THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
• Friday, June 8, 1984
Detroit Chapter
THE
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TECHNION
7°.
Et
Moshe Arens
ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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called the "best aircraft in the world,"
and long-range Hawk surface-to-air
missiles. The State Department
could not say how the Stinger would
be deployed to protect Gulf shipping.
The Israelis have expressed concern
that the Saudis would use the
weapons against them or turn the
mobile missiles over to the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Arens ruled out any Israeli mili-
tary involvement in the Gulf. This is
"not at all being considered," he said.
In another matter, Arens said
that while he was on the scene April
13 when Israeli troops killed two
Palestinian bus hijackers, and cap-
tured two others, he did not know
that the, two captured Palestinians
had been beaten to death.
"I was in the area during the
entire night while the bus and
passengers were held hostage," he
said. "I was in the area when the bus
was taken over by the Israeli armed
forces and I left the area thereafter."
He added that just before he left he
told reporters that two Palestinians
had been killed and two captured.
Arens reportedly believed that
the two captured terrorists had died
on the way to the hospital, according
to an Israeli official.
A special Israeli investigating
commission set up by the Defense
Ministry ruled that the two captured
terrorists had been beaten to death
with blunt instruments. Arens, who
said "the report does not make pleas-
ant reading," said the incident was a
"clear deviation from Israeli rules,
regulations and standards." He
stressed that those responsible will
face criminal charges. Some in Israel
have charged that Arens bears some
responsibility, too.
Arens told a New York dinner
that relations between Israel and the
United States have significantly im-
proved and continue to get better. He
said that in the last two years the
differences between the two coun-
tries have been fewer and the gaps
smaller."
Arens was the keynote speaker
at a special tribute dinner celebrat-
ing the 80th birthday of Jack Weiler,
sponsored by the Israel Bond organ-
ization. Some 500 Jewish leaders
from all parts, of the United States
and Canada attended the event. Max
Fisher of Detroit, the chairman of the
dinner, announced at the end of the
evening that $80 million in Israel
Bonds and securities were purchased
at the affair.
Arens said that the improved re-
lations between the United States
and Israel are demonstrated by "the
larger than ever" military and eco-
nomic aid from Washington.
He noted that most of the aid
would be in the form of grants, add-
ing that the aid is "a good 'invest-
ment" on the part of the United
States in view of the common
strategic interests of both countries.
He also said that the good ties
between Washington and Jerusalem
are manifested by the closer personal
relations of officials of the two coun-
tries. He said that it is demonstrated
during the "strategic consultations"
that representatives of Israel and the
United States currently hold.
Arens said that there is growing
understanding on the part of Ameri-
can officials that Israel will harm its
security if it gave up territories in the
West Bank and the Golan Heights.
He said that the Lavie jet
fighter, which is under development
by Israel's defense industry, is the
"symbol of the high technology
achievements of Israel." He said that
the Lavie, which will be completed by
the end of the decade, is "going to be
one of the best jet fighters in the
world." He thanked the United
States for the financial assistance it
gives for the Lavie's development.
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Ongoing Iran-Iraq conflict sparks
concern over Islamic fanaticism
BY DR. MARC TANENBAUM
The war of attrition that
Iraq and Iran are waging
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Of course, our govern-
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