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TEE DETROIT:JEWISH NEWS'
Grand Opening
POLITICS
Dems' platform plank on Israel
is expected to be very strong
BY MORRIS J. AMITAY
Special to The Jewish News
Washington— With Wal-
ter Mondale's Presidential
nomination now considered
a foregone conclusion,
friends of Israel can take
heart (no pun intended) in
the fact that Mondale
enjoyed strong Jewish sup-
port in the primary elec-
tions. More importantly,
Mondale is very much
aware of, and grateful for,
this support. Given his past
fine track record, he can be
expected to demonstrate his
own friendship in the fu-
ture. Of all the Democratic
contenders, he had the best
combination of positive in-
stincts regarding Israel,
along with knowledge of
specific Middle East issues
gained while serving in the
Senate and White House.
The Democratic platform
plank on the Middle East
which will be approved in
San Francisco in mid-July
will undoubtedly reflect
Mondale's own strong feel-
ings that a secure Israel
serves U.S. interests in the
Middle East.
Fears that Jesse Jackson
will be able to water down
support for Israel expressed
in the Democratic platform
should be discounted. It is
not that there are not deep
differences between
Jackson end Mondale on the
subject, but it makes no
sense for Jackson to expend
energy and political capital
on an issue which does not
produce results for his con-
stituency. Surely Jackson
will have to concentrate on
voting, social, and economic
issues if he is to maintain a
leadership role with black
Americans.
As in the past, any at-
tempts to weaken the plat-
form dealing with Israel
would surely be defeated by
an overwhelming majority
of delegates. However, the
betting in Washington is
that a serious effort will not
be made and that the plank
will be the strongest ever.
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The end of the primary
election season also yielded
important results for a
number of Jewish and pro-
Israel candidates for the
House of Representatives.
While public attention is
usually focused on Senate
races, the -House is a co-
equal body whose support is
just as essential.
Though 30 incumbent
Jewish representatives are
running for re-election
(Dick Ottinger of New York
is retiring), two non-Jewi0
incumbents have important
races of concern to the
American Jewish commu-
nity.
Rep. Clarence "Doc"
Long, Democrat of Mary-
land and chairman of the in-
fluential Appropriations
subcommittee on foreign
operations, is one of Israel's
most important friends in
Congress. Based on his nar-
row win in 1982, he faces a
difficult re-election bid this
November. Aside from
strong Republican opposi-
Thirty
incumbent
Jewish
Congressmen are
running for
re-election in
1984.
business and labor, while
Parris' comes mostly from
conservatives.
Bill Green, Republican
member of the Appropria-
tions Committee from
Manhattan, also faces an
expensive, tight battle to re-
tain his seat. Formerly
known as the "silk stocking
district" — a Republican
oasis among Democratic
areas — Green's consti-
tuency now includes
Chinatown, Little Italy and
the heavily Hispanic Lower
East Side. Compounding
Green's problems, Manhat-
tan Borough President An-
drew Stein, the likely
Democratic candidate who
is also Jewish, has hired
media consultant David
Garth and is willing to fi-
nance the campaign with
his own considerable assets.
Across the East River in
Queens, another committed
pro-Israel congressman and
defense appropriations sub-
committee chairman, Joe
Addabbo, will be challenged
in the September primary
by his 1982 opponent, Si-
meon Golar. Golar, a black
real estate developer, spent
$130,000 of his own money
in the 1982 contest. With
the black vote in Queens
energized by Jesse
Jackson's candidacy, Golar
presents a serious challenge
even though there is some
black leadership support for
Addabbo.
On a disturbing note, in
the Democratic primary
runoff for Arkansas Second
District nomination, Sheriff
Tommy Robinson defeated
Paul Riviere. Robinson has
gained notoriety for his
anti-Semitic tirades, and
while the Republican can-
didate, Judith Perry is ex-
pected to express a positive
position on Israel-related
issues, this combination
makes Robinson's defeat
even more desirable.
tion, forces hostile to Israel
have targeted Long, and are
prepared to finance an ex-_
pensive campaign to defeat
him. •
The National Association
of Arab Americans
(NAAA), which is leading
the charge against Long,
has used radio and billboard
ads blaming the Marine
deaths in Lebanon on Israel,
and attacking Long for
"leading the more for Is-
rael" campaign.
Even without the
NAAA's intervention, Long
faces a formidable chal-
lenge, and support from the
Jewish community could be
the crucial element in re-
turning him to Congress for
a 12th term.
Rep., Dante Fascell, the
powerful new chairman of
the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, could also face a
difficult race. Change in his
Florida district took away
20,000 solidly Democratic
votes in Miami Beach, leav-
ing him with more Republi-
can areas. If this were not
bad enough, Fascell's Re-
publican opponent, Glenn
Rinker, has nearly 90 per-
cent name recognition, hav-
ing anchored the nightly
news on Miami television
for the past six years.
Saudis to buy
Clearly Fascell's race British planes
bears watching because of
Washington — Saudi
its ramifications for U.S.
foreign policy in the Middle Arabia is planning to pur-
chase two squadrons of
East.
In Virginia, Jewish State Britain's Panavia Tornado
Assemblyman Dick Saslow tactical aircraft, Aviation
won the Democratic pri- Week and Space Technology
mary and will attempt to magazine reported.
The Saudis may take de-
unseat Republican Stan
Parris for the 8th. District livery from current opera,
House seat. Saslow, an ex- tional inventories rather
perienced campaigner and than wait for the planes to
legislator, is given a good be built, according to the
chance to defeat Parris, who magazine. The Tornado is
aspires to the governor's used by the military in West
mansion in 1980. Saslow Germany and Italy in addi-
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