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Senate elects friends of Israel

Richard Lugar:
Chairs foreign relations

Washington (JTA) — The new
leadership in the Republican con-
trolled Senate is expected to
maintain the pro-Israel position
of the outgoing Congress, one of
the most supportive ever of Israel,
and may even improve on this re-
cord.
This includes Sen. Robert Dole
(R-Kan.), who was elected Major-
ity Leader; Sen. Alan Simpson
(R-Wy.), who was elected Dole's
deputy; and Sen. Richard Lugar
(R-Ind.) who will be chairman of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, when the 99th Con-
gress convenes in January.
Outgoing Majority Leader
Howard Baker (R-Tenn.), who is
retiring from the Senate to seek
the Republican nomination for
the Presidency in 1988, supported
aid for Israel and other issues of
importance to the Jewish state,
but he was not among the leading
advocates of Israel in Congress.
But Dole, who is also expected
to seek the Presidency in 1988,
has been a staunch supporter of
Israel since coming to the Senate
in 1969. He has close ties to the
Jewish community and fre-
quently speaks before Jewish
organizations.
Dole has supported all aid pro-
grams for Israel and, as chairman
of the Senate Finance Committee,
helped guide the Free Trade Asso-
ciation bill between Israel and the
United States through the Senate
this year.
While opposing the Carter Ad-
ministration's sale of F-15s to

Saudi Arabia in 1978, Dole sup-
ported the Reagan Administra-
tion in its sale of AWACS to the
Saudis in 1981. Speaking to the
annual meeting of the American
Israel Public Affairs Committee
(AIPAC) last April, he urged sup-
port of aid to moderate Arab coun-
tries because of the Soviet threat
to the Middle East.
Simpson has supported aid to
Israel and, like most Republicans,
voted for the Reagan Administra-
tion's sale of AWACS to Saudi
Arabia.
Probably the most important
result for Israel in the Senate
leadership elections was Lugar
becoming chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
which became possible after Sen.
Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) said he
would remain as chairman of the
Agriculture Committee.
Lugar, who is one of four Sena-
tors defeated by Dole for the
Majority Leader's position, has
been building ties with the Jewish
community since coming to the

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Robert Dole:
New majority leader.

Senate in 1977. He is considered
"good" on foreign aid for Israel but
like the other two Senators voted
for the AWAC sale.
Lugar is expected to go along
with most Administration re-
quests. He and the new Senate
leadership are expected to look
favorably on the expected Ad-
ministration requests for arms for
Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

They have opened offices, send
their children to Swiss private
schools and try to buy villas, al-
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laws limiting the purchase of real
estate by foreigners.
Nevertheless, King Fand of
Saudi Arabia owns three palaces
in the country and Saudi oil
minister Sheikh Zaki Yamani has
a villa and an apartment. He
spends more time in Geneva than
in Riyadh.
Since 1973, the luxurious
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has catered exclusively to Arab
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