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German-Israel Relations
Slipping on Eve of Kohl Trip
BONN (JTA) — German
Chancellor Helmut Kohl is
scheduled to visit Israel
sometime this month. He
intended to go there last Oc-
tober as the first stop on a
swing through the Middle
East. But Menahem Begin's
illness and his resignation
as Premier -made it neces-
sary for Kohl to postpone his
visit to the Jewish state.
In the meantime, rela-
tions between the two coun-
tries have deteriorated.
After years of hesitating to
deliver arms to "areas of
tension," West Germany
has embarked on a selling
spree to Arab countries.
Germany wants to sell
sophisticated military
hardware long sought by Is-
rael's enemies. The lure of
the petrodollar is, after all,
too great to pass up.
There is a change going
on in Germany. Official pol-
icy is moving away from the
"special relationship" to Is-
rael that was an outgrowth
of the past. In the wake of a
new approach to war and
peace, and as a matter of
self-assertion, the past
might be forgotten. Ger-
many wants to be free to
deal with the Middle East
conflict in its own way.
When Kohl visited
Arab countries last Oc-
tober he went in search of
orders for military
hardware. When he re-
turned, not much was
said publicly about the
success or failure of his
'quest. But soon after,
high-ranking delegations
from Arab countries
came here to look at the
material Germany had to
offer and a few weeks ago
it was officially con-
firmed in the Bundestag
that Bonn will sell arms
to Saudi Arabia in the
near future.
There is nothing new
about a lobby representing
the Arab cause. What
makes the German-Arab
Society so special is that of-
ficials participating in for-
mulating the nation's
policies are, at the same
time, active participants in
the Society's lobbying ef-
forts.
Presently, the German-
Arab Society is the center of
Arab propaganda in Ger-
many. Its influence has
grown in spite of the fact
that it does not have more
than 750 members. In-
cluded in the membership
are 200 powerful corpora-
tions, prominent politicians
and civil service bureauc-
rats. The Arabs supply the
money, if necessary, to keep
the machinery of the organ-
ization running smoothly.
During the war in Leba-
non, the society gained na-
tional publicity when it ob-
tained the names of 150
German politicians, scien-
tists, theologians and jour-
nalists on a petition de-
manding that Israel uncon-
ditionally get out of Leba-
non. The society is also
active in trying to open
markets for German indus-
try in Arab countries and
cement German-Arab polit-
ical bonds.
Since 1980, Arab lob-
byists in Germany have
tried to persuade
policymakers to sell arms to
Arabs. At that time, the
British newspaper, Ob-
server, reported about
Germany's negotiations
with Libya, Saudi Arabia,
Iraq and Syria. It disclosed
the vital role a German
company by the name of
Magirus-Deutz played in
the Yom Kippur War.
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