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Friday, February 11, 1983 25
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In brief remarks, Levin
advised the students that as
Jews, they should become in
volved in efforts for justice
and human rights.
"It's right, it's our tra-
dition as Jews to be partici-
pants and not bystanders.
There is a path to right-
eousness. We should walk ,
that path."
Levin added that "be-
cause we are a minority in
America our place will be
more secure" if. Jews reach
out to others in the areas of
justice and human dignity.
He said when Jews act
on behalf of others, they
show that they are part of
the "struggle -for justice.
We form a linkage. It
makes us part of the
larger community in
America."
Levin added that Jewish
involvement also helps Is-
rael. When Jews help others
"we get support for our
needs. What are our needs?
Support for Israel."
Asked to explain the con-
troversy over the use of the
terms Judea and Samaria
versus West Bank, Levin
explained that the terms
were interchangeable.
"Some people attach signifi-
cance to the terms Judea
and Samaria that most
people do not."
On the topic of West Bank
autonomy, Levin said "we
should stick to Camp David
and not pre judge it." Levin
said President Reagan's
proposal for peace deviated
from the Camp David ac-
cords, adding "he (Reagan)
violated Camp David and
made a mistake."
Levin asserted that the
parties involved, Israel,
Jordan and the Palesti-
nians, should negotiate
the final status of the
area.
On whether or not the
U.S. should send arms to the
Saudis, Levin said that at
the time of the AWACS sale
there was "no need then"
and "less need now."
Energy was a major con-
cern of the students, and
Levin brought figures to
substantiate his answers.
Asked if the U.S. should
pursue alternative energy
sources, Levin replied, "em-
phatically -yes. Energy is
at least as important as
arms." However, he said the
Administration was looking
at the problem differently.
According to Levin's fig-
ures, in 1981, the Adminis-
tration budgeted $300 mil-
lion for energy conserva-
tion, reduced it to $75 mil-
lion in 1982 and to $20 mil-
lion in 1983. Budgeting for
solar energy in 1981
equaled $800 million, while
$210 million was set aside
in 1982 and $80 million in
1983. For fossil fuel de-
velopment, the Administra-
tion allocated $1.1 billion in
1981, $375 million in 1982
and $100 million in 1983.
On energy storage,
which Levin remarked
that U.S. capabilities
"will break OPEC's
back," a total of $72 mil-
lion was budgeted in
1981, $35 million in 1982
and nothing in 1983.
A student asked the Sen-
ator why he thought coun-
tries were afraid to locate
their embassies in
Jerusalem. His reply was
that they were "basically
chicken."
Combatting anti-Israel
propaganda in the United
States was a topic of concern
among the students. Levin
suggested that a method to
counteract anti-Israel prop-
aganda is to "use existing
media to tell the story. We
must have a visual image.
We have to have a media
event."
He criticized U.S. media
for its reporting of Israel's
intervention in Lebanon
last summer. "Israel got bad
publicity." He said the U.S.
media neglected to show the
other side of the story, such
as the shelling of Israeli
cities by the PLO.
The Ethiopian Jews,
the Falashas, interested
the youth, and they
wanted to know if the
U.S. had a role in helping
them.
"We're doing what we can
to help," Levin said. "Many
of us in Washington are
doing things to help the
Falashas."
On U.S. defense spend-
ing, Levin said it is "much
too high." On U.S. defense
capabilities, Levin re-
marked, "we have overkill
power that can never be
used. It makes no sense." He
said the United States has
31 nuclear submarines,
each of which has the
capacity to wipe out the 100
largest cities in the Soviet
Union.
"There is too much nu-
clear capability in the
world," Levin concluded.
A couple of questions cen-
tered on Lebanon, particu-
larly on the stationing of
U.S. Marines there. Levin
said the reason behind the
U.S. having a role in the
area is that "our troops will
make it possible for Israel
and Lebanon to work out a
peace settlement."
Asked why he thought
the Christian Lebanese
perpetrated the mas-
sacre at Sabra and
Shatila last fall, Levin re-
sponded, "I don't think
anybody knows why." He
suggested revenge as a
possible motive stem-
ming from the historic
blood feuds in the area.
Levin was queried on
what he thought was the
general mood of the Senate
towards Israel, supportive
or non-supportive. He said
it was "strong but not as
strong as it was." When
asked to elaborate, Levin
said actions such as the in-
tervention in Lebanon and
last week's incident involv-
ing the Israeli tanks held off
by a U.S. Marine, did not
bode well for Israel.
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Sen. Carl Levin, extreme right, fields a question
from one of the 250 students gathered Sunday at Adat
Shalom Synagogue for the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion's community-wide forum.
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