an Delays F-16 Shipment to Israel

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Friday, July 24, 1981

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Romburg said that Sec- Israel.
own
retary of State Alexander
Reagan was expected to
,k- WEDDING &
Haig, in announcing the announce his decision on all
BAR MITZVAH
President's decision Mon- 10 F-16s last Friday, but put
INVITATIONS
day night, made clear that it off after the Israeli raid on
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in "the context of the escala- the terrorist headquarters
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tion cycle of violence" it was in Beirut. However, Rom-
Center
In Lincoln
deemed "inappropriate" to burg said Tuesday, that the
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F-16s de- President's decision does
go ahead wit
not "cast blame" on Israel or
take sides. The decsion "is
not sending a message or
casting any particular re-
sponsibility on Israel," the
NEW COMPUTERIZED
spokesman said.
In that context, Romburg
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have to wait and see what, if
any, resolution was pre-
sented to the United Na-
tions Security Council on
the situation in Lebanon be-
fore deciding on a position.
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"We would oppose any call
for sanctions against Israel
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or an unbalanced resolution
that sought to single out
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said.
He said the U.S. is look-
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Percy made his remarks
of Canada, the ho os s t
problem." He noted that Trudeau
of the conference, which as the committee began
U.S. special envoy Philip
hearings on the Reagan
in part:
Habib was in Jerusalem stated
"We are deeply distressed Administration's request
Tuesday seeking Israeli by the scale of destruction, for congressional authoriza-
agreement to a cease-fire.
particularly in Lebanon, tion for American participa-
Romburg said other par- and the heavy civilian loss tion in the multi-national
ties that have contacts with of life on both sides. We call force and observers (MFO)
the Palestine Liberation on all states and parties to that will police the Sinai fol-
Organization are seeking to exercise restraint and in lowing Israel's final with-
persuade the terrorist group particular to avoid retalia- drawal in April 1982.
to end the shelling of north-
Also critical of Israel was
which only results in
ern Israel. He said that tion
escalation and to forego acts Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.).
these parties are undertak- which could lead in the cur- Two other committee mem-
ing this task without neces- rent tense situation in the bers, Sens. Richard Lugar
sarily being asked to do so area to further bloodshed (R-Ind.) and Nancy Kas-
by the U.S.
sebaum (R-Kan.) backed
war.
He refused to name any of and
"We are particularly con- Percy in calling for a sus-
these parties, although a cerned in this respect by the pension of arms shipments
State Department source tragic fate of the Lebanese to Israel. The four Republi-
identified one of them as people. We support the ef- cans were the only commit-
United Nations Secretary forts now in progress to tee members present at the
General Kurt Waldheim.
time .
VP
Romburg reiterated the permit Lebanon to ac hie
genuine
national
reconcili-
On the MFO, Nicholas
U.S. position that the U.S.
assistant secre-
ation,
internal
security
and
Veliotes,
will not negotiate or have
peace
with
its
neighbors."
tary
of
state
for Near East-
any other contacts with the
Meanwhile , Romburg ern and South Asian affairs,
PLO until the PLO recog-
nizes Israel's right to exist said the Administration said that according to an
and accepts UN Security hoped to make a decision on agreement signed by Israel,
Council Resolutions 242 the F-16s before any other Egypt and the U.S. in Lon-
shipments of the planes was don last Friday, the U.S.
and 338.
Romburg denied that scheduled. Israel has re- would supply 1,000 of the
2,500 members of
Reagan's decision was made ceived 53 of the 75 F-16s or- expected
the MFO.
dered
in
1978.
Romburg
in return for support by the
Veliotes said that Con-
other six participants at the said he had been told that
economic summit for posi- the dates for the future gress was being asked to
tions the Reagan Adminis- shipments to Israel had appropriate $125 million for
the 1982 fiscal year which
tration sought. He said the been classified.
But the Pentagon, earlier begins Oct. 1 to cover con-
decision was made after Re-
agan met with his own ad- Tuesday, told reporters that struction as well as the U.S.
visers in Ottawa. The U.S. the final 12 planes in the members of the MFO. He
did, however, go along with order were scheduled to be said beginning in the 1983
a statement issued at the shipped out in batches of fiscal year, Egypt, Israel
summit and read by Prime four each in mid-August ' and the U.S. will each
Minister Pierre Elliott mid-September and mid- appropriate $35 million to
October.
pay for the MFO.
Senate Foreign Relations
Veliotes noted that
chairman
Committee
Charles Percy (R-Ill.) called Leamon Hunt, a retired
on President Reagan not to Foreign Service officer, has
release any F-16s for Israel been named interim
until the United States has director-general of the
"assurances" that there will MFO and will begin work to
be no more Israeli raids on see that the force is in place
civilian targets. by late March 1982.

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According to the letter,
(Editor's note: Richard
Brooks
said,"That we
Lobenthal, Michigan di-
rector of the Anti- should not let her (Ms. Bar-
Defamation League of ret) get away with pitting
Bnai Brith, forwarded to Jews against Jews. He said
The Jewish News a copy that his way to fight anti-
of a letter from Harvey Semitism is to ridicule it
Schecter, ADL Los and he went on at great
length about the rave
Angeles director, to
ADL's National Director notices the Inquisition
Nathan Perlmutter con- scene has gotten all over the
cerning criticism of "His- world. He said it was a hit at
tory of the World Part I," the Cannes Festival which
the new Mel Brooks film. had representatives from 54
nations.
The letter read, in part:)
"He admitted that he goes
"I went to see it because a
review in the Los Angeles to extremes but he said that
Times suggested that the he will never let the Chris-
Anti-Defamation League tians forget the horror that
ought to complain about the they have inflicted 'on my
film. people' and this is his way of
"I did not find the film doing it.
"We ended on a friendly
anti-Jewish, but I do believe
that the routine on the In- note, but he was visibly
quisition was unfunny and upset at the prospect of hav-
ing the ADL quoted in criti-
very insensitive.
"On June 16 our office re- cism of his film."
ceived a telephone call from
a member of Rona Barret's Weizmann-Egypt
-
staff. Apparently she had
Research?
seen the film and wanted to Joint
REHOVOT
— The possi-
do a piece on the Today
Show about it. Her staff bility of joint research proj-
man wanted our comments. ects between the Weizmann
"Approximately one Institute of Science and the
Egyptian Ministry of Ag-
hour later Mel Brooks riculture will be one of the
telephoned. Apparently, topics on the agenda of three
they had called him for
his views and told him of Egyptian researchers when
they visit the institute later
their conversation with
this summer.
me."

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