THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Boris Smolar's
`Between You
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Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1982, JTA, Inc.)
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ELECTION ECHOES: Jewish leaders are now brea-
thing freely following the Congressional elections. They
feared that with the elections being conducted in an atmos-
phere unfavorable to Israel — due to the flood of misinfor-
mation by the American media on the Lebanese war — the
composition of the new Congress may negatively affect
matters concerning Israel. This turned out not to be the
case. The results of the elections promise a Congress
friendly to Israel.
It is now assumed that the current 97th Congress,
which resumes its session on Nov. 29, will approve the bill
— presently under consideration — providing for $2.5 bil-
lion in military and economic aid to Israel for 1983. Indica-
tions are that the new Congress will not deviate from that
course. There will naturally be a debate on the floor of the
Senate and House over aid to Israel when the bill comes up
there but the bill has already passed a Congressional com-
mittee.
Israel is asking now for $3 billion to help cover partly
the cost of the Lebanese war. The Reagan Administration is
anticipated now, following the elections, to seek Congres-
sional approval for sending additional arms to Jordan as
well as to Saudi Arabia — a move which the Reagan Ad-
ministration preferred to wait with until after the elec-
tions. Israel and friends of Israel in the United States
strongly oppose giving additional military aid to Jordan.
The new Congress will disagree with President Re-
agan on quite a number of points in his policy programs, but
the possibility exists that it may agree with him on major
points of his peace plan for the Middle East to which Israel
takes exception.
The government of Israel is opposed to Reagan's de-
mand that the establishment of new Jewish settlements in
the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) be discontinued. It is
also opposed to his views on what the status of Jerusalem
should be, and to the establishment of a Palestinian entity
on the West Bank and Gaza, associated with Jordan.
During the months ahead the Administration will seek
to popularize Reagan's views on achieving a state of peace
in the Middle East. Despite the belief among Jewish lead-
ers that basic support and identification with Israel on the
part of the new Congress can be expected, Jews in this
country interested in Israel will have to be very much on
the alert.
MUTUAL FRIENDSHIP: Many of the Jewish mem-
bers of the new Congress could not have been elected with-
out strong support from non-Jewish voters. Similarly some
non-Jewish candidates could not have been elected or re-
elected without the votes they received from Jews.
Gone are the years when Jewish voters — mostly
naturalized citizens — voted "ethnic." They preferred to
vote for Democrats, liberals and especially for Jewish can-
didates. Very few of them voted for Republicans.
Today about one-third of all Jewish voters vote Repub-
lican. They are mostly affluent and American-born. But
they — as well as the Jews who vote for the Democratic
ticket — do not pay any more attention as to whether the
candidate is Jewish. They vote on issues. They judge each
candidate not by his religion or ethnic background but by
his stand on issues.
In the elections this month the Jewish casting of votes
was dominated by the stand of each candidate — whether
Jewish or non-Jewish — on general issues - such as growing
unemployment, the economic crisis, nuclear weapons, the
threat to social security and similar important issues in
general American life. Jewish voters were, of course, also
interested in the attitude of the candidate toward problems
concerning American-Israel relations.
Friday, November 19, 1982 15
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Iranian Monthly Scores Israel
GENEVA (JTA) — A
monthly periodical called
Imam which is published
by the information depart-
ment of the Iranian Foreign
Office has been sent to the
, United Nations correspon-
,-, dents in Geneva.
A featured editorial, "Is-
rael Must be Destroyed,"
states: "The deliverance of
the Islamic countries from
the international im-
perialism headed by the
United States of America is
‘=") dependent upon the de-
struction of Israel which is
the symbol of that super-
power in the region."
It adds: "It is sad to be re-
minded of the fact that had
the war with the aggressive
regime of Iraq not been
forced on Iran, our brave
people would have directed
their struggle and resources
towards the achievement of
that objective."
Coal Shipment
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
first shipment of American
coal — some 87,000 tons
from Virginia — was deliv-
ered to the new Hadera
power station last week.
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