Friday, July 2, 1982 5
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israelis Voice Concern Over Haig Resignation
(Continued from Page 1)
Spearheading this trend
according to Israeli obser-
vers, is Defense Secretary
Caspar Weinberger and the
traditional "Arabist" lobby
within the State Depart-
ment.
What worries Israelis
the most, transcending
party lines, is that those
forces within the .Ad-
ministration seen here as
potentially unfriendly
are the very ones who
adhere to a tough line in
J.S. - Soviet relations.
s tends to undermine
Mennhem. Be-
gin's oft-tated argument
that Israel is a strategic
asset to the U.S. and the
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Western world in terms of
the conflict between the
power-blocs.
The Weinberger school,
some Israeli observers fear,
sees the moderate Arab
states, rather than Israel, as
the preferable "strategic
set" from the American
point of view, There is also
the personal element in
policymaking.
Officials in Jerusalem
,reassure themselves and
the public that U.S. policy is
determined by interests riot
personalities. Yet the obvi-
ous rapport between Haig
and Begin will be Missed
and one can never really
know what value and effect
it had on policymaking.
Simha Dinitz, a former
Israeli Ambassador to
Washington, and another
former Ambassador to the
U.S., Yitzhak Rabin, re-
called that the Secretary-
designate Shultz, had been
favorably disposed to Israel
when he served as a
member of the Nixon Ad-
" ministration. He was Secre-
tary of Labor, head of the
Office of Management and
Budget and Secretary of
Treasury. °
Meanwhile, the surprise
resignation of Haig and
President Reagan's ap-
pointment to succeed him of
Shultz, president of the
Bechtel Corp., the giant San
Francisco based engineer-
ing and construction firm, is
causing great concern
among friends of Israel in
the United States.
Compounding the con-
cern over the naming of an
official of a company that
does billions of dollars of
business annually with the
Arab countries, and Saudi
Arabia in particular, is that
Haig's resignation Friday
came as Israel was con-
solidating its victory over
the Palestine Liberation
Organization in Lebanon. °
Haig has supported Is-
rael's contention that the
results of the "Peace for
Galilee" operation provides
an opportunity to reunite
Lebanon with a stable gov-
erninent in charge and with
all foreign. troops — Syria,
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soil.
But the reaction of joy
at Haig's resignation in
the Arab world shows
that there is a perception
there that United States
policy in the Middle East
will harden toward Israel
and thus it will be more
difficult to get Arab sup-
port for a solution in
Lebanon that will
exclude .the PLO and the
Syrians from that war-
torn country.
In fact while both the
White House and State De-
partment are maintaining a
diplomatic public -silence
about the reason's for Haig's
sudden decision, reports are
circulating that one of the
major causes is his clashes
with National Security Ad-
viser William Clark, who
has been advocating that
the Administration take a
harsher line with Israel
over Lebanon.
Haig was considered by
-the American Jewish corn-
munity and by Israel as "a
true friend of Israel." This
was the sentiment v.oiced.
after the resignation by
both members of Premier
Menahem Begin's govern-
ment and opposition Labor
Alignment leader Shimon
Peres.° _
Haig 'always considered
Israel a strategic ally and
the U.S.'s most important
ally in the Mideast.
This is not the view of.
Shultz who has had close
ties with the Saudis during
his years with Bechtel.
While Shultz has not .ex-
pressed many views on
foreign affairs, he has spo-
ken out on the Mideast.
In an interview during
the 1980 presidential
campaign, he said the
only differences he had
with Reagan.were on the
Mideast and specifically
referred to a-speech then
candidate Reagan made
to Bnai Brith Interna-
tional in September 1980
supporting Israel.
In that speech Reagan
called Israel "a_A,Lajor
strategic asset to AniMca;"
labelled the PLO as "ter-
rorist,"-and said "Jerusalem
is now and will continue to
be one city, undivided."
The 61-year-old Shultz
was believed to be Reagan's
first choice for Secretary of
State in 1981. But he with-
drew when it became ap-
parent there was strong op-
position to the naming of
two high-ranking Bechtel
officials to major Cabinet
posts. Caspar Weinberger
was an officer of Bechtel
when he was named Secre-
tary of Defense.
The strongest public
statement so far against the
appointment has come from
Sen. Alan Cranston (D-
Calif.), who called it "bad
news for Israel" and "bad
news potentially for the
cause of peace and stability
in the Middle East."
It is clear that Haig who
has had well-publicized
clashes with such people
as Weinberger, United
Nations Ambassador
Jeane Kirkpatrick, Vice
President George Bush
and others finally could
take no more when he
saw that Clark, his
former Deputy Secre-
tary, was now overruling
him on matters of foreign
policy. Haig had always
maintained that he
should be the Adminis-
tration's voice on foreign
policy.
Haig lost out to Clark last
week when the Administra-
tion decided to tighten eco-
nomic sanctions against the
Soviet Union. Ironically,
Shultz seems to support
Haig on this issue.
But Haig was also losing
out on the Mideast to Clark.
At the end of Reagan's trip
to Europe, Clark overruled
a decision by Haig to go to
Jerusalem even though it
had been announced by Is-
rael earlier in the day.
White House Counselor
Edwin Meese pointedly told
reporters at the time that
the President's special
envoy, Philip Habib, was al-
ready in the Mideast and
was doing a good job.
Haig seemed to be win-
ning against Clark and
Weinberger, who wanted
Reagan to get tough with Is-
rael over ,its continued
fighting in Lebanon, when
Reagan met with Begin at
the White House last week
and then issued a conciliat-
ory statement. •
But later in the week
things went against Haig.
He was reportedly
angered that Clark ap-
peared to be sending
messages to the Saudis
that Begin had assured
.
Reagan that Israel would
not take west Beirut.
Haig, like the Israelis, be-
lieved that these White
House signals would only
deter the PLO from surren-
dering and prolong the con-
flict.
The future of U.S.
Mideast policy, as well as all
of its foreign policy depends
more on Meagan than.it does
on Shultz. White House offi-
cials have been stressing
that Shultz is a team player
-
which they claim Haig was
not.
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