At Technion Dinner
Haig Advocates Stronger U.S. srael Ties
U.S. does not back Israel.
When we are true to Israel
we are true to ourselves."
During a question-and-
answer session that fol-
lowed his formal address,
Haig reiterated many of the
major points of his speech.
He refused to comment on
his differences with Secre-
tary of Defense Caspar
Weinberger.
By ALAN HITSKY
Former U.S. Secretary of
State Alexander Haig urged
the U.S. last Thursday to
forge stronger ties with Is-
rael in order to force peace
in the Middle East.
Speaking to a record
audience of 525 persons
attending the annual
dinner of the Detroit Chap-
ter of the American Techn-
ion Society, Haig said the
U.S. blundered in Lebanon
by curbing the Israelis and
sending in the Marines be-
fore peace arrangements
were completed.
"The U.S. snatched defeat
from the jaws of victory,"
Haig said at the dinner at
Cong. Shaarey Zedek. "Is-
rael was ready to succeed in
Lebanon, and the U.S. de-
feated it."
He said the U.S. "de-
linked" Israel's with-
drawal from Lebanon
from the Syrian with-
drawal from Lebanon "in
the mistaken belief that
Syria would withdraw if
Israel did. We even put in
Marines before we had
an agreement, and that
act alone caused the
Soviet Union to ship arms
to Syria."
Haig added that the U.S.
actions pressuring Israel
Israelis Give
Winds of War'
Mixed Reviews
;- D
JERUSALEM (JNI) —
"The Winds of War," the
ABC Television mini-series
based on Herman Wouk's
best-selling novel, received
mixed reviews during its Is-
raeli premiere last month.
Israelis cited a number of
historical inaccuracies in
the presentation including
the fact that had rain actu-
ally inundated Warsaw dur-
ing the first week of Sep-
tember 1939, the Nazi inva-
sion of Poland would have
been made virtually im-
possible by the muddied
Polish roads.
Popular City
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — A
poll of Israelis by the Public
Opinion Research Institute
shows that 22 percent would
prefer to live in Tel Aviv, 17
percent in Jerusalem and
eight percent in Haifa.
Haig added that U.S.
pressure on Israel not to
enter West Beirut pushed
Syria and the USSR back
Shown at the Technion dinner last week are, from together. "The U.S. gave
left, Evan Miller of the American Society for Techn- them time to lick their
ion, Dr. Joseph N. Epel, guest speaker Alexander wounds," he said. He said
that Israel did not want to
Haig, William Davidson and Joseph Jackier.
enter West Beirut, but
gave the Palestine Libera- risky to be an ally of the
kept
up the impression to
tion Organization a veto in U.S. and an advocate of
Lebanon, "and my experi- peaceful change?" he asked. pressure the PLO and
ence in 20 years of watching "Today the balance is shift- Syria.
the Middle East is that pro-
gress is made only when the
PLO has no veto.
He said the U.S. has three
options in the Middle East:
"We can cut and run and
make the U.S. the loser";
"We can muddle through,
but placing the Marines on
ships makes them just as
vulnerable to rockets and
terrorism"; or "We can pres-
sure Syria by coordinating
with Israel."
Haig said Israel is the
only country with credibil-
ity in Damascus, "but Israel
will not move unilaterally
after its experience of the
last year or two."
Haig opened his re-
marks by saying he
wanted it understood
that he is a Republican
who supports President
Reagan, "with some
reservations on foreign
policy."
"In the Middle East, there
is a sense of confusion over
U.S. policy. There is a gap
between U.S. goal and
reality. When that gap oc-
curs, crisis management is
mistaken for policy." He
said real policy takes differ-
ent events and puts them in
long-range perspective.
Haig said the suicide
bomb attack on Marine
headquarters at the Beirut
airport "was simply an at-
tack on U.S. objectives in
the Middle East. There will
be more attacks in the fu-
ture.
"The security of Lebanon,
the Persian Gulf, the entire
Middle East region is at
stake. Has it become too
ing to those who oppose
peace and favor the USSR."
Haig admitted in his
25-minute talk that he
opposed Israel's invasion
of Lebanon. "But once Is-
rael went in, it was my job
to see her succeed."
.
Haig warned that if
Lebanon sets aside the troop
withdrawal accord with Is-
rael, "it will jeopardize the
entire peace process.
He said the U.S. "must
put aside the sophistry of
good U.S. relations with the
Arab world. The Arabs
come to Washington to put
pressure on Israel. It should
come as no surprise that
Egypt is now considering
re-opening relations with
the Soviet Union."
"At Camp David, two
visionary leaders set aside
their optimum objectives for
the region to accept much
lower gains. The cloudy au-
tonomy process still offers
the best hope for peace in
the region.
Friday, November 11, 1983 21
Israel, U.S.
Oppose UN
Grenada Vote
Award Dinner
UNITED NATIONS
(JTA) — Israel was one of a
handful of countries to join
with the United States in
opposing a General Assem-
bly resolution "deeply de-
ploring" America's "armed
intervention in Grenada."
The vote was 108-9, with
27 abstentions. Those vot-
ing against the resolution
included Antigua and Ber-
muda, Barbados, Dominica,
El Salvador, Jamaica, Saint
Lucia and Saint Vincent,
and the Grenadines.
During his address, Haig
lauded the Technion as a
contributor to the well-
being and as an investment
in Israel and all indus-
trialized societies.,
Before Haig spoke, the
audience viewed a short
film starring Kirk Douglas
which highlighted the
Technion campus and some
of its current research.
Participants in the pro-
gram included dinner
chairman William M. Davi-
son, Detroit Technion
president Dr. Joseph N.
Epel, Saul Seigel of the
American Technion
Society, Edward C. Levy Jr.
who introduced Haig, and
Rabbi Irwin Groner. D. Dan
Kahn gave a moving tribute
to the late Sam Rich, a
founder and key supporter
of the Detroit Technion
chapter.
NEW YORK — The 1983
Stephen S. Wise Award of
the American Jewish Con-
gress will be presented to
Bernard L. Schwartz,
chairman of the board of the
Loral Corp. at the Hotel
Pierre Nov. 21. Guest
speaker will be U.S. Am-
bassador to the United Na-
- tions Jeane K. Kirkpatrick.
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