Berman Asks Reagan to Lift Ban on F-16 Sale to Israel
because of unacceptable
conditions demanded by
the Palestine Liberation
Organization.
the
Berman
told
President, "Four years of
unsuccessful attempts to
cajole, bribe, beg, beseech,
implore and importune
NEW YORK (JTA) — dation stone of our country's
Julius Berman, chairman of policy in the Middle East."
the Conference of
The memorandum of
Presidents of Major Ameri-
understanding
for strategic
can Jewish Organizations,
has sent a telegram to cooperation was signed in
President Reagan urging November, 1981 by Defense
him "to renew the U.S.- Secretary Caspar Wein-
Israel Memorandom of berger and the then Israeli
Understanding" as "the Defense Minister, Ariel
most appropriate response Sharon. It was suspended by
to the refusal of Jordan to the U.S. in December, 1981
enter the Camp David proc- after the Knesset voted to
annex the Golan Heights.
ess."
Berman sent his tele-
Berman said that re-
sponse should also include gram to Reagan after the
revocation of the ban on the Jordanian Cabinet an-
sale of 75 F-16 jet fighter- nounced earlier this
bombers to Israel and resto- month that it would not
ration of "the American- negotiate with Israel on
Israeli alliance as the foun- behalf of the Palestinians
King Hussein of Jordan to
come to the peace table have
ended in failure. Once again
the Arab world has refused
to accept the legitimacy of
the State of Israel and re-
jected the possibility of
peace with the Jewish
state."
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U.S. Allows Parts for Lavie
WASHINGTON (JTA) — nents.
In a related development,
The Reagan Administra-
tion's decision to allow Is- the Detroit District —
rael to buy American corn- Zionist Organization of
ponents needed for its new America expressed its dis-
figher plane, the Lavie, was may to President Reagan
due to Israel's request that over the Administration's
the parts were "urgently" decision to suspend delivery
necessary now "to avoid dis- of the F-16 aircraft to Israel.
In a letter to Reagan, the
ruption of the project," the
State Department main- ZOD stated in part:
"We are deeply trou-
tained.
"We wanted to be as bled and dismayed by
forthcoming as possible in your decision to suspend
view of the long-term U.S. the delivery of the F-16
commitment to Israel's se- aircraft to Israel on the
curity," department deputy pretext that such action
spokesman Alan Romberg would contravene the
said. Israel's Defense Minis- 'spirit of the law' govern-
ter, Moshe Arens, an- ing the transaction. We
nounced the decision, cal- respectfully submit, that
ling it "good news" and per- to view Israel's campaign
haps "an indication of an in Lebanon as 'offensive'
improvement in relation- and thus a breach of the
ships" between the U.S. Is- agreements relevant to
the supply of arms to Is-
rael.
Arens also said he hoped rael runs counter to all
the announcement might evidence to the contrary
be an indication that • • •
the U.S. will lift the "em- "It is easy, Mr. President,
bargo" on the 75 F-16 jet for a super-power like the
fighter-bombers President U.S. to browbeat and
Reagan said would not be 'punish' a proven friend and
sent to Israel until Israel ally by applying military
withdraws its forces from and economic sanctions, of
Lebanon. While refusing to which the denial of the
discuss the F-16s, Romberg F-16s is the latest manifes-
tried to separate the two is- tation. Such strictures,
sues. however, are not likely to
"The decision on the advance the peace process to
Lavie is based on broader the Middle East, nor are
concerns than the im- they in keeping with our
mediate situation in country's cherished tradi-
Lebanon," Romberg ex- tion of keeping faith with its
plained. "Our coopera- allies and friends."
tion on military systems
is an important aspect of
our long-term bilateral Immigration Up
JERUSALEM (JTA) —
relationship and the de-
cision on the Lavie Immigration to Israel had a
should be taken from that modest increase last month,
including a 12.6 percent rise
perspective."
Detroit's Jewish Com- in the number of immig-
munity Council expressed rants from Western coun-
to the U.S. government the tries compared to the same
community's support for the month last year, the Jewish
agreement on the compo- Agency reported.
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