6 Friday, June 11, 1982 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS You can still register for Tamarack at Brighton A Washington View of Israel-U.S. Relations SPORTS SKILLS CAMP Ow three six-day Sports Skills Camps will be directed this summer by Mr. Alan Kaczander. Alan has been a gym instructor at the Jewish Community Center for 15 years. physical education teacher for nine years at Kennedy Elementary School. and for four years at Levy Middle School. He has also coached boys basketball at Southfield High School. and been a girls softball and basketball coach. Alan is married. and is the father of two daughters. Alan, who is also an outdoor games_specialist. is committed to furthering the high standards this sports program achieved last summer. Sports Skills Camp is intended for the camper who loves sports and wants to become a better player. Mornings are devoted to the instruction - and teaching. as well as the actual game time of playing. softball. basketball. soccer. tennis. lacrosse. football. frisbee. and...fencing. The afternoons are filled with a variety of camp • activities: swimming. boating. cookouts. arts and crafts. nature and all-camp programs. Some spaces are still available for this fantastic sports experience... if you register now. SESSION IA Thursday, June 24 - Wednesday, June 30 For girls and boys entering 3rd grade. SESSION 1B Wednesday, June 30 - Tuesday, July 6 For girls and boys entering 4th and 5th grades. v.- SESSION 1C Wednesday, July 7 - Tuesday, July 13 For girls and boys entering 4th and 5th grades. For further information call the Fresh Air Society offices at 661 - 0600. By MORRIS AMITAY WASHINGTON — Is- raeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon was in Washington recently for talks with his American opposite number, Caspar Weinberger. The meetings were "not good," according to a knowledge- able participant — and this is not surprising. Weinberger continues to show a singular lack of sen- sitivity to Israeli security concerns along with insuffi- cient appreciation of Israel's role in stabilizing the Mid- dle East and potential as an ally. Reliability and capa- bility are the key to realistic defense planning — and only Israel, out of all of America's "friends" in the region, qualifies on both scores. The announcement of the proposed sale to Israel of another 75 F-16s (the same aircraft which carried out the successful strike against Iraq's Osirak nu- clear facility) did not signify anything new — Israel was given approval to buy a total of 150 such planes dur- ing the previous Adminis- tration. And the Memoran- dum of Understanding be- tween the two countries is still under suspension by the United States — not that the agreement, by it- self, assured the needed closer cooperation. * * * Much media attention has been devoted to Is- raeli aid to Iran in its war with Iraq. Iran, of course, denied it; a State De- partment spokesman de- nied there had been U.S. "clearance"; and only the Israelis stated what both the U.S. and Iranian gov- ernments really know — that some $27 million in miscellaneous spare parts had been shipped to the Khomeini regime — with U.S. knowledge. In fact, as far back as the waning days of the Carter Administration, Reagan's former National Security Adviser, Richard Allen, was notified of Israel's intention to make these very limited sales — and gave the unoffi- cial nod. The Iran - Iraq war is one conflict where so many Americans are rooting for both sides! * * * Senator Jesse Helms re- cently addressed an empty U.S. Senate chamber on "The U.S. Foreign Aid Pro- gram: Congress has Broken the Bank and the Backs of American Taxpayers." In the North Carolina Republican's diatribe against foreign aid, he in- cluded a country-by- country breakdown which showed Israel as having received a total of $18.5 billion since its cre- ation — but there was no • mention that a major por- tion of all aid money is spent in the United States, or that Israel, un- like most other reci- pients, has been paying off the loan portions of its aid, with interest. As a matter of fact, these payments will come' to $910 million in 1983 alone. This has triggered a move in the Senate by Israel's friends to have the economic support funding portion of the aid to Israel match this figure. Prospects look good for the full Congress going along— but it will not be easy. . 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A key to future progress in reducing our reliance on imported oil may have been provided by the experience of the oil deregulation started by Carter and accel- erated by Reagan. Since deregulation, there has been a drama- tic decline in U.S. oil con- sumption from almost 18.8 million barrels per day in 1978 to 16 m.b.p.d. in 1981. Also, the decline in domestic production was halted. - While total oil imports were 8.2 m.b.p.d. in 1978, they came down to 5.7 m.b.p.d. in 1981, and today are roughly 4-5 m.b.p.d.. Significantly, Arab-source imports declined from 3 m.b.p.d. in 1978 to 1.8 m.b.p.d. in 1981. This has led to specula- tion in Washington that additional cuts in imports could -be accomplished if natural gas prices were also decontrolled. No Congres- sional action is likely, how- ever, this year. * * * _ A staunch Senate friend of Israel appears to be in better political health. Sen- ator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut — an outspo- ken supporter of Israel since he came to the Senate in 1981, is looking very good in fending off a Republican primary challenge from Vice President Bush's brother, Prescott. Some analysts now predict Weicker might even gain 80 percent of the delegates to the July 23 Hartford convention, thereby eliminating his opponent from conten- tion. * * * The word among Middle East-watchers is that Is- rael's new ambassador to Washington, Moshe Arens, - is coming across very well — on the "Hill" (the Con- gress) and "Downtown" (the Administration). The tip-off to his perform- ance is when State Depart- ment types complain about him. That way you know the ambassador is doing a job for Israel. When th out of their way to prai Israeli ambassador, he's not! . Right ID YOU, Own Driveway! 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