGULAR MEMBERSHIP (One free preview when signing • • as a member with this ad) • 1 . •- . 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Israeli analysts said that President Hafez Assad of Syria appar- ently decided that he had to enter into a formal pact with the Soviets, some- thing he hesitated to do before, because the Iraqi,-Iranian war left Syria isolated among the Arab states, all of which More than 5,000 persons crowded Budapest? except Libya, are sup- Dahony Synagogue during the High Holidays th porting Iraq. year. The American Jewish Joint Distribution Com- Because of Syria's long- mittee estimates that 100,000 Jews remain in Hun- standing rivalry with Iraq, gary, with 80,000 in Budapest. Assad also may have felt he could not allow Iraq to draw closer to Moscow as a result of the war. ALLENBY BRIDGE local and West Bank pil- But the Israelis believe it (JTA) — Some 4,702 Israeli grims. is altogether unlikely that Moslems crossed this bridge Contrary to previous Syria would join the war by over the Jordan River last years, when the buses came taking military action week for the annual pil- straight from Teheran against Iraq. This is be- grimage to Mecca — the haj. through Iraq to Jordon, this cause Iraq has portrayed Several dozen Iranian buses year they were forced to the war as an Arab struggle decorated with pictures of take a longer route through against a non-Arab power the Ayatollah Khomeini Turkey and Syria, each and Assad, heading a waited for the pilgrims on time being detained for sev- minority Alawite Moslem the Israeli side of the bridge. eral days at border points regime, could hardly cast The buses were recruited before they could go on.. his lot with the non-Arab by a West Bank traveling side in actual combat. The pilgrims were seen agent to serve the Israeli With respect to Jordan's Moslem pilgrims since off at the Allenby Bridge assistance to Iraq, Begin there were not enough terminal by Binyamin suggested that there is a buses in Amman to trans- Gur-Arye, the premier's danger that the Iraqis will _ port them in addition to the adviser on Arab affairs. sell Soviet war equipment to Jordan as a gesture of gratitude and "this would present a direct danger to us." He implied that the U.S. should 'cancel its pro- posed sale of tanks to Jordan. Deputy Premier Yigael Yadin also warned a serious mistake when he joined Iraq against Iran. Meanwhile, the Jorda- nian port of Aqaba is a scene of heavy activity. Jordan has become a supply route for Iraq, avoiding the Per- sian Gulf and the Iranian navy'. But a shortage of trucks to carry the equip- ment from Aqaba to Baghdad has caused a bottleneck and the cargos are piling up on the Aqaba docks. Israeli military planners are taking account of the possibility that the Iraqi- Jordan relationship will lead to heightened tension between Jordan and Syria. The U.S. and Britain have already warned Jor- dan against any serious in- volvement in the Persian Gulf War. (On a BBC television To: The Jewish News interview, King Hussein I 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865 confirmed that his army has I Southfield, Mich. 48075 been put on a state of alert I and that supplies were Please send a year's gift subscription to: reaching Iraq by way of Aqaba. However, he said, there were "no imminent NAME plans" to send Jordanian ADDRESS troops to the Iraqi border. Hussein said the Iraqis did ZIP STATE I CITY not need help but if they did, 1 Jordan would not hesitate FOR: to give it. He called on all state occasion Arab countries to support Iraq's "just cause.") FROM Israel Moslems Go to Mecca DID YOU REMEMBER to send someone a gift subscription to The Jewish News? 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