THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, April 10, 1981 5 Michigan Congressmen Lead Fight on Saudi Arms (Continued from Page 1) weapons, Israel would have to increase its military budget at a time when it al- ready spends a large share of its gross national product on defense. what a terrible shame it would be if in the name of a strategic U.S. presence abroad, we undermine our most reli- able and effective ally in the Middle East, the state SAY IT WITH TREES JEWISH NATIONAL FUN _ D 27308 SOUTHFIELD SFLO, MI. 48076 557-6644 Monday thru Thursday, 9 AM to 5 PM Friday 9 AM to 4 PM Sunday 10 AM to 1 PM „rump rip r z r I II KEREN KAYEMETH LEISRAEL of Israel," Blanchard said. "I can't help but wonder if this sale would ever have been proposed if Israel had oil wells." Broomfield, the ranking Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said he did not believe that the U.S. should sell AWACs (surveillance) planes to any country. Riegle and Levin issued lengthy statements during the past week, reiterating their opposition to the sales. Both cited the threat to Is- rael of the new equipment and the belief that such equipment in the hands of the Saudis will not be a de- terrent to the Soviet Union. Levin said, "We are pro- viding the Arab states, for Saudi Arabia is assuredly a leader of the Arab states confronting Israel, with a sophisticated airborne sys- tem which could severely degrade Israeli air superior- ity. This is a system which, properly used, will provide Israel's enemies with in- stantaneous knowledge of her air operations and in- crease their ability to effec- tively respond. "The Arabs already have a tremendous edge over Israel in sheer num- bers, but Israel has al- ways overcome this with superior technology. Through this sale, the U.S., Israel's chief ally, would be making avail- able available to the Arab states a system capable of reducing Israel's technological edge. "This sale, just as the pro- posed sale of the offensive equipment for the F-15s, is intrinsically damaging to basic U.S. policy in the Mid- dle East, whcih is predi- cated on a strong, stable Is- rael- able to militarily de- fend herself against her hostile Arab neighbors, and Spring has Arrived and so has Susan 3erman off We invite you to meet this exciting young designer and preview her new collection of contemporary fine art jewelry Monday, April 13, 1981 — 10 am-9 pm Tuesday, April 14, 1981 — 10 am-4 pm Exclusively at Jules R. Schubot Jewellers 3001 West Big Beaver Road Troy, Michigan 48084 649-1122 JACK KEMP will plunge us into a new, dangerous and costly airms race in one of the world's most volatile areas." Last week in Baltimore, Sen. Howard Metzenbaum (D-Ohio), called on Ameri- can Jews to issue a strong protest against the sales. "The time has come for American Jews to dig in their_ heels and say 'no — this is wrong. This is dangerous and we're not going to sit idly by while the survival of Israel is threatened,' " Metzenbaum told Baltimore's Associated Jewish Charities and Wel- fare Fund. A warning that a "bit- ter fight is inevitable" has been issued by the Con- ference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in a state- ment by its chairman, Howard Squadron, which noted "with alarm" reports that the National Security Coun- cil had recommended to the President arms sales to Saudi Arabia. Squadron added, If the report is accurate and the recommendation is acted upon an even more bitter fight than in 1978 over the F-15s) is inevitable. The Jewish community will op- pose such a proposal vigor- ously." Rabbi Alexander Schin- dler, president of the (Re- form) Union of American Hebrew Congregations, de- nounced the 'proposal, charging that a resulting arms race would bring the area closer to war and jeopardize Israel's security. The American Jewish Committee urged the Re- agan Administration to cancel the scheduled sale, on grounds the weapons transfer would 'endanger American interests and prospects for peace in the Middle East." Maynard Wishner, AJCommittee president, also urged both houses of Congress "to vote resolutions of disapproval" if the Administration went ahead with the sale." The American Jewish Committee said the re- ported National Security Council recommendation "represents not only a breach of prior assur- ances that such weapons would not be provided to the Saudis, but consti- tutes a reckless repudia- W. Germany Plans Strategy to Get Saudi Arms Approval BONN (JTA) — Chancel- lor Helmut Schmidt, scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia April 27, hopes to re- turn with offers of an eco- nomic package deal so bene- ficial to West Germany's economy and industrialists that strong Bundestag op- position to projected arms sales to the Saudis will be defused. The deal Schmidt is said to haVe in mind includes Saudi guarantees of an un- interrupted oil supply to West Germany under preferential conditions. Bonn, for its part, would be committed to sell Saudi Arabia thousands of sophisti- cated armored vehicles, the newest German tank, the Leopold II, and pos- sibly Tornado combat planes, built by. a German-Italian-British consortium. But the eco- nomic benefits would be of such proportions as to Research Budget TEL AVIV (JNI) — About - $25 million will be invested in Israel over the next five- years in interdisciplinary medical research to develop new drugs against cancer and viral diseases, new technology in genetic engineering and food prod- uction, as well as further re- search in such existing medications as THE and In- terfereon. make the arms deal ap- pear as only a minor ele- ment of the package. Schmidt is following this strategy, according to some observers, in order to over- come the strong political opposition to the arms sales within his own Social Democratic Party and its coalition junior partner, the Free Democrats. tion of the traditional, long-standing commit- ment to Israel security." Ivan Novick, president of the Zionist Organization of America, stressed that no amount of armaments pro- vided to Saudi Arabia would serve "as a deterrent to Soviet aggression in the Middle East." He added that the "stockpiling" of "huge arsenals of destruction" by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states "does constitute a direct threat to Israel and to American Middle East interests." LOOK BETTER ! 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