THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 2, 1983 3
Shamir Calls U.S. Support for Israel a Middle East Bargain
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cal future, of the political
status of these territories of
Samaria, Judaea and Gaza
and we are faithful to this
commitment," Shamir de-
clared.
He said Israel "would
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like to resume soon the
negotiations with Egypt
and with Jordan and
with the Palestinian
Arabs as part of the
Egyptian or Jordanian
delegation. If we will
start negotiations about
beace and if all the par-
ties will be determined
not to interrupt these
negotiations until
agreement will be
reached we will be suc-
cessful," he said.
In his short prepared
speech, Shamir called
Lebanon "a microcosm of
the Middle East" and "a test
case" for the Free World.
"It is a challenge to the
Free World and to its re-
solve and capacity to meet
aggression and subversion
with firmness and determi-
nation," he declared.
Shamir said that Israel
along with the United
States. supports a free, inde-
pendent Lebanon and the
withdrawal of all foreign
forces from that country. He
reiterated that the May 17
Israeli-Lebanese agree-
ment is the only means for
Israeli withdrawal and said
that Israel will not agree to
any changes, noting that it
had made many changes
during the long negotia-
tions for the agreement.
In response to a ques-
tion, Shamir said Israel
was "worried" about its
relationship, with Egypt
since the Egyptians are
not living up to the terms
fo their peace treaty with
Israel. But he said Israel
is ready to do what it can
to improve relations with
Egypt as well as with all
Arab countries. But . he
stressed that the U.S. can
&ate
play a major role in con-
vincing Egypt to uphold
the treaty.
When Shamir was asked
if Israel had nuclear
weapons, he made a motion
as if tired of this question.
"Israel doesn't have any nu-
clear weapons," he replied.
"We'll never use nuclear
weapons. We'll not be the
first in the Middle East to
introduce nuclear
weapons."
President Reagan an-
nounced Tuesday U.S.
- agreement for several steps
sought by Israel, including
the creation of a joint U.S.-
Israeli political-military
group which would work
toward closer cooperation
between the two countries.
"We reconfirm the long-
standing bonds of friend-
ship and cooperation be-
tween our two countries and
express our determination
to strengthen and develop
them in the cause of our
mutual interest," Reagan
said.The President, who
called Israel a "close fiend
and ally," announced the
steps to be taken, including
the joint political military
group which Shamir said
would have its first meeting
in January. The meeting
will be in Washington and
then will alternate with
Jerusalem on a semi-
annual basis.
Reagan said the com-
mittee would discuss
such things as combined
planning, joint exercises
and the stock-piling of
U.S. military equipment
in Israel. A senior Ad-
ministration official said
later that this list was
"illustrative but not ex-
clusive."
Reagan stressed that the
"priority attention" by the
committee would be given
"to the threat to our
mutual security by in-
creased Soviet involvement
in the Middle East." He also
spoke of the "common con-
cern with the Soviet
presence and arms build-up
in Syria."
A senior Administration
official who briefed report-
ers later stressed that there
were no plans for a joint
Israel-U.S. attack on Syria
and that the joint commit-
tee could not be seen as a
threat to any Arab country.
Reagan also said the
United States will provide
more economic and military
aid to Israel. Shamir said he
hoped the U.S. would take
into account "the great sac-
rifices made by Israel" in
the peace process by aban-
doning its oil wells in Sinai
and by having to build new
military installations to re-
place the ones left in the
Sinai.
The senior officer said
that no agreement has
been made on the aid fig-
ure although the United
States does want to in-
The word "kosher"
(anglicization of the He-
brew word "kasher") did not
originally apply to food. It is
first used in the Bible
(Esther 8:5, Ecclesiastes
11:6) to mean "good" and ,
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crease the percentage of
the aid given as a grant
rather than as a loan.
Another agreement an-
nounced by Reagan was to
allow the Israelis to use the
$350 million Congress
voted in military aid funds
for developing its Lavie jet
fighter plane in the United
States and $250 million for
development in Israel. Is-
rael will also be allowed.to
spend $200 million of
foreign military aid funds in
Israel for its Sinai rede-
ployment projects. It is usu-
ally required that foreign
military aid funds be spent
in the U.S.
Reagan said that Israel
will also be allowed to bid on
projects to supply the U.S.
military forces.
Reagan said that Isarel
and the United States will
also discuss setting up a free
trade zone. The Adminis-
tration official explained
that this would be similar to
the one Israel will have with
the with the European Eco-
nomic Community in 1989
and will allow Israeli prod-
ucts to be sold in the United
States and U.S. products to
be sold in Igrael duty free
One decision not an-
nounced by Reagan but re-
vealed by the senior officer
was that the U.S. will re-
sume delivery of cluster
bomb artillery shells to Is-
rael once an agreement is
reached that contains both a
definition and guarantee
against violation of their
use. The deliveries were
suspended in July 1982, a
month after Israel invaded
Lebanon.
On Lebanon, Reagan
said, "We affirmed our
commonly held goals of a
sovereign, independent
Lebanon free of all foreign
forces and of security for Is-
rael's northern borders." He
said, "We agree that every
effort must be made to
expedite the May 17
Israeli-Lebanese agree-
ment."
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