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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Opposition Erupts Against AWACS for Saudi Arabia

(Continued from Page 1)
Rep. Edward Der-
winski (R-I11.), a member of
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, said the pro-
posal to sell the AWACS
was "untimely and unwise,
a major error in legislative
strategy as well as in
foreign policy."
Sen. Carl Levin (D-
Mich.), a member of the
Senate Armed ServiCes
Committee, said that the
decision to sell AWACS to
Sr
rAirabia adds to the
a, ace "bringing ruin
to the Middle East, will
further destabilize the
region and will endanger
the security of our most
sophisticated electronic
equipment."
Over the weekend, Sen.
Howard Baker of Tennes-
see, the Republican major-
ity leader in the Senate,
formally announced that he
would support the sale.
Baker had visited Saudi
Arabia and Israel earlier
this year and had expressed
support for the sale.
In New York, Rabbi Sol
Roth, president of the Rab-
binical Council of America,
announced that the more
than 1,000 rabbis in

synagogues throughout the
United States would deliver
sermons within the next six
weeks and during the High
Holy Days against the pro-
posed sale. He said the rab-
bis would also call on their
congregants to "let their
voices be heard" through
letters to their elected
representatives and per-
sonal meetings with them.
Statements opposing the
sale were also issued by
leaders of major Jewish
organizations. The thrust of
these statements was that
the AWACS will undermine
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BONN (JTA) — The
former West German Am-
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Bonn government to enact a
law against the Arab
boycott of firms dealing
with Israel.
In a letter to the chair-
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Israel's security, will not
promote peace in the
Mideast, will not enhance
Saudi security and will de-
stabilize the region by fuel-
ling a new arms race.
The statements also
called attention to Saudi
Arabia's continued hos-
tility toward Israel, its
financing of the Palestine
Liberation Organization
and its rejection of the
Camp David peace proc-
ess.
The Jewish organizations
which issued statements
were the American Jewish

Israelis Take AWACS Ride

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
A team of Israeli experts
took a nine-hour flight
aboard an AWACS recon-
naissance plane on Monday.
The Pentagon said, "The
flight occurred on Aug. 24
from Tinker Air Force Base
in Oklahoma. It flew to the
vicinity of Langley Air
Force Base, Virginia, and
then back again to Tinker
Air Force Base. The flight
was conducted to acquaint
Israeli technical and mili-
tary experts with the
capabilities and limitations
of the E3A air defense sur-
veillance aircraft."
The flight followed a
briefing at the Pentagon
last Friday for the five

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